This is the discography of Irish musician Damien Dempsey.
Albums
Studio albums Year Album Peak chart position Certifications(sales thresholds) IRE 2026 onwards: 2000 They Don't Teach This Shit in School Released: 13 March 2000 Label: Zinc 47 2003 Seize the Day Released: 16 May 2003 Label: Clear 1IRE: 2× Platinum 2005 Shots Released: 11 March 2005 Label: Clear 1IRE: Platinum 2007 To Hell or Barbados Released: 1 June 2007 Label: Clear 2IRE: Platinum 2008 The Rocky Road Released: 6 June 2008 Label: Clear 2IRE: Gold 2012 Almighty Love Released: 28 September 2012 Label: Clear 20 2017 Soulsun Released: 26 May 2017 Label: Clear 3 2018 Union Released: 30 November 2018 Label: Soulsun 31 2024 Hold Your Joy Released: 25 October 2024 Label: Soulsun 3 2026 Holywell Released: 26 June 2026 Label: Sony Music Ireland 15
Live albums Year Album Peak chart position IRE 2006 Live at the Olympia Released: 2 June 2006 Label: Clear 10
Compilation albums Year Album Peak chart positions IRE 2006 Sing All Our Cares Away Released: 5 May 2006 Label: Lamm — 2014 It's All Good – The Best of Damien Dempsey Released: February 2014 Label: Clear 1
Video albums Year Album Peak chart position IRE 2006 Party On: Live at Vicar Street Released: 24 October 2008 Label: Sony BMG 1
EPs Contender EP (1995) Negative Vibes EP (2002) No Force on Earth EP (2018)
Singles Year Title Peak chart position Album IRE 1997 "Dublin Town" 18 They Don't Teach This Shit in School 2000 "Chillin'" — 2003 "Negative Vibes" 37 Seize the Day "It's All Good" 28 2004 "Apple of My Eye" — 2005 "St. Patrick's Day" 18 Shots "Patience" 43 "Hold Me" 34 2007 "Your Pretty Smile" 21 To Hell or Barbados "Kilburn Stroll" — "The City" — 2008 "A Rainy Night in Soho" 49 The Rocky Road 2012 "Almighty Love" — Almighty Love
Featured singles Year Title Peak chart position Album IRE 2007 "Cutting Down Laws" (with Eoin Coughlan) — Blood in Vein 2008 "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with U2, The Dubliners, Kíla and A Band of Bowsies) 1 rowspan="2" 2012 "The Rocky Road to Poland" (with Bressie, The Dubliners, and Danny O'Reilly) 1
Notable compilation appearances It's All Bells: Jingle All the Way (2002) - "Fairytale of New York" (with Sinéad O'Connor) Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 1 (2003) - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 3 (2005) - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Ceol '07 (2007) - "Taobh Leis An Muir", an Irish language version of Beside The Sea Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010) - "Maasai Returns"
Guest appearances Year Title Album 2004 "The Sprinhill Mining Disaster" (with Pauline Scanlon) Red Colour Sun "Mise Eire" (with Seanchai & the Unity Squad, Shane MacGowan, Cruncher, Gary Og and Mary Courtney) Rebel Massive 2005 "It's All Good" (with Sinéad O'Connor) Collaborations "Norwegian Wood" (with Sharon Shannon) The Collection 1990-2005 "Courtin' in the Kitchen" (with Sharon Shannon, Dessie O'Halloran and Mundy) 2007 "Cutting Down Laws" (with Eoin Coughlan) Blood in Vein 2008 "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with U2, The Dubliners, Kíla and A Band of Bowsies) Non-album single "A Rainy Night in Soho" (with Ronnie Drew) The Last Session: A Fond Farewell 2009 "Dirty Windscreens" (with Sydney City Trash) Terror Australis "The West's Awake" (with Lumiere) Lumiere 2013 "You Don't Have To" (with John Grant) John Grant Gets Schooled (EP)
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