The albums discography of American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson contains 45 studio albums, three live albums, 13 compilation albums, four extended plays and one box set. He first signed with Decca Records in 1958 and started releasing singles which became major hits. However, Anderson's first album was not released until 1962. Entitled Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs, the package was a compilation release containing his major hits up to that point. His debut studio release, Still, followed upon the success of its title track in 1963. The release peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 36 on the Billboard 200, his only album to chart the latter survey. Over the next decade, Anderson released several albums per year, many of which reached the top ten on the Billboard country albums chart. His second studio release, Bill Anderson Sings (1964), reached number seven on the chart for example. In 1966, his fifth studio album, I Love You Drops, reached number one the country albums list. In 1967, Anderson recorded his first album of gospel music called I Can Do Nothing Alone, which reached number 23 on the country albums survey. His eighth studio record, For Loving You (1968), was a collaborative project with Jan Howard. It reached number six on the country albums chart.
Anderson continued releasing several albums per year into the 1970s. In the early half of the decade, only three studio projects reached the country albums top ten: Love Is a Sometimes Thing (1970), Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill) (1972), and Don't She Look Good (1972). By this period, he had released his second greatest hits package as well. In 1973, his label was renamed to MCA Records and his first album on the label was Bill, which reached number 15 on the Top Country Albums chart. In 1976, he collaborated on the first of two albums with Mary Lou Turner. Anderson's sound shifted towards a Countrypolitan style in the late 1970s. His studio releases Love...& Other Sad Stories (1978) and Ladies Choice (1979) were his final charting records on the country albums survey. Anderson continued releasing studio albums on independent labels in the 1980s, before recording Fine Wine (1998) for Warner Bros. Records. He then developed his own label, TWI, where he has been releasing new music since. His most recent studio record is 2020's The Hits Re-Imagined.
Studio albums As lead artist + List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Album details Peak chartpositionsUSUSCou.CANCou. Still Released: June 1963 Label: Decca Formats: LP 36 10 — Bill Anderson Sings Released: February 1964 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 7 — Showcase Released: November 1964 Label: Decca Formats: LP — — — I Love You Drops Released: August 1966 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 1 — Get While the Gettin's Good Released: February 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 8 — I Can Do Nothing Alone Released: June 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 23 — Wild Weekend Released: May 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 10 — Happy State of Mind Released: September 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 24 — My Life/But You Know I Love You Released: July 1969 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 4 — Christmas Released: November 1969 Label: Decca Formats: LP — — — Love Is a Sometimes Thing Released: June 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 10 — Where Have All Our Heroes Gone Released: December 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 27 — Always Remember Released: April 1971 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 13 — Bill Anderson Sings for "All the LonelyWomen in the World" Released: May 1972 Label: Deca Formats: LP — 14 — Don't She Look Good Released: November 1972 Label: Decca Formats: LP — 10 — Bill Released: July 1973 Label: MCA Formats: LP — 15 — "Whispering" Bill Anderson Released: June 1974 Label: MCA Formats: LP — 17 — Every Time I Turn the Radio On/Talk to Me Ohio Released: January 1975 Label: MCA Formats: LP — 22 — Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels Released: September 1976 Label: MCA Formats: LP — 12 — Scorpio Released: April 1977 Label: MCA Formats: LP — 21 — Love...& Other Sad Stories Released: 1978 Label: MCA Formats: LP, cassette — 37 5 Ladies Choice Released: 1979 Label: MCA Formats: LP, cassette — 44 — Nashville Mirrors Released: 1980 Label: MCA Formats: LP, cassette — — — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Released: 1984 Label: Swanee Formats: LP — — — A Place in the Country Released: 1986 Label: Po Folks Formats: LP — — — Country Music Heaven Released: February 1993 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD — — — Greatest Songs Released: November 19, 1996 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD — — — Fine Wine Released: August 25, 1998 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: Cassette, CD — — — A Lot of Things Different Released: August 7, 2001 Label: TWI/Varèse Sarabande Formats: Cassette, CD — — — No Place Like Home on Christmas Released: October 15, 2002 Label: Varèse Sarabande Formats: Cassette, CD — — — Softly & Tenderly Released: June 1, 2004 Label: Madacy/TWI Formats: CD — — — The Way I Feel Released: June 2005 Label: TWI/Varèse Sarabande Formats: CD, music download — — — Whisperin' Bluegrass Released: October 23, 2007 Label: Madacy Formats: CD, music download — — — Songwriter Released: May 2010 Label: TWI Formats: CD, music download — — — Life! Released: March 4, 2014 Label: TWI Formats: CD, music download — — — Anderson Released: September 14, 2018 Label: TWI Formats: CD, music download — — — The Hits Re-Imagined Released: July 24, 2020 Label: TWI Formats: CD, music download — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As a collaboration + List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Album details PeakchartpositionsUSCountry Bright Lights and Country Music Released: November 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP 6 For Loving You Released: February 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP 6 If It's All the Same to You Released: March 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP 25 Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill) Released: January 1972 Label: Decca Formats: LP 9 Singing His Praise Released: March 1972 Label: Decca Formats: LP — Sometimes Released: January 1976 Label: MCA Formats: LP 6 Billy Boy & Mary Lou Released: June 1977 Label: MCA Formats: LP 39 Southern Fried Released: 1983 Label: Southern Tracks Formats: LP — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Album details PeakchartpositionsUSCountry Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs Released: January 1962 Label: Decca Formats: LP — From This Pen Released: June 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP 7 Bill Anderson's Greatest Hits Released: October 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP 6 Bill Anderson's Country Style Released: March 1968 Label: Vocalion Formats: LP — The Bill Anderson Story: His Greatest Hits Released: March 1969 Label: Decca Formats: LP 43 Bill Anderson's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Released: September 1971 Label: Decca Formats: LP 18 Just Plain Bill Released: June 1972 Label: Vocalion Formats: LP — Best of Bill Anderson Released: February 1991 Label: Curb Formats: Cassette, CD — Greatest Hits Released: 1996 Label: Varese Vintage Formats: CD — Greatest Hits, Volume Two Released: October 7, 1997 Label: Varese Vintage Formats: CD — The Definitive Collection Released: June 6, 2006 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD, music download — 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Released: July 25, 2006 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD, music download — As Far as I Can See: The Best of Bill Anderson Released: June 10, 2022 Label: UMG Nashville Formats: CD, music download — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other albums Live albums + List of albums, showing relevant details Title Album details Live from London Released: October 1975 Label: MCA Formats: LP On the Road with Bill Anderson Released: November 26, 1980 Label: Stallion Formats: LP Bill Anderson Hosts Backstage at theGrand Ole Opry Released: 1983 Label: RCA Formats: LP
Box sets + List of albums, showing relevant details Title Album details The First Ten Years: 1956–1966 Released: November 15, 2011 Label: Bear Family Formats: CD
Extended plays + List of albums, showing relevant details Title Album details Country and Western Hitparade, Vol. 1 Released: 1962 Label: Brunswick Formats: LP Still Released: 1963 Label: Decca Formats: LP Still Released: 1963 Label: Festival Formats: LP Me Released: 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP
Other album appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "The First Noel" 1997 Country Christmas: Stars of Nashville "Loving Arms of Tennessee" Jimmy Sturr Living on Polka Time "Too Country" 2001 Brad PaisleyBuck OwensGeorge Jones Part II "The Old Village Church on the Hill" 2002 36 Greatest Gospel Memories: A Loving Tribute to Albert E. Brumley "Blue Shades" 2002 Elizabeth Cook Hey Y'all "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" 2005 Michelle Nixon What More Should I Say? "Too Country" 2006 Brad Paisley Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall "Kung Pao Buckaroo Holiday" Brad Paisley Christmas "I'll Go Down Swinging" 2007 Justin Trevino Take One as Needed for Pain "Chip Chip" 2008 Rustie Blue Stronger Than Steel "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" 2010 George Hamilton IV Old Fashioned Hymns and Gospel Songs... for Those Who Miss Them! "The Guitar Song" Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song "Twelve Days of Christmas" 2015 Rhonda Vincent Christmas Time "Dying to See Her" 2017 Brad Paisley Love and War "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd" 2018 John Anderson,Bellamy Brothers,Roy Clark,Larry Gatlin,Bobby Goldsboro,Jan Howard,Brenda Lee,Roger Miller,Tanya Tucker King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller "When Two Worlds Collide" 2020 Jeannie Seely An American Classic
References
External links Bill Anderson discography at Discogs