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Elliott Murphy
Person · male · United States · Rockville Centre · born 1949 · recording since 1973
American singer-songwriter
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Also known as Elliot Murphy · Эллиотт Мёрфи
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35 events▣ Album 31✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1970s
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Debut release: Aquashow
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Biography
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Biography
Elliott James Murphy (born March 16, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, record producer, and journalist.
Biography
Elliott Murphy was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in Garden City, Long Island and began playing the guitar at age twelve. His band The Rapscallions won the 1966 New York State Battle of the Bands. In 1971 he travelled to Europe and appeared in the Federico Fellini film Roma Returning to New York, in 1973 he secured a record contract with Polydor Records after being noticed by rock critic Paul Nelson. In 1988, he returned to college studies he had given up in the 1960s, and completed his bachelor's degree at Empire State College.
His debut album Aquashow
AquashowSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Last of the Rockstars3:432How's the Family4:243Hangin' Out4:204Hometown4:345Graveyard Scrapbook3:006Poise 'n Pen2:397Marilyn4:208White Middle Class Blues3:019Like a Great Gatsby3:1310Don't Go Away4:03 (1973) was critically acclaimed and favorably reviewed in Rolling Stone, Newsweek and The New Yorker. Follow up albums included Lost Generation
Lost GenerationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Hollywood3:582A Touch of Mercy3:323History3:064When You Ride2:585Bittersweet4:066Lost Generation4:397Eva Braun4:058Manhattan Rock4:049Vision of the Night3:4510Lookin' Back3:40 (1975) produced by Doors Producer Paul A. Rothchild, Night Lights (1975) and Just a Story from America (1977). Special guests on Murphy's albums have included Bruce Springsteen, Mick Taylor, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Sonny Landreth, David Johansen, Gene Parsons, The Violent Femmes, Cindy Bullens and Shawn Colvin. To date, he has released over thirty-five albums including, Affairs
AffairsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Talkin' About America3:512Euro-Tour3:563Veronique (The Actress)4:174'Cause I Saw You3:365Cool Panic3:506Change Will Come4:28 (1980), Murph the Surf
Murph the SurfSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Continental Kinda Girl4:442Off The Shelf3:583Baby I've Been Thinkin'2:494Modern Romance4:255You've Got It Made4:216Fall of Saigon6:107Dusty Roses5:348Calling on Cathleen3:279Garden City4:2410Blue Towers3:38 (1982). In 1985 Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads produced the album Milwaukee
MilwaukeeSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Taking The Silence4:402People Don't Learn4:583Out For The Killing4:474Sister Real3:445Niagara Falls5:006Running Around5:057Clean It Up4:038Texas4:249He Who Laughs Last (Laughs Alone)3:2610Going Through Something (Don't Know What It Is)3:36. Selling the Gold (1995) featured a duet, "Everything I Do", with Bruce Springsteen. The album also has a collaboration with the Violent Femmes: all three original members Gordon Gano, Victor DeLorenzo, Brian Ritchie appear on the track "King of the Serpentine".
The albums Beauregard
BeauregardSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Bells of Beauregard0:182Somebodies Anniversary5:183Made in Freud3:424O Wyoming3:185Hard Core3:446Moving Sky3:247Well Intentioned Pedestrians4:298Small Room3:439Sonny4:3310Last Train to Memphis2:5611St. Elmo's Motel4:3312You Can't Go Home3:0213All These Days3:4114Glorious Feeling4:2015As Bad as It Gets3:58, Rainy Season
Rainy SeasonSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Thirty Was A Long Time Ago3:592The Day After Valentine's Day4:283Lo And Behold4:354New World Order3:045Little Red Rooster2:286On Romeo Street7:157I Wish I Was Picasso3:458Fool For Love4:159Bullet5:0810Put It Down10:1711Djanjo 3063:03, Soul Surfing
Soul SurfingSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Come On Louann4:052Strangers on a Train3:063A Little Push4:094Eiffel Tower Blue4:015Fix Me a Coffee6:256Dragon3:497Irish Eyes3:538Tell Me5:459Doctor of Mercy5:4610Black Crow4:1711Hold On5:23, and La terre commune, a duo with Iain Matthews, followed. Never Say Never...The Best of 1995–2005, a CD and DVD of performances was released in 2005. The year ended with Murphy Gets Muddy, an album of 9 classic blues covers and 5 Murphy blues originals. In early 2007 the album Coming Home Again
Coming Home AgainSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Pneumonia Alley5:422As Good As4:053A Touch Of Kindness5:224Making Friends With The Dead4:18540 Days And 40 Nights4:286Losing It4:487The Prince Of Chaos6:438Mary Ann's Garage Sale3:319Not Enough Time4:3910Johnny Boy Gone5:5011Canaries In The Mind3:0312Jesse5:3013Home Again4:30 was released in Europe. Murphy's 30th studio album, Notes from the Underground
Notes From the UndergroundSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1And General Robert E. Lee4:302Lost and Lonely6:233The Valley Below4:274On My Mind4:475Ophelia5:166What's That4:567Crepuscule3:148Scandinavian Skies4:119Razzmatazz5:1910Frankenstein's Daughter4:5811Crying Creatures of the Universe3:48, came out in 2008 and he returned to the United States. A live CD/DVD-set "Alive in ParisAlive in ParisSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Crepescule3:132Sonny7:423Green River7:204Pneumonia Alley5:445Ophelia5:456Canaries in My Mind5:597You Never Know What You're in For5:458Last of the Rock Stars6:259On Elvis Presley's Birthday7:0510A Touch of Kindness7:1111And General Robert E.Lee4:1012Diamonds by the Yard11:32" was released in the fall 2009 followed by the self-titled "Elliott Murphy" (2010), "Just A Story from New York
Just A Story From New YorkSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Gone, Gone Gone3:282A Touch of Mercy3:263Pneumonia Alley6:034Rain, Rain, Rain4:175You Never Know What You're In For5:566Last of the Rock Stars5:137Rock'n Roll Rock'n Roll5:088On Elvis Presley's Birthday6:259Poise'n Grace4:3710Diamonds By the Yard10:0111Drive All Night5:4512Just A Story From America7:21" (2011) and "It Takes A Worried Man
It Takes A Worried ManSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Worried Man Blues2:272Angeline4:083Little Big Man4:204Murphyland2:325Then You Start Crying3:226I Am Empty5:207He's Gone3:188Day For Night2:299Little Bit More3:5110Eternal Highway4:2411Even Steven2:37" which was produced by his son Gaspard Murphy. All Music Guide has rated over fifteen of his albums with 4 stars or more
In addition to his music and song lyrics Murphy has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, Mucchio Selvaggio, Jam and various European magazines and has published Cold & Electric, a semi-autobiographical novel, in French, German and Spanish editions, as well as two short story collections (The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Where the Women Are Naked and the Men Are Rich) and in 2003 Café Notes (Hachette, France). In 2012 the complete version of Cold & Electric re-titled "Marty May" was published by Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard.
On October 1, 2012, Elliott Murphy was awarded the Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris in a ceremony at the Hôtel de Ville presided by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë for recognition of his career as a musician and author.
On November 4, 2015 Elliott Murphy was decorated with the Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in a ceremony at the Mairie of the 4th Arrondissement in Paris.
In 2018 he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame by Billy Joel
A biography of Elliott Murphy, "Hardcore", written by Charles Pitter, was published in 2013.
The Second Act of Elliott Murphy
In 2015, the documentary film, The Second Act of Elliott Murphy, by Spanish director Jorge Arenillas, detailing the transition of Murphy's career from the US to Europe was released on Mirabal Films. The film won the Audience Prize award at the 2016 Dock of the Bay film festival in San Sebastian, Spain and included interviews with both Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.
Broken Poet
In 2018, Elliott Murphy starred in the film, Broken Poet, by Spanish director Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, adapted from the Elliott Murphy short-story The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Also starring in the film are Marisa Berenson, Michael O'Keefe, Joana Preiss and a cameo appearance by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.
Albums and EPs
Aquashow (1973)
Lost Generation (1975)
Night Lights (1976)
Just A Story From America (1977)
Affairs (1980)
Murph the Surf (1982)
Party Girls / Broken Poets (1984)
Milwaukee (1985)
Change Will Come (1987)
Après le Déluge (1987)
If Poets Were Kings (1991)
12 (1990) US re-edition: Unreal City (1993)
Selling the Gold (1995)
Beauregard (1998)
Rainy Season (2000)
La terre commune with Iain Matthews (2001)
Soul Surfing (2002)
Soul Surfing – the Next Wave EP (2002)
Strings of the Storm (2003)
Murphy Gets Muddy CD/DVD (2005)
Coming Home Again (2007)
Notes from the Underground (2008)
Elliott Murphy (2011)
It Takes A Worried Man (2013)
Intime (2014)
Aquashow Deconstructed (2015)
Prodigal Son (2017)
Ricochet (2019)
The Middle Kingdom (2020)
Wonder (2022)
Infinity (2025)
Vintage Series
1 Aquashow & Just A Story From America Demos
2 The Night Lights Band Live
3 Hello Long Island 1974
4 The Murphys
5 Gramercy Park
6 Electric Murphyland
7 Double E
8 Live In Texas DVD
9 The Paris Concerts: Eldorado 1981 Like Boats Against the Current
10 Gold Demos
Compilation albums
Diamonds by the Yard (1991)
Paris/New York (1992)
Going Through Something – the Best of 1982–1991 (1996)
Never Say Never – the Best of 1995–2003 & Live DVD (2005)
Live albums
Live Hot Point (1991)
April – a Live Album (1999)
The Last of the Rock Stars... and Me and You (2001)
Alive in Paris (2009)
Just A Story From New York (2011)
Just for One Day (2011)
Elliott Murphy is Alive! (2018)
Live in Bilbao (2021)
Novels
Poetic Justice. New York: Elliott Murphy Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-6156-6909-0
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 55 | 94.9th |
| Studio albums | 31 | 98.3th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 35 | 97.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (55 release groups · 31 studio albums)
Albums · 31
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:17
1Last of the Rockstars3:432How's the Family4:243Hangin' Out4:204Hometown4:345Graveyard Scrapbook3:006Poise 'n Pen2:397Marilyn4:208White Middle Class Blues3:019Like a Great Gatsby3:1310Don't Go Away4:031975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:53
1Hollywood3:582A Touch of Mercy3:323History3:064When You Ride2:585Bittersweet4:066Lost Generation4:397Eva Braun4:058Manhattan Rock4:049Vision of the Night3:4510Lookin' Back3:401976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 34:48
A1Diamonds by the Yard6:51A2Deco Dance5:15A3Rich Girls3:20A4Abraham Lincoln Continental4:28B1Isadora's DancersB2You Never Know What You're in For4:16B3Lady Stilletto4:08B4Lookin' for a Hero3:45B5Never as Old as You2:451977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:13
A1Drive All Night3:35A2Summer House3:18A3Just a Story From America2:31A4Rock Ballad5:01A5Think Too Hard3:28B1Anastasia5:08B2Darlin’ (And She Called Me)3:47B3Let Go3:37B4Caught Short in the Long Run4:481980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 23:58
1Talkin' About America3:512Euro-Tour3:563Veronique (The Actress)4:174'Cause I Saw You3:365Cool Panic3:506Change Will Come4:281982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:30
1Continental Kinda Girl4:442Off The Shelf3:583Baby I've Been Thinkin'2:494Modern Romance4:255You've Got It Made4:216Fall of Saigon6:107Dusty Roses5:348Calling on Cathleen3:279Garden City4:2410Blue Towers3:381985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:43
1Taking The Silence4:402People Don't Learn4:583Out For The Killing4:474Sister Real3:445Niagara Falls5:006Running Around5:057Clean It Up4:038Texas4:249He Who Laughs Last (Laughs Alone)3:2610Going Through Something (Don't Know What It Is)3:361987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:38
1It Feels Like4:332Fan Mail4:073Madalyn5:114What's The Matter3:525Razor Love2:466Jefferson Davis Continental5:047Reflections On The Fog7:058It's Up To You4:409What Do Ya Know?4:2610The Ballad Of Sal Paradise2:541988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:07
1Change Will Come4:262Many Can Read (Few Can Reason)3:113Chain Of Pain2:594The Eyes Of The Children Of Maria4:005Something Ain't Right3:516And That's Called Insanity3:077Theme Song (Looking For A...)3:548Acting To Friendly5:189Feel That Way3:2910The Goodbye Song4:2111Just A Story From America (Bonus Track)4:0512Drive All Night (Bonus Track)5:261990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:03
1The Loser6:502Sicily (Tropic Of Separation)3:343Sacrifice3:434The Malady & The Medicine3:505Destiny3:356On Elvis Presley's Birthday3:277Greetings From Sydney3:118The Price I Pay2:259The Epicenter!!!3:5710Mr. Coffee3:4911No I ... I Couldn't Touch You3:2412Automatic Erotic3:2213All The Way From Tokyo1:2614Bilingual Lover4:3115All That Money Can Do5:1816You're Gonna Chase Love Away4:4717The Dolly Sisters3:0118Sad After Sex1:1019Something Like Steve McQueen4:2320Where Is My Baby?3:3621Let It Rain ...4:441991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 22:15
1Rio Grande Revisited3:122On the Wings of Icarus3:113Something Like Steve McQueen4:404Sunflower3:305Eliza3:246If Poets Were Kings4:181992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:50
1Three Complete American Novels3:142Winners, Losers, Beggars, Choosers4:303Doctor Calabash3:524Blues Responsibility4:065Saving Time4:296Party Girls And Broken Poets5:017Like A Rocket2:458Last Call4:469Something New4:2110The Streets Of New York4:0711In A Minute3:1612Everybody Knows (Niagara Falls)5:231993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 53:39
1Sicily (Tropic Of Separation)3:352I Couldn't Touch You3:253The Price I Pay2:284Destiny3:365The Malady And The Medicine3:556Rio Grande Revisited3:097On Elvis Presley's Birthday3:288The Epicenter3:599On The Wings Of Icarus3:0810Sacrifice3:4411Automatic Erotic3:2412Eliza3:2413Greeetings From Sydney3:1414Something Like Steve McQueen4:2515Let it Rain4:451995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:39
1Love to America5:312Take Your Love Away3:163Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)4:474Taste the Grand Life3:455Selling the Gold4:126A Whole New World5:157Buddy and Peggy Sue3:508Real Time5:409Is Fellini Really Dead4:5010Then I'm Going to Make Love to You4:2511King of the Serpentine4:081998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:59
1Bells of Beauregard0:182Somebodies Anniversary5:183Made in Freud3:424O Wyoming3:185Hard Core3:446Moving Sky3:247Well Intentioned Pedestrians4:298Small Room3:439Sonny4:3310Last Train to Memphis2:5611St. Elmo's Motel4:3312You Can't Go Home3:0213All These Days3:4114Glorious Feeling4:2015As Bad as It Gets3:582000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:17
1Thirty Was A Long Time Ago3:592The Day After Valentine's Day4:283Lo And Behold4:354New World Order3:045Little Red Rooster2:286On Romeo Street7:157I Wish I Was Picasso3:458Fool For Love4:159Bullet5:0810Put It Down10:1711Djanjo 3063:032002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:39
1Come On Louann4:052Strangers on a Train3:063A Little Push4:094Eiffel Tower Blue4:015Fix Me a Coffee6:256Dragon3:497Irish Eyes3:538Tell Me5:459Doctor of Mercy5:4610Black Crow4:1711Hold On5:232003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:48:37
Disc 11Green River6:312Night Falls6:083The Best Kiss4:494Big Sky4:425The Poet and the Priest6:146Le Future4:177Temple Bar3:088The Banks of the Ohio3:429The Last Star of the Night6:1610Day Is Gone4:3811From Room 1024:20Disc 21A Mountain of Love4:042Mick’s Dream4:083La belle dame sans merci2:584Everybody Got Lucky3:375Look Around You6:406Cutting the Cake4:257Bird4:088Jet‐Lag5:099Moan3:1410O Catarina3:4211The Red Lights11:472006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:29
1Pneumonia Alley5:422As Good As4:053A Touch Of Kindness5:224Making Friends With The Dead4:18540 Days And 40 Nights4:286Losing It4:487The Prince Of Chaos6:438Mary Ann's Garage Sale3:319Not Enough Time4:3910Johnny Boy Gone5:5011Canaries In The Mind3:0312Jesse5:3013Home Again4:302006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:12
1Terraplane Blues4:072I Got My Mojo Working3:163Hey Gunslinger3:574Baby Please Don't Go3:535I'm Ready3:506The Thrill Is Gone4:387Tip on In4:488Open City4:199Who Am I Blues5:0910Baby What You Want Me to Do4:0911Mannish Boy5:2312Artificial Paradise2:4813I Can't Be Satisfied3:0514The Beginning and the End8:502008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:49
1And General Robert E. Lee4:302Lost and Lonely6:233The Valley Below4:274On My Mind4:475Ophelia5:166What's That4:567Crepuscule3:148Scandinavian Skies4:119Razzmatazz5:1910Frankenstein's Daughter4:5811Crying Creatures of the Universe3:482010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:14
1Poise'n Grace4:352Maybe You Were Laughing3:323Counterclockwise3:154Rock'n Roll, Rock'n Roll, Rock'n Roll3:305Gone, Gone, Gone3:426You Don't Need to Be More Than Yourself4:337With This Ring3:508Take That Devil Out of Me3:139The Day After You4:2710Rain, Rain, Rain3:1811Train Kept a Rolling6:192012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:48
1Worried Man Blues2:272Angeline4:083Little Big Man4:204Murphyland2:325Then You Start Crying3:226I Am Empty5:207He's Gone3:188Day For Night2:299Little Bit More3:5110Eternal Highway4:2411Even Steven2:372014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 31:08
1Heroes4:212Green River5:403You Don’t Need to Be More Then Yourself5:074With This Ring3:485Gone, Gone, Gone3:316Poise ’n Grace4:567Take This Devil Out of Me3:452015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:00
1Last of the Rock Stars4:002How's the Family4:383Hangin' Out4:304Hometown3:575Graveyard Scrapbook3:126Poise 'n Pen2:477Marilyn4:418White Middle Class Blues3:239Like a Great Gatsby2:3510Don't Go Away4:172017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:49
1Chelsea Boots3:442Alone In My Chair3:193Hey Little Sister5:004Let Me In5:355The Prodigal Son5:586Karen Where Are You Going3:477Wit's End6:048You'll Come Back To Me3:419Absalom, Davy & Jackie O11:412018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:20
1Taking the Silence (Remastered)4:422People Don't Learn (Remastered)5:043Out for the Killing (Remastered)4:534Sister Real (Remastered)3:475Everybody Knows (Niagara Falls) [Remastered]5:046Running Around (Remastered)5:097Clean It Up (Remastered)4:088Texas (Remastered)4:279He Who Laughs Last (Laughs Alone) [Remastered]3:3210Going Through Something (Don't Know What It Is) [Remastered]3:342019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:01:30
1Someday All This Will Be Yours3:582Better Days3:543American Stories, Pt. 23:344Trapped in a Corner2:285Summer House3:106Angel Dream #23:287Forgiveness4:378Whirlwind4:029Dharma7:0810Far Side of Paradise4:5411Jesus2:2612Dignity4:5913Navy Blue7:2714What the Fuck Is Going On [Explicit]5:252020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 42:44
1A Poem A Day1:402A Worried Man2:073Blues Progression1:424Chagall0:585Do Angels Wear Shoes1:576Forgotten Already1:207Freedom Of Line/Spontaneous Light0:478Grandpa Murphy On 10th Street3:329Last Night I Dreamed About Lou1:5010Like Gerard Depardieu Do0:5611Nasty Wife0:4412On The Death Of Prince6:0813Tapping1:5214The Middle Kingdom9:4415This Lake2:0816300 Words2:2217Uninspired And That's OK1:3018Where The Roads Go1:272022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:40
1Hope (In Your Eyes)4:292Sunlight Keeps Falling4:033Bystanders3:494That's the scene3:585Children of Children3:316Raindrops3:447Something Consequential4:078Lack of perspective3:549Lonely3:2610Hailstones3:1511Lonely King3:5012I know there's a place4:342025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 30:16
1Granny Takes A Trip3:222Red Moon Over Paris4:113Baby Boomers Lament3:364The Lion In Winter / The End Of The Game3:595Fetch Me Water3:336Three Shadows3:217Makin' It Real2:338Night Surfing3:339Count My Blessings2:08
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1987 | Niagara FallsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksANiagara Falls BI Want You | 1987 | ||
| 1995 | Stolen CarSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:401Stolen Car4:03 2Drive All Night4:37 | 1995 | ||
| 2005 | American Stories, Pt. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAAmerican Stories, Pt. 2 BLet Go | 2005 | ||
| 2017 | Chelsea BootsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAChelsea Boots BPoetic Justice Theme | 21 April 2017 | ||
| 2024 | Tout va bienSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:001Tout va bien5:00 | 15 March 2024 |
Album · 17
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Affairs, EtcSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 52:271Talkin' About America3:54 2Euro-Tour3:57 3Veronique the Actress4:29 4Disco Sadness6:22 5The Ballad of Sal Paradise2:55 6Cause I Saw You3:40 7Cool Panic3:51 8Change Will Come4:32 9Drowning3:14 10Talkin' About America (original)4:32 11Red, White & Blue6:15 12Knee Sock Dream4:46 | Compilation | 1990 | |
| 1992 | Diamonds by the YardSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks1Last of the Rock Stars 2White Middle Class Blues 3Hometown 4Poise ’n Pen 5History 6Love Song of Eva Braun 7Visions of the Night 8Diamonds by the Yard 9Isadora’s Dancers 10You Never Know What You’re in For 11Drive All Night 12Just a Story From America 13Rock Ballad 14Anastasia 15Caught Short in the Long Run 16Euro-Tour 17Change Will Come | Compilation | 1992 | |
| 1996 | Going Through Something: The Best Of Elliott MurphySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:14:261Going Through Something (Don't Know What...)3:35 2Change Will Come4:26 3Continental Kinda Girl4:40 4Party Girls And Broken Poets5:04 5You're Gonna Chase Love Away4:50 6Veronique The Actress4:28 7The Fall Of Saigon6:10 8It Feels Like4:35 9(And That's Called) Insanity3:10 10Out For The Killing4:53 11Winners, Losers, Beggars, Choosers4:34 12'Cause I Saw You3:41 13Running Around5:09 14The Eyes Of The Children Of Maria4:01 15If Poets Were King4:19 16The Loser6:51 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1999 | April - A Live AlbumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:08:011You Never Know What You're in For4:56 2Sicily5:06 3Made in Freud3:56 4Take Your Love Away4:35 5Hardcore4:17 6Drive All Night5:08 7On Elvis Presley's Birthday4:29 8Caught Short in the Long Run4:28 9Diamonds by the Yard6:38 10Party Girls and Broken Poets/Gloria8:20 11Rock Ballad6:24 12Wild Horses3:52 13The Epicenter/Runaway/House of the Rising Sun5:52 | Live | 25 October 1999 | |
| 2001 | Last Of The Rock Stars...And Me And YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:59:51Disc 1 1Last Of The Rock Stars4:22 2Little Red Rooster3:44 3Take Your Love Away4:32 4Hard Core4:12 5Drive All Night5:14 6Somebodies Anniversary5:09 7Caught Short In The Long Run5:18 8Diamonds By The Yard6:16 9Put It Down10:24 10Hollywood4:19 11Rock Ballad7:19 12Party Girls And Broken Poets7:09 Disc 21Thirty Was A Long Time Ago4:40 2Last Of The Rock Stars4:24 3On Elvis Presley's Birthday5:36 4I Wish I Was Picasso3:52 5Caught Short In The Long Run4:52 6Blind Willie McTell7:29 7Anastasia5:24 8Dusty Roses4:46 9Change Will Come4:40 10Cortez The Killer6:10 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2002 | April, A Live AlbumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:541You Never Know You're in For4:56 2Sicily5:04 3Take Your Love Away4:34 4Hard Core4:16 5Drive All Night5:07 6On Elvis Presley's Birthday4:28 7Caught Short in the Long Run4:27 8Diamonds by the Yard6:37 9Party Girls & Broken Poets/Gloria8:20 10Rock Ballad6:24 11Wild Horses4:11 12Been Up These Stairs Before3:30 | Live | 2 May 2002 | |
| 2003 | Lost Generation / Night LightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:18:051Hollywood3:58 2A Touch of Mercy3:33 3History3:07 4When You Ride3:00 5Bittersweet4:07 6Lost Generation4:40 7Eva Braun4:06 8Manhattan Rock4:04 9Visions of the Night3:46 10Lookin' Back3:40 11Diamonds by the Yard6:56 12Deco Dance5:14 13Rich Girls3:23 14Abraham Lincoln Continental4:32 15Isadora's Dancers4:54 16You Never Know What You're in For4:19 17Lady Stilletto4:13 18Lookin' for a Hero3:47 19Never as Old as You2:46 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2003 | "Scheune" Wredenhagen (Germany) - 8.6.2002Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracksDisc 1 1Temple Bar 2Come On Louann 3Last Of The Rock Stars 4Sonny 5Lo And Behold 6Dragon 7Little Red Rooster 8Take Your Love Away 9Fix Me A Coffee 10St. Elmo's Motel 11On Elvis Presley's Birthday 12A Little Push Disc 21Hold On 2I Want To Talk To You 3Eiffel Tower Blue 4The Day After Valentine's Day 5Caught Short In The Long Run 6Blind Willie McTell 7Diamonds By The Yard 8Norwegian Wood 9Strangers On A Train | Live | 2003 | |
| 2005 | Live Hot PointSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:11:221You Never Know What You're in For4:40 2The Eyes of the Children of Maria4:35 3The Last of the Rock Stars3:48 4Change Will Come4:19 5Rock Ballad7:51 6Silver Bullet4:21 7Hey Miss Betty2:47 8Ballad of Me3:41 935 Millimeter Dreams4:11 10Wild in the Streets3:21 11Diamonds by the Yard7:19 12Drive All Night7:40 13How's the Family3:30 14Just a Story From America5:37 15Route 663:42 | Live | 8 February 2005 | |
| 2009 | Alive in ParisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:17:511Crepescule3:13 2Sonny7:42 3Green River7:20 4Pneumonia Alley5:44 5Ophelia5:45 6Canaries in My Mind5:59 7You Never Know What You're in For5:45 8Last of the Rock Stars6:25 9On Elvis Presley's Birthday7:05 10A Touch of Kindness7:11 11And General Robert E.Lee4:10 12Diamonds by the Yard11:32 | Live | 1 December 2009 | |
| 2011 | Just A Story From New YorkSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:07:401Gone, Gone Gone3:28 2A Touch of Mercy3:26 3Pneumonia Alley6:03 4Rain, Rain, Rain4:17 5You Never Know What You're In For5:56 6Last of the Rock Stars5:13 7Rock'n Roll Rock'n Roll5:08 8On Elvis Presley's Birthday6:25 9Poise'n Grace4:37 10Diamonds By the Yard10:01 11Drive All Night5:45 12Just A Story From America7:21 | Live | 2011 | |
| 2014 | Vintage Series, Vol. 5Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 59:441Don’t Worry I’m a Great Driver4:11 2Talkin’ About America4:16 3It Ain’t the Same4:38 4Texas (Cross My Heart)4:26 5Party Girls and Broken Poets5:52 6Modern Romance4:23 7It Feels Like3:29 8Last Call4:56 9Come See Me Now6:19 10Like a Rocket2:33 11The Streets of New York4:18 12Garden City4:01 13Hesitation & Perfume6:22 | Live | 10 March 2014 | |
| 2014 | Vintage Series, Vol. 9 (The Paris Concerts: Eldorado 1981) [Like Boats Against the Current]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:14:591You Never Know What You're in For (Live)4:17 2Hollywood (Live)3:50 3Rich Girls (Live)4:01 4Just a Story from America (Live)2:56 5Last of the Rock Stars (Live)4:05 6How's the Family (Live)4:26 7Hometown (Live)4:11 8Graveyard Scrapbook (Live)3:20 9Drive All Night (Live)5:36 10Rock Ballad (Live)7:09 11Visions of the Night (Live)4:28 12Change Will Come (Live)4:40 13Talkin' About America (Live)4:11 14Anastasia (Live)6:08 15Let Go (Live)4:04 16Marilyn (Live)3:57 17Route 66 (Live)3:40 | Live | 12 May 2014 | |
| 2014 | Vintage Series, Vol. 7Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:141The Epicenter4:44 2Diamonds by the Yard6:36 3Greetings From Sydney3:02 4The Fall of Saigon6:23 5Let It Rain4:51 6Dusty Roses5:58 7On Elvis Presley’s Birthday4:41 8Diamonds in the Mine3:06 9Sunday Morning3:11 10Cathy’s Clown2:55 11Something Like Steve McQueen3:55 12Out for the Killing6:05 13Running Around5:40 14Texas5:07 | Live | 12 May 2014 | |
| 2018 | Elliott Murphy is Alive !Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:06:391Crepuscule3:55 2Sonny7:45 3Green River7:29 4Ophelia5:39 5Razzmatazz5:00 6Canaries In The Mind5:40 7Scandinavian Skies4:47 8The Valley Below5:36 9Frankenstein's Daughter6:19 10Diamonds By The Yard6:57 11LA Woman7:32 | Live | 2 November 2018 | |
| 2021 | Live In Caen 1983Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:25:021Talkin' About America4:07 2Off The Shelf3:59 3Baby I've Been Thinkin'4:07 4Cool Panic3:32 5Dusty Roses6:49 6Hollywood4:09 7Last Of The Rock Stars4:31 8Calling On Cathleen4:43 9Rock Ballad8:44 10You Got It Made4:30 11Just A Story From America4:18 12Anastasia6:24 13Band Intro1:28 14Continental Kinda Girl4:48 15Drive All Night5:04 16Diamonds By The Yard7:00 17The Fall Of Saigon6:49 | Live | 2021 | |
| 2022 | Live in BilbaoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:28:431Benedict's Blues3:57 2Hangin' Out5:07 3Sweet Honky Tonk7:30 4Take That Devil Out of Me5:26 5Little Big Man5:05 6Sonny8:05 7Take Your Love Away7:32 8You Never Know What You're in For8:10 9Last of the Rock Stars6:27 10And General Robert E Lee5:18 11Even Steven5:01 12Come on Louann7:11 13Green River8:46 14Home Again5:08 | Live | 28 January 2022 |
EP · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Soul Surfing: The Next WaveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 18:471Ground Zero4:19 2Evening Gown3:31 3Bilbao Bo Diddley2:05 4If You See Her, Say Hello3:20 5It's a Long Way Home... Benjamin5:32 | 2002 | ||
| 2014 | IntimeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 20:281Benedict's Blues3:24 2Sweet Honky Tonk5:08 3Blissed Out in the Land of Nod4:33 4Te Land That Time Forgot3:43 5Every Little Star3:40 | 10 March 2014 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Elliott Murphy head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 55 | 94.9th |
| Studio albums | 31 | 98.3th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 35 | 97.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Medal of the City of Paris | won | |
| 2015 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ElliottMurphy1.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7dd2a29e-5415-4180-9af9-231b1d5716addiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7dd2a29e-5415-4180-9af9-231b1d5716adcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370441genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370441seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Murphybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Murphy
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Christian Taillemite · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q370441 · MusicBrainz: 7dd2a29e-5415-4180-9af9-231b1d5716ad
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