Album artist 342 - The Shadows

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The Shadows Region Profile

The Shadows Chart Profile

This page lists the album chart runs of The Shadows. A list of songs by The Shadows can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

Originally famous as the backing band for Cliff Richard they had one international hit, Apache, once they had split from him. After that they were successful in the UK and almost nowhere else.

They also recorded under the name The Drifters.

# Artist Album Title Year Chart Entries
1 The Shadows The Shadows 1961 UK 1 - Sep 1961 (57 weeks), Acclaimed 1281 (1961), RYM 86 of 1961
2 The Shadows Out Of The Shadows 1962 UK 1 - Oct 1962 (38 weeks), RYM 116 of 1962
3 The Shadows The Shadows 20 Golden Greats 1977 UK 1 - Feb 1977 (42 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Mar 1977), Radio Caroline 85 (1977)
4 The Shadows Spotlight On The Shadows 1962 UK EP 1 - Feb 1962
5 The Shadows The Boys 1962 UK EP 1 - Oct 1962
6 The Shadows The Shadows To The Fore 1961 UK EP 1 - Jun 1961
7 The Shadows The Sound Of The Shadows 1965 UK 4 - Jul 1965 (17 weeks), Italy 16 of 1965
8 The Shadows String Of Hits 1979 UK 1 - Sep 1979 (43 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1980)
9 The Shadows The Shadows' Greatest Hits 1963 UK 2 - Jun 1963 (56 weeks)
10 The Shadows Reflection 1990 UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1990), UK 5 - Oct 1990 (15 weeks)
11 The Shadows Dance On With The Shadows 1964 UK 2 - May 1964 (27 weeks)
12 The Shadows Jigsaw 1967 UK 8 - Jul 1967 (16 weeks), Australia (Kent) 23 of 1967 (peak 7)
13 The Shadows Simply Shadows 1987 UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1987), UK 11 - Oct 1987 (17 weeks)
14 The Shadows Steppin' To The Shadows 1989 UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1989), UK 11 - May 1989 (9 weeks)
15 The Shadows At Their Very Best 1989 UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1989), UK 12 - Dec 1989 (9 weeks)
16 The Shadows Moonlight Shadows 1986 UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jun 1986), UK 6 - May 1986 (19 weeks)
17 The Shadows The Best Of Hank Marvin & The Shadows 1994 UK Gold (certified by BPI in Nov 1994), UK 19 - Oct 1994 (11 weeks)
18 The Shadows Themes & Dreams 1991 UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1991), UK 21 - Nov 1991 (11 weeks)
19 The Shadows Los Shadows 1963 UK EP 4 - Sep 1963
20 The Shadows The Wonderful Land Of The Shadows 1962 UK EP 6 - Sep 1962
21 The Shadows Life Story - The Very Best Of The Shadows 2004 UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 2004), UK 7 - May 2004 (10 weeks)
22 The Shadows Foot Tapping With The Shadows 1963 UK EP 7 - Oct 1963
23 The Shadows Those Brilliant Shadows 1964 UK EP 6 - Jun 1964
24 The Shadows Shindig With The Shadows 1963 UK EP 9 - Dec 1963
25 The Shadows Shadow Music 1966 UK 5 - May 1966 (17 weeks)
26 The Shadows Rhythm & Greens 1964 UK EP 8 - Oct 1964
27 The Shadows The Shadows No 2 1962 UK EP 12 - Jun 1962
28 The Shadows Hits Right Up Your Street 1981 UK 15 - Sep 1981 (16 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1981)
29 The Shadows The Shadows No 3 1962 UK EP 13 - Aug 1962
30 The Shadows Thunderbirds Are Go 1966 UK EP 6 - Nov 1966
31 The Shadows Another String Of Hits 1980 UK 16 - Jul 1980 (8 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1980)
32 The Shadows Change Of Address 1980 UK 17 - Sep 1980 (6 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1980)
33 The Shadows Out Of The Shadows No 2 1963 UK EP 20 - Jun 1963
34 The Shadows The fantastic Shadows 1965 Italy 25 of 1965
35 The Shadows Meeting with the Shadows 1965 Italy 28 of 1965
36 The Shadows Those Talented Shadows 1966 UK EP 9 - Oct 1966
37 The Shadows Dance With The Shadows No 3 1965 UK EP 16 - Jun 1965
38 The Shadows The Final Tour 2006 UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jun 2007)
39 The Shadows Golden Records 1975 France (InfoDisc) 90 of 1975 (peak 11, 16 weeks)
40 The Shadows Shades Of Rock 1970 UK 30 - Oct 1970 (4 weeks)
41 The Shadows Shadows in the night 1993 UK 22 - May 1993 (4 weeks)
42 The Shadows Specs Appeal 1975 UK 30 - Mar 1975 (5 weeks)
43 The Shadows Rockin' With Curly Leads 1974 UK 45 - Apr 1974 (1 week)
44 The Shadows Kon-Tiki de beste 1960-1980 2001 Norway 3 - Mar 2001 (9 weeks)
45 The Shadows Life In The Jungle/Live At Abbey Road 1982 UK 24 - Sep 1982 (6 weeks)
46 The Shadows Plays The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice 1997 UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1997)
47 The Shadows 50 Golden Greats 2000 UK 35 - Aug 2000 (3 weeks)
48 The Shadows Hank Marvin & The Shadows - The First 40 Years 1998 UK Silver (certified by BPI in Nov 1998)
49 The Shadows XXV 1983 UK 34 - Oct 1983 (6 weeks)
50 The Shadows Guardian Angel 1984 UK 98 - Nov 1984 (1 week)
51 The Shadows The Platinum Collection 2005 UK 30 - Aug 2005 (4 weeks)

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27 Jun 2015

The Shadows UK EP's from the separate Record Retailer chart

UK EP +1 - Jan 1961 The Shadows (86 weeks)from 19 Jan 61 UK EP +2 - Jun 1961 The Shadows To The Fore (115 weeks)from 8 Jun 61 UK EP +3 - Feb 1962 Spotlight On The Shadows (59 weeks)from 8 Feb 62 UK EP +4 - Apr 1962 The Shadows No. 2 (16 weeks)from 7 Jun 62 UK EP +5 - Jun 1962 The Shadows No. 3 (4 weeks)from 9 Aug 62 UK EP +6 - Aug 1962 Wonderful Land Of The Shadows 29 weeks)from 20 Sep 62 UK EP +7 - Oct 1962 The Boys-The Shadows (46 weeks)from 11 Oct 62 UK EP +8 - Feb 1963 Out Of The Shadows (21 weeks)from 27 Feb 63 UK EP +9 - Mar 1963 Dance On With The Shadows (5 weeks)from 7 Mar 63 UK EP 10 - May 1963 Out Of The Shadows No. 2 (2 weeks)from 20 Jun 63 UK EP 11 - Sep 1963 Foot Tapping With The Shadows (10 weeks)from 10 Oct 63 UK EP 12 - Sep 1963 Los Shadows (18 weeks)from 19 Sep 63 UK EP 13 - Dec 1963 Shindig With The Shadows (4 weeks)from 12 Dec 63 UK EP 14 - Jun 1964 Those Brilliant Shadows (14 weeks)from 18 Jun 64 UK EP 15 - Sep 1964 Dance With The Shadows UK EP 16 - Oct 1964 Rhythm & Greens - The Shadows (14 weeks)from 22 Oct 64 UK EP 17 - Dec 1964 Dance With The Shadows No. 2 UK EP 18 - Mar 1965 Themes From Aladdin - The Shadows(2 weeks)from 25 Mar 65 UK EP 19 - May 1965 Dance With The Shadows No. 3(2 weeks)from 3 Jun 65 UK EP 20 - Sep 1965 Alice In Sunderland - The Shadows UK EP 21 - Nov 1965 The Sound Of The Shadows UK EP 22 - Feb 1966 The Sound Of The Shadows No. 2 UK EP 23 - Aug 1966 The Sound Of The Shadows No. 3 UK EP 24 - Set 1966 Those Talented Shadows(2 weeks)from 29 Sep 66 UK EP 25 - Sep 1966 Thunderbirds Are Go(7 weeks)from 17 Nov 66 UK EP 26 - May 1967 The Shadows On Stage And Screen First EP Chartlist 10 March 1960 Last ++ ++ ++ ++ + 30 November 1967 Guinness Book of Hits Of The 60s 1984 ISBN 0-85112-416-X

First this data is already there and second we couldn't add data for just one act anyway


24 Nov 2014

Double Listing +- 20 Golden Greats

#12 and #13 are the same album.

Looks good, data fixed, thanks