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Kate Rusby discography

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| Artist = Kate Rusby

| Image = A nice cuppa tea (20054991586).jpg

| Alt = Singer Kate Rusby holding a microphone and a cup of tea

| Caption = Rusby on stage at the Underneath the Stars Festival

| Studio = 24

| Singles = 14

| EP = 4

| Music videos = 7

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The discography of Kate Rusby, an English folk singer, consists of twenty solo albums, four albums as part of a duo or group, four extended plays (EPs), two video albums, fourteen singles, and seven music videos. Rusby's debut was Intuition, an album recorded in collaboration with five other female singers from Yorkshire, which was released on a small label in 1993. Her breakthrough came with an eponymous album recorded with Kathryn Roberts, another of the singers featured on Intuition. This album, which was named as the best of the year by Folk Roots magazine,{{cite web|url=http://www.frootsmag.com/pollwinners/|title=The fRoots Critics Poll Albums Of The Year|work=fRoots|access-date=16 November 2009|archive-date=14 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214083527/http://www.frootsmag.com/pollwinners/|url-status=live}} was the first release on Pure Records, a label set up by Rusby's father on which all her subsequent solo recordings have been released.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kate-rusby-her-rise-to-the-forefront-of-folk-music-421572.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503014039/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kate-rusby-her-rise-to-the-forefront-of-folk-music-421572.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 3, 2008|title=Kate Rusby: her rise to the forefront of folk music|first=Miles|last=Salter|work=The Independent|access-date=16 November 2009|date=26 October 2006}} Rusby and Roberts also formed the band the Equation in conjunction with the Lakeman Brothers, but Rusby left the group after their debut EP. In 1996 she joined the all-female folk group the Poozies, with whom she released one EP and one full-length album.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p159755|title=Poozies > Biography|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=10 December 2009|archive-date=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626000922/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p159755|url-status=live}}

In 1997 Rusby released her first solo album, Hourglass, and two years later followed it with Sleepless, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/440503.stm|title=No sure bets for Mercury|date=7 September 1999|access-date=16 November 2009|publisher=BBC|archive-date=31 December 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021231073230/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/440503.stm|url-status=live}} Two years later, Little Lights became Rusby's first release to enter the Top 100 of the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 75. Her highest placing on this chart came with 2012's 20, which reached number 22. In 2006 she provided guest vocals on the single "All Over Again" by Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, which reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. Rusby has also made guest appearances on albums by artists such as Show of Hands, Battlefield Band, Roddy Woomble, Ella Edmondson and John McCusker.

Albums

=Solo albums =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year

! rowspan="2" width="275"|Album details

! colspan="2"|Peak chart positions

style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2867/kate-rusby/|title=Kate Rusby|access-date=26 July 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929155000/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2867/kate-rusby/|url-status=live}}

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|US World
{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165441|pure_url=yes}}|title=Kate Rusby > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|work=Allmusic|access-date=16 November 2009}}

align=center|1998

|Hourglass

  • Released: 1 March 1997
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|1999

|Sleepless

  • Released: 17 August 1999
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|2001

|Little Lights

  • Released: 12 June 2001
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|75

|align=center|—

align=center|2002

|10

  • Released: 7 January 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|2003

|Underneath the Stars

  • Released: 11 August 2003
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|78

|align=center|10

align=center|2005

|The Girl Who Couldn't Fly

  • Released: 11 October 2005
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|45

|align=center|—

align=center|2007

|Awkward Annie

  • Released: 14 August 2007
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|32

|align=center|—

align=center|2008

|Sweet Bells

  • Released: 15 December 2008
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|91

|align=center|—

align=center|2010

|Make the Light

  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|99

|align=center|—

align=center|2011

|While Mortals Sleep

  • Released: 22 November 2011
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|91

|align=center|—

align=center|2012

|20

  • Released: 22 October 2012
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|22

|align=center|—

align=center|2014

|Ghost

  • Released: 4 August 2014
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|2015

|The Frost Is All Over

  • Released: 27 November 2015
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|2016

|Life in a Paper Boat

  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|98

|align=center|—

align=center|2017

|Angels & Men

  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|40

|align=center|—

align=center rowspan=2|2019

|Philosophers, Poets & Kings

  • Released: 31 May 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

Holly Head

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|—

|align=center|—

align=center|2020

|Hand Me Down

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

|align=center|12

|align=center|—

align=center|2022

|30: Happy Returns

  • Released: 6 May 2022{{cite web|url=https://katerusby.com/2022/03/31/brand-new-album-available-for-pre-order-now/|title=Brand New Album Available for Pre-Order Now!|website=katerusby.com|date=31 March 2022|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=16 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516085238/https://katerusby.com/2022/03/31/brand-new-album-available-for-pre-order-now/|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, download

|align=center|97

|align=center|—

align=center|2023

|Light Years

  • Released: 1 December 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/10/kate-rusby-announces-new-christmas-album-and-tour-light-years/|title=Kate Rusby announces Light Years Christmas Album and Tour|website=Folk Radio UK|date=5 October 2023|access-date=5 December 2023|archive-date=4 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204180427/https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/10/kate-rusby-announces-new-christmas-album-and-tour-light-years/|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, download

|align=center|76

|align=center|—

align="center" colspan="6" style="font-size: 85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

=Collaborative albums=

class="wikitable"

! width="33"|Year

! width="275"|Album details

align=center|1993Intuition
(with Kathleen Deighton, Rosalie Deighton,
Julie Matthews, Kathryn Roberts and Pat Shaw)

  • Released: 1993{{cite web|url=http://www.dirtylinen.com/linen/feature/63trad.html|title=The Young & the British: The New Young Traditionalists|first=Lahri|last=Bond|access-date=16 November 2009|work=Dirty Linen|year=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710132947/http://www.dirtylinen.com/linen/feature/63trad.html|archive-date=2011-07-10|url-status=dead}}
  • Label: Fat Cat
  • Formats: CD, cassette{{citation|title=Folk Roots Reviews|journal=Folk Roots|issue=125|date=November 1993}}
align=center|1995Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts
(with Kathryn Roberts)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD, cassette{{citation|title=Folk Roots Reviews|journal=Folk Roots|issue=145|date=July 1995}}
    • align=center|1999Infinite Blue
    (as a member of The Poozies)
  • Released: 19 January 1999{{cite web | url = https://www.nme.com/artists/kate-rusby#biography | title = Kate Rusby: Biography | work = NME | access-date = 16 August 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110111193430/http://www.nme.com/artists/kate-rusby#biography | archive-date = 11 January 2011 }}{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r385836|pure_url=yes}}|title=Infinite Blue > Overview}}
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD
    • align=center|2004Heartlands
    (with John McCusker)
  • Released: 18 October 2004{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r892333|pure_url=yes}}|title=Heartlands > Overview}}
  • Label: Pure
  • Formats: CD

    • Extended plays

    class="wikitable"

    ! width="33"|Year

    ! width="275"| Title

    !Notes

    align=center|1995In Session

    • Released: 1995
    • Label: Crapstone
    • Format: CD

    |As a member of the Equation

    align=center|1997Come Raise Your Head

    • Released: 1997
    • Label: Pure
    • Format: CD

    |As a member of the Poozies{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165441|pure_url=yes}} | last = Phares | first = Heather | title = Kate Rusby > Biography | publisher = Macrovision|work=Allmusic| access-date = 13 November 2009}}

    align=center|1999Cowsong

    • Released: 1999
    • Label: Pure
    • Format: CD

    |

    align=center|2004Underneath the Stars

    • Released: 2004
    • Label: Pure
    • Format: CD

    |

    Singles

    class="wikitable"

    ! width="33"|Year

    ! width="275"| Title

    !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|UK

    ! Album

    align=center|2001"Withered and Died"align=center|—Little Lights
    align=center|2004"Underneath the Stars"align=center|—Underneath the Stars
    align=center rowspan=3|2005"No Names"align=center|—rowspan=3|The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
    "You Belong to Me"align=center|—
    "Little Jack Frost"align=center|—
    align=center|2006"All Over Again" (duet with Ronan Keating)align=center|6Bring You Home
    align=center rowspan=2 |2007"Planets"align=center|—rowspan=2|Awkward Annie
    "The Village Green Preservation Society"align=center|—
    align=center|2008"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"align=center|—non-album single
    align=center|2019"Jenny"align=center|—Philosophers, Poets & Kings
    align=center rowspan=3 |2020"Manic Monday"align=center|—rowspan=3|Hand Me Down
    "Friday I'm in Love"align=center|—
    "Shake It Off"align=center|—
    align=center|2023"Glorious"{{cite web|url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/11/kate-rusby-single-video-glorious/|title=Kate Rusby shares her new single and video ‘Glorious’|publisher=Folk Radio|first=Alex|last=Gallacher|date=3 November 2023|accessdate=3 November 2023|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103090907/https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/11/kate-rusby-single-video-glorious/|url-status=live}}

    |align=center|—

    		Light Years

    Video albums

    class="wikitable"

    ! Year

    ! width=275| Video information

    ! Notes

    align=center|2004

    | Live From Leeds

    • Released: 29 June 2004{{cite web|title=Live From Leeds > Overview|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r694636|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=16 November 2009}}
    • Label: Pure
    • Director: Janet Fraser Crook{{cite video|people=Fraser Crook, Janet (director)|title=Live From Leeds|date=29 June 2004|medium=DVD|publisher=Pure Records}}

    |Recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties
    Originally broadcast on BBC Four{{cite web|url=http://www.smoothoperations.com/television.htm|title=Television|access-date=16 November 2009|publisher=Smooth Operations Productions Ltd|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227100814/http://www.smoothoperations.com/television.htm|archive-date=27 February 2010}}

    align=center|2013

    |Live at Christmas

    • Released: 28 October 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.katerusby.com/recordings/1424-2/|title=Kate Rusby : Live At Christmas|publisher=Pure Records|access-date=3 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303173740/http://www.katerusby.com/recordings/1424-2/|archive-date=3 March 2014}}
    • Label: Pure
    • Director: not credited

    |Recorded live at the Royal Hall, Harrogate

    Music videos

    class="wikitable"

    !width="33"| Year

    ! width="275"|Title

    ! Director

    align=center|2006"All Over Again"Simon Levene{{cite web|url=http://www.screen-talent.com/pdfs/greg%20copeland%20ST.pdf|title=Greg Copeland, Cinematographer|access-date=16 November 2009|publisher=The Screen Talent Agency|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129014317/http://www.screen-talent.com/pdfs/greg%20copeland%20ST.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2010}}
    align=center|2016"Big Brave Bill"unknown
    align=center|2017"Big Brave Bill Saves Christmas"Jay Sillence
    align=center|2019"Jenny"unknown
    align=center rowspan=2|2020"Manic Monday"rowspan=2|Kate Rusby and Damien O'Kane
    "Shake It Off"
    align=center|2019"Glorious"unknown

    Other appearances

    =Soundtracks=

    class="wikitable"

    ! width="33"|Year

    ! width="275"|Song

    ! Album

    align=center|1996"The Collier Recruit"
    "Broken-Hearted I Will Wander"    		Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe{{citation|title=Folk Roots Reviews|journal=Folk Roots|issue=158/159|date=August–September 1996}}

    =Compilation albums=

    • Only otherwise unreleased material included on compilation albums is listed

    class="wikitable"

    ! width="33"|Year

    ! width="275"|Song

    ! Album/Single

    align=center|1999"The Cobbler's Daughter"Cambridge Folk Festival: A Celebration of Roots Music 1998-99
    align=center|2004"I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight?"Folk Festival: A Celebration of Music Recorded at the Sidmouth International Festival
    align=center rowspan=2|2006"It's Curtains"The Song of Steel
    "Underneath the Stars"Cool as Folk
    align=center rowspan=2|2011"Butterfly"Davy Steele: Steele the Show
    "Awkward Annie"
    "The Mocking Bird"
    "The Blind Harper"    		Cambridge Folk Festival 2011 (DVD)

    =Guest appearances=

    class="wikitable"
    width=33|Year

    ! width="160"|Artist

    ! width="190"|Album

    ! width="155"|Credit

    ! width="155"|Track(s)

    align=center|1995Chris Sherburn & Denny BartleyLast Night's FunVocals"The Roseville Fair/The Concert Reel"
    "Starry Night"{{cite AV media notes|title=Last Night's Fun (Reissue)|others=Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley|year=2005|publisher=RabbleRouser Music}}
    align=center rowspan=2|1997Battlefield BandAcross the BordersVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r258306|pure_url=yes}}|title=Across the Borders > Credits}}"The Green and the Blue"{{cite AV media notes|title=Across the Borders|title-link=Across the Borders|others=Battlefield Band|year=1997|publisher=Temple Records}}
    Roy BaileyNew Directions in the OldVocals"Light Years Away"
    align=center rowspan=1|1999Show of HandsDark FieldsVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443155|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dark Fields > Credits}}"High Germany/Molly Oxford"{{cite AV media notes|title=Dark Fields (album)|title-link=Dark Fields (album)|others=Show of Hands|year=1999|publisher=Hands On Music}}
    rowspan=2 align=center|2000Gibb ToddConnectedHarmony vocals, box{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r466978|pure_url=yes}}|title=Connected > Credits}}"The Final Trawl"
    "Will Ye No Come Back Again"
    John McCuskerYella HooseVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r508252|pure_url=yes}}|title=Yella Hoose > Credits}}"Night Visiting Song"{{cite AV media notes|title=Yella Hoose|others=John McCusker|year=2000|publisher=Compass Records}}
    align=center|2001Cathie RyanSomewhere Along the RoadVocals"Somewhere Along the Road"
    align=center|2002Linda ThompsonFashionably LateGuitar, harmony vocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r592293|pure_url=yes}}|title=Fashionably Late > Credits}}"Miss Murray"
    "No Telling"{{cite AV media notes|title=Fashionably Late|others=Linda Thompson|year=2002|publisher=Rounder Records}}
    align=center|2003John McCuskerGoodnight GingerVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r626381|pure_url=yes}}|title=Goodnight Ginger > Credits}}"The Bold Privateer"{{cite AV media notes|title=Goodnight Ginger|others=John McCusker|year=2003|publisher=Temple Records}}
    rowspan=2 align=center|2005John DoyleWayward SonVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r783054|pure_url=yes}}|title=Wayward Son > Credits}}"Bitter the Parting"{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139680209.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105001039/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139680209.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-05|title=John Doyle: Wayward Son|first=Rob|last=Weir|date=Winter 2006|access-date=22 December 2009|work=Sing Out!}}
    Cherish the LadiesWoman of the HouseVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r793708|pure_url=yes}}|title=Woman of the House > Credits}}"Bogie's Bonnie Belle"{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030200645.html|title=Cherish the Ladies "Woman of the House" Rounder|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=3 March 2006|access-date=22 December 2009|first=Pamela|last=Murray Winters|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109132533/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030200645.html|url-status=live}}
    rowspan=2 align=center|2006Kris DreverBlack WaterHarmony vocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r931787|pure_url=yes}}|title=Black Water > Credits}}"Braw Sailin' on the Sea"
    "Green Grows the Laurel"
    "Navigator"{{cite AV media notes|title=Black Water|title-link=Black Water (Kris Drever album)|others=Kris Drever|year=2006|publisher=Reveal Records}}
    Roddy WoombleMy Secret is My SilenceVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r847634|pure_url=yes}}|title=My Secret is My Silence > Credits}}"I Came in from the Mountain"
    "Act IV"
    "From the Drifter to the Drake"
    "Waverley Steps"
    "Play Me Something"
    rowspan=2 align=center|2007Various artistsBallads of the BookVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1020159|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ballads of the Book > Credits}}"The Weight of Years"
    (by Idlewild and Edwin Morgan){{cite AV media notes|title=Ballads of the Book|title-link=Ballads of the Book|year=2007|publisher=Chemikal Underground}}
    Martin SimpsonProdigal SonVocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1112836|pure_url=yes}}|title=Prodigal Son > Credits}}"Never Any Good"{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/stories/2009/2735532.htm|title=Topic Records: Three Score and Ten|date=21 November 2009|work=The Weekend Planet|access-date=22 December 2009|publisher=ABC Online}}
    rowspan=2 align=center|2009Maura O'ConnellNaked with FriendsHarmony vocals{{cite web|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=16 November 2009|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1573217|pure_url=yes}}|title=Naked with Friends > Credits}}"The Bright Blue Rose"{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0918/1224254764199.html|title=Traditional|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=18 September 2009|access-date=22 December 2009|first=Siobhán|last=Long|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019041657/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0918/1224254764199.html|url-status=live}}
    Ella EdmondsonHold Your HorsesVocals{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/19/ella-edmondson-cd-review|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 November 2009|title=Ella Edmondson: Hold Your Horses|first=Robin|last=Denselow|date=20 February 2009}}not specified
    align=center|2010Damien O'KaneSummer HillVocals"Summer Hill"
    "Raven's Wing"
    "The Sun is Burning"
    align=center|2014West of EdenSongs from Twisting RiverVocals"The Bee That Stung"
    align=center|2015Damien O'KaneAreas of High TrafficVocals"Banks of the Bann"
    align=center|2017Damien O'KaneAvenging & BrightVocals"Lately"

    References

    ;General

    • {{cite web|publisher=Pure Records|access-date=27 July 2020|url=https://purerecords.net/pages/catalogue|title=Catalogue|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415190545/https://purerecords.net/pages/catalogue|url-status=live}}
    • {{cite web|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=9 January 2010|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165441|pure_url=yes}}|title=Kate Rusby Discography}}

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    External links

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