Asleep at the Wheel discography
| Asleep at the Wheel discography | |
|---|---|
 Asleep at the Wheel performing in 2019. | |
| Studio albums | 26 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Live albums | 16 |
| Compilation albums | 21 |
| Singles | 40 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 19 |
The discography of Asleep at the Wheel (AATW), an American country band, consists of 26 studio albums (including collaborations and tribute albums), 16 live albums, 21 compilation albums, seven extended plays (EPs), 40 singles, four video albums and 19 music videos.
Formed in 1970, AATW released its debut album Comin' Right at Ya on United Artists Records in 1973, followed by a self-titled second album the following year on Epic.[1] After signing with Capitol in 1975, the band issued its first charting album Texas Gold, which reached number 136 on the US Billboard 200 and number 7 on the Top Country Albums chart.[2][3] Lead single "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" reached the Hot Country Songs top ten.[4] The following three releases, Wheelin' and Dealin' (1976), The Wheel (1977) and Collision Course (1978) all reached the top 50 of the Country Albums chart,[5][6][7] and the first two registered on the Billboard 200.[8][9] After issuing its first live album Served Live in 1979, the group signed with MCA Records and released Framed, which reached number 191 on the Billboard 200.[10]
Between 1981 and 1985, AATW worked without a record label, before issuing Pasture Prime on Demon and Stony Plain Records.[11][12] The band signed with Epic again and released 10 and Western Standard Time in 1987 and 1988, both of which reached the Billboard Top Country Albums chart top 40.[13][14] "House of Blue Lights", the lead single from 10, was the band's second to reach the Hot Country Singles top ten, peaking at number 17.[15] After two albums on Arista, the group released Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1993, which reached number 159 on the Billboard 200 and number 35 on the country chart.[16][17] 1995's The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' reached number 3 on the Canadian country chart.[18] 1997's Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all reached number 75 on the US country chart.[19]
AATW reached number 24 on the Billboard Country Albums chart with Ride with Bob, a second Bob Wills tribute, in 1999.[20] For the next ten years, the band released albums on various independent record labels, none of which registered on the charts. They returned to the charts in 2009 with Willie and the Wheel, a collaboration with Willie Nelson, which was the band's first release to reach the top 100 of the Billboard 200.[21] The next year, the band collaborated with Leon Rausch on It's a Good Day, which reached number 57 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[22] A third tribute album, Still the King, reached number 11 on the US country chart in 2015.[23]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Coun. |
US Heat. |
US Indie |
CAN Coun. | ||
| Comin' Right at Ya |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Asleep at the Wheel |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Gold | 136 [2] |
7 [3] |
— | — | — | |
| Wheelin' and Dealin' |
|
179 [8] |
19 [5] |
— | — | — |
| The Wheel |
|
162 [9] |
31 [6] |
— | — | — |
| Collision Course |
|
[A] | 46 [7] |
— | — | 19 [25] |
| Framed |
|
191 [10] |
— | — | — | — |
| Pasture Prime (released as Asleep at the Wheel in the US) |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| 10 |
|
— | 16 [13] |
— | — | — |
| Western Standard Time |
|
— | 34 [14] |
— | — | — |
| Keepin' Me Up Nights |
|
— | 73 [26] |
— | — | — |
| Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys |
|
159 [16] |
35 [17] |
— | — | 17 [27] |
| The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' |
|
— | — | — | — | 3 [18] |
| Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all |
|
— | 75 [19] |
— | — | — |
| Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys |
|
— | 24 [20] |
15 [28] |
— | — |
| The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Hang Up My Spurs |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Asleep at the Wheel Remembers the Alamo |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Santa Loves to Boogie |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Reinventing the Wheel |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Willie and the Wheel (with Willie Nelson) |
|
90 [21] |
13 [29] |
— | 6 [30] |
— |
| It's a Good Day (with Leon Rausch) |
|
— | 57 [22] |
— | — | — |
| Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
|
187 [31] |
11 [23] |
— | 14 [32] |
— |
| Lone Star Christmas Night |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| New Routes |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| Half a Hundred Years |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Served Live |
|
| Greatest Hits: Live & Kickin' |
|
| Back to the Future Now: Live at Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas |
|
| Wide Awake! Live in Oklahoma |
|
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
|
| Live at Ebbets Field 1973 |
|
| The Best of Asleep at the Wheel on the Road (released as Kings of the Texas Swing in the US) |
|
| Live from Austin, TX (featuring the Texas Playboys) |
|
| Asleep at the Wheel with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra) |
|
| Asleep at the Wheel Live |
|
| Best in Live |
|
| Live in America: Get Your Kicks on Route 66 |
|
| Live: Stateside |
|
| Havin' a Party Live! |
|
| Asleep at the Wheel Forever |
|
| Highlights of Asleep at the Wheel |
|
Compilations
| Title | Albums details |
|---|---|
| Fathers and Sons (split with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) |
|
| Asleep at the Wheel |
|
| Swing Time |
|
| Route 66 |
|
| The Swingin' Best Of |
|
| The Best of Asleep at the Wheel |
|
| Still Swingin' |
|
| Super Hits |
|
| Back to Back (split with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) |
|
| 23 Country Classics |
|
| The Best of Asleep at the Wheel: The Millennium Collection |
|
| 20 Greatest Hits |
|
| The Hits |
|
| Back to Back Live! (split with Willie Nelson) |
|
| The Letter That Johnny Walker Read |
|
| House of Blue Lights |
|
| Country Legend, Vol. 3 |
|
| Miles and Miles of Texas |
|
| Hot Rod Lincoln |
|
| Snapshot |
|
| The Collection |
|
Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Live in Austin |
|
| Daytrotter Session, Aug 8 2011 |
|
| Bob's Breakdowns |
|
| You're from Texas |
|
| Paste Studio, Jul 26 2018 |
|
| Paste Studio, Feb 13 2020 |
|
| Better Times |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Coun. |
CAN Coun. | |||
| "Take Me Back to Tulsa" | 1973 | — | — | Comin' Right at Ya |
| "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" | — | — | ||
| "You and Me Instead" | 1974 | — | — | Asleep at the Wheel |
| "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" | 69 [33] |
— | ||
| "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" | 1975 | 10 [4] |
32 [34] |
Texas Gold |
| "Bump Bounce Boogie" | 31 [35] |
47 [36] | ||
| "Nothin' Takes the Place of You" | 1976 | 35 [37] |
30 [38] | |
| "Route 66" | 48 [39] |
47 [40] |
Wheelin' and Dealin' | |
| "Miles and Miles of Texas" | 38 [41] |
— | ||
| "The Trouble with Loving Today" | 1977 | — | 34 [42] | |
| "Somebody Stole His Body" | — | — | The Wheel | |
| "My Baby Thinks She's a Train" | — | — | ||
| "Louisiana" | 1978 | — | — | Collision Course |
| "Pine Grove Blues" | — | — | ||
| "Texas Me & You" | 75 [43] |
— | ||
| "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (live) | 1979 | — | — | Served Live |
| "Don't Get Caught Out in the Rain" | 1980 | — | — | Framed |
| "Way Down Texas Way" | 1987 | 39 [44] |
— | 10 |
| "House of Blue Lights" | 17 [15] |
12 [45] | ||
| "Boogie Back to Texas" | 53 [46] |
— | ||
| "Blowin' Like a Bandit" | 59 [47] |
— | ||
| "Walk on By" | 1988 | 55 [48] |
73 [49] |
Western Standard Time |
| "Hot Rod Lincoln" | 65 [50] |
— | ||
| "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | 1989 | — | — | |
| "Black and White Rag" | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Keepin' Me Up Nights" | 1990 | 54 [51] |
63 [52] |
Keepin' Me Up Nights |
| "That's the Way Love Is" | 60 [53] |
83 [54] | ||
| "Dance with Who Brung You" | 1991 | 71 [55] |
— | |
| "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (live) | 1992 | — | — | Greatest Hits: Live & Kickin' |
| "Red Wing" | 1993 | — | — | Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys |
| "Blues for Dixie" (featuring Lyle Lovett) |
1994 | — | — | |
| "Corine, Corina" (featuring Brooks & Dunn) |
73 [56] |
— | ||
| "Lay Down Sally" | 1995 | — | 70 [57] |
The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' |
| "Hesitation Blues" (with Willie Nelson) |
2009 | — | — | Willie and the Wheel |
| "Jack I'm Mellow" | 2018 | — | — | New Routes |
| "Seven Nights to Rock" | — | — | ||
| "Willie Got There First" (featuring Seth and Scott Avett) |
— | — | ||
| "Half a Hundred Years" | 2021 | — | — | Half a Hundred Years |
| "Take Me Back to Tulsa" (featuring George Strait and Willie Nelson) |
— | — | ||
| "There You Go Again" (featuring Lyle Lovett) |
— | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Chart peaks | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Coun. |
US Coun. Air. | |||
| "Roly Poly" (featuring the Dixie Chicks) |
2000 | 65 [58] |
65 [59] |
Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys |
Videos
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| In Concert |
|
| Live at Billy Bob's, Texas |
|
| Live from Austin, TX (with the Texas Playboys) |
|
| Then and Now |
|
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Way Down Texas Way" | 1987 | unknown | |
| "Boogie Back to Texas" | Bob Small | [60] | |
| "Hot Rod Lincoln" | 1988 | Wayne Miller | [61] |
| "Keepin' Me Up Nights" | 1990 | [62] | |
| "Old Fashioned Love" (featuring Suzy Bogguss) |
1993 | unknown | |
| "Blues for Dixie" (featuring Lyle Lovett) |
1994 | ||
| "Bring It on Down to My House" | 1995 | ||
| "Lay Down Sally" | Mark Shuman | [63] | |
| "Boogie Back to Texas" (live) | 1997 | Dan Karlok | [64] |
| "Christmas in Jail" | unknown | ||
| "Cherokee Maiden" | 1999 | ||
| "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" | 2001 | Eric McDonald | [65] |
| "Am I Right (Or Amarillo)" | 2007 | Dan Karlok | [66] |
| "Hesitation Blues" (with Willie Nelson) |
2009 | Zalman King | [67] |
| "Tiger Rag" | 2015 | unknown | |
| "Seven Nights to Rock" | 2018 | ||
| "Jack I'm Mellow" | |||
| "Better Times" | 2021 | ||
| "Half a Hundred Years" | Aaron Seifert | [68] | |
Footnotes
- ^ Collision Course did not chart on the Billboard 200, but reached number 10 on the Bubbling Under Albums chart, which serves as an extension to the main chart.[24]
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