Robert Fripp discography


Over 50 years, English guitarist and composer Robert Fripp has been extremely active as a recording musician and a producer. He has contributed to more than 700 official releases. The Robert Fripp Discography Summary, compiled by John Relph, also lists 120 compilations and 315 unauthorised releases. This means that more than 1100 releases can be found with Robert Fripp participating. A full list can be found at the location provided above. Major solo or collaborative releases under Fripp's name are listed here, see also King Crimson discography for the group that Fripp de facto leads.

Solo

Studio albums

YearTitleNotes
1979Exposure
1980God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
  • Released: January 1980
  • Label: E.G.
  • Frippertronics album
  • 1981Let the Power Fall: An Album of Frippertronics
  • Released: April 1981
  • Label: Editions E.G.
  • Frippertronics album
  • 1998The Gates of Paradise
  • Released: 28 April 1998
  • Label: Discipline
  • Soundscapes album
  • Live albums

    YearTitleNotes
    19941999 Soundscapes: Live in Argentina
    1995A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 2
  • Released: 28 August 1995
  • Label: Discipline
  • 1996Radiophonics: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 1
  • Released: 18 March 1996
  • Label: Discipline
  • 1996That Which Passes: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 3
  • Released: 30 September 1996
  • Label: Discipline
  • 1997November Suite: 1996 Soundscapes – Live at Green Park Station
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Discipline
  • 2005Love Cannot Bear
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Discipline
  • 2007At the End of Time
  • Released: 17 July 2007
  • Label: Discipline
  • Robert Fripp & [The League of Crafty Guitarists]

    Guest appearances

    YearTitleNotes
    1970H to He, Who Am the Only One
    With Van der Graaf Generator
  • Guitar on track No. 3 "The Emperor in His War Room"
  • 1971Septober Energy
  • Released: 1971
  • With Centipede
  • Producer
  • 1971Colin Scot
  • Released: 1971
  • With Colin Scot
  • Guitar
  • Credited as "Bob Fripp "
  • 1971Fool's Mate
  • Released: 1971
  • With Peter Hammill
  • Electric guitar on tracks "Imperial Zeppelin", "Sunshine", "Child", "Viking", "The Birds" and "I Once Wrote Some Poems"
  • 1971Pawn Hearts
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: Charisma
  • With Van der Graaf Generator
  • Guitar on "Man-Erg" and "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers"
  • 1972Blueprint
  • Released: 1972
  • With Keith Tippett
  • Producer
  • 1972Matching Mole's Little Red Record
  • Released November 1972
  • With Matching Mole
  • Producer
  • 1973Ovary Lodge
  • Released: 1973
  • With Keith Tippett, Roy Babbington & Frank Perry
  • Producer
  • 1974Here Come the Warm Jets
  • Released: January 1974
  • With Brian Eno
  • Guitar on "Baby's on Fire", "Driving me Backwards", "Blank Frank"
  • 1975Another Green World
  • Released: September 1975
  • With Brian Eno
  • Guitar on "St. Elmo's Fire", "I'll Come Running", "Golden Hours"
  • 1977Peter Gabriel
  • Released: 25 February 1977
  • Label: Atco
  • With Peter Gabriel
  • Electric & classical guitars, banjo
  • 1977Magic Is A Child
  • Released: September 1977
  • With Nektar
  • Under Walt Nektroid pseudonym
  • Guitar on "Train From Nowhere"
  • 1977"Heroes"
  • Released: 14 October 1977
  • Label: RCA
  • With David Bowie
  • Also with Brian Eno
  • Lead guitar on tracks "Beauty and the Beast" and "Heroes"
  • 1977Before and After Science
  • Released: December 1977
  • With Brian Eno
  • Guitar on "King's Lead Hat"
  • 1978Peter Gabriel
  • Released: 3 June 1978
  • Label: Charisma, Atlantic
  • With Peter Gabriel
  • Producer
  • Electric guitar on tracks "On the Air","Mother of Violence","White Shadow" & "Perspective"; acoustic guitar on "White Shadow"; Frippertronics on "Exposure"
  • 1978Along the Red Ledge
  • Released: August 1978
  • With Hall & Oates
  • Guitar on "Don't Blame It on Love"
  • 1978Parallel Lines
  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • With Blondie
  • Guitar on track No. 4 "Fade Away and Radiate"
  • 1978Music for Films
  • Released: September 1978
  • With Brian Eno
  • Guitar on "Slow Water"
  • 1979Fear of Music
  • Released: 3 August 1979
  • Label: Sire
  • With Talking Heads
  • Guitar on track No. 1 "I Zimbra"
  • 1979The Roches
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Warner
  • With The Roches
  • Electric guitar, "Fripperies" and production
  • 1980Sacred Songs
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: RCA
  • With Daryl Hall
  • Producer
  • Guitar, electronics
  • 1980Peter Gabriel
  • Released: 30 May 1980
  • Label: Charisma, Mercury
  • With Peter Gabriel
  • Guitar on "No self-control", "I Don't Remember" & "Not One of Us"
  • 1980Scary Monsters
  • Released: 12 September 1980
  • Label: RCA
  • With David Bowie
  • Guitar on "Fashion", "It's No Game", "Scary Monsters ", "Kingdom Come", "Up the Hill Backwards" and "Teenage Wildlife"
  • 1980Walter StedingWith Walter Steding
  • Guitar on "Hound Dog"
  • 1980Miniatures Various artists
  • Contributed track "Miniature"
  • 1981Fourth WallWith Flying Lizards
  • Guitar on "Glide/Spin" and "Lost and Found"
  • 1982Keep On DoingWith The Roches
  • Producer
  • Guitar, devices
  • 1986Gone to Earth
  • Released: 23 September 1986
  • Label: Virgin Records LTD.
  • With David Sylvian
  • Guitars & Frippertonics on "Taking The Veil", "Gone To Earth", "Wave", "River Man", "Silver Moon" "Camp Fire: Coyote Country" & "Upon This Earth"
  • 1990Planet OzWith Inga Humpe
  • Guitar on "Heaven"
  • 1992456With The Grid
  • Guitar on "Ice Machine" and "Fire Engine Red"
  • 1992WaterWith David Cunningham
  • Guitar on "Stars"
  • 1994The Woman's Boat
  • Released: 24 May 1994
  • Label: Geffen
  • With Toni Childs
  • Guitar
  • 1994Lifeforms
  • Released: 27 May 1994
  • Label: Virgin
  • With The Future Sound of London
  • Guitar textures and bytes on track No. 3 "Flak"
  • 1994Voice Mail
  • Released: 17 June 1994
  • Label: Canyon International
  • With John Wetton
  • Guitar
  • 1994Flowermouth
  • Released: 27 June 1994
  • Label: One Little Indian
  • With No-Man
  • Guitars & Soundscapes on tracks "Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap", "Animal Ghost", "Shell of a Fighter", "Teardrop Fall",  "Simple", "Things Change"
  • 1996X
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: EastWest
  • With The Beloved
  • Soundscapes
  • 1999Birth of a Giant
  • Released: 16 November 1999
  • Label: First World Music
  • With Bill Rieflin
  • Featuring Guitars & Organ on eight tracks
  • 1999Approaching Silence
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Venture
  • With David Sylvian
  • Vocals and Frippertronics on track No. 3 "Approaching Silence"
  • 2001The Thunderthief
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Discipline Global Mobile
  • With John Paul Jones
  • Guitar solo on track No. 1 "Leafy Meadows"
  • 2002Strange Beautiful Music
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Epic
  • With Joe Satriani
  • Frippertronics on track No. 6 "Sleep Walk"
  • 2006Side Three
  • Released: 18 April 2006
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
  • With Adrian Belew
  • Guitar on "Water Turns To Wine"
  • 2007Fear of a Blank Planet
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Roadrunner / Atlantic
  • With Porcupine Tree
  • Soundscapes on "Way Out of Here" and lead guitar on "Nil Recurring"
  • 2011Th1rt3en
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • With Robert Miles
  • Electric guitar on tracks "Everything Or Nothing", "Afterglow", keyboards on "Deep End"