Bachman–Turner Overdrive discography

This article is the discography of Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive.

Bachman–Turner Overdrive discography
Studio albums10
Live albums4
Compilation albums14
Singles28

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8][9]
UK
[10]
US
[11]
Bachman–Turner Overdrive 9 70
Bachman–Turner Overdrive II
  • Released: December 1973
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
6 55 34 4
  • CAN: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold[13]
Not Fragile
  • Released: September 1974
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1 2 8 6 15 17 5 2 12 1
Four Wheel Drive
  • Released: May 1975
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1 10 19 10 5 2 5
  • CAN: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold[13]
Head On
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3 54 7 8 23
  • CAN: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold[13]
Freeways
  • Released: February 1977
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
34 41 70
  • CAN: Gold
Street Action
  • Released: February 1978
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
62 130
Rock n' Roll Nights
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
165
BTO
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: Compleat
  • Formats: LP, MC
85 191
Trial by Fire: Greatest & Latest
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: CMC
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Live albums

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Title Details
B.T.O. Japan Tour Live
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
  • Recorded at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on November 4, 1976
Live! Live! Live!
  • Released: July 1986
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Recorded at The Moon in Tallahassee on August 1, 1985
  • Reissued in 1990 as All Time Greatest Hits Live
Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live
  • Released: January 24, 1994
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • More recordings from Tallahassee in 1985
King Biscuit Flower Hour: Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Compilation albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
AUS
[2]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[9]
US
[11]
Rock Is Our Life and These Are Our Songs
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
42
Best of B.T.O. (So Far)
  • Released: July 1976
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • Remastered and reissued in 1998 as Best of B.T.O. (Remastered Hits) with several additional tracks
7 84 21 19
  • CAN: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum[13]
BTO's Greatest
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Released in the US and Canada in 1986
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • Released in the US in 1992
The Anthology
  • Released: July 20, 1993
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2xCD
Takin' Care of Business
The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive
  • Released: September 26, 2000
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
The Collection
  • Released: March 2001
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
Gold
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Icon
  • Released: November 2, 2010
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
Bachman Turner Overdrive: 40th Anniversary
  • Released: September 4, 2012
  • Label: Universal, Ranbach Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet: The Collection
  • Released: March 11, 2013
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Classic Album Set
  • Released: April 8, 2016
  • Label: Caroline
  • Formats: 8xCD box set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Singles

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Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[15]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[16]
BEL
(FL)

[17]
GER
[4]
NL
[18]
NZ
[19]
SA
[20]
UK
[10]
US
[21]
"Gimme Your Money Please"/"Little Gandy Dancer" 1973 45 Bachman–Turner Overdrive
"Blue Collar" 21 68
"Stayed Awake All Night" (UK-only release)
"Down and Out Man" (Japan-only release)
"Let It Ride" 1974 3 23 Bachman–Turner Overdrive II
"Give It Time" (France-only release)
"Takin' Care of Business" 3 14 12
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" 1 4 3 6 1 3 1 1 2 1 Not Fragile
"Not Fragile" (France-only release)
"Roll On Down the Highway" 1975 4 80 18 25 20 22 14
"Hey You" 1 80 14 9 10 2 21 Four Wheel Drive
"Quick Change Artist" 13
"Down to the Line" 13 43 Non-album single
"Take It Like a Man" 1976 24 33 Head On
"Away from Home" (UK-only release)
"Lookin' Out for #1" 40 14 65[A]
"Gimme Your Money Please" (reissue) 47 70 Best of B.T.O. (So Far)
"My Wheels Won't Turn" 1977 54 [B] Freeways
"Life Still Goes On (I'm Lonely)" 77
"Shotgun Rider"
"Down, Down" (Germany-only release)
"Down the Road" 1978 91 [C] Street Action
"Jamaica" 1979 Rock n' Roll Nights
"Heartaches" 32 60
"Service with a Smile" 1984 BTO
"For the Weekend" 83
"My Sugaree" 1985
"Wooly Bully" 1989 80 American Boyfriends soundtrack
"The House of the Rising Sun" (Europe-only release) 1996 Trial by Fire: Greatest & Latest
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Lookin' Out for Number 1" also reached number 15 on the Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.[22]
  2. ^ "My Wheels Won't Turn" didn't enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 84 on the Cash Box Singles Chart.[23]
  3. ^ "Down the Road" didn't enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 92 on the Cash Box Singles Chart.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b Peak positions for Bachman–Turner Overdrive's albums in Canada:
    • Bachman–Turner Overdrive: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 20, no. 20. December 29, 1973. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Bachman–Turner Overdrive II: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 21, no. 9. April 13, 1974. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Not Fragile: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 22, no. 13. November 16, 1974. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Four Wheel Drive: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 24, no. 8. October 18, 1975. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Head On: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 24, no. 21. February 21, 1976. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Best of B.T.O. (So Far): "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 23, no. 5. October 30, 1976. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Freeways: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 27, no. 10. June 4, 1977. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • Street Action: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 29, no. 6. May 6, 1978. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
    • BTO: "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 41, no. 5. October 6, 1984. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 24. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0898201179.
  12. ^ "Gold & Platinum Search - Music Canada - Bashman-Turner Overdrive". Music Canada. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  14. ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry.
  15. ^ Peak positions for Bachman–Turner Overdrive's singles in Canada:
  16. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  18. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  19. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  20. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (B)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  21. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. p. 27. ISBN 9780898201048.
  22. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Billboard Top Adult Songs 1961-2006. Record Research. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
  23. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
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