The Kelly Family discography
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This is a comprehensive listing of official releases
by The Kelly Family
, a European pop music group of American heritage. Since the late 1970s
, the family has release more than 22 studio albums, four compilation albums, two live albums, and forty singles on Universal Music, its subsidiary Polydor, their own record company Kel-Life Records, and a number of smaller labels.
Since the late 1990s
, the lineup of the band has seen changes during different recording and touring phases, caused by family reasons, solo activities or other sideprojects. Altogether, The Kelly Family has sold an estimated 20 million records around the world, including 48 gold and platinum
-certified albums.
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| Lieder der Welt
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| 1979
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| 1980
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| 1980
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| 1981
| Christmas All Year
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| 1981
| Wonderful World
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| 1984
| Une famille c'est une chanson
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| 1984
| Unsere schönsten deutschen Lieder
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| 1989
| Keep on Singing
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| 1990
| New World
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| Honest Workers
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| Street Life
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| Wow
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| Over the Hump
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| Christmas for All
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| Almost Heaven
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Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
by The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music group consisting of a multi-generational family, who play a repertoire of rock, pop and folk music. They have had chart and concert success in Europe and other parts of the world, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Eastern...
, a European pop music group of American heritage. Since the late 1970s
1970s in music
For music from a year in the 1970s, go to 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1970s....
, the family has release more than 22 studio albums, four compilation albums, two live albums, and forty singles on Universal Music, its subsidiary Polydor, their own record company Kel-Life Records, and a number of smaller labels.
Since the late 1990s
1990s in music
For music from a year in the 1990s, go to 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99This article includes trends in popular music in the 1990s....
, the lineup of the band has seen changes during different recording and touring phases, caused by family reasons, solo activities or other sideprojects. Altogether, The Kelly Family has sold an estimated 20 million records around the world, including 48 gold and platinum
Double Platinum
Double Platinum is a 1999 musical telefilm starring Diana Ross and Brandy.-Plot:The story begins with a scene featuring star singer Olivia King leaving her daughter Kayla, who was an infant at the time. It is revealed that Kayla was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but in her later years, she would move...
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Albums
- Released: 1979
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CS, LP
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- Released: 1979
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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- Released: 1979
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CS, LP
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- Released: 1980
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CS, LP
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- Released: 1980
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CS, LP
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| 1980
| Kelly Family Loves Christmas And You
- Released: 1980
- Label: Kel-life
- Formats: CS, LP
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| Christmas All Year
- Released: 1981
- Label: Kel-Life
- Formats: CD, CSCompact CassetteThe Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
, LPGramophone recordA gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
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| Wonderful World
- Released: 1981
- Label: Kel-Life
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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- Released: 1984
- Label: Eddy Barclay
- Formats: CS, LP
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- Released: 1984
- Label: Allstar
- Formats: CS, LP
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| 1989
| Keep on Singing
- Released: 1989
- Label: Kel-Life/Dino
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1990
| New World
- Released: 1990
- Label: Kel-Life/Dino
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1991
| Honest Workers
Honest Workers
Honest Workers is the fifth regular studio album by The Kelly Family, released in 1991.-Track listing:# "Danny Boy" - 3:45# "Hey, Mr. Big Time" - 3:46# "Honest Workers" - 5:07# "Motherless Child" - 5:25# "A Hard Day's Night" - 2:46...
- Released: 1991
- Label: Kel-Life/Dino
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1992
| Street Life
- Released: 1992
- Label: Kel-Life/Dino
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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- Released: 1993
- Label: Kel-Life/Sattva
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1994
| Over the Hump
Over the Hump
Over the Hump is the eighth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Co-produced by Hartmut Müller and Kathy Kelly, it was released in 1994 throughout most of Europe....
- Released: 1994
- Label: Kel-Life/EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1995
| Christmas for All
- Released: 1995
- Label: Kel-Life/EMI
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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| 1996
| Almost Heaven
Almost Heaven
Almost Heaven is the tenth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Based on concept by Dan Kelly, it was co-produced by Kathy and Paddy Kelly and released in 1996 throughout most of Europe....
- Released: October 25, 1996
- Label: Kel-Life/EMI
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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Growin' Up (album)
Growin' Up is the eleventh regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Based on concept by Dan Kelly, it was co-produced by Kathy and Paddy Kelly and released in 1997 throughout most of Europe.-Track listing:...
- Released: November 3, 1997
- Label: Kel-Life/EMI
- Formats: CD, LP
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| From Their Hearts
From their Hearts
From Their Hearts is the twelfth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Based on concept by Dan Kelly, it was co-produced by Kathy and Paddy Kelly and released in 1998 throughout most of Europe....
- Released: November 2, 1998
- Label: Kel-Life/EMI
- Formats: CD, LP
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| 2002
| La Patata
La Patata
La Patata is the thirteenth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family, released by KEL-Life Records in 2002 throughout most of Europe...
- Released: April 8, 2002
- Label: Kel-Life/Polydor
- Formats: CD, LP, DVD
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| Homerun
- Released: June 7, 2004
- Label: Polydor
- Formats: CD, LP, DVD
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| 2005
| Hope
- Released: 2005
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Live albums
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AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
NLD Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
NLD Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
IRE Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
NLD Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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1980 | "Ein Vogel kann im Käfig nicht fliegen" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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1984 | "Une famille c'est une chanson" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1987 | "Hiroshima, I'm Sorry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1992 | "House on the Ocean" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1993 | "Key to My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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"One More Freaking Dollar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "An Angel An Angel "An Angel" is a 1994 song written and recorded by The Kelly Family. It is the 12th track on their album Over the Hump and the first single off of that album.It's one of their most famous songs.... " |
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1995 | "Why Why Why" | 16 | — | 26 | — | — | — | 34 | |
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"First Time" | 16 | — | 19 | 25 | — | — | 19 | ||
1996 | "I Can't Help Myself" | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
"Every Baby" | 9 | — | 13 | — | 75 | 18 | 5 | ||
"Gott Deine Kinder" | 19 | — | 26 | — | — | — | 14 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (soundtrack) The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Disney's 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame... |
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1997 | "Fell in Love with an Alien" | 15 | 30 | 15 | — | 4 | — | 14 | |
"Nanana" | 23 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 6 | ||
"When the Boy Come Into Town" | 29 | — | 37 | — | — | — | 32 | ||
"Because It's Love" | 2 | — | 3 | — | 13 | — | 3 | ||
1998 | "One More Song" | 23 | — | 19 | — | 37 | — | 32 | |
"I Will Be Your Bride" | 14 | — | 14 | — | 17 | — | 19 | ||
1999 | "Oh It Hurts" | — | — | 57 | — | 57 | — | — | |
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"The Children of Kosovo" | 35 | — | 8 | — | 18 | — | 13 | ||
"Saban's Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog" | — | — | 27 | — | 22 | — | 47 | ||
"Mama" | 40 | — | 14 | — | 27 | — | 86 | ||
2000 | "I Wanna Kiss You" | — | — | 44 | — | 37 | — | 79 | |
2002 | "I Wanna Be Loved" | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | |
"What's a Matter You People" | — | — | 23 | — | 26 | — | — | ||
"Mrs. Speechless" | — | — | 31 | — | 53 | — | — | ||
2004 | "Flip a Coin" | 52 | — | 24 | — | 40 | — | — | |
"Blood" | 59 | — | 24 | — | 31 | — | — | ||
"Streets of Love" | 72 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — |