The now classic Lost Generation and Night Lights followed on RCA in 1975 and 1976 and Just a story from America for Columbia in 1977. In 1980 Murphy released the six-song E.P. Affairs on his own label and began touring regularly in Europe. "I didn't know anyone knew I was there, " he says in retrospect, "until I played my first concert in Paris and I got six encores." More albums followed : Murph the Surf (1982), Party Girls/Broken Poets (1984-nominated for a New York Music Award) and in 1986 the stunning Milwaukee produced by ex-Talking Heads, Jerry Harrison, followed-up by Change will come and a long awaited live album : Hot Point with special guest Chris Spedding on lead guitar in 1989. Following his move to Paris in 1990, Murphy released the intensely personnal twenty-four song CD " 12 " (released in the US under the title Unreal City). Interest in his earlier work was rekindled and three best-of anthologies have appeared, Paris/New York, Diamonds by the Yard and recently Going through something (78-92). 1995's Selling the Gold saw Murphy with an impressive new team of musicians : Andy Newmark (Roxy Music) on drums, Chucho Mercha (Eurythmics) on bass, Luis Jardim (Rolling Stones) on percussion and special guests including Bruce Springsteen and The Violent Femmes. Beauregard (1998) marks a return to a more intimate acoustic sound featuring a tight combo of acoustic guitars, bass, mandolin, violin and drums. It is perhaps his most provocative and lyrical album to date as story-songs such as Sonny, Small Room and Somebodies Anniversary as well as the radio-friendly Hard-Core demonstrate so well. "Literature is my religion, " Murphy stated on a recent TV show, "but Rock'n Roll is my addiction". The sonic clarity of the album which utilized the state of the art HDCD mastering process finely focuses Murphy's incredibly expressive voice which has only gained in character, depth and nuance with the passage of time. Both the long time fan as well as the newcomer to the world of Elliott Murphy will appreciate Beauregard as an intense many layered work which deserves and will surely receive repeated listenings.
2000 : A new album is released to celebrate the millenium ! A brilliant live album called "APRIL" ! And you'll realise that (even if Murphy is not a household name and may never be one), that he's above all an inspired artist whose music has continued to evolve, change and grow for the past twenty years.
2002 : With the double release, "SOUL SURFING + RAINY SEASON", Elliott prooves that his songs have classic vertues and a tasteful simplicity that suits them perfectly.

2003 : The critically acclaimed "Soul Surfing" and "Rainy Season" albums were going to be hard acts to follow, but Elliott has done just that with "THE NEXT WAVE" EP. This new release features just five cuts, but is not short on music in either minutes or talented execution. The CD opens with "Ground Zero", a moving and intimate tribute to the victims of September 11, 2001. Because the memories are everywhere we look, its necessary to share our emotions just to tame them... Elliott opened up his heart and made a song for the healing of that pretty bad collective wound. Raw emotive blues and burning lyrics just hit like a punch to the gut. There is an unbelievably great reworking of the Mick Jagger song "Evening Gown". Elliott's version is darker and the guitar playing captures the original flavor of the song. "Bilbao Bo Diddley" is an upbeat, smooth-yet-rock'n'roll hot track... And is definitely all Elliott Murphy !!! Bob Dylan's, "If You See Her, Say Hello" is such a powerful rendition, Elliott's amazing vocals, combined with the haunting guitar arrangement, strike a disturbing chord. Again... it's powerful, commanding music. Closing down the session is the ballad "It's A Long Way Home... Benjamin": Elliott's vocal intensity reaches out to grab you emotionally, while the delicate and deliberate guitar action equally soothes and excites. This record is filled with emotion ! Elliott takes the listener through a musical journey from sadness and pain to a lighter, brighter world with tenderness and hope. Once it all finishes you may need to go and lie down a bit to recover.