Rick Springfield discography

Rick Springfield discography
Releases
Studio albums 17
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 6
Singles 34
Music videos 11
Soundtracks 1
No. 1 Singles (US) 1

The discography of Australian rock music singer, Rick Springfield consists of seventeen studio albums, six compilation albums, two live albums, thirty-four singles and eleven music videos. In 1995, Springfield formed a side-project, Sahara Snow, with Tim Pierce on guitar and Bob Marlette on keyboards and percussion, which released a self-titled studio album in 1997.[1]

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2][3]
CAN US
[4][5]
Beginnings
  • Released: 28 August 1972
  • Label: Sparmac Records (SPL 003)
  • Format: LP
15 23 35
Comic Book Heroes 54
Mission Magic!
  • Released: 15 July 1974
  • Label: Wizard Records (ZL-205)
  • Format: LP
97
Wait for Night
  • Released: 1976[A]
  • Label: Chelsea Records (CHL 515, CHL 5005)
  • Format: LP
159
Working Class Dog
  • Released: 14 February 1981
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-3697, RCA LP 6014, RCA K 6014)
  • Format: LP, cassette
33 33 7 US: Platinum[6]
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
  • Released: 23 March 1982
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-4125, RCA LP 6033, RCA K 6033)
  • Format: LP, cassette
28 6 2 US: Platinum[6]
Living in Oz
  • Released: 18 July 1983
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-4660, RCA PL 84660, RCA PK 84660)
  • Format: LP, cassette
45 20 12 US: Platinum[6]
Hard to Hold
  • Released: 23 July 1984
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA ABL1-4935, RCA BL 84935)
  • Format: LP
87 29 16 US: Platinum[6]
Beautiful Feelings 78
Tao
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: RCA Records (AJL1-5370, RCA PL 85370)
  • Format: LP
85 50 21 US: Gold[6]
Rock of Life
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA 6620-1-R, RCA 6620-4-R, RCA 6620-2-R)
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
66 55
Karma
  • Released: 13 April 1999
  • Label: Platinum Entertainment (15095 9561 2), Victor Records (60519)
  • Format: CD
- 189
Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance
  • Released: 24 February 2004
  • Label: Gomer Records (99999-2)
  • Format: CD
The Day After Yesterday
  • Released: 12 July 2005
  • Label: Gomer Records (4812002)
  • Format: CD
197
Christmas with You
Venus in Overdrive
  • Released: 29 July 2008
  • Label: New Door Records (B0011347-02)
  • Format: CD
28
My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation
  • Released: 10 March 2009
  • Label: Gomer Records
  • Format: CD
Songs For the End of the World
  • Released: 9 October 2012
  • Label: Gomer Records
  • Format: CD
- 44
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

With Sahara Snow

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
Sahara Snow
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: MTM Music (199623)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1988[C]
  • Label: Evergreen Records (2690112), RCA Records (RCA 9817-1-R, RCA 9817-2-R)
  • Format: LP, CD
The Best of Rick Springfield
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Camden Records (2690112)
  • Format: CD
Platinum & Gold Collection: Rick Springfield
  • Released: 2003
Written in Rock—Anthology
  • Released: 2005
The Early Sound City Sessions
  • Released: 2007
Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield
  • Released: 2008
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
The Greatest Hits Alive
  • Released: 2001
  • Label:
  • Format: CD
Live in Rockford
  • Released: 2006
  • Label:
  • Format: DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
AUS
[2]
CAN CAN AC UK
[7]
US
[8][9]
US AC US Main
1971 "Speak to the Sky" 6 10 8 14 16 Beginnings
1972 "Hooky Jo" 16
"What Would the Children Think?" 38 4 70
1973 "I'm Your Superman" Comic Book Heroes
"Believe in Me" 62
1974 "Streaking the Australian Way" 'Non-album single'
"Mission Magic!" Mission Magic!
"American Girls" 74 98 'Non-album single'
1976 "Take a Hand" 56 41 Wait for Night
1977 "Million Dollar Face"
1979 "Archangel"
1980 "Bruce" 'Non-album single'
1981 "Jessie's Girl" 1 6 43 1 10 US: Gold[6] Working Class Dog
"I've Done Everything for You" 31 40 19 8
"Love Is Alright Tonight" 26 20 40
1982 "Don't Talk to Strangers" 10 3 3 2 11 Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
"Calling All Girls" 4
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" 41 21
"I Get Excited" 42 32
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]
CAN CAN AC UK
[7]
US
[8][9]
US AC
[8][10]
US Main
[8]
GER
1983 "Affair of the Heart" 26 11 9 23 Living in Oz
"Human Touch" 92 23 18 34
"Me & Johnny"
"Souls" 23
1984 "Love Somebody" 83 13 95 5 13 23 Hard to Hold
"Don't Walk Away" 26 41
"Bop 'Til You Drop" 70 20
"Taxi Dancing (Duet with Randy Crawford)/[B-Side of 'Bop 'Til You Drop']" 15 59 16
"Bruce" 27 Beautiful Feelings
1985 "Celebrate Youth" 39 80 26 5 Tao
"State of the Heart" 75 22 44
1988 "Rock of Life" 92 28 83 22 45 Rock of Life
1999 "It's Always Something" 34 Karma
2004 "Beautiful You" 28 Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance
2008 "What's Victoria's Secret" Venus in Overdrive
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1994 "Jessie's Girl" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[11]

Notes

References

  1. Holmgren, Magnus; Sanders, Tiffany. "Sahara Snow". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  3. Ryan (bulion), Gavin. "ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Albums Pre-1989, Part 2". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Rick Springfield > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Rick Springfield Certification". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 521–522. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Rick Springfield > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Hot 100. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  10. "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Adult Contemporary. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  11. "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  12. 12.0 12.1 McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Rick Springfield'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2011.