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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2][3] |
CAN | US [4][5] | |||
| Beginnings |
|
15 | 23 | 35 | |
| Comic Book Heroes |
|
54 | — | — | |
| Mission Magic! |
|
97 | — | — | |
| Wait for Night |
|
— | — | 159 | |
| Working Class Dog |
|
33 | 33 | 7 | US: Platinum[6] |
| Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet |
|
28 | 6 | 2 | US: Platinum[6] |
| Living in Oz |
|
45 | 20 | 12 | US: Platinum[6] |
| Hard to Hold |
|
87 | 29 | 16 | US: Platinum[6] |
| Beautiful Feelings |
|
— | — | 78 | |
| Tao |
|
85 | 50 | 21 | US: Gold[6] |
| Rock of Life |
|
— | 66 | 55 | |
| Karma |
|
— | - | 189 | |
| Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Day After Yesterday |
|
— | — | 197 | |
| Christmas with You |
|
— | — | — | |
| Venus in Overdrive |
|
— | — | 28 | |
| My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation |
|
— | — | — | |
| Songs For the End of the World |
|
- | — | 44 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
With Sahara Snow
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [4][5] | |||
| Sahara Snow |
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [4][5] | |||
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | |
| The Best of Rick Springfield |
|
— | |
| Platinum & Gold Collection: Rick Springfield |
|
— | |
| Written in Rock—Anthology |
|
— | |
| The Early Sound City Sessions |
|
— | |
| Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield |
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [4][5] | |||
| The Greatest Hits Alive |
|
— | |
| Live in Rockford |
|
— | |
| "—" 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
- A ^ Wait for Night was originally released on Chelsea Records in 1976. It was re-released by RCA Records in 1982 and peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1983.[4]
- B ^ Beautiful Feelings was originally recorded in 1978 but was not issued at that time. Mercury Records re-recorded the instrumentation and released it in late 1984 without Springfield's approval.[12] It peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1985.[4][5] In 1980, "Bruce", had been released by Springfield as a non-album single, it became the lead track of the album and was re-issued by Mercury Records by December 1984.[12] The original 1978 recordings were released by Springfield in 2007 as The Early Sound City Sessions.
- C ^ A Greatest Hits compilation was released by Evergreen Records in 1988 as a CD with ten tracks. RCA Records issued a twelve-track compilation of the same name in 1989 as a CD and LP.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ Ryan (bulion), Gavin. "ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Albums Pre-1989, Part 2". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Rick Springfield Certification". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 521–522. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Rick Springfield > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Hot 100. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ↑ "Rick Springfield Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Adult Contemporary. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ↑ "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume IV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ↑ 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.
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