The Church discography
 Peter Koppes, Steve Kilbey, Tim Powles, Marty Willson-Piper of The Church. Park West, Chicago, United States. 18 August 2006. | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 20 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 12 |
| ↙EPs | 9 |
| ↙Singles | 33 |
The Church, an Australian alternative rock band formed in Sydney in 1980, have released 21 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, nine extended plays and 33 singles.[1][2] An additional studio album was released by three members of the band as Refo:mation in 1997.[1][2]
Several of the albums listed under the "Compilation albums" section are rarities and outtakes collections. A Quick Smoke at Spot's: Archives 1986-1990 is a compilation of otherwise unavailable original songs which was originally released as a bonus disc with the 2-CD set of Priest=Aura. Hindsight features tracks from the band's albums to 1987, plus hitherto-uncollected B-sides of singles to that date. Tin Mine features three original tracks otherwise unavailable, one recorded live. Parallel Universe is a 2-CD set with one CD (Mixture) consisting of significantly remixed versions of tracks from After Everything Now This, with the second CD consisting of otherwise unavailable original recordings from the sessions for that album. Beside Yourself consists largely of outtakes from the sessions for the studio album Forget Yourself, with several other rarities.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] |
NZL [5] |
US [6] |
SWE [7] |
US-IN [6] |
CAN [8] | |||
| 1981 | Of Skins and Heart
|
22 | 7 | — | 13 | — | 31 | |
| 1982 | The Blurred Crusade
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10 | 17 | — | 24 | — | — | |
| 1983 | Seance
|
18 | 35 | — | 41 | — | — | |
| 1985 | Heyday
|
19 | — | 146 | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | Starfish
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11 | 11 | 41 | 45 | — | 70 | US: Gold[9] |
| 1990 | Gold Afternoon Fix
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12 | 28 | 66 | 44 | — | 79 | |
| 1992 | Priest=Aura
|
25 | — | 176 | — | — | 98 | |
| 1994 | Sometime Anywhere
|
27 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | Magician Among the Spirits
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Hologram of Baal
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | A Box of Birds
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | After Everything Now This
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Forget Yourself
|
— | — | — | — | 42 | — | |
| 2004 | Jammed
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | El Momento Descuidado
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
Back with Two Beasts
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— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Uninvited, Like the Clouds
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | El Momento Siguiente
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Untitled #23
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | Further/Deeper
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] | |||
| 1984 | Remote Luxury
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— | |
| 1988 | Hindsight 1980-1987
|
36 | |
Conception
|
— | ||
| 1991 | A Quick Smoke at Spot's (Archives 1986-1990)
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— | |
| 1994 | Almost Yesterday 1981–1990
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– | |
| 1999 | Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church
|
— | |
The Best of the Church
|
— | ||
| 2001 | Singsongs//Remote Luxury//Persia
|
— | |
| 2002 | Parallel Universe
|
— | |
| 2004 | Beside Yourself
|
— | |
| 2006 | Tin Mine
|
— | |
| 2007 | Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection
|
— | |
| 2010 | The Best of the Radio Songs
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] | |||
| 1981 | Too Fast for You
|
— | |
| 1982 | Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland
|
— | |
Sing Songs
|
58 | ||
| 1984 | Remote Luxury
|
32 | |
Persia
|
47 | ||
| 2009 | Coffee Hounds
|
— | |
Pangaea
|
— | ||
Operetta
|
— | ||
| 2010 | Deadman's Hand
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][4] |
CAN [10] |
NZL [5] |
UK | US [11] |
US Main [11] |
US Alt [11] | |||
| 1980 | "She Never Said" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Of Skins and Heart |
| 1981 | "The Unguarded Moment" | 22 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Too Fast for You" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Too Fast for You (EP) | |
| "Tear It All Away" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Almost with You" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Blurred Crusade |
| "When You Were Mine" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Am a Rock" / "A Different Man" NZ / UK release |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singsongs | |
| 1983 | "It's No Reason" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Seance |
| "Electric Lash" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Already Yesterday" | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heyday |
| 1986 | "Tantalized" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Columbus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Disenchanted" UK-only release |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Under the Milky Way" | 22 | 69 | 25 | 90 | 24 | 2 | — | Starfish |
| "Reptile" | 99 | 88 | — | — | — | 27 | — | ||
| "Antenna" Spain-only release |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Destination" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Metropolis" | 19 | – | 41 | — | — | 11 | 1 | Gold Afternoon Fix |
| "Russian Autumn Heart" US-only release |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You're Still Beautiful" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | ||
| 1992 | "Ripple" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Priest=Aura |
| 1992 | "Feel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | "Two Places At Once" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sometime Anywhere |
| 1996 | "Comedown" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Magician Among the Spirits |
| 1997 | "White Star Line" / "Gypsy Stomp" Limited edition release: 1000 copies |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| 1998 | "Louisiana" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hologram of Baal |
| 2001 | "Numbers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | After Everything Now This |
| 2003 | "Song in Space" Limited edition release: 1500 copies |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Forget Yourself |
| 2006 | "Block" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Uninvited, Like the Clouds |
| "Easy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "The Coffee Song" / "Hounds of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Coffee Hounds EP |
| "Pangaea" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Untitled #23 | |
| "Operetta" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Additional releases
Refo:mation studio album
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 27 September 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Notes by Ed Nimmervoll. Noble Park, Vic: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[12]
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McFarlane 'The Church' entry. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holmgren, Magnus. "The Church". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Discography The Church". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Discography The Church". New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Church - Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ "Discography The Church". Swedish charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-100.01-e.php
- ↑ "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ↑ "RPM100 Singles". RPM. Library and Archives of Canada. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "The Church > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2010. Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, the on-line version appears to have an 'Internal Service Error'.
External links
- The Church, archived from the original at Australian Rock Database on 6 October 2012. Retrieved on 2 March 2014
- The Church discography at Discogs
- The Church discography at MusicBrainz
- Albums by The Church at Rate Your Music
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