Richard Clapton discography

Richard Clapton discography
Studio albums 14
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 7
EPs 0
Singles 32
Soundtrack albums 1

The discography of Australian musician Richard Clapton spawned fourteen studio albums, seven compilation albums, three live albums, one soundtrack albums, and thirty two singles.


Studio albums

Year Title Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1][2]
1973 Prussian Blue —
1975 Girls on the Avenue
  • Released: 21 April 1975
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35508)
  • Producer: Batchens
 33
1976 Main Street Jive
  • Released: 23 August 1976
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35963)
  • Producer: Batchens
 64
1977 Goodbye Tiger
  • Released: 31 October 1977
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 36352)
  • Producer: Batchens
 11
1979 Hearts on the Nightline
  • Released: 14 May 1979
  • Label: Interfusion Records / Festival (L 36932)
  • Producer: Dallas Smith
 17
1980 Dark Spaces
  • Released: 18 August 1980
  • Label: Interfusion / Festival (L 37331)
  • Producer: Richard Clapton
 23
1982 The Great Escape 8
1984 Solidarity 27
1987 Glory Road
  • Released: 2 November 1987
  • Label: WEA (600144-1)
  • Producer: Jon Farriss
 28
1993 Distant Thunder 37
1996 Angeltown
  • Released: 19 May 1996
  • Label: Roadshow Music (17982-2)
  • Producer: Clapton, David Nicholas, Johnny Diesel
 89
2004 Diamond Mine 90
2012 Harlequin Nights
  • Released: 2 August 2012
  • Label: Gypsy Music
  • Producer: Clapton
 —
2016 The House of Orange
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Gypsy Music
  • Producer: Clapton
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums

Year Title Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1][2]
1978 Past Hits and Previews 42
1982 The Very Best of Richard Clapton
  • Released: 5 April 1982
  • Label: Festival (L 37674)
  • Producer:
 18
1999 The Definitive Anthology
  • Released: 11 October 1999
  • Label: WEA (3984294362)
  • Producer:
 28
2004 The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Festival
  • Producer:
 —
2006 Rewired
  • Released: 2006
  • Label:
  • Producer: Richard Clapton
 —
2010 The Essential Hits
  • Released: 13 August 2010
  • Label: Warner
 —
2014 Best Years 1974–2014: The 40th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: 8 August 2014
  • Label: Festival / Warner
 36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year Title Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[2]
1989 The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Released: 25 September 1989
  • Label: WEA (256582-1)
 23
2001 Up and Down the Glory Road
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: WEA
 —
2008 Live at the State Theatre
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: WEA
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Soundtrack albums

Year Title Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1]
1976 Highway One —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1]
1972 "Last Train to Marseilles" — Prussian Blue
1973 "All the Prodigal Children" —
1974 "I Wanna Be a Survivor" —
1975 "Travelling Down the Castlereagh" / "Girls on the Avenue"[A] 4 Girls on the Avenue
"Down the Road" —
1976 "Please Come Home" — Non-album single
"Suit Yourself" — Mainstreet Jive
1977 "Capricorn Dancer" 40 Highway One
"Deep Water" 43 Goodbye Tiger
1978 "(Down in the) Lucky Country" 70
"Steppin' Across the Line" 98 Past Hits and Previews
1979 "Hearts on the Nightline" — Hearts on the Nightline
"Ace of Hearts" —
1980 "Get Back to the Shelter" 94 Dark Spaces
"High Society" —
1982 "I Am an Island" 20 The Great Escape
"Spellbound" 89
"The Best Years of Our Lives" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1][2]
1984 "Goodbye Barbara Ann" 90 Solidarity
"The Heart of It" —
"Solidarity" —
1985 "The Transpac Slide" —
1986 "Spirit of Sydney" (duet with Kevin Borich) — Non-album single
1987 "Glory Road" 42 Glory Road
"Trust Somebody" —
1989 "Deep Water" (live) — Best Years of Our Lives
"Ace of Hearts" (live) —
1992 "Happy Valley" — Distant Thunder
1993 "Distant Thunder" 80
"All Fall Down" —
1994 "Oceans of the Heart" —
1999 "Calling for You" — The Definitive Anthology
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Notes


A.^ "Girls on the Avenue" was originally released as the B-side of "Travelling Down the Castlereagh". After considerable radio play it was named the A-side.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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 ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Discography Richard Clapton". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  3. ↑ McFarlane, 'Richard Clapton' entry. p. 124. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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