Jon English discography | |
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Jon English singing at Royal Theatre, "Canberra," in December 2011 | |
Studio albums | 11 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 8 |
Singles | 39 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Box sets | 5 |
Cast recordings | 6 |
The discography of English-born, Australian rock singer-songwriter Jon English.
Albumsβ»
Studio albumsβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE | |||
1973 | Wine Dark Sea
|
53 | β | β | β | |
1974 | It's All a Game
|
47 | β | β | β | |
1976 | Hollywood Seven
|
20 | β | β | β | |
1977 | Minutesββto Midnight
|
33 | β | β | β | |
1978 | Words Are Not Enough
|
28 | β | β | β | |
1980 | Calm Before theββStorm
|
17 | 9 | 6 | β |
|
1981 | In Roads
|
58 | β | 4 | 35 | |
1982 | Jokers and Queens (with Marcia Hines)
|
36 | β | β | β | |
1983 | Some People...
|
35 | β | 36 | β | |
1987 | Dark Horses
|
84 | β | β | β | |
1989 | Busking
|
β | β | β | β | |
"β" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Soundtrack albumsβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE | |||
1978 | Against the Wind (with Mario Millo)
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
|
"β" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Live albumsβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
NZ | ||
1982 | Beating the Boards
|
39 |
2012 | The Rock Show
|
- |
2024 | Live at Billboard 1981 (with The Foster Brothers)
|
- |
Compilationsβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE | |||
1979 | English History
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
|
1983 | Modern English: 16 Great Hits
|
27 | β | β | β | |
1993 | The Best of Jon English
|
68 | β | β | β | |
2001 | English History II
|
β | β | β | β | |
2007 | Mot Alle Vindar/Six Ribbons
|
β | β | 33 | β | |
2008 | Legends
|
β | β | β | β | |
2011 | Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection
|
17 | β | β | β | |
2016 | History
|
β | β | β | β | |
"β" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Box Setsβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
AUS | ||
2008 | The Great Jon English
|
β |
2012 | Anthology 1973 - 1976
|
β |
2012 | Anthology 1977 - 1983
|
β |
2013 | Black Label
|
96 |
2016 | Anthology 1986-2000
|
β |
Cast albumsβ»
- 1972 Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording) (MCA)
- 1974 Ned Kelly: A Rock Opera β Studio Cast Recording (1974)
- 1984 Street Hero
- 1990 Paris (WEA)
- 1994 The Pirates of Penzance (EMI Records)
- 2000 Buskers and Angels
Singlesβ»
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Certification | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE | ||||
1973 | "Handbags and Gladrags" | 50 | β | β | β | Wine Dark Sea | |
"Close Every Door" | β | β | β | β | |||
1974 | "Band Together" | β | β | β | β | Ned Kelly soundtrack | |
"Turn the Page" | 20 | 7 | β | β | It's All a Game | ||
1975 | "Lovin' Arms" | 55 | β | β | β | Hollywood Seven | |
1976 | βHollywood Seven" | 13 | β | β | 18 | ||
βI'm a Survivorβ | 87 | β | β | β | |||
"Laid Back in Anger" (with Trevor White. And the Superstar band) |
β | β | β | β | N/A | ||
1977 | "Behind Blue Eyes" | β | β | β | β | Minutes To Midnight | |
"Lay It All Down" | 46 | β | β | β | |||
βEverytime I Sing Love Songβ | β | β | β | β | |||
1978 | "Same Old Feeling Again" | β | β | β | β | Words are Not Enough | |
"Words Are Not Enough" | 6 | 28 | β | β | |||
"Nights in Paradise" | 44 | β | β | β | |||
"Six Ribbons" | 5 | 3 | β | β |
|
Against the Wind soundtrack | |
1979 | βGet Your Love Rightβ | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | English History | |
βHot Townβ | 11 | β | β | β | Calm Before the Storm | ||
1980 | "Carmillaβ | 27 | β | β | β | ||
1981 | "Hold Back the Night" | 88 | β | β | β | Calm Before the Storm (international version) | |
"Straight from the Heart" | 72 | β | β | β | In Roads | ||
"The Shining" | β | β | β | β | |||
"Six Ribbons" (re-release) / βMot alla vindarβ | β | β | 1 | 4 | Mot alla vindar | ||
1982 | "Josephine (Too Many Secrets)" | β | β | 9 | β | In Roads | |
"Beating the Boardsβ | 96 | β | β | β | Beating the Boards | ||
"Jokers & Queensβ (with Marcia Hines) |
62 | β | β | β | Jokers and Queens | ||
1983 | "Some People (Have All The Fun)" | 50 | β | β | β | Some People... | |
"Tempted" | β | β | β | β | |||
"Waterloo" | 96 | β | β | β | |||
1984 | "Every Beat of My Heart" (with RenΓ©e Geyer) |
β | β | β | β | Street Hero soundtrack | |
1985 | "Emotion" | β | β | β | β | Dark Horses | |
1987 | "Dark Horse" | β | β | β | β | ||
"Another Brand New Day" | β | β | β | β | |||
1988 | "We'll Be There" | β | β | β | β | N/A | |
1990 | βAlways the Buskerβ | β | β | β | β | Busking | |
"High Windows" | β | β | β | β | |||
"Love Has Power" | β | β | β | β | Paris soundtrack | ||
1992 | "All Together Now"/ "Easy Street" | β | β | β | β | single only | |
1994 | βStand by Me" | β | β | β | β | ||
2011 | "The Parramatta Eels theme song" (with Eric Grothe) |
β | β | β | β |
"β" denotes releases that did not chart. Or have no reliable sources of charting information.
Other singlesβ»
Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
AUS | ||
"The Garden" (as Australia Too) |
1985 | 22 |
"You're Not Alone" (as Australian Olympians) |
1988 | 23 |
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Australian Charts - Jon English". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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- ^ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 2 March 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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- ^ "Jon English obituary: from rock to opera, a mainstay of Aussie entertainment". SMH. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970β1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and "19 June 1988."