The discography of Australian rock group Hunters & Collectors consists of nine studio albums, thirty-three singles, four EPs, three live albums, and seven compilation albums.
| Hunters & Collectors discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 33 |
Studio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][2][3] |
NZ [4] |
SWE [5] | |||
| Hunters & Collectors |
|
21 | 14 | — | |
| The Fireman's Curse |
|
77 | 46 | — |
|
| The Jaws of Life |
|
89 | 37 | — |
|
| Human Frailty | 10 | 5 | — | ||
| What's a Few Men? |
|
16 | 9 | — |
|
| Ghost Nation |
|
10 | 29 | 31 | |
| Cut |
|
6 | 17 | — |
|
| Demon Flower |
|
2 | 9 | — |
|
| Juggernaut |
|
36 | 48 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][2][3] |
NZ [4] | |||
| The Way to Go Out |
|
76 | 21 |
|
| Living in Large Rooms and Lounges |
|
45 | — |
|
| Under One Roof |
|
31 (DVD)[nb 1] |
— | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][2][3] |
NZ [4] | |||
| Collected Works |
|
6 | 26 |
|
| Skin, Bone & Bolts |
|
79 | 86 | |
| Natural Selection |
|
40 | — |
|
| Mutations |
|
— | — | |
| Horn of Plenty |
|
— | — | |
| Cargo Cult |
|
— | — | |
| Spare Parts |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
EPs
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][3][13] |
NZ [4] | |||
| World of Stone | 50 | — | ||
| Payload |
|
— | 31 | |
| Living Daylight |
|
41 | 25 | |
| Living Single... In Large Rooms and Lounges |
|
123 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][3][14][13][15] |
NZ [4] |
US Mod [16] | |||
| 1982 | "World of Stone" | 50 | — | World of Stone EP | |
| "Talking to a Stranger" | 59 | — | Hunters & Collectors | ||
| "Lumps of Lead" | — | — | Payload EP | ||
| 1983 | "Judas Sheep" | — | 35 | The Fireman's Curse | |
| "Sway" | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "The Slab"[nb 3] | — | — | The Jaws of Life | |
| "Carry Me"[nb 4] | — | — | |||
| "Throw Your Arms Around Me" | — | 28 | single-only release[nb 5] | ||
| 1986 | "Say Goodbye" | 24 | 20 | — | Human Frailty |
| "Throw Your Arms Around Me"[nb 5] | 49 | — | — | ||
| "Everything's on Fire" | 78 | 44 | — | ||
| "Is There Anybody in There?" | — | 41 | — | ||
| 1987 | "Inside a Fireball" | 41 | — | — | Living Daylight EP |
| "Do You See What I See?" | 33 | 13 | — | What's a Few Men?[nb 6] | |
| 1988 | "Still Hangin' 'Round" | — | 48 | — | |
| "Back on the Breadline" | 37 | — | 6 | ||
| 1989 | "When The River Runs Dry" | 23 | 41 | 5 | Ghost Nation |
| 1990 | "Blind Eye" | 42 | — | — | |
| "The Way You Live" | 75 | — | — | ||
| "Love All Over Again" | promo | — | — | ||
| "Throw Your Arms Around Me"[nb 5] | 34 | — | — | Collected Works | |
| 1991 | "Where Do You Go?" | 33 | 49 | — | Cut |
| 1992 | "Head Above Water" | 64 | — | — | |
| "We the People" | 70 | 36 | — | ||
| "True Tears of Joy" | 14 | 47 | — | ||
| 1993 | "Holy Grail" | 20 | 25 | — | |
| "Imaginary Girl" | 82 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Easy" | 38 | 38 | — | Demon Flower |
| "Back in the Hole" | 105 | — | — | ||
| "Drop in the Ocean" | 111 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Holy Water" | 77 | — | — | |
| 1997 | "Higher Plane" | promo | — | — | Juggernaut |
| 1998 | "Suit Your Style" | 157 | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Debris" | promo | — | — | Unnatural Selection |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Whilst the CD did not appear on the ARIA Albums Chart, the DVD peaked at No. 31.
- ^ The Gold Record accreditation is for DVD shipments and not for CD shipments.
- ^ "The Slab" is track listed on The Jaws of Life as "Betty's Worry or The Slab" and was released as double A sided single as "The Slab"/"Carry Me".
- ^ "Carry Me" was only released as a single in the UK.
- ^ a b c "Throw Your Arms Around Me" was recorded in several different versions, the first was a 1984 live recording released as a single-only, the next single version was released in 1986 from Human Frailty and the third single version was released in 1990 from Collected Works.
- ^ What's a Few Men? was released in Australia in November 1987 by White Label/Mushroom Records.[6] It was released in North America under I.R.S. Records as Fate in September 1988 with a different track order and included new tracks, such as "Back on the Breadline" which was released as a single.[6] The 2003 version of What's a Few Men? contained all 15 tracks from the two 1980s versions.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c Ryan (bulion), Gary (31 October 2008). "Albums Pre 1989 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Hung, Stefan. "Hunters & Collectors discography". Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Hung, Stefan. "Hunters & Collectors discography". NZ Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Hung, Stefan. "Hunters & Collectors discography". Swedish Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Bamford, Alan. "Hunters and Collectors". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (28 March 2009). "Certifications for 1986". Australian Charts.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Historical Bio: Hunters & Collectors [Liberation]". Mushroom Records. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (14 February 2014). "Certifications for 1988". Australian Charts.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 DVD". ARIA. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Hunters & Collectors ARIA chart history (singles 1995 - 1998), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 8 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ Ryan (bulion), Gary (31 October 2008). "Chart Positions Pre 1989 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Hunters & Collectors ARIA chart history (singles 1994), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 8 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Hunters & Collectors: Charts & Awards: Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.