Ball Park Music discography

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Ball Park Music discography
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Ball Park Music performing during the Puddinghead Tour in 2014
Studio albums7
EPs2
Live albums2
Singles26
Music videos18

Since their formation in 2008, Australian indie rock band Ball Park Music have released seven studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), two live albums and 26 singles. Their debut studio album, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs , was released in 2011 after their first two EPs, and peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was followed the next year with Museum, which debuted at number nine. Their succeeding five studio albums have all debuted within the top five on the chart, with Weirder & Weirder being their most recent release in 2022. [1]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date, label, and selected chart positions shown
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs 26
Museum
  • Released: 5 October 2012
  • Label: Stop Start, EMI
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
9
Puddinghead
  • Released: 4 April 2014
  • Label: Stop Start, Inertia
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
2
Every Night the Same Dream
  • Released: 19 August 2016
  • Label: Stop Start, Inertia
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
3
Good Mood
  • Released: 16 February 2018
  • Label: Stop Start
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
5
Ball Park Music
  • Released: 23 October 2020
  • Label: Prawn, Inertia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
2
Weirder & Weirder
  • Released: 27 May 2022 [2] [3]
  • Label: Prawn, Inertia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
2

Live albums

List of live albums, with release date and label shown
TitleAlbum details
Triple J Live at the Wireless – Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2018
  • Released: 25 September 2020 [4]
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Triple J Live at the Wireless – Horden Pavillion, Sydney 2022
  • Released: 24 November 2023 [5]
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

List of EPs, with release date and label shown
TitleDetails
Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep
  • Released: 30 April 2009
  • Label: Ball Park Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake
  • Released: 21 May 2010
  • Label: Ball Park Music (MBBPM2752)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions and certifications, and album name shown
TitleYearPeak chart positionsYear-end positions Certifications Album
AUS
[6]
Triple J
Hottest 100

[7]
"Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)" [8] 2009Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake
"iFly" [9] 2010
"Sad Rude Future Dude" [10] [11] Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs
"Come Together" (with Hungry Kids of Hungary) [12] 2011Non-album single
"Rich People Are Stupid" [13] Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs
"It's Nice to Be Alive" [14] 31
"All I Want Is You" [16] 38
"Literally Baby" [17]
"Surrender" [18] 201227Museum
"Coming Down" [19] 23
"She Only Loves Me When I'm There" [20] 20147019
  • ARIA: Platinum [15]
Puddinghead
"Trippin' the Light Fantastic" [21] 99
"Pariah" [22] 2016Every Night The Same Dream
"Nihilist Party Anthem" [23]
"Whipping Boy" [24]
"Exactly How You Are" [25] 201718
  • ARIA: Platinum [26]
Good Mood
"The Perfect Life Does Not Exist" [27] 39
"Hands Off My Body" [28] [29] 2018
"Spark Up!" [30] 2020Ball Park Music
"Day & Age" [31] 63
"Cherub"524
  • ARIA: Platinum [32]
"Paranoid Android"
(cover of Radiohead ) [33]
Non-album single
"Sunscreen" [34] 202121Weirder & Weirder
"Stars In My Eyes" [35] 20228
"Manny" [36]
"Like Love" [37] 2024

Other appearances

List of appearances on compilation albums
TitleYearAlbum
"Do You Realize??"
(cover of the Flaming Lips)
2012Triple J Like a Version 8
"Diane Young"
(cover of Vampire Weekend)
2015Triple J Like a Version 11
"My Happiness"
(cover of Powderfinger)
2018Triple J Like a Version 14
"Oomba Baroomba" [38]
(cover of Play School)
2023Show Time Season 4

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector(s)
"Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)"2010Alex Barnes
"iFly"
"Rich People Are Stupid"2011Devin Bowles
"It's Nice to Be Alive"Alex Barnes
"All I Want Is You"
"Literally Baby"
"Surrender"2012Dan Graetz
"Fence Sitter"2013Andrew Wilson
"Bad Taste Blues (Part II)"Dan Graetz
"She Only Loves Me When I'm There"2014
"Trippin' the Light Fantastic"Alex Barnes
"Pariah"2016Jaymis Loveday
"Nihilist Party Anthem"
"Exactly How You Are"2017Nick Maguire
"Hands Off My Body"2018
"Day & Age" [39] 2020
"Cherub" [40] Dean Hanson
"Stars In My Eyes" [41] 2022Nick Maguire
"Like Love"2024

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