John Williamson discography

John Williamson discography
John Williamson in 2012
Studio albums	21
EPs	3
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	25
Soundtracks	1
Box sets	1

The discography of John Williamson, an Australian singer-songwriter, consists of twenty-one studio albums, twenty-five compilation album, eight live album, three EPs. Williamson has sold over 5 million records in Australia. ^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		AUS [2] [3] [4]
John Williamson	Released: 1970 Label: Fable (FBSA-001)	—
Comic Strip Cowboy	Released: 1976 Label: Mercury (6357 037)	—
Road to Town	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (6357 057)	—
Fair Dinkum J.W.	Released: 1982 Label: Festival (L37940) Re-released as Bound for Botany Bay in 1996	142
Road Thru the Heart	Released: 1985 Label: Festival (L38498)	—
Mallee Boy	Released: November 1986 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53221)	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum [5]
Boomerang Café	Released: April 1988 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53260)	10
Warragul	Released: September 1989 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53308)	1	ARIA: 2× Platinum [6]
JW's Family Album	Released: October 1990 Label: Gumleaf / EMI Music (8140232)	21	ARIA: Platinum [4]
Waratah St	Released: September 1991 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53347)	14	ARIA: Platinum [4]
Mulga to Mangoes	Released: August 1994 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (8301732)	14	ARIA: Gold [4]
Family Album No.2	Released: September 1996 Label: Gumleaf / EMI	100 [4]
Pipe Dream	Released: August 1997 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (8590492)	6	ARIA: Platinum [7]
The Way It Is	Released: July 1999 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (5215152)	10	ARIA: Platinum [8]
Gunyah	Released: 22 April 2002 [9] Label: Gumleaf / EMI (5391724)	20	ARIA: Gold [10]
Chandelier of Stars	Released: August 2005 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (094633367128)	11	ARIA: Gold [11]
Hillbilly Road	Released: 16 August 2008 Label: Warner Music Australia (2163402)	6	ARIA: Gold [12]
The Big Red	Released: 27 January 2012 Label: Warner (5310507502)	15
Honest People	Released: 25 July 2014 Label: Warner (5419624992)	11
Butcherbird	Released: 24 August 2018 Label: Warner (5419702417)	13
How Many Songs	Released: 4 April 2025 [13] Label: Warner (2173259604)	51

Live albums

Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		AUS [2] [3] [4] [14]
Travlin' Out West in Concert (with Emma Hannah, Ricky And Tammy)	Released: 1973 Label: Reg Grundy Productions (TOW 1001)	—
From Travlin' Out West (with Emma Hannah, Ricky And Tammy)	Released: 1974 Label: Reg Grundy Productions (TOW 1002)	—
Singing in the Suburbs	Released: 1983 Label: Festival (L38100) Re-released as John Williamson Live in 1996 and Waltzing Matilda Live in 2000.	—
The Smell of Gum Leaves	Released: September 1984 Label: Festival (L38245) Re-released as Home Among the Gumtrees in 1997	49
John Williamson for Aussie Kids	Released: November 1998 Label: EMI	151
Boogie with M'Baby	Released: 1998 Label: EMI Re-released as Old Farts in Caravan Parks in 2003.	—
Mates on the Road (with Pixie Jenkins, Warren H. Williams)	Released: 23 February 2004 [15] Label: EMI (5981832)	98 [16]
John Williamson in Symphony (with he Sydney Symphony)	Released: January 2011 Format: CD / DVD Label: EMI (0944772)	— [A]	ARIA: Platinum [18]

Notes

1. John Williamson in Symphony did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number two on the ARIA Music DVD Chart. ^[17]

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
Quambatook	Released: February 2008 Label:

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		AUS [2] [3] [4] [14]
Radio Special	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (JW-001)	—
Country Greats	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (9199635)	—
True Blue – The Best of John Williamson	Released: 1982 Label: Festival (L37788) Re-released as Old Man Emu in 1997	—
Humble Beginnings	Released: 1985 2×LP Label: Festival (L45945)	133
All the Best!	Released: July 1986 Label: Festival (RMC 53190)	27
Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2	Released: October 1992 Label: EMI Music (7806442)	32	ARIA: Platinum [5]
Love Is a Good Woman	Released: November 1993 Label: EMI Music (8279112)	123
True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson	Released: November 1995 2x CD Label: EMI Music (8146312)	21	ARIA: 3× Platinum [19]
Country Classics	Released: 1997 3×CD Label: Reader's Digest (0350806)	—
The Spirit of Australia	Released: 1998 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9314954005143)	—
Wandering Australia	Released: 1998 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9314954005181)	—
The Glory of Australia	Released: 1999 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9319775912021)	—
Laugh Along with John Williamson	Released: 1999 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9319775912229)	—
Australia	Released: 1999 Label: Reader's Digest (0350782)	—
Anthems – A Celebration of Australia	Released: August 2000 Label: Gumleaf/ EMI (724352768127)	16	ARIA: Gold [20]
True Blue Two	Released: August 2003 Label: Gumleaf/ EMI (724359238326)	8	ARIA: Gold [21]
From Bulldust to Bitumen: 20 Queensland Songs	Released: 2005 Label: Gumleaf	—
We Love this Country	Released: 31 October 2005 [22] Label: Gumleaf, EMI (3119932)	—
Country Classics 2	Released: 2006 Format: 2×CD Label: Reader's Digest (0351275)	—
The Platinum Collection	Released: 26 August 2006 Format: 3×CD Label: Gumleaf (3736262)	25	ARIA: Platinum [23]
Wildlife Warriors	Released: 25 November 2006 Label: EMI Music (3826912)	78
Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue	Released: March 2010 Format: 2×CD Label: EMI (6274852)	23	ARIA: Gold [24]
Hell of a Career	Released: 19 July 2013 Format: 2×CD Label: Warner Music Australia (5310584302)	24
His Favourite Collection	Released: 19 August 2016 Format: 4×CD Label: Warner (5419724752)	9
JW Bangers	Released: November 2022 [25] Format: LP (limited edition) Label: Warner Music Australia (5419714826)	—

Box sets

Title	Album details	Chart positions
		AUS [26]
JW Winding Back 1970-2020	Released: 19 June 2020 Format: 25×CD singles Label: Warner	50

Chronological list of all albums

1. John Williamson (1970)
2. Travlin' Out West in Concert (1973)
3. From Travlin' Out West (1974)
4. Comic Strip Cowboy (1976)
5. Road to Town (1978)
6. Radio Special (1978)
7. Country Greats (1978)
8. Fair Dinkum J.W. (1982)
9. True Blue – The Best of John Williamson (1982)
10. Singing in the Suburbs (1983)
11. The Smell of Gum Leaves (1984)
12. Humble Beginnings (1985)
13. Road Thru the Heart (1985)
14. All the Best! (1986)
15. Mallee Boy (1986)
16. Boomerang Café (1988)
17. Warragul (1989)
18. JW's Family Album (1990)
19. Waratah St (1991)
20. Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2 (1992)
21. Love Is a Good Woman (1993)
22. Mulga to Mangoes (1994)
23. True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson (1995)
24. Family Album No.2 (1996)
25. Pipe Dream (1997)
26. Country Classics (1997)
27. The Spirit of Australia (1998)
28. Wandering Australia (1998)
29. John Williamson for Aussie Kids (1998)
30. Boogie with M'Baby (1998)
31. The Glory of Australia (1999)
32. Laugh Along with John Williamson (1999)
33. The Way It Is (1999)
34. Australia (1999)
35. Anthems – A Celebration of Australia (August 2000)
36. Gunyah (2002)
37. True Blue Two (2003)
38. Mates on the Road (2004)
39. From Bulldust to Bitumen: 20 Queensland Songs (2005)
40. Chandelier of Stars (2005)
41. We Love this Country (2005)
42. Country Classics 2 (2006)
43. The Platinum Collection (2006)
44. Wildlife Warriors (2006)
45. Hillbilly Road (2008)
46. Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue (2010)
47. John Williamson in Symphony (2011)
48. The Big Red (2012)
49. Hell of a Career (2013)
50. Honest People (2014)
51. His Favourite Collection (2016)
52. Butcherbird (2018)
53. JW Winding Back 1970-2020 (2020)
54. JW Bangers (2022)
55. How Many Songs (2025)

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
		AUS [2] [3]
Old Man Emu	Released: January 1973 Label: Fable (FBEP-160)	—
Diggers of the Anzac	Released: 6 April 2015 Label: Tailfeather Music/ Warner	100 [27]
Looking for a Story	Released: 22 April 2016 Label: Tailfeather Music/ Warner	32

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
		AUS [3] [4] [28]
"Old Man Emu"/"Old Gum Tree"	1970	4	ARIA: Gold [5]	John Williamson
"The Unexplored Shadows of Mine"/"Under the Bridge"		—
"Beautiful Sydney"/"Melbourne Blue, Melbourne Green"	1971	—
"Misery Farm"/"Seaside Girls"	1972	—		Old Man Emu (EP)
"Big Country Round"/"Shades of Grey"		—
"W-w-wallaby"/"The Morning After"	1974	—		John Williamson
"Alfred Koala Bear"		—		non-album single
"Comic Strip Cowboy"	1975	—		Comic Strip Cowboy
"It's a Grab It While It's Goin' Kind of Life"	1977	—		Country Greats
"Come Ride a Country Road"	1978	—
"Tearjerkers"		—
"Lonesome Playground"		—		Radio Special
"Murrumbidgee Madness"	1979	—		Road to Town
"The Breaker" (with Charles 'Bud' Tingwell)	1981	100		True Blue – The Best of John Williamson
"Diggers of the ANZAC (This Is Gallipoli)"		—
"True Blue"	1982	—
"(You Gotta Be) Fair Dinkum" (with Karen Johns)		—		Fair Dinkum J.W.
"The Buddies Song (Have a Go)"	1983	—		Buddies soundtrack
"The Vasectomy Song"		28		Singing in the Suburbs
"Lillee and McEnroe"	1984	—
"I'm Fair Dinkum"		59		The Smell of Gum Leaves
"Dad's Flowers"		—
"Go to Nashville"	1985	—		Road Thru the Heart
"You and My Guitar"		—
"Goodbye Blinky Bill"	1986	—		All the Best
"True Blue" (re-release)		43		Mallee Boy
"Raining on the Rock"	1987	—
"Cootamundra Wattle"		—
"Crocodile Roll"	1988	—		Boomerang Café
"The Boomerang Café"		—
"The March for Australia (A New Beginning)"		—
"Station Cook"	1989	—		Warragul
"Rip Rip Woodchip"		39
"Boogie with M'Baby"		42
"Special Girl"		—
"Old Man Emu" (re-release)	1990	155		JW's Family Album
"Christmas Photo"		113
"A Flag of Our Own"	1991	119		Waratah Street
"Waratah Street"		142
"(This Is) Australia Calling"	1992	123		Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2
"I'll Be Gone"		131
"Good Woman"	1993	123		Good Woman
"Seven Year Itch"	1994	181		Mulga to Mangoes
"River Crying Out"		159
"Tropical Fever"		160
"No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus"	1995	161		True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson
"Sir Don"	1996	72		Pipe Dream
"Bush Telegraph"	1997	—
"The Golden Kangaroo"		—		Family Album Number 2
"Raining on the Rock" (with Warren H Williams)	1998	—		Country Friends (Warren H Williams album)
"A Thousand Feet" (with Warren H Williams)	1999	—		The Way It Is
"Purple Roses"		—
"Number on My Back / The Baggy Green"(with Steve Waugh)		95
"This Ancient Land"(with Jimmy Little)	2000	—		Anthems – A Celebration of Australia
"Waltzing Matilda"		165
"Sing You in the Outback"	2002	176		Gunyah
"Buried in Her Bedclothes"		—
"Raining on the Plains" (with Sara Storer)		—		Beautiful Circle (Sara Storer album)
"Keep Australia Beautiful" [29]	2003	—		True Blue Two
"True Blue" (21st Anniversary)		103
"A Chandelier of Stars"	2005	—		A Chandelier of Stars
"A Country Balladeer"		—
"Flower on the Water"		—
"We Love This Country"		—		We Love This Country
"Wildlife Warriors: It's Time"	2006	—		Wildlife Warriors
"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (live)	2008	146		The Platinum Collection
"Drink a Little Love" [30]		—		Hillbilly Road
"Cydi" [30]		—
"Hillbilly Road" [30]		—
"Australia Is Another Word for Free"(with Warren H. Williams) [30]	2009	—
"Better Than a Picture" [30]		—
"King of the Road"(with Adam Harvey)		—		Both Sides Now
"Island of Oceans"(with Shannon Noll) [31]	2010	—		Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue
"Hang My Hat in Queensland" [32]	2011	—		The Big Red
"The Big Red"	2012	—
"Prairie Hotel Parachilna" [33]	2013	—
"Grandpa's Cricket" [34]	2014	—		Honest People
"Honest People" [35]		—
"Clouds Over Tamworth"		—
"Looking for a Story"	2016	—		Looking for a Story
"Aussie Girls!"		—		His Favourite Collection
"Pigs on the River" [36]	2017	—		Butcherbird
"Love Is the Word" [37]		—		non-album single
"The Valley of His Dreams"	2018	—		Butcherbird
"Flowers of Jacaranda" [38]	2019	—
"Three Sons"(with Aleyce Simmonds) [39]		—
"Those Fifty Years" [40]	2020	—		JW Winding Back 1970-2020
"The Great Divide" [41]		—
"Come Back To Me, Country" [42]	2021	—
"It's Raining Again" [43]	2022	—
"Waiting for the Sun" (with Ami Williamson) [44]		—
"The Voice of the Sea" [45]		—
"Voice from the Heart" [46]	2023	—		non album singles
"Uluru Forever" [46]		—

Video albums

Title	Details	Certification
John Williamson Live	Released: 1988 Label: Festival Records
Welcome to the Campfire	Released: 1989 Label: Festival Records
Waratah Street Live	Released: 1991 Label: Festival Records
Australia Calling	Released: 1992 Label: Gum Leaf Recordings
Mulga to Mangoes – Live At The Woolshed	Released: 1994 Label:
True Blue - The Videos	Released: 1995 Label:
For Aussie Kids	Released: 1998 Label:
The Way It Is	Released: 1999 Label:
The Way It Is	Released: 1999 Label:
Anthems: A Celebration of Australia	Released: 2000 Label:
Gunyah – I'll Sing You the Outback	Released: 2002 Label:
True Blue Two - The VHS Collection	Released: 2003 Label:
Mates On the Road	Released: 2004 Label:
Chandelier of Stars	Released: 2006 Label:
Hillbilly Road	Released: 2009 Label:
Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue	Released: 2010 Label:
John Williamson in Symphony	Released: 2011 Label: Warner	ARIA: Platinum [47]
Songs from the Outback	Released: 2016 Label:

Music videos

Year	Video
1989	"Rip Rip Woodchip"
	"Boogie with M'Baby"
1992	"I'll Be Gone"
	"Australia Calling"
1994	"River Crying Out"
	"Tropical Fever"
1998	"Raining On The Rock"
1999	"A Thousand Feet"
2003	"True Blue"
2005	"Chandelier Of Stars"
	"Little Girl From The Dryland"
2009	"Australia Is Another Word For Free"
	"Better Than A Picture"
	"King Of The Road"
2011	"Hang My Hat In Queensland"
2012	"The Big Red"
2013	"Prairie Hotel Parachilna"
2014	"Honest People"

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