Jon English discography

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Jon English discography
Jon English singing at Royal Theatre, Canberra.jpg
Jon English singing at Royal Theatre, Canberra, in December 2011
Studio albums11
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums3
Compilation albums8
Singles39
Box sets5
Cast recordings6

The discography of English-born, Australian rock singer-songwriter Jon English.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
NOR
[3]
SWE
[4]
1973 Wine Dark Sea
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: Warm and Genuine
53
1974 It's All a Game
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Warm and Genuine
47
1976 Hollywood Seven 20
1977 Minutes to Midnight
  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Polydor Records
33
1978 Words Are Not Enough
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Polydor Records
28
1980 Calm Before the Storm 1796
1981 In Roads
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Mercury Records/Frituna Records
58435
1982 Jokers and Queens (with Marcia Hines)
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Midnight Records
36
1983 Some People...
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Midnight Records / Frituna Records
3536
1987 Dark Horses
  • Released: July 1987
  • Label: Midnight Records/ Frituna
84
1989 Busking
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack albums

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
NOR
[3]
SWE
[4]
1978 Against the Wind (with Mario Millo)
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Polydor Records, Frituna
10414
  • AUS:2xGold [6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

YearTitlePeak chart positions
NZ
1982 Beating the Boards
  • Label: Midnight Records/Frituna
39
2012 The Rock Show -
2024Live at Billboard 1981 (with The Foster Brothers)
  • Label: Blackbox Records
  • Released: 2 February 2024 [7]
-

Compilations

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[1] [8]
NZ
[2]
NOR
[3]
SWE
[4]
1979 English History 43117
  • AUS: Platinum [9]
  • NZ: Platinum [10]
1983 Modern English: 16 Great Hits
  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: J&B Records
27
1993 The Best of Jon English 68 [11]
2001 English History II
2007Mot Alle Vindar/Six Ribbons
  • Norway only release
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: MBN Music Business Norway
33
2008Legends
  • Released: 9 August 2008
  • Label:
2011 Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection 17
2016 History
  • Released: 23 July 2016
  • Label: FanFare Records/ Ambition Records
  • Limited to 500 copies/ Vinyl only
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box Sets

YearTitlePeak chart positions
AUS
[8]
2008The Great Jon English
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Destra Music (CDR1105)
  • Format 3×CD
2012Anthology 1973 - 1976
  • Released: 2012
  • Label:Fanfare Records
  • Format 4×CD
2012Anthology 1977 - 1983
  • Released: 2012
  • Label:Fanfare Records
  • Format 4×CD
2013Black Label
  • Released: 2013
  • Label:Fanfare Records
  • Format 5×CD + 1×DVD
96
2016Anthology 1986-2000
  • Released: 2016
  • Label:Fanfare Records
  • Format 3×CD

Cast albums

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
YearTitlePeak chart
positions
CertificationAlbum
AUS
[1] [12]
NZ
[2]
NOR
[3]
SWE
[4]
1973"Handbags and Gladrags"50Wine Dark Sea
"Close Every Door"
1974"Band Together" Ned Kelly soundtrack
"Turn the Page"207It's All a Game
1975"Lovin' Arms"55Hollywood Seven
1976Hollywood Seven"1318
“I'm a Survivor”87
"Laid Back in Anger"
(with Trevor White and the Superstar band)
N/A
1977"Behind Blue Eyes"Minutes To Midnight
"Lay It All Down"46
“Everytime I Sing a Love Song”
1978"Same Old Feeling Again"Words are Not Enough
"Words Are Not Enough"628
"Nights in Paradise"44
"Six Ribbons"53 Against the Wind soundtrack
1979Get Your Love Right273420English History
Hot Town11Calm Before the Storm
1980"Carmilla”27
1981"Hold Back the Night"88Calm Before the Storm
(international version)
"Straight from the Heart"72In Roads
"The Shining"
"Six Ribbons" (re-release) / “Mot alla vindar”14 Mot alla vindar
1982"Josephine (Too Many Secrets)"9In Roads
"Beating the Boards”96Beating the Boards
"Jokers & Queens”
(with Marcia Hines)
62 Jokers and Queens
1983"Some People (Have All The Fun)"50Some People...
"Tempted"
"Waterloo"96
1984"Every Beat of My Heart"
(with Renée Geyer)
Street Hero soundtrack
1985"Emotion"Dark Horses
1987"Dark Horse"
"Another Brand New Day"
1988"We'll Be There"N/A
1990“Always the Busker”Busking
"High Windows"
"Love Has Power" Paris soundtrack
1993"All Together Now"/ "Easy Street"128single only
1994Stand by Me" [14]
2011"The Parramatta Eels theme song"
(with Eric Grothe)

"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or have no reliable sources of charting information.

Other singles

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions
AUS
[15]
"The Garden"
(as Australia Too)
198522
"You're Not Alone"
(as Australian Olympians)
198823

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 "Discography Jon English". Swedish Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Discography Jon English". Norwegian Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ . 21 September 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  6. "Vale Jon English". NFSA. March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. "ACRA Desk Tape Series to Release Jon English and the Foster Brothers 1981". Australian Musician. January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Australian Charts - Jon English". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 12 November 2021 via Imgur.com.
  10. "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ . 2 March 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  11. "ARIA Albums : The Cat Empire Debuts At No 1". www.noise11.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  12. "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 10 May1993". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  13. "Jon English obituary: from rock to opera, a mainstay of Aussie entertainment". SMH. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  14. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 29/08/94 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 237)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  15. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (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.