The Angels discography

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The Angels (Australian band) discography
Studio albums13
Live albums4
Compilation albums10
EPs8
Singles45

The Australian hard rock band, the Angels, have released thirteen studio albums, four live albums, eight extended plays and forty-five singles. The Angels were formed in Adelaide in 1974 by the Brewster brothers, John and Rick, together with Bernard "Doc" Neeson. The line-up of the band has since gone through numerous changes with Rick as the mainstay member. They are known as Angel City internationally (to avoid confusion with 70s glam-rock band Angel.)

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 The Angels were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
NZ
[3]
US
[4]
The Angels
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Alberts (APLP-025), (465235 4)
  • Formats: LP, MC
Face to Face
  • Released: June 1978 [nb 1]
  • Label: Alberts (APLP-031)
  • Formats: LP
18152
  • AUS: 4× platinum [5]
No Exit
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: Alberts (APLP-038)
  • Formats: LP
8
Dark Room
  • Released: June 1980 [nb 2]
  • Label: Epic (ELPS 4061)
  • Formats: LP
537133
  • AUS: Platinum [8]
Night Attack
  • Released: November 1981 [nb 3]
  • Label: Epic (ELPS 4258)
  • Formats: LP
1314174
  • AUS: Platinum [9]
Watch the Red
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Epic (ELPS 4364)
  • Formats: LP
643
Two Minute Warning 231201
Howling
  • Released: October 1986
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53226)
  • Formats: LP, MC
610
Beyond Salvation 13
Red Back Fever
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Mushroom (TVD93352, RMD53352)
  • Formats: LP, CD
1441
Skin & Bone
  • Released: March 1998
  • Label: Shock (Shock 0025)
  • Formats: LP, CD
27
Take It to the Streets
  • Released: 31 August 2012
  • Label: Liberation (LMCD0193)
  • Formats: 2× CD
24
Talk the Talk
  • Released: 17 January 2014
  • Label: Liberation (LMCD0235)
  • Formats: CD
46
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
NZ
[3]
Live Line
  • Released: December 1987
  • Label: Mushroom (L 59001/2, C 59001/2, CD 59001/2)
  • Formats: 2× LP, 2× MC, 2× CD
313
Live at the Basement

(by the Original Angels Band)

  • Released: September 2005
  • Label: MGM (MGM TOAB001)
  • Formats: CD
40 Years of Rock – Vol 2: 40 Greatest Live Hits48
The Wireless Show
  • Released: 11 June 2021 [12]
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Formats: DD, streaming
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
NZ
[3]
The Angels' Greatest
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: Alberts (APLP-043, TC-APLP-043)
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
5
  • AUS: Platinum [8]
The Angels' Greatest Vol. II
  • Released: November 1985 [nb 6]
  • Label: Epic (ELPS 4516)
  • Formats: LP
38
Their Finest Hour... and Then Some
  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Alberts/Mushroom (472250 2)
  • Formats: CD
76
Evidence
  • Released: December 1994
  • Label: Mushroom (TVD93368, RMD53368)
  • Formats: CD
3044
Greatest Hits: The Mushroom Years
  • Released: May 1999
  • Label: Mushroom (MUSH33181.2)
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Sessions 1980-1983
Wasted Sleepless Nights: The Definitive Best Of
  • Released: July 2006
  • Label: Liberation (BLUE 123.2)
  • Formats: CD
2216
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 25 November 2011
  • Label: Liberation (LMCD0156)
  • Formats: CD
26
40 Years of Rock – Vol 1: 40 Greatest Studio Hits
  • Released: 2 May 2014
  • Label: Alberts, Liberation (LMCD0239)
  • Formats: 3× CD
20
Brothers, Angels & Demons
  • Released: 4 August 2017
  • Label: Liberation
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Out of the Blue
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Alberts (AS37)
  • Formats: 12"
29
Never So Live
  • Released: October 1981
  • Label: Epic (EX12016)
  • Formats: 12"
17
Four Play Volume 6
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
Live from Angel City
(by The Angels from Angel City)
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Telegraph Records (ACE 001)
  • Formats: 12"
The Hard Evidence Tour EP
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
Ivory Stairs
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: The Angels (TAIS2007)
  • Formats: CD (limited to 1,000 copies)
Tour EP 2008
  • Released: July 2008
  • Label: Albert/Sony
  • Formats: CD
53
Triple M Oztober Live
  • Released: November 2019
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
  • Recorded in October 2019
Under the Stone
  • Released: 5 June 2020 [14]
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[2]
NZ
[3]
US
Main

[15]
"Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again"197658The Angels
"You're a Lady Now"197790
"Comin' Down"197880Face to Face
"Take a Long Line"29
"Straight Jacket"
"After the Rain" [nb 8] 52
"Shadow Boxer"197925No Exit
"No Secrets"19808Dark Room
"Poor Baby"72
"Face the Day"6730
"Into the Heat"198114Non-album single
"Night Attack"198284Night Attack
"Living on the Outside"
"Stand Up"21Watch the Red
"Eat City"198322
"Live Lady Live"43
"Is That You?
"Between the Eyes"198444Two Minute Warning
"Look the Other Way"198555
"Sticky Little Bitch"77
"Underground"5535
"Nature of the Beast"198627Howling
"Don't Waste My Time"4038
"We Gotta Get out of This Place"713
"Can't Take Any More"198763
"Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live)198811Live Line
"Love Takes Care" (live) [16]
"Finger on the Trigger"34Non-album single
"Let the Night Roll On"199017Beyond Salvation
"Dogs Are Talking"1112AUS: Gold [5] [17]
"Back Street Pickup"2329
"Rhythm Rude Girl"77
"Bleeding with the Times"199154
"Some of That Love"53Red Back Fever
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy"19924332
"Tear Me Apart"33
"Don't Need Mercy"199475Evidence
"Turn It On"77
"Call That Living"1996Skin & Bone
"Caught in the Night"199778
"Northwest Highway"
"My Light Will Shine"1998
"Waiting For The Sun"2012Take It to the Streets
"One Word" [18] 2019non-album single
"Under the Stone" [19] 2020Under the Stone
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Video albums

TitleDetailsCertification
Live At Narara
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Festival Records
  • Format: VHS
From All Angles 1980-1990
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Mushroom Records
  • Format: VHS
Beyond Salvation Live
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Mushroom Records
  • Format: VHS
Live @ The Basement
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Chief Entertainment, Warner Music Australia
  • Format: DVD
Live At Narara & Beyond Salvation Live
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Liberation Music
  • Format: 2x DVD
Wasted Sleepless Nights, The Definitive Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Liberation Music
  • Format: DVD
This Is It Folks...Over the Top
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: DVD
No Way Get F*#ked F*#k Off!
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Beyond Home Entertainment
  • Format: DVD
Symphony of Angels
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Format: DVD
The Wireless Show
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Format: DVD

Other appearances

YearTrack(s)AlbumCatalogue no.
1998
  • "Dogs Are Talking"
  • "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (VHS only)
Mushroom 25 Live MUSH25.2 (CD), MUSH25.8 (VHS) [6]
2001
  • "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show - Musical Challenge Vol. 25041282000 [6]
2003
  • "Take a Long Line"
  • "No Secrets"
  • "I Ain't the One"
  • "Marseilles"
Gimme Ted – The Ted Mulry Benefit Concerts
(by Members of the Angels)
2564600802 [6]

Notes

  1. Face to Face was issued, under the name Angel City, in March 1980 in the United States, Europe and Japan via Epic Records. It is a compilation of the Australian versions of Face to Face and No Exit. [5] [6] Billboard 200 chart peak relates to the international version and occurred in 1980. [4]
  2. Dark Room was issued by Angel City as Darkroom, in October 1980 in North America and Europe via Epic Records with a different track listing. [5] [6] Billboard 200 chart peak relates to the international version. [4]
  3. Night Attack was issued by Angel City in February 1982 in North America and Europe via Epic Records with a different track listing. [5] [6] Billboard 200 chart peak relates to the international version in 1982. [4]
  4. Two Minute Warning was issued by Angel City in January 1985 in North America, Europe and Japan via Music Corporation of America with a different track listing. [5] [6]
  5. Beyond Salvation was issued internationally under the name the Angels from Angel City. It was released in Australia in June 1990 by the Angels via Mushroom Records with a different track listing. [5] [6] Australian and New Zealand peaks relate to the latter version and occurred in 1990. [2] [3]
  6. The Angels' Greatest Vol. II was re-released as No Secrets in 1998 on Shock Records. [5] [6]
  7. The Complete Sessions 1980-1983 contains three previously released albums, Dark Room, Night Attack and Watch the Red; together with The Blow. [5] [6]
  8. "After the Rain" is also titled The Tour as it featured two live tracks as the singles' B-side. However the catalogue numbering is consistent with single catalogue numbering at the time

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