The Cat Empire discography | |
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Studio albums | 9 |
EPs | 3 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Singles | 44 |
Video albums | 2 |
The discography of the Australian jazz and funk band the Cat Empire consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two video albums, three extended plays, and forty-four singles. The band has scored two number-one albums and six top ten albums on the ARIA Charts. They have been nominated for twelve ARIA Music Awards, of which they have won one. [a] They were formed in 1999 by founding members Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, and Ryan Monro. Long-term members Harry James Angus, Jamshid Khadiwala and Will Hull-Brown joined the band in 2001. [6]
The group independently released a live extended play, Live @ Adelphia, in December 2001, and their first live album, The Sun , in July 2002. [6] [7] In October 2003, "Hello" was released as the lead single from The Cat Empire . Later that month, the album was released under Virgin Records, [8] peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Charts and giving the group mainstream recognition. It went on to be certified 3x platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 210,000 copies in 2012.
In April 2005, they released their second studio album, Two Shoes , which provided two top-fifty singles and debuted at the top of the Australian charts. It became their first international release when it was reissued in Canada the following year. [9] In March 2006, they performed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony [10] to a crowd of over 75,000. [11] The music recorded for the event was released the following month as Cities . [10] Their fourth album, So Many Nights , was released in September 2007, reaching number two on the ARIA charts. The lead single from that album, "No Longer There", is their highest-charting to date, peaking at number 12. In 2009, they released their second live album, Live on Earth , which collects concert recordings taken from shows between August 2006 and December 2008. [12] They released their fifth album, Cinema , in June 2010. Critics dubbed it a more mature effort than the group's previous albums. [13] [14] It debuted at number three on the album charts.
Their sixth studio album and first via an independent label, [15] Steal the Light , was released in May 2013, peaking at number three. Critics considered the album to be "a return to their original aesthetic". [16] It was the first release in a trilogy of three conceptually similar albums by the group produced by Jan Skubiszewski. [17] The second album in that trilogy, Rising with the Sun , was released in March 2016, debuting at number one. From July 2018 to February 2019, the band released a new single on the first of every month, leading up to the release of their eighth album, Stolen Diamonds . [17] In 2021, the original lineup disbanded after a final show at the 2022 Byron Bay Bluesfest, except for founding members Riebl and McGill. [18] By late 2022, new members Grace Barbé, Daniel Farrugia, Neda Rahmani and Lazaro Numa had joined, [b] and the group released their ninth album, Where the Angels Fall , in August 2023.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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AUS [23] | NLD [24] | SWI [25] | |||
The Cat Empire | 15 | — | — | ||
Two Shoes |
| 1 | — | — |
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Cities: The Cat Empire Project |
| 11 | — | — | |
So Many Nights | 2 | — | — |
| |
Cinema |
| 3 | — | — | |
Steal the Light |
| 3 | 88 | — | |
Rising with the Sun |
| 1 | — | 51 | |
Stolen Diamonds |
| 4 | — | — | |
Where the Angels Fall |
| 73 | — | — | |
Bird in Paradise |
| TBA | |||
"—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released in that country. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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AUS [23] | |||
The Sun | — | ||
Live on Earth | 14 | ||
The Cat Empire (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] |
| — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Title | Details | Notes |
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Tapes, Breaks and Out-Takes |
| A compilation of outtakes from The Cat Empire (2003), and tracks from Live @ Adelphia and The Sun. The interludes were recorded at rehearsals and gigs. [43] [42] |
Asylum |
| Released in association with the organization Tunes for Change [44] as a pay-what-you-want download. [45] A compilation of rare recordings and songs by the members' side projects, the release aimed to raise AU$50,000 for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. [44] |
The Adelphia Sessions |
| A selection of tracks from Live @ Adelphia and The Sun. [47] |
Title | Details | Certifications |
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On the Attack |
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Live at the Bowl |
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Title | Details | Notes | Ref. |
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Live @ Adelphia |
| Recorded live at Adelphia Studios in a single day. [52] Features early versions of future tracks. [53] | [6] |
The Cat Empire |
| A selection of tracks from The Cat Empire and Two Shoes, plus three videos. Designed as an introduction to the American market. | [54] |
Live at Martyrs' |
| Recorded live at Martyrs' in 2007 for WXRT's Sunday Night Concert. Features performances of tracks from The Cat Empire and Two Shoes. [55] | [56] |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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AUS [23] [57] | NZ [58] | NL [24] | ||||||||||||
"Hello" [59] | 2003 | [c] | 12 | — | The Cat Empire | |||||||||
"Days Like These" [60] | 2004 | 37 | — | — | ||||||||||
"The Chariot" [61] | 34 | — | — | |||||||||||
"One Four Five" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Sly" [62] | 2005 | 23 | — | — | Two Shoes | |||||||||
"The Car Song" [63] | 46 | — | — | |||||||||||
"Two Shoes" [64] | 77 | — | — | |||||||||||
"Down at the 303" (Live) | 2007 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
"No Longer There" [65] | 12 | — | — | So Many Nights | ||||||||||
"So Many Nights" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Fishies" | 2008 | 99 | — | — | ||||||||||
"How to Explain?" (Live at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl) | 2009 | — | — | — | Live on Earth | |||||||||
"Feeling's Gone" [66] | 2010 | — | — | — | Cinema | |||||||||
"On My Way" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Brighter Than Gold" [67] | 2013 | 68 | — | 33 | Steal the Light | |||||||||
"Steal the Light" [68] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Qué Será Ahora" [69] | 2015 | — | — | — | Rising with the Sun | |||||||||
"Wolves" [70] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Bulls" [71] | 2016 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Ready Now" [72] | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds | |||||||||
"Stolen Diamonds" [73] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"La Sirène" [74] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Kila" [75] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Sola" (featuring Depedro) [76] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Barricades" [77] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Oscar Wilde" [78] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Echoes" [79] | 2019 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Oscar Wilde" (featuring Grace Barbé) (Live at Odeon Theatre) [80] | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
"Going to Live" [81] | 2021 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Great Beauty" [82] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Coming to Meet You" [83] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"The Scream" [84] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Sparrow" [85] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Into the Night" [86] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"The Crowd" [87] | 2022 | — | — | — | The Cat Empire (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] | |||||||||
"Still Young" [87] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Thunder Rumbles" [88] | 2023 | — | — | — | Where the Angels Fall | |||||||||
"Rock 'n' Roll" [89] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Money Coming My Way" [90] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Owl" [91] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"How to Explain" (Anniversary Edition) [92] | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
"Hello" (Anniversary Edition) [92] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"La Gracia" [93] | 2024 | — | — | — | Bird in Paradise | |||||||||
"Blood on the Stage" [38] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"Doing Fine" [94] | — | — | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart or was not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
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"Hotel California" | 2005 | Triple J: Like a Version | [95] |
"Sunny Afternoon" | 2009 | Triple J: Like a Version, Volume Five | [96] |
"Zero" (with Anbessa Gebrehiwot) | 2010 | The Key of Sea | [97] |
"Get Some" | 2016 | Triple J: Like a Version, Volume 12 | [98] |
"Som Foc" (with Txarango) | 2017 | El Cor de la Terra | [99] |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Hello" | 2003 | Felix Riebl, Ian McGill, Mike Reed [100] |
"Days Like These" | Mike Metzner [101] | |
"The Chariot" | 2004 | Felix Riebl, Ian McGill, Mike Reed [100] |
"One Four Five" | — | |
"Sly" | 2005 | Susi Stitt [102] |
"The Car Song" | Ben Quinn [102] | |
"Two Shoes" | Michael Delaney [102] | |
"No Longer There" | 2007 | — |
"So Many Nights" | — | |
"Fishies" | 2008 | Various [103] |
"Feelings Gone" | 2010 | — |
"Brighter than Gold" | 2013 | Nicholas Verso [104] |
"Steal the Light" | Ash Koek [105] | |
"Like a Drum" | Dominic Allen, Martin Pimentel [106] | |
"Wolves" | 2015 | Guy Franklin [107] |
"Bulls" | 2016 | Darcy Prendergast [108] |
"Ready Now" | 2018 | Dominic Allen [d] |
"Stolen Diamonds" | ||
"La Sirène" | ||
"Kila" | ||
"Sola" | ||
"Barricades" | ||
"Oscar Wilde" | 2019 | |
"Echoes" | ||
"Thunder Rumbles" | 2023 | Nick Campbell [117] |
"Rock 'n' Roll" | Giulia Giannini McGauran [118] | |
"Money Coming My Way" | Josh Harris [119] | |
"Boom Boom" | Nick Campbell [120] | |
"La Gracia" | 2024 | Dara Munnis [121] [122] [123] |
"Blood on the Stage" | ||
"Doing Fine" |
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