The Church discography

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The Church discography
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Peter Koppes, Steve Kilbey, Tim Powles, Marty Willson-Piper of The Church.
Park West, Chicago, United States. 18 August 2006.
Studio albums25
EPs4
Live albums1
Compilation albums12
Singles38
Video albums3

The Church, an Australian psychedelic rock band, formed in Sydney in 1980. They have released 25 studio albums, numerous singles and other releases and an additional studio album under the name "The Refo:mation". [1] [2] This discography lists their original Australian releases, along with significant overseas compilations and singles.

Contents

Three of the albums listed under the studio albums section are outtake collections:

Note in the compilations section: Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland, a UK-only tour tie-in EP, collects previously released A & B sides; Hindsight features tracks from the band's albums up to 1987, plus hitherto-uncollected B-sides of singles to that date; Tin Mine features one otherwise unavailable studio track, "Leverage".

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsChart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWE
[6]
UK
Ind.

[7]
US
[8]
US
Ind.

[8]
1981 Of Skins and Heart 22713
1982 The Blurred Crusade
  • Released: 25 March 1982
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO 7585, 256-4300504)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
101724
1983 Seance
  • Released: 13 June 1983
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO 7590, TC-PCSO 7590)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
18354118
1985 Heyday
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO.430034)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
19146
1988 Starfish
  • Released: 16 February 1988
  • Label: Mushroom (RML53266, CD-53266)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1170114541
1990 Gold Afternoon Fix
  • Released: 22 February 1990
  • Label: Mushroom (TVL93321, RMC 53321, D53321)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
1279284466
1992 Priest=Aura
  • Released: 10 March 1992
  • Label: White (TVD93356 / RMD53356)
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
25176
1994 Sometime Anywhere
  • Released: 31 May 1994
  • Label: White (TVD93396)
  • Formats: 2×cassette, 2×CD
27
1996 Magician Among the Spirits
  • Released: 12 August 1996
  • Label: Deep Karma/White (D31562)
  • Formats: CD
74
1998 Hologram of Baal
  • Released: 8 September 1998
  • Label: Festival (D31886)
  • Formats: 2×CD
68
1999 A Box of Birds
  • Released: 21 September 1999
  • Label: Festival (D32123)
  • Formats: CD
2002 After Everything Now This 133
Parallel Universe
  • Released: 4 November 2002
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD248)
  • Formats: 2×CD
2003 Forget Yourself
  • Released: 27 October 2003
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD264)
  • Formats: CD
14542
2004 Jammed
  • Released: 30 August 2004
  • Label: None (self-released)
  • Formats: CD
Beside Yourself
  • Released: 4 October 2004
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD329A)
  • Formats: CD
El Momento Descuidado (The Unguarded Moment)
2005 Back with Two Beasts
  • Released: 4 November 2005
  • Label: None (self-released)
  • Formats: CD
2006 Uninvited, Like the Clouds
  • Released: 20 March 2006
  • Label: Liberation Music (LIBCD7191.2)
  • Formats: CD
153
2007 El Momento Siguiente (The Following Moment)
  • Released: 3 February 2007
  • Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE143.2)
  • Formats: CD
176
2008Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNO 001)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2009 Untitled #23
  • Released: 6 March 2009
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNO 004)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 2×LP
2014 Further/Deeper
  • Released: 17 October 2014
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNO 011)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 2×LP
50
2017 Man Woman Life Death Infinity
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNO 012)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, limited edition white LP
64
2023 The Hypnogogue
  • Released: 24 February 2023
  • Label: Communicating Vessels
2024 Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars
  • Released: 29 March 2024
  • Label: Easy Action
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbum details
2014A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House
  • Released: 16 May 2014
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNO 010)
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
2019New York Stories (Live 1988)
  • Released: 12 Aug 2019
  • Label: Taurus Records
  • Formats: Digital download

Compilations

YearAlbum detailsChart peak positions
AUS
[3]
1982Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland
  • Released: 3 November 1982
  • Territory: United Kingdom
  • Label: Carrere Records (CAR 257)
  • Formats: 10"
1984 Remote Luxury
1988Hindsight 1980-1987
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: EMI Australia (PCSO 430060/1, TCPCSO 430060/1, CD-53266)
  • Formats: 2×LP, 2×Cassette, 2×CD
36
Life Before Starfish
  • Released: 1988
  • Territory: United States
  • Label: Arista Records (APCD-9724)
  • Formats: CD
Conception
  • Released: 1988
  • Territory: Europe
  • Label: Carrere Records (CAL 229, CDCAL 229)
  • Formats: LP, CD
1991A Quick Smoke at Spot's (Archives 1986–1990)
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: Mushroom Records (D 26058)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
84
1994Almost Yesterday 1981–1990124
1999Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church
  • Released: 28 September 1999
  • Territory: United States
  • Label: Buddha Records (7446599652-2)
  • Formats: CD
190
The Best of the Church
2001 Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia
  • Released: 15 October 2001
  • Label: EMI Australia (7243 5 35583 2 1)
  • Formats: CD
2006Tin Mine
2007Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection
  • Released: 14 July 2007
  • Label: EMI Australia (0946 3 90442 2 1)
  • Formats: 2×CD
2010The Best of the Radio Songs
  • Released: 22 October 2010
  • Label: EMI Australia (9181882)
  • Formats: CD
107
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

YearDetailsChart peak positions
AUS
[3]
1981Too Fast for You
1982 Sing-Songs
  • Released: 8 December 1982
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG 2)
  • Formats: 12" EP
58
1984Remote Luxury
  • Released: February 1984
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG 5)
  • Formats: 12" EP, cassette
32
Persia
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG.430017, TC-BUG 430017)
  • Formats: 12" EP, cassette
47
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[3]
CAN
[10]
NZ
[5]
UK US
[11]
US Main.
[11]
US Alt.
[12]
1980"She Never Said"xx Of Skins and Heart
1981"The Unguarded Moment"2219x
"Too Fast for You"43xToo Fast for You EP
"Tear It All Away"81x
1982"Almost with You"21x The Blurred Crusade
"When You Were Mine"77x
"I Am a Rock" / "A Different Man"
NZ / UK release
x Sing-Songs EP
1983"It's No Reason"56x Seance
"Electric Lash"60x
1985"Already Yesterday"100x Heyday
1986"Tantalized"62x
"Columbus"x
"Disenchanted"
UK-only release
x
1988"Under the Milky Way"22692590242x Starfish
"Reptile"948827x
"Antenna"
Spain-only release
x
"Destination"
1990"Metropolis"1941111 Gold Afternoon Fix
"Russian Autumn Heart"
US-only release
"You're Still Beautiful"9527
1992"Ripple"623 Priest=Aura
"Feel"176
1994"Two Places at Once"151 Sometime Anywhere
1996"Comedown"156 Magician Among the Spirits
1997"White Star Line" / "Gypsy Stomp"
Limited edition release: 1000 copies
Non-album release
1998"Louisiana"76 Hologram of Baal
2001"Numbers"144 After Everything Now This
2003"Song in Space"
Limited edition release: 1500 copies
155 Forget Yourself
2006"Block"97 Uninvited, Like the Clouds
"Easy"
"Under the Milky Way"
(vs Craig Obey)
Elektrik Force
2009"The Coffee Song" / "Hounds of Love"Non-album release
"Pangaea" Untitled #23
"Operetta"
2010"Deadman's Hand"
2017"Another Century" [13] Man Woman Life Death Infinity
"Undersea" [14]
"I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why" [15]
2022"The Hypnogogue" [16] The Hypnogogue
"C'est La Vie"
2023"No Other You"
"Realm of Minor Angels" Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars

Video albums

YearDetails
2001Enmore Theatre 1992 Concert
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: The Church (FAN001N, DVD001N)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
2013Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore
  • Released: 1 August 2013
  • Label: Unorthodox/Moshcam (DVD-FPP-2013)
  • Formats: 3xDVD
2014A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House
  • Released: 16 May 2014
  • Label: Unorthodox (UNODVD 010)
  • Formats: DVD

Studio album as The Refo:mation

YearAlbum details
1997 Pharmakoi/Distance-Crunching Honchos with Echo Units

References

General

Specific
  1. McFarlane 'The Church' entry. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  2. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Church". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Australian chart peaks:
  4. "Search: RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Discography The Church". New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  6. "Discography The Church". Swedish charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  7. "Indie Hits "C"". 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. 1 2 "The Church - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  9. "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  10. "RPM100 Singles". RPM . Library and Archives of Canada. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  11. 1 2 "The Church > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. "The Church Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard . Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  13. "Another Century - Single by The Church | Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  14. "Undersea". Spotify . 8 September 2017.
  15. "I Don't Know How I Don't Know". Spotify . 17 November 2017.
  16. "The Church are back with new single "The Hypnogogue"". brooklynvegan.com. 29 August 2022.
  17. Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. National Library of Australia. 2002. ISBN   9781865038919 . Retrieved 17 October 2010.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, the on-line version appears to have an 'Internal Service Error'.