The Saints discography

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The Saints discography
Studio albums13
Live albums2
Compilation albums10
EPs6
Singles17

The discography of Australian rock group The Saints consists of thirteen studio albums, seventeen singles, six EPs, two live albums and ten compilation albums. The Saints began in 1974 as punk rockers and released their first single, "(I'm) Stranded", in September 1976 on their own Fatal Records label. They were signed to EMI and released their debut album in February 1977, (I'm) Stranded . [1] Mainstay founder Chris Bailey is the principal songwriter and record producer. [2] [3] Their sound became more R&B and pop rock. [4] Their highest-charting album, All Fools Day peaked in the Top 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in April 1986. [5] Their cover version of The Easybeats' hit "The Music Goes Round My Head", issued in November 1988, peaked in the Top 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart. [6]

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In May 2001, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary and named "(I'm) Stranded" in its Top 30 Australian songs of all time. [7] The band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in September. [8] [9] In 2007, "I'm Stranded" was one of the first 20 songs stored on the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry. [10] Their debut album, (I'm) Stranded, was listed at No. 20 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums in October 2010. [11] Their third album, Prehistoric Sounds , also appeared in the list, at No. 41. [11]

Studio albums

YearTitleChart peak positions
AUS
[5]
1977 (I'm) Stranded
1978 Eternally Yours 86
Prehistoric Sounds
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: Harvest Records, Fan Club.
  • Producer: Bailey, Kuepper
1981 The Monkey Puzzle
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Lost Records, New Rose Records
  • Producer: Bailey, Gerry Nixon
85
1982 Casablanca
(aka Out in the Jungle... Where Things Ain't So Pleasant)
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: Lost Records, New Rose Records
  • Producer: Ricardo Mentalban (aka Chris Bailey)
1984 A Little Madness to Be Free
  • Released: July 1984
  • Label: Lost, RCA
  • Producer: Lurax Debris (aka Chris Bailey) [3]
1986 All Fools Day
  • Released: April 1986
  • Label: Mushroom Records
  • Producer: Bailey, Hugh Jones
29
1988 Prodigal Son
  • Released: April 1988
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Producer: Bailey
50
1996 Howling
  • Released: October 1996
  • Label: Blue Rose Records
  • Producer: Bailey, Michelle Barry, Lelle Hilderbrand, Joakim Täck
1998 Everybody Knows the Monkey
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: Last Call Records
  • Producer: Bailey, Martin Hennel
2000 Spit the Blues Out
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Last Call Records
  • Producer: Debris (aka Bailey), Brendan Bailey
2005 Nothing Is Straight in My House
  • Released: March 2005
  • Label: Cadiz
  • Producer: Bailey, Chris Carr, Richard England
2006 Imperious Delirium
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Cadiz
  • Producer: Bailey
2012 King of the Sun
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Highway 125
  • Producer: Fortunato Luchresi
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

YearTitle
1985Live in a Mud Hut ... Somewhere in Europe
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Rose Records
  • Producer: Mugumbo (aka Chris Bailey)
1995The Most Primitive Band in the World (Live from the Twilight Zone, Brisbane 1974)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Hot Records
  • Producer: Bailey, Don Bartley

Compilation albums

YearTitleChart peak positions
AUS
[5] [6]
1986Best of the Saints
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Razor Records
  • Producer:
1989Scarce Saints: Hymns of Oblivion 1977–1981
The New Rose Years
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: New Rose Records
  • Producer:
1990Songs of Salvation and Sin 1976–1988
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Raven Records
  • Producer:
1991Permanent Revolution
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Mushroom Records
  • Producer:
1996 Know Your Product: The Best of The Saints
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Harvest Records
  • Producer:
19997799: Big Hits on the Underground
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Last Call Records
  • Producer:
2000Wild About You 1976–1978
  • Released: April 1988
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Producer: Bailey
50
2004All Times Though Paradise
  • Released: 16 August 2004
  • Label: EMI
  • Producer:
2006 The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made
  • Released: 13 November 2006
  • Label: Cadiz Music
  • Producer:

Extended plays

YearTitle
1977New Wave
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Power Exchange Records
  • Producer: Mark Moffatt
  • Note: A split EP with B-side by The Saints, A-side by Stanley Frank
One Two Three Four
1979 Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Lost Records (EMI)
  • Producer: L. Lambert (aka Chris Bailey)
1985The Saints
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Producer:
1986See You in Paradise
1993Cheap Erotica
  • Released: 1993

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[5] [6]
UK
[12]
US
Alt.

[13]
1976 "(I'm) Stranded" 98 (I'm) Stranded
1977 "Erotic Neurotic"
"This Perfect Day" 34 Eternally Yours
"Lipstick on Your Collar" One Two Three Four
1978 "Know Your Product" Eternally Yours
"Security" Prehistoric Sounds
1980 "Always" The Monkey Puzzle
1981 "Let's Pretend"
1982 "Follow the Leader" I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca
1984 "Grain of Sand" Non-album single
"Ghost Ships" 46 A Little Madness to Be Free
"Imagination"
1986 "Just Like Fire Would" 29 All Fools Day
"(You Can't Tamper with the) Temple of the Lord" 85
"See You in Paradise"
1988 "Grain of Sand" 81 11 Prodigal Son
"Stay"
"The Music Goes 'Round My Head" 39 19
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

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