The Triffids discography

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The Triffids discography
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Video albums1
EPs6
Singles10
Cassettes9

The Triffids were an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia. [1] [2] They have released five studio albums, one live album, ten singles, six extended plays, nine cassette tapes, four compilation albums and a video album. The Triffids formed in 1978 by mainstay David McComb, his school friend Alsy MacDonald together with Phil Kakulas. Their first release was a cassette tape, Triffids 1st recorded in May, by September they had added Byron Sinclair and released, Triffids 2nd with four more cassette tapes released by 1981. Considerable line-up changes had occurred resulting in McComb and MacDonald with Will Akers, Margaret Gillard, Robert McComb (David's older brother) and Mark Peters. "Stand Up", their first single, was released in July 1981 from Triffids 6th. Their first extended play, Reverie appeared in November 1982.

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Treeless Plain , their first studio LP album, was released in November 1983. By then the line-up was the McComb brothers and MacDonald with Jill Birt and Martyn P. Casey. In August 1984, the band relocated to London where they recorded Born Sandy Devotional in 1985 which was released in early 1986 and reached the United Kingdom Top 30 Albums Chart. [3] It spawned the single "Wide Open Road" in February, which peaked into the UK Top 30 and Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. [3] [4]

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[4] [5]
NZ
[6]
UK
[7]
SWE
[8]
BEL
[9]
UK
Indie

[10]
1983 Treeless Plain 6
1986 Born Sandy Devotional 3718392
1986 In the Pines 69785
1987 Calenture
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Island Records (ILPS 9885)
  • Producer: Gil Norton/The Triffids
  • Format: CD
32252458
1989 The Black Swan
  • Release: April 1989
  • Label: Island Records (ILPS 9928)
  • Producer: Stephen Street/The Triffids
  • Format: LP
59446371
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

YearAlbum details
1990 Stockholm
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Island Records (L30231)
  • Producer: Lars Aldman
  • Format: CD

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[11] [12]
BEL
[9]
GRK
[13]
1986 Love in Bright Landscapes
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: White Hot Records (L38674)
  • Format: LP
1994 Australian Melodrama
  • Released: December 1994
  • Label: White Label (D31182)
  • Format: CD
2008 Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983–1985) 86
2010Wide Open Road: The Best of The Triffids14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

YearEP detailsAUS

[4]

UK
Indie

[10]
1982 Reverie
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Resonant Records (REZ 01113198)
  • Producer: Tim Lambert
  • Format: 7-inch EP
1983 Bad Timing and Other Stories
  • Released: April 1983
  • Label: White Label (K9003)
  • Producer: Robert Ash
  • Format: 7-inch EP
1984 Lawson Square Infirmary
  • Released: April 1984
  • Label: Hot Records (MINIHOT2)
  • Producer: Nick Mainsbridge, The Triffids
  • Format: 12-inch EP
1984 Raining Pleasure
  • Released: June 1984
  • Label: Hot Records (MINIHOT1)
  • Producer: Nick Mainsbridge, The Triffids
  • Format: 12-inch EP
958
1984 Field of Glass
  • Released: February 1985
  • Label: Hot Records (HOT12007)
  • Producer: Mark Radcliffe
  • Format: 12-inch EP
8
1987 Peel Sessions
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Strange Fruit Records (SFPS036)
  • Producer: Dale Griffin
  • Format: 12-inch EP
17
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Cassettes

YearAlbum detailsSales
1978 Triffids 1st
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1978 Triffids 2nd
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1979 Triffids 3rd
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1980 Triffids 4th
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1978 Triffids Tape 5
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1981 Triffids Sixth
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1983 Dungeon Tape
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1988 Son of Dungeon Tape
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
1988 Jack Brabham
  • Released: December 1988
  • Label: Independent (self release)
  • Format: cassette
50 copies

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[4]
NZ
[6]
UK
[14] [7]
UK IN
[10]
1981"Stand Up"Triffids Sixth
1982"Spanish Blue"Single-only release
1984"Beautiful Waste"Single-only release
1985"You Don't Miss Your Water"3Single-only release
1986"Wide Open Road"642619 Born Sandy Devotional
1987"Bury Me Deep in Love"4834 Calenture
1988"Trick of the Light"7773
"Holy Water"
1989"Goodbye Little Boy"8190 The Black Swan
"Falling Over You"
2007"Save What You Can"Promotional release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

DVDs

YearAlbum details
2009It's Raining Pleasure

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