Richard Clapton discography

The discography of Australian musician Richard Clapton spawned fifteen studio albums, six compilation albums, three live albums, one soundtrack albums, and thirty nine singles.

Richard Clapton discography
Studio albums15
Live albums3
Compilation albums6
Singles39
Soundtrack albums1

Studio albums
Year Title Chart peak positions
AUS
[1][2]
1973 Prussian Blue —
1975 Girls on the Avenue
  • Released: 21 April 1975
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35508)
  • Producer: Batchens
 33
1976 Main Street Jive
  • Released: 23 August 1976
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35963)
  • Producer: Batchens
 64
1977 Goodbye Tiger
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 36352)
  • Producer: Batchens
 11
1979 Hearts on the Nightline
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: Interfusion Records / Festival (L 36932)
  • Producer: Dallas Smith
 17
1980 Dark Spaces
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: Interfusion / Festival (L 37331)
  • Producer: Richard Clapton
 23
1982 The Great Escape 8
1984 Solidarity 27
1987 Glory Road
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: WEA (600144-1)
  • Producer: Jon Farriss
 28
1993 Distant Thunder 37
1996 Angeltown
  • Released: May 1996
  • Label: Roadshow Music (17982-2)
  • Producer: Clapton, David Nicholas, Johnny Diesel
 89
2004 Diamond Mine 90
2006 Rewired
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label:Warner Bros.
  • Producer: Richard Clapton
 —
2012 Harlequin Nights
  • Released: August 2012
  • Label: Gypsy Music
  • Producer: Clapton
 —
2016 The House of Orange
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Gypsy Music
  • Producer: Clapton
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums
Year Title Chart peak positions Certification
AUS
[1][2]
1978 Past Hits and Previews 42
1982 The Very Best of Richard Clapton
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Festival (L 37674)
 18
1999 The Definitive Anthology
  • Released: 11 October 1999
  • Label: WEA (3984294362)
 28
2004 The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Festival
 —
2010 The Essential Hits
  • Released: 13 August 2010
  • Label: Warner
 —
2014 Best Years 1974–2014: The 40th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: 8 August 2014
  • Label: Festival / Warner
 36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums
Year Title Chart peak positions Certification
AUS
[2]
1989 The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: WEA (256582-1)
 23
  • ARIA: Platinum[2]
2001 Up and Down the Glory Road
  • Released: 12 November 2001
  • Label: WEA/WAR (0927422332)
 —
2008 Live at the State Theatre
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: WEA
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Soundtrack albums
Year Title
1976 Highway One

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1]
1972 "Last Train to Marseilles" — Prussian Blue
1973 "All the Prodigal Children" —
1974 "I Wanna Be a Survivor" —
1975 "Travelling Down the Castlereagh" /
"Girls on the Avenue"[A] 		4 Girls on the Avenue
"Down the Road" —
1976 "Please Come Home" — Non-album single
"Suit Yourself" — Mainstreet Jive
1977 "Capricorn Dancer" 40 Highway One
"Deep Water" 43 Goodbye Tiger
1978 "(Down in the) Lucky Country" 70
"Steppin' Across the Line" 98 Past Hits and Previews
1979 "Hearts on the Nightline" — Hearts on the Nightline
"Ace of Hearts" —
1980 "Get Back to the Shelter" 94 Dark Spaces
"High Society" —
1982 "I Am an Island" 20 The Great Escape
"Spellbound" 89
"The Best Years of Our Lives" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1][2]
1984 "The Heart of It" 90 Solidarity
"Solidarity Goodbye" —
1985 "Goodbye Barbara Ann" 90 Non-album single
"The Transpac Slide" — Non-album single
1986 "Spirit of Sydney" (duet with Kevin Borich) — Non-album single
1987 "Glory Road" 42 Glory Road
"Trust Somebody" —
1988 "Angelou" —
"Go Windward Passage" (with Crew of Windward Passage) — Non-album single
1989 "Deep Water" (live) — Best Years of Our Lives
"Ace of Hearts" (live) —
1992 "Happy Valley" — Distant Thunder
1993 "Distant Thunder" 80
"All Fall Down" —
1994 "Oceans of the Heart" —
1996 "Dixieland" — Angeltown
1999 "Calling for You" — The Definitive Anthology
2012 "Dancing with the Vampires" — Harlequin Nights
2016 "Something About You" — The House of Orange
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Notes


A.^ "Girls on the Avenue" was originally released as the B-side of "Travelling Down the Castlereagh". After considerable radio play it was named the A-side.[4]

References
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. "Discography Richard Clapton". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  3. "Clapton, not clapped-out". The Age. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. McFarlane, 'Richard Clapton' entry. p. 124. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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