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 | This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (September 2025) |
| Jon English discography | |
|---|---|
 Jon English singing at Royal Theatre, Canberra, in December 2011 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 39 |
| Box sets | 5 |
| Cast recordings | 6 |
The discography of English-born, Australian rock singer-songwriter Jon English.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
NZ [2] |
NOR [3] |
SWE [4] | |||
| 1973 | Wine Dark Sea
|
53 | — | — | — | |
| 1974 | It's All a Game
|
47 | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | Hollywood Seven
|
20 | — | — | — | |
| 1977 | Minutes to Midnight
|
33 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | Words Are Not Enough
|
28 | — | — | — | |
| 1980 | Calm Before the Storm
|
17 | 9 | 6 | — |
|
| 1981 | In Roads
|
58 | — | 4 | 35 | |
| 1982 | Jokers and Queens (with Marcia Hines)
|
36 | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Some People...
|
35 | — | 36 | — | |
| 1987 | Dark Horses
|
84 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Busking
|
— | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Soundtrack albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] |
NZ [2] |
NOR [3] |
SWE [4] | |||
| 1978 | Against the Wind (with Mario Millo)
|
10 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Live albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| NZ | ||
| 1982 | Beating the Boards
|
39 |
| 2012 | The Rock Show
|
- |
| 2024 | Live at Billboard 1981 (with The Foster Brothers)
|
- |
Compilations
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][8] |
NZ [2] |
NOR [3] |
SWE [4] | |||
| 1979 | English History
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
| 1983 | Modern English: 16 Great Hits
|
27 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | The Best of Jon English
|
68[11] | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | English History II
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Mot Alle Vindar/Six Ribbons
|
— | — | 33 | — | |
| 2008 | Legends
|
— | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection
|
17 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | History
|
— | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Box sets
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [8] | ||
| 2008 | The Great Jon English
|
— |
| 2012 | Anthology 1973 - 1976
|
— |
| 2012 | Anthology 1977 - 1983
|
— |
| 2013 | Black Label
|
96 |
| 2016 | Anthology 1986-2000
|
— |
Cast albums
[edit]- 1972 Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording) (MCA)
- 1974 Ned Kelly: A Rock Opera – Studio Cast Recording (1974)
- 1984 Street Hero
- 1990 Paris (WEA)
- 1994 The Pirates of Penzance (EMI Records)
- 2000 Buskers and Angels
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Certification | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1][12] |
NZ [2] |
NOR [3] |
SWE [4] | ||||
| 1973 | "Handbags and Gladrags" | 50 | — | — | — | Wine Dark Sea | |
| "Close Every Door" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1974 | "Band Together" | — | — | — | — | Ned Kelly soundtrack | |
| "Turn the Page" | 20 | 7 | — | — | It's All a Game | ||
| 1975 | "Lovin' Arms" | 55 | — | — | — | Hollywood Seven | |
| 1976 | “Hollywood Seven" | 13 | — | — | 18 | ||
| “I'm a Survivor” | 87 | — | — | — | |||
| "Laid Back in Anger" (with Trevor White and the Superstar band) |
— | — | — | — | N/A | ||
| 1977 | "Behind Blue Eyes" | — | — | — | — | Minutes To Midnight | |
| "Lay It All Down" | 46 | — | — | — | |||
| “Everytime I Sing a Love Song” | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1978 | "Same Old Feeling Again" | — | — | — | — | Words are Not Enough | |
| "Words Are Not Enough" | 6 | 28 | — | — | |||
| "Nights in Paradise" | 44 | — | — | — | |||
| "Six Ribbons" | 5 | 3 | — | — |
|
Against the Wind soundtrack | |
| 1979 | “Get Your Love Right” | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | English History | |
| “Hot Town” | 11 | — | — | — | Calm Before the Storm | ||
| 1980 | "Carmilla” | 27 | — | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Hold Back the Night" | 88 | — | — | — | Calm Before the Storm (international version) | |
| "Straight from the Heart" | 72 | — | — | — | In Roads | ||
| "The Shining" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Six Ribbons" (re-release) / “Mot alla vindar” | — | — | 1 | 4 | Mot alla vindar | ||
| 1982 | "Josephine (Too Many Secrets)" | — | — | 9 | — | In Roads | |
| "Beating the Boards” | 96 | — | — | — | Beating the Boards | ||
| "Jokers & Queens” (with Marcia Hines) |
62 | — | — | — | Jokers and Queens | ||
| 1983 | "Some People (Have All The Fun)" | 50 | — | — | — | Some People... | |
| "Tempted" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Waterloo" | 96 | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "Every Beat of My Heart" (with Renée Geyer) |
— | — | — | — | Street Hero soundtrack | |
| 1985 | "Emotion" | — | — | — | — | Dark Horses | |
| 1987 | "Dark Horse" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Another Brand New Day" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "We'll Be There" | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| 1990 | “Always the Busker” | — | — | — | — | Busking | |
| "High Windows" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Has Power" | — | — | — | — | Paris soundtrack | ||
| 1993 | "All Together Now"/ "Easy Street" | 128 | — | — | — | single only | |
| 1994 | “Stand by Me"[14] | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "The Parramatta Eels theme song" (with Eric Grothe) |
— | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or have no reliable sources of charting information.
Other singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [15] | ||
| "The Garden" (as Australia Too) |
1985 | 22 |
| "You're Not Alone" (as Australian Olympians) |
1988 | 23 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c d "Discography Jon English". New Zealand Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Discography Jon English". Swedish Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Discography Jon English". Norwegian Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 21 September 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Vale Jon English". NFSA. March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "ACRA Desk Tape Series to Release Jon English and the Foster Brothers 1981". Australian Musician. January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Australian Charts - Jon English". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 2 March 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Albums : The Cat Empire Debuts At No 1". www.noise11.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 10 May1993". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Jon English obituary: from rock to opera, a mainstay of Aussie entertainment". SMH. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 29/08/94 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 237)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
