The Triffids discography
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.
The Triffids discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
Video albums | 1 |
EPs | 6 |
Singles | 10 |
Cassettes | 9 |
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
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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AUS [4][5] |
NZ [6] |
UK [7] |
SWE [8] |
BEL [9] |
UK Indie [10] | ||||||
1983 | Treeless Plain
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— | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||||
1986 | Born Sandy Devotional
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37 | — | — | 18 | 39 | 2 | ||||
1986 | In the Pines
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69 | — | — | — | 78 | 5 | ||||
1987 | Calenture
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32 | 25 | — | 24 | 58 | — | ||||
1989 | The Black Swan
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59 | 44 | 63 | — | 71 | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
Live albums
Year | Album details |
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1990 | Stockholm
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Compilation albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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AUS [11][12] |
BEL [9] |
GRK [13] | ||
1986 | Love in Bright Landscapes
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— | — | — |
1994 | Australian Melodrama
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2008 | Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983–1985)
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— | 86 | — |
2010 | Wide Open Road: The Best of The Triffids
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— | — | 14 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Extended plays
Year | EP details | AUS | UK Indie [10] | |
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1982 | Reverie
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1983 | Bad Timing and Other Stories
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1984 | Lawson Square Infirmary
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1984 | Raining Pleasure
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95 | 8 | |
1984 | Field of Glass
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— | 8 | |
1987 | Peel Sessions
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— | 17 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Cassettes
Year | Album details | Sales |
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1978 | Triffids 1st
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1978 | Triffids 2nd
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1979 | Triffids 3rd
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1980 | Triffids 4th
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1978 | Triffids Tape 5
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1981 | Triffids Sixth
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1983 | Dungeon Tape
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1988 | Son of Dungeon Tape
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1988 | Jack Brabham
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50 copies |
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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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" | — | — | — | 3 | Single-only release | |||||
1986 | "Wide Open Road" | 64 | — | 26 | 19 | Born Sandy Devotional | |||||
1987 | "Bury Me Deep in Love" | 48 | 34 | — | — | Calenture | |||||
1988 | "Trick of the Light" | 77 | — | 73 | — | ||||||
"Holy Water" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1989 | "Goodbye Little Boy" | 81 | — | 90 | — | The Black Swan | |||||
"Falling Over You" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
2007 | "Save What You Can" | — | — | — | — | Promotional release | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
DVDs
Year | Album details |
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2009 | It's Raining Pleasure
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Notes
References
- General
- "The Triffids Discography". The Triffids website. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- "The Triffids – Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- "The Triffids – Discography". Discogs. Zink Media Inc. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- "The Triffids – Discography". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- "The Triffids – Discography". NME. IPC Media (Time Inc.). Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- Specific
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 17 April 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- "Discography The Triffids". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- "Discography The Triffids". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- "Triffids". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- "Discography The Triffids". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- "Discographie The Triffids". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2010. Note: Some information is in French.
- "Indie Hits "T"". 2008-10-06. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Discography John Butler Trio". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- "Discography The Triffids". greekcharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 567. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links
- The Triffids discography at Discogs
- The Triffids discography at MusicBrainz