Shihad discography

Shihad discography
Shihad performing in 2008
Studio albums10
EPs8
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Singles36
Music videos40

The discography of Shihad, a New Zealand rock band, consists of ten studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, eight EPs, 36 singles and 40 music videos.

Shihad's first release was the Devolve EP, released in 1990. Its most recent release is the 2021 album Old Gods. Their discography includes two albums, one EP and four singles from the period of 2002 to 2003, that were released under the name band Pacifier. Shihad received music video funding grants from broadcast funding agency NZ On Air for 31 music videos, the most any New Zealand artist has had funded.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[2] 		AUS
[3]
Churn 9 —
Killjoy
  • Released: May 1995
  • Label: Wildside
 4 —
  • NZ: Platinum[5]
Shihad
  • Released: September 1996
  • Label: Wildside
  • Also known as The Fish Album
 11 —
  • NZ: Platinum[6]
The General Electric
  • Released: October 1999
  • Label: Wildside
 1 23
  • NZ: 3× Platinum[7]
  • AUS: Gold[8]
Pacifier 1 8
  • NZ: 2× Platinum[9]
Love Is the New Hate
  • Released: 2 May 2005
  • Label: WEA, Warner Music Group
 2 11
Beautiful Machine
  • Released: 21 April 2008
  • Label: WEA, Warner Music Group
 1 11
Ignite
  • Released: 20 September 2010
  • Label: Roadrunner (AUS), Warner Music Group (NZ)
 1 44
FVEY
  • Released: 8 August 2014
  • Label: Roadrunner (AUS), Warner Music Group (NZ)
 1 9
Old Gods
  • Released: 8 October 2021
  • Label: ADA, Warner
 1 15
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[2]
Pacifier: Live
  • Released: 23 November 2003
  • Label: WEA, Warner Music Group
  • Released under band name Pacifier
 19

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[2]
The Meanest Hits
  • Released: 7 November 2011
  • Label: WEA, Warner Music Group
 7 NZ: Platinum[15]

EPs

List of EPs, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak Chart Positions
NZ
[2]
Devolve
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: LP (1990), CD (1991)
  • Catalogue: PACD1073/4357732
 16
Happy Families Tour —
B-Sides
  • Released: 1996
  • Catalogue: HAD 0022
  • Released as a giveaway with Killjoy in 1996
 —
Flaming Soul/Gates of Steel
  • Released: 1997
  • Catalogue: ML10688
 —
Blue Light Disco
  • Released: October 1998
  • Catalogue: HAD092
 17
Suck On This
  • Released: 2002
  • Catalogue: ARPCD-5213
  • Released as Pacifier
 —
Alive
  • Released: 15 February 2005
  • Catalogue: 5046766592
 6
ZM Live Lounge
  • Released: 20 May 2008
  • Format: Digital download
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NZ
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		US Rock
[16]
"I Only Said" 1993 3 — — Churn
"Stations" 1994 35 — —
"Derail" 33 — —
"You Again" 1995 20 — — Killjoy
"Bitter" 20 — —
"Gimme Gimme" 39 — —
"Deb's Night Out" 1996 41 — —
"La La Land" 39 — — Shihad
"It's a Go"[A] — — —
"A Day Away" 1997 44 — —
"Home Again" 42 — —
"Yr Head Is a Rock" 1998 45 — —
"Ghost from the Past"[B] — — —
"My Mind's Sedate" 1999 6 90 — The General Electric
"The General Electric" 2000 22 — —
"Pacifier" 48 83 —
"Sport and Religion" — — —
"Comfort Me"
(as Pacifier) 		2002 34 40 — Pacifier
"Run"
(as Pacifier) 		36 64 —
"Bullitproof"
(as Pacifier) 		2003 48 58 27
"Everything"
(as Pacifier) 		36 — —
"Alive" 2005 5 38 — Love Is the New Hate
"All the Young Fascists" — 59 —
"Shot in the Head" — — —
"Dark Times" — — —
"None of the Above" 2006 — — —
"One Will Hear the Other" 2008 21 — — Beautiful Machine
"Vampires" 31 — —
"Beautiful Machine" — — —
"Rule the World" — — —
"Sleepeater" 2010 36 — — Ignite
"Lead or Follow" — — —
"Right Outta Nowhere"[B] 2012 — — — The Meanest Hits
"Think You're So Free" 2014 40 — — FVEY
"I Got You"[18] 2020 — — — True Colours, News Colours – The Songs of Split Enz
"Tear Down Those Names" 2021 —[C] — — Old Gods
"Little Demons"[20] — — —
"Feel the Fire"[21] —[D] — —
"Empire Falling"[23] — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ "It's a Go" was released as a single exclusively in Europe.
  2. ^ a b "Ghost from the Past" and "Right Outta Nowhere" were released exclusively as singles in Australia.
  3. ^ "Tear Down Those Names" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 39 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[19]
  4. ^ "Feel the Fire" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[22]

Music videos

Year Song Director
1992 "What We Get"
1993 "I Only Said" Nigel Streeter
1994 "Stations" Matt Palmer
1994 "Derail" Joe Fisher
1995 "You Again" Darryl Ward
1995 "Bitter" Darryl Ward
1995 "Gimme Gimme" Glen Standring
1996 "Deb's Night Out" Chris Mauger
1996 "La La Land" Kevin Spring
1996 "It's a Go" Kevin Spring
1996 "A Day Away" Kevin Spring
1997 "Home Again" Mark Hartley
1998 "Yr Head is a Rock" Greg Page
1998 "Ghost from the Past" Julian Boshier
1998 "Interconnector" Julian Boshier
1999 "Wait and See" Reuben Sutherland
1999 "My Mind's Sedate" Reuben Sutherland
2000 "The General Electric" Paul Butler and Scott Walton
2000 The General Electric (alternate version) Reuben Sutherland
2000 "Pacifier" Jolyon Watkins
2000 "Sport and Religion" Aaron Dustin
2002 "Comfort Me" Nash Edgerton
2002 "Run" Jolyon Watkins
2004 "Bullitproof"
2003 "Everything"
2003 "Home Again Live"
2005 "Alive" Gary Sullivan
2005 "All the Young Fascists" Mark Alberson
2005 "Shot in the Head" Simon Ward
2005 "Dark Times" Simon Ward
2006 "None of the Above" Hinge Design
2008 "One Will Hear the Other" Adam Jones
2008 "Vampires" Adam Jones
2008 "Beautiful Machine" Sam Peacocke
2008 "Rule the World" Adam Jones
2010 "Sleepeater" Sam Peacocke
2010 "Lead or Follow" Tim Van Dammen
2010 "Ignite" Tim Van Dammen
2011 "Engage" James Soloman
2014 "Think You're So Free" Sam Peacocke
2014 "FVEY" Phil Knight
2014 "Song For No One" Robert Wallace
2021 "Tear Down Those Names" Shae Sterling
2021 "Feel the Fire" Shae Sterling

References

  1. ^ "Artists". Vinyl Lionel. Vinyl Lionel. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "charts.nz - Discography Shihad". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b Peaks in Australia:
    • All top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com - Discography Shihad". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
    • Peaks 51–100: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 250.
  4. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Churn". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  5. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Killjoy". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Shihad". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – The General Electric". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Pacifier". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  10. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Love Is the New Hate". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  11. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Beautiful Machine". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Ignite". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  13. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – FVEY". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  14. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Pacifier: Live". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  15. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – The Meanest Hits". Radioscope. Retrieved 30 December 2024. Type The Meanest Hits in the "Search:" field.
  16. ^ "Pacifier Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  17. ^ a b c "New Zealand single certifications – Shihad". Radioscope. Retrieved 28 December 2024. Type Shihad in the "Search:" field.
  18. ^ "Shihad sign to Unified, release cover of Split Enz's "I Got You"". TheMusicNetwork. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  19. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Shihad's new anthem Little Demons has dropped". www.maniacsonline.com.au. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  21. ^ "New Song of the Day: Shihad – Feel The Fire". www.13thfloor.co.nz. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  22. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  23. ^ "New Aus Music Playlist – 08/10/21". Music Feeds. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.