The Church discography

The Church discography
Peter Koppes, Steve Kilbey, Tim Powles, Marty Willson-Piper of The Church. Park West, Chicago, United States. 18 August 2006.
Studio albums	25
EPs	4
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	12
Singles	38
Video albums	3

The Church, an Australian psychedelic rock band, formed in Sydney in 1980. They have released 25 studio albums, numerous singles and other releases and an additional studio album under the name "The Refo:mation".[1][2] This discography lists their original Australian releases, along with significant overseas compilations and singles.

Four of the albums listed under the studio albums section are outtake collections:

• A Quick Smoke at Spot's: Archives 1986–1990, a collection of otherwise unavailable songs from that period
• Parallel Universe, a 2-CD set with one CD (remixture) consisting of radically remixed versions of tracks from After Everything Now This, while the other (mixture) consists of outtakes from that album
• Beside Yourself consists of outtakes from the sessions for the studio album Forget Yourself.
• Back with Two Beasts consists of outtakes from the Uninvited, Like the Clouds album sessions.

Note in the compilations section: Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland, a UK-only tour tie-in EP, collects previously released A & B sides; Hindsight features tracks from the band's albums up to 1987, plus hitherto-uncollected B-sides of singles to that date; Tin Mine features one otherwise unavailable studio track, "Leverage".

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart peak positions							Certifications (sales thresholds)
		AUS [3]	CAN [4]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	UK Ind. [7]	US [8]	US Ind. [8]
1981	Of Skins and Heart Released: 13 April 1981 Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO 7582, TC PCSO-7583) Formats: LP, cassette	22	—	7	13	—	—	—
1982	The Blurred Crusade Released: 25 March 1982 Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO 7585, 256-4300504) Formats: LP, cassette	10	—	17	24	—	—	—
1983	Seance Released: 13 June 1983 Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO 7590, TC-PCSO 7590) Formats: LP, cassette	18	—	35	41	18	—	—
1985	Heyday Released: November 1985 Label: EMI Parlophone (PCSO.430034) Formats: LP, cassette	19	—	—	—	—	146	—
1988	Starfish Released: 16 February 1988 Label: Mushroom (RML53266, CD-53266) Formats: LP, cassette, CD	11	70	11	45	—	41	—	RIAA: Gold[9]
1990	Gold Afternoon Fix Released: 22 February 1990 Label: Mushroom (TVL93321, RMC 53321, D53321) Formats: LP, cassette, CD	12	79	28	44	—	66	—
1992	Priest=Aura Released: 10 March 1992 Label: White (TVD93356 / RMD53356) Formats: Cassette, CD	25	—	—	—	—	176	—
1994	Sometime Anywhere Released: 31 May 1994 Label: White (TVD93396) Formats: 2×cassette, 2×CD	27	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	Magician Among the Spirits Released: 19 August 1996 Label: Deep Karma/White (D31562) Formats: CD	74	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	Hologram of Baal Released: 8 September 1998 Label: Festival (D31886) Formats: 2×CD	68	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	A Box of Birds Released: 21 September 1999 Label: Festival (D32123) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	After Everything Now This Released: 2002 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD209) Formats: CD	133	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Parallel Universe Released: 4 November 2002 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD248) Formats: 2×CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Forget Yourself Released: 27 October 2003 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD264) Formats: CD	145	—	—	—	—	—	42
2004	Jammed Released: 30 August 2004 Label: None (self-released) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Beside Yourself Released: 4 October 2004 Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD329A) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	El Momento Descuidado (The Unguarded Moment) Released: 29 November 2004 Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE073.2) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Back with Two Beasts Released: 4 November 2005 Label: None (self-released) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Uninvited, Like the Clouds Released: 20 March 2006 Label: Liberation Music (LIBCD7191.2) Formats: CD	153	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	El Momento Siguiente (The Following Moment) Released: 3 February 2007 Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE143.2) Formats: CD	176	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack Released: 2008 Label: Unorthodox (UNO 001) Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Untitled #23 Released: 6 March 2009 Label: Unorthodox (UNO 004) Formats: CD, digital download, 2×LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	Further/Deeper Released: 17 October 2014 Label: Unorthodox (UNO 011) Formats: CD, digital download, 2×LP	50	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	Man Woman Life Death Infinity Released: 6 October 2017 Label: Unorthodox (UNO 012) Formats: CD, digital download, limited edition white LP	64	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	The Hypnogogue Released: 24 February 2023 Label: Communicating Vessels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars Released: 29 March 2024 Label: Easy Action	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year	Album details
2014	A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House Released: 16 May 2014 Label: Unorthodox (UNO 010) Formats: 2×CD, digital download
2019	New York Stories (Live 1988) Released: 12 Aug 2019 Label: Taurus Records Formats: Digital download

Compilations

Year	Album details	Chart peak positions
		AUS [3]
1982	Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland Released: 3 November 1982 Territory: United Kingdom Label: Carrere Records (CAR 257) Formats: 10"	—
1984	Remote Luxury Released: October 1984 Territory: United States Label: Warner Bros. Records (1-25152, 25152-4) Formats: LP, cassette	—
1988	Hindsight 1980-1987 Released: July 1988 Label: EMI Australia (PCSO 430060/1, TCPCSO 430060/1, CD-53266) Formats: 2×LP, 2×Cassette, 2×CD	36
	Life Before Starfish Released: 1988 Territory: United States Label: Arista Records (APCD-9724) Formats: CD	—
	Conception Released: 1988 Territory: Europe Label: Carrere Records (CAL 229, CDCAL 229) Formats: LP, CD	—
1991	A Quick Smoke at Spot's (Archives 1986–1990) Released: May 1991 Label: Mushroom Records (D 26058) Formats: LP, cassette, CD	84
1994	Almost Yesterday 1981–1990 Released: 1994 Label: Raven Records (RVCD-43) Formats: CD	124
1999	Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church Released: 28 September 1999 Territory: United States Label: Buddha Records (7446599652-2) Formats: CD	190
	The Best of the Church Released: 16 November 1999 Label: Mushroom Records (MUSH332332) Formats: CD	—
2001	Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia Released: 15 October 2001 Label: EMI Australia (7243 5 35583 2 1) Formats: CD	—
2006	Tin Mine Released: 20 March 2006 Label: Liberation Music (TINMINE001) Formats: CD	—
2007	Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection Released: 14 July 2007 Label: EMI Australia (0946 3 90442 2 1) Formats: 2×CD	—
2010	The Best of the Radio Songs Released: 22 October 2010 Label: EMI Australia (9181882) Formats: CD	107
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Year	Details	Chart peak positions
		AUS [3]
1981	Too Fast for You Released: July 1981 Label: EMI Parlophone (A-536, A-525) Formats: 2×7" single	—
1982	Sing-Songs Released: 8 December 1982 Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG 2) Formats: 12" EP	58
1984	Remote Luxury Released: February 1984 Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG 5) Formats: 12" EP, cassette	32
	Persia Released: August 1984 Label: EMI Parlophone (BUG.430017, TC-BUG 430017) Formats: 12" EP, cassette	47
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions							Album
		AUS [3]	CAN [10]	NZ [5]	UK	US [11]	US Main. [11]	US Alt. [12]
1980	"She Never Said"	—	—	—	—	—	x	x	Of Skins and Heart
1981	"The Unguarded Moment"	22	—	19	—	—	—	x
	"Too Fast for You"	43	—	—	—	—	—	x	Too Fast for You EP
	"Tear It All Away"	81	—	—	—	—	—	x
1982	"Almost with You"	21	—	—	—	—	—	x	The Blurred Crusade
	"When You Were Mine"	77	—	—	—	—	—	x
	"I Am a Rock" / "A Different Man" NZ / UK release	—	—	—	—	—	—	x	Sing-Songs EP
1983	"It's No Reason"	56	—	—	—	—	—	x	Seance
	"Electric Lash"	60	—	—	—	—	—	x
1985	"Already Yesterday"	100	—	—	—	—	—	x	Heyday
1986	"Tantalized"	62	—	—	—	—	—	x
	"Columbus"	—	—	—	—	—	—	x
	"Disenchanted" UK-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	x
1988	"Under the Milky Way"	22	69	25	90	24	2	x	Starfish
	"Reptile"	94	88	—	—	—	27	x
	"Antenna" Spain-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	x
	"Destination"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"Metropolis"	19	—	41	—	—	11	1	Gold Afternoon Fix
	"Russian Autumn Heart" US-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"You're Still Beautiful"	95	—	—	—	—	—	27
1992	"Ripple"	62	—	—	—	—	—	3	Priest=Aura
	"Feel"	176	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	"Two Places at Once"	151	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sometime Anywhere
1996	"Comedown"	156	—	—	—	—	—	—	Magician Among the Spirits
1997	"White Star Line" / "Gypsy Stomp" Limited edition release: 1000 copies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album release
1998	"Louisiana"	76	—	—	—	—	—	—	Hologram of Baal
2001	"Numbers"	144	—	—	—	—	—	—	After Everything Now This
2003	"Song in Space" Limited edition release: 1500 copies	155	—	—	—	—	—	—	Forget Yourself
2006	"Block"	97	—	—	—	—	—	—	Uninvited, Like the Clouds
	"Easy"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Under the Milky Way" (vs Craig Obey)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Elektrik Force
2009	"The Coffee Song" / "Hounds of Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album release
	"Pangaea"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Untitled #23
	"Operetta"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Deadman's Hand"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	"Another Century"[13]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Man Woman Life Death Infinity
	"Undersea"[14]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why"[15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	"The Hypnogogue"[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Hypnogogue
	"C'est La Vie"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	"No Other You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Realm of Minor Angels"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Hypnogogue Deluxe Edition

Video albums

Year	Details
2001	Enmore Theatre 1992 Concert Released: 2001 Label: The Church (FAN001N, DVD001N) Formats: VHS, DVD
2013	Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore Released: 1 August 2013 Label: Unorthodox/Moshcam (DVD-FPP-2013) Formats: 3xDVD
2014	A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House Released: 16 May 2014 Label: Unorthodox (UNODVD 010) Formats: DVD

Studio album as The Refo:mation

Year	Album details
1997	Pharmakoi/Distance-Crunching Honchos with Echo Units Released: 1997 Label: Phantom Records (REFO 001) Formats: CD

References

General

• McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Fulmer, Mike (2000). "The Church Discography". Retrieved 11 November 2015.
• Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Notes by Ed Nimmervoll. Noble Park, Vic: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[17]

Specific

1. McFarlane 'The Church' entry. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
2. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Church". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. Australian chart peaks:
   • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 5 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of the Kent Music Report chart between mid-1983 and 5 June 1988.
   • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 6 June 1988: "Discography The Church". Australian charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
   • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 207.
   • All ARIA-era peaks to 5 July 2022: "The Church chart history, received from ARIA on 5 July 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
4. "Search: RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
   • Gold Afternoon Fix: "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 52, No. 4 – Jun 09, 1990". RPM. Retrieved 4 June 2024 – via Library and Archives Canada.
5. "Discography The Church". New Zealand charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
6. "Discography The Church". Swedish charts portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
7. "Indie Hits "C"". 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
8. "The Church - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
9. "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
10. "RPM100 Singles". RPM. Library and Archives of Canada. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
11. "The Church > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
12. "The Church Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
13. "Another Century - Single by The Church | Spotify". Open.spotify.com. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
14. "Undersea". Spotify. 8 September 2017.
15. "I Don't Know How I Don't Know". Spotify. 17 November 2017.
16. "The Church are back with new single "The Hypnogogue"". brooklynvegan.com. 29 August 2022.
17. Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. National Library of Australia. 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Retrieved 17 October 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, the on-line version appears to have an 'Internal Service Error'.

External links

• The Church Discography
• The Church, archived from the original at Australian Rock Database on 6 October 2012. Retrieved on 2 March 2014
• The Church discography at Discogs
• The Church discography at MusicBrainz
• Albums by The Church at Rate Your Music