Jon English discography

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

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		AUS [1]	NZ [2]	NOR [3]	SWE [4]
1973	Wine Dark Sea Released: March 1973 Label: Warm and Genuine	53	—	—	—
1974	It's All a Game Released: 1974 Label: Warm and Genuine	47	—	—	—
1976	Hollywood Seven Released: 1976 Label: Polydor Records	20	—	—	—
1977	Minutes to Midnight Released: March 1977 Label: Polydor Records	33	—	—	—
1978	Words Are Not Enough Released: 1978 Label: Polydor Records	28	—	—	—
1980	Calm Before the Storm Released: April 1980 Label: Mercury Records/Frituna Records	17	9	6	—	NZ: Gold [5]
1981	In Roads Released: 1981 Label: Mercury Records/Frituna Records	58	—	4	35
1982	Jokers and Queens (with Marcia Hines) Released: July 1982 Label: Midnight Records	36	—	—	—
1983	Some People... Released: 1983 Label: Midnight Records / Frituna Records	35	—	36	—
1987	Dark Horses Released: July 1987 Label: Midnight Records/ Frituna	84	—	—	—
1989	Busking Released: 1989 Label: Midnight Records/ RCA Records	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		AUS [1]	NZ [2]	NOR [3]	SWE [4]
1978	Against the Wind (with Mario Millo) Released: 1978 Label: Polydor Records, Frituna	10	4	1	4	AUS:2xGold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		NZ
1982	Beating the Boards Label: Midnight Records/Frituna	39
2012	The Rock Show Label: Sound One, Ambition Entertainment, EMI Records Released: 6 July 2012	-
2024	Live at Billboard 1981 (with The Foster Brothers) Label: Blackbox Records Released: 2 February 2024[7]	-

Compilations

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		AUS [1][8]	NZ [2]	NOR [3]	SWE [4]
1979	English History Released: August 1979 Label: Mercury Records/ Frituna Records	4	3	1	17	AUS: Platinum[9] NZ: Platinum[10]
1983	Modern English: 16 Great Hits Released: December 1983 Label: J&B Records	27	—	—	—
1993	The Best of Jon English Released: 1993 Label: RCA Records / BMG	68[11]	—	—	—
2001	English History II Released: 2001 Label: Universal Records	—	—	—	—
2007	Mot Alle Vindar/Six Ribbons Norway only release Released: 2007 Label: MBN Music Business Norway	—	—	33	—
2008	Legends Released: 9 August 2008 Label:	—	—	—	—
2011	Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection Released: 6 May 2011 Label: FanFare Records/Ambition Records	17	—	—	—
2016	History Released: 23 July 2016 Label: FanFare Records/ Ambition Records Limited to 500 copies/ Vinyl only	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box Sets

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		AUS [8]
2008	The Great Jon English Released: 2008 Label: Destra Music (CDR1105) Format 3×CD	—
2012	Anthology 1973 - 1976 Released: 2012 Label:Fanfare Records Format 4×CD	—
2012	Anthology 1977 - 1983 Released: 2012 Label:Fanfare Records Format 4×CD	—
2013	Black Label Released: 2013 Label:Fanfare Records Format 5×CD + 1×DVD	96
2016	Anthology 1986-2000 Released: 2016 Label:Fanfare Records Format 3×CD	—

Cast albums

• 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

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certification	Album
		AUS [1]	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	—	—	AUS: Gold[12]	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
1992	"All Together Now"/ "Easy Street"	—	—	—	—		single only
1994	“Stand by Me"[13]	—	—	—	—
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

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		AUS [14]
"The Garden" (as Australia Too)	1985	22
"You're Not Alone" (as Australian Olympians)	1988	23

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. "Discography Jon English". New Zealand Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
3. "Discography Jon English". Swedish Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
4. "Discography Jon English". Norwegian Charts Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
5. "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 21 September 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
6. "Vale Jon English". NFSA. March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
7. "ACRA Desk Tape Series to Release Jon English and the Foster Brothers 1981". Australian Musician. January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
8. "Australian Charts - Jon English". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
9. "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
10. "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 2 March 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
11. "ARIA Albums : The Cat Empire Debuts At No 1". www.noise11.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
12. "Jon English obituary: from rock to opera, a mainstay of Aussie entertainment". SMH. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
13. "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.
14. 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.