Wendy Matthews discography
| Wendy Matthews discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| EPs | - |
| Singles | 24 |
Wendy Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian Adult Contemporary singer and songwriter.[1] Her discography consists of eight studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, four video albums and twenty-four singles.
Matthews started recording as a session and jingles singer in Los Angeles in 1981, one of her early vocals was for ""Willow Pattern" which appeared on Osamu Kitajima's album Dragon King in 1982. Further session work was followed by touring Australia with Glenn Shorrock (ex-Little River Band) into 1983. Matthews relocated to Sydney and continued her session work and joined bands including Models in 1985, Rockmelons in 1988 and Absent Friends in 1989. Matthews also supplied vocals for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV series, Dancing Daze (1986), she supplied lead vocals on four tracks for the related soundtrack, Dancing Daze – Rock and three singles, "Dancing Daze" (duet with Jenny Morris), "Dare to Be Bold" and "Might Have Been" (trio with Morris and Mark Williams). A second ABC TV series was Stringer (1987), where Matthews and Kate Ceberano released a duet album, You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer" in 1988.[1] The album peaked in the Top 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[2]
Matthews released her solo studio album Émigré in 1990, which peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[3]
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2][3] | |||
| 1988 | You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer" (duet album with Kate Ceberano) |
7 |
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| 1990 | Émigré
|
11 | |
| 1992 | Lily
|
2 |
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| 1994 | The Witness Tree
|
16 |
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| 1997 | Ghosts
|
43 | |
| 2001 | Beautiful View
|
36 | |
| 2004 | Café Naturale
|
42 | |
| 2008 | She
|
— | |
| 2013 | The Welcome Fire
|
31 | |
| 2015 | Billie and Me: The White Room Sessions[5]
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | |||
| 1991 | The Way It Has to Be
|
96 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | |||
| 1999 | Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews
|
4 |
|
| 2007 | The Essential Wendy Matthews
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3][7] | |||
| 1985 | "Dancing Daze" (duet with Jenny Morris) |
— | Dancing Daze – Rock |
| "Dare to Be Bold" | — | ||
| 1986 | "Might Have Been" (trio with Morris and Mark Williams) |
— | |
| 1988 | "You've Always Got the Blues" (duet with Kate Ceberano) |
81 | You've Always Got the Blues |
| "Guilty (Through Neglect)" (duet with Ceberano) |
— | ||
| 1990 | "Hullabaloo" as part of Absent Friends |
45 | Here's Looking Up Your Address (Absent Friends album) |
| "I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" as part of Absent Friends |
4 | ||
| 1990 | "Token Angels" | 18 | Émigré |
| "Woman's Gotta Have It" | 34 | ||
| 1991 | "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" | 14 | |
| 1992 | "The Day You Went Away" | 2 | Lily |
| 1993 | "Friday's Child" | 15 | |
| "If Only I Could" | 41 | ||
| "T.K.O." | — | ||
| 1994 | "Standing Strong" | 37 | The Witness Tree |
| 1995 | "Love Will Keep Me Alive" | 68 | |
| "Say a Prayer" | — | ||
| 1997 | "Then I Walked Away" | 75 | Ghosts |
| "Big" | — | ||
| 1998 | "Beloved" | 49 | |
| 1998 | "Day by Day" | — | Non-album single |
| "I've Got to Have You" | — | Stepping Stones | |
| 2000 | "Free" | — | Beautiful View |
| 2001 | "Beautiful View" | 81 | |
| "Like the Sun" | — | ||
| 2008 | "Fallen Angels" | — | She |
| 2014 | "Amelia" | — | The Welcome Fire |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | |||
| 1994 | Live at the Sydney Opera House
|
— | |
| 1998 | Ghosts EPK
|
— | |
| 1999 | Stepping Stones - Best of
|
— | |
| 2003 | Stepping Stones - Best of
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Willow Pattern" | Osamu Kitajima | Dragon King |
| "You're My Baby", "Only a Love Affair", "I Can't Wait", "It Ain't Easy", "Say Goodbye", "Blue and Moody Music (Wendy's Version)" | Hiroshi Sato | Awakening | |
| 1987 | "Oh! Darling" | Models | Non-album single |
| 1988 | "Jump" | Rockmelons | Tales of the City |
| 1993 | "Silent Night" | various artists | The Spirit of Christmas 1993 |
| 1998 | "Here Am I" | various artists | Good Vibrations – A Concert for Marc Hunter – The Live Event |
| 2000 | "Pure Inspiration" | various artists | Olympic Record |
| 2001 | "White Christmas" | various artists | The Spirit of Christmas 2001 |
| 2009 | "Day You Went Away" | Phrase | Clockwork |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Free" | Mark Hartley[8] |
| 2001 | "Beautiful View" | Ryan Renshaw[8] |
| "Like the Sun" |
See also
See also: Models (band) § Discography, Rockmelons § Discography and Absent Friends (band) § Discography
References
- General
- "Wendy Matthews discography". Wendy Matthews website. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- 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 April 5, 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2010. Note: Archived on-line copy has limited functionality.
- "Wendy Matthews – Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Wendy Matthews – Discography". Discogs. Zink Media Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Wendy Matthews – Discography". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Wendy Matthews : Discography". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- Specific
- 1 2 McFarlane 'Wendy Matthews' entry. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Discography Wendy Matthews". Australian charts portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Wendy Matthews ~ From Émigré to Stepping Stones ~". Wendymatthews.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ↑ "Billie and Me". wendymatthews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ Austraian (ARIA Chart) peaks between 51-100, from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- 1 2 Wendy Matthews Videography. mvdbase.com – The Music Video Database. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
External links
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- Wendy Matthews discography at Discogs
- Wendy Matthews discography at MusicBrainz
- Wendy Matthews, archived from the original on 27 November 2013 at Australian Rock Database
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