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Richard Clapton discography

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The discography of Australian musician Richard Clapton spawned sixteen studio albums, six compilation albums, three live albums, one soundtrack album, and forty-one singles. He is best known for his 1975 single "Girls on the Avenue". Clapton's highest charting release was his 2021 album, Music Is Love (1966–1970), which peaked at 3 on the ARIA Charts.[1]

Studio albums16
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums3
Compilation albums6
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Richard Clapton discography
Studio albums16
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums3
Compilation albums6
Singles41
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, Clapton was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. In 2010, Clapton was inducted into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Albums

Studio albums

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AUS
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Prussian Blue
Girls on the Avenue
  • Released: April 1975
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35508)
33
Main Street Jive
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 35963)
64
Goodbye Tiger
  • Released: October 1977
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 36352)
11
Hearts on the Nightline
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: Interfusion / Festival (L 36932)
17
Dark Spaces
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: Interfusion / Festival (L 37331)
23
The Great Escape
  • Released: February 1982
  • Label: WEA (600106)
8
Solidarity
  • Released: September 1984
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53137)
27
Glory Road
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: WEA (600144-1)
28
Distant Thunder 37
Angeltown
  • Released: May 1996
  • Label: Roadshow Music (17982-2)
89
Diamond Mine 90
Rewired
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label:Warner Bros.
215
Harlequin Nights
  • Released: August 2012
  • Label: Gypsy Music
135
The House of Orange
  • Released: 8 April 2016
  • Label: Gypsy Music
112
Music Is Love (1966–1970)
  • Released: 9 April 2021[4]
  • Label: Bloodlines/Mushroom Group
3
[5]
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Live albums

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AUS
[3]
The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Released: September 1989
  • Label: WEA (256582-1)
23
Up and Down the Glory Road
  • Released: 12 November 2001
  • Label: WEA/WAR (0927422332)
(6°)
  • ARIA: Gold (DVD)[7]
Live at the State Theatre
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: WEA
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Notes
  • ° Australian Music DVD Chart.

Compilation albums

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AUS
[2][3]
Past Hits and Previews
  • Released: December 1978
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 36691)
42
The Very Best of Richard Clapton
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: Festival (L 37674)
18
The Definitive Anthology
  • Released: October 1999
  • Label: WEA (3984294362)
28
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Festival
The Essential Hits
  • Released: 13 August 2010
  • Label: Warner
Best Years 1974–2014
  • Released: 8 August 2014
  • Label: Festival / Warner
36
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Soundtrack albums

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[9]
Highway One
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Infinity / Festival (L 36138)
94
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Singles

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1972 "Last Train to Marseilles" Prussian Blue
1973 "All the Prodigal Children"
1974 "I Wanna Be a Survivor"
1975 "Travelling Down the Castlereagh" /
"Girls on the Avenue"[A]
4 Girls on the Avenue
"Down the Road"
1976 "Please Come Home" Non-album single
"Suit Yourself" Main Street Jive
1977 "Capricorn Dancer" 40 Highway One
"Deep Water" 43 Goodbye Tiger
1978 "(Down in the) Lucky Country" 70
"Steppin' Across the Line" 98 Past Hits and Previews
1979 "Hearts on the Nightline" Hearts on the Nightline
"Ace of Hearts"
1980 "Get Back to the Shelter" 94 Dark Spaces
"High Society"
1982 "I Am an Island" 20 The Great Escape
"Spellbound" 89
"The Best Years of Our Lives"
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1984 "The Heart of It" 90 Solidarity
"Solidarity Goodbye"
1985 "Goodbye Barbara Ann" 90 Non-album single
"The Transpac Slide" Non-album single
1986 "Spirit of Sydney" (duet with Kevin Borich) Non-album single
1987 "Glory Road" 42 Glory Road
"Trust Somebody"
1988 "Angelou"
"Go Windward Passage" (with Crew of Windward Passage) Non-album single
1989 "Deep Water" (live) 147 Best Years of Our Lives
"Ace of Hearts" (live) 122
1992 "Happy Valley" 110 Distant Thunder
1993 "Distant Thunder" 80
"All Fall Down" 128
1994 "Oceans of the Heart"
1996 "Dixieland" 182 Angeltown
1999 "Calling for You" The Definitive Anthology
2012 "Dancing with the Vampires" Harlequin Nights
2016 "Something About You" The House of Orange
2021 "Summer in the City[10]" Music Is Love (1966-1970)
"Cinnamon Girl[11]"
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Notes

A.^"Girls on the Avenue" was originally released as the B-side of "Travelling Down the Castlereagh". After considerable radio play it was named the A-side.[12]

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