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
[3]
1988 You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer"
(duet album with Kate Ceberano) 		7
1990 Émigré
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: RooART (846 649-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 11
  • AUS: Platinum[5]
1992 Lily
  • Released: 28 September 1992
  • Label: RooArt (4509-90547-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 2
  • AUS: 3× platinum.[5]
1994 The Witness Tree
  • Released: 14 November 1994
  • Label: RooArt (7432-144415-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 16
  • AUS: Platinum.[5]
1997 Ghosts
  • Released: 25 August 1997
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321510092)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 43
2001 Beautiful View
  • Released: 17 July 2001
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321861512)
  • Formats: CD
 36
2004 Café Naturale
  • Released: 31 May 2004
  • Label: BMG Australia (82876617202)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 42
2008 She
  • Released: 8 November 2008
  • Label: Barking Bear/MGM (9324690032587)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
2013 The Welcome Fire 31
2015 Billie and Me: The White Room Sessions[6]
  • Released: 27 July 2015
  • Label: Barking Bear
  • Formats: CD
 —
"—" 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
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: RooART (510 408-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 —
"—" 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
  • Released: 15 March 1999
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321648252)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 4
  • AUS: Platinum[7]
2007 The Essential Wendy Matthews
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (88697120052)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[3]
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)		 —
1989 "Hallelujah"
as part of Absent Friends		 100 Here's Looking Up Your Address (Absent Friends album)
1990 "Hullabaloo"
as part of Absent Friends		 46
"I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You"
as part of Absent Friends		 4
"Harmony"
as part of Absent Friends		 92
"Token Angels" 18 Émigré
1991 "Woman's Gotta Have It" 34
"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." 118
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" 200
1998 "Beloved" 49
1998 "Day by Day" — Non-album single
"I've Got to Have You" — Stepping Stones
2000 "Free" 131 Beautiful View
2001 "Beautiful View" 88
"Like the Sun" 195
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
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: BMG Australia
  • Format: Video
 —
1999 Stepping Stones - Best of
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321650202)
  • Format: Video
 —
2003 Stepping Stones - Best of
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: BMG Australia (82876566769)
  • Format: DVD
 —
"—" 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

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 McFarlane 'Wendy Matthews' entry. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988, and "You've Always Got the Blues" (single): Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "Discography Wendy Matthews". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
    • "T.K.O.", "Say a Prayer", "Big", "Free" and "Like the Sun" (ARIA Chart) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 20 May 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "1988 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. ↑ "Billie and Me". wendymatthews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  8. 1 2 Wendy Matthews Videography. mvdbase.com – The Music Video Database. Retrieved 5 June 2009.

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