Rick Springfield discography

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Rick Springfield discography
Studio albums 17
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 6
Music videos 11
Singles 34
Soundtrack albums 1
No. 1 Singles (US) 1

The discography of Australian rock music singer, Rick Springfield consists of seventeen studio albums, six compilation albums, two live albums, thirty-four singles and eleven music videos. In 1995, Springfield formed a side-project, Sahara Snow, with Tim Pierce on guitar and Bob Marlette on keyboards and percussion, which released a self-titled studio album in 1997.[1]

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2][3]		 CAN US
[4][5]
Beginnings 15 23 35
Comic Book Heroes 54 — —
Mission Magic!
  • Released: 15 July 1974
  • Label: Wizard Records (ZL-205)
  • Format: LP
 97 — —
Wait for Night
  • Released: 1976[A]
  • Label: Chelsea Records (CHL 515, CHL 5005)
  • Format: LP
 — — 159
Working Class Dog
  • Released: 14 February 1981
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-3697, RCA LP 6014, RCA K 6014)
  • Format: LP, cassette
 33 33 7 US: Platinum[6]
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
  • Released: 23 March 1982
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-4125, RCA LP 6033, RCA K 6033)
  • Format: LP, cassette
 28 6 2 US: Platinum[6]
Living in Oz
  • Released: 18 July 1983
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA AFL1-4660, RCA PL 84660, RCA PK 84660)
  • Format: LP, cassette
 45 20 12 US: Platinum[6]
Hard to Hold
  • Released: 23 July 1984
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA ABL1-4935, RCA BL 84935)
  • Format: LP
 87 29 16 US: Platinum[6]
Beautiful Feelings — — 78
Tao
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: RCA Records (AJL1-5370, RCA PL 85370)
  • Format: LP
 85 50 21 US: Gold[6]
Rock of Life
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: RCA Records (RCA 6620-1-R, RCA 6620-4-R, RCA 6620-2-R)
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 — 66 55
Karma
  • Released: 13 April 1999
  • Label: Platinum Entertainment (15095 9561 2), Victor Records (60519)
  • Format: CD
 — - 189
shock/denial/
anger/acceptance
  • Released: 24 February 2004
  • Label: Gomer Records (99999-2)
  • Format: CD
 — — —
The Day After Yesterday
  • Released: 12 July 2005
  • Label: Gomer Records (4812002)
  • Format: CD
 — — 197
Christmas with You — — —
Venus in Overdrive
  • Released: 29 July 2008
  • Label: New Door Records (B0011347-02)
  • Format: CD
 — — 28
My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation
  • Released: 10 March 2009
  • Label: Gomer Records
  • Format: CD
 — — —
Songs for the End of the World
  • Released: 9 October 2012
  • Label: Hip-O
  • Format: CD
 — — 44
Rocket Science[7] — — 69
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

With Sahara Snow

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
Sahara Snow —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1988[C]
  • Label: Evergreen Records (2690112), RCA Records (RCA 9817-1-R, RCA 9817-2-R)
  • Format: LP, CD
 —
The Best of Rick Springfield
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Camden Records (2690112)
  • Format: CD
 —
Platinum & Gold Collection: Rick Springfield
  • Released: 2003
 —
Written in Rock—Anthology
  • Released: 2005
 —
The Early Sound City Sessions
  • Released: 2007
 —
Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield
  • Released: 2008
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4][5]
The Greatest Hits Alive
  • Released: 2001
  • Label:
  • Format: CD
 —
Live in Rockford
  • Released: 2006
  • Label:
  • Format: DVD
 —
Stripped Down[8]
  • Released: 24 February 2015
  • Label: Loud & Proud
  • Format: CD/DVD
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
AUS
[2]		 CAN CAN AC UK
[9]		 US
[10][11]		 US AC US Main
1971 "Speak to the Sky" 6 10 8 — 14 16 — Beginnings
1972 "Hooky Jo" 16 — — — — — —
"What Would the Children Think?" 38 — 4 — 70 — —
1973 "I'm Your Superman" — — — — — — — Comic Book Heroes
"Believe in Me" 62 — — — — — —
1974 "Streaking the Australian Way" — — — — — — — 'Non-album single'
"Mission Magic!" — — — — — — — Mission Magic!
"American Girls" — 74 — — 98 — — 'Non-album single'
1976 "Take a Hand" — 56 — — 41 — — Wait for Night
1977 "Million Dollar Face" — — — — — — —
1979 "Archangel" — — — — — — —
1980 "Bruce" — — — — — — — 'Non-album single'
1981 "Jessie's Girl" 1 6 — 43 1 — 10 US: Gold[6] Working Class Dog
"I've Done Everything for You" 31 40 19 — 8 — —
"Love is Alright Tonite" — 26 — — 20 — 40
1982 "Don't Talk to Strangers" 10 3 3 — 2 — 11 Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
"Calling All Girls" — — — — — — 4
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" — 41 — — 21 — —
"I Get Excited" — 42 — — 32 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]		 CAN CAN AC UK
[9]		 US
[10][11]		 US AC
[10][12]		 US Main
[10]		 GER
1983 "Affair of the Heart" 26 11 — — 9 — 23 — Living in Oz
"Human Touch" 92 — — 23 18 — 34 —
"Me & Johnny" — — — — — — — —
"Souls" — — — — 23 — — —
1984 "Love Somebody" 83 13 — 95 5 — 13 23 Hard to Hold
"Don't Walk Away" — — — — 26 — 41 —
"Bop 'Til You Drop" — 70 — — 20 — — —
"Taxi Dancing (Duet with Randy Crawford)/[B-Side of 'Bop 'Til You Drop']" — — 15 — 59 16 — —
"Bruce" — — — — 27 — — — Beautiful Feelings
1985 "Celebrate Youth" — 39 — 80 26 — — 5 Tao
"State of the Heart" — 75 — — 22 — — 44
1988 "Rock of Life" 92 28 — 83 22 — 45 — Rock of Life
1999 "It's Always Something" — — 34 — — — — — Karma
2004 "Beautiful You" — — — — — 28 — — Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance
2008 "What's Victoria's Secret" — — — — — — — — Venus in Overdrive
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1994 "Jessie's Girl" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[13]

Notes

  • A ^ Wait for Night was originally released on Chelsea Records in 1976. It was re-released by RCA Records in 1982 and peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1983.[4]
  • B ^ Beautiful Feelings was originally recorded in 1978 but was not issued at that time. Mercury Records re-recorded the instrumentation and released it in late 1984 without Springfield's approval.[14] It peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1985.[4][5] In 1980, "Bruce", had been released by Springfield as a non-album single, it became the lead track of the album and was re-issued by Mercury Records by December 1984.[14] The original 1978 recordings were released by Springfield in 2007 as The Early Sound City Sessions.
  • C ^ A Greatest Hits compilation was released by Evergreen Records in 1988 as a CD with ten tracks. RCA Records issued a twelve-track compilation of the same name in 1989 as a CD and LP.

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Science-Rick-Springfield/dp/B018SLU6LU/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1
  8. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stripped-down/id958078299
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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