John Williamson discography

John Williamson discography
John Williamson discography
Studio albums	20
EPs	3
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	24
Soundtracks	1
Box sets	1

The discography of John Williamson, an Australian singer-songwriter, consists of twenty studio albums, twenty-four compilation album, eight live album, three EPs. Williamson has sold over 4 million records in Australia.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums


Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	AUS ^[2]^[3]^[4]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
John Williamson	Released: 1970 Label: Fable (FBSA-001)	—
Comic Strip Cowboy	Released: 1976 Label: Mercury (6357 037)	—
Road to Town	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (6357 057)	—
Fair Dinkum J.W.	Released: 1982 Label: Festival (L37940)	—
Road Thru the Heart	Released: 1985 Label: Festival (L38498)	—
Mallee Boy	Released: November 1986 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53221)	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[5]
Boomerang Café	Released: April 1988 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53260)	10
Warragul	Released: September 1989 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53308)	1	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[6]
JW's Family Album	Released: October 1990 Label: Gumleaf / EMI Music (8140232)	21	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
Waratah St	Released: September 1991 Label: Gumleaf / Festival (RMC 53347)	14	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
Mulga to Mangoes	Released: August 1994 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (8301732)	14	ARIA: Gold^[4]
Family Album No.2	Released: September 1996 Label: Gumleaf / EMI	100^[4]
Pipe Dream	Released: August 1997 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (8590492)	6	ARIA: Platinum^[7]
The Way It Is	Released: July 1999 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (5215152)	10	ARIA: Platinum^[8]
Gunyah	Released: 22 April 2002^[9] Label: Gumleaf / EMI (5391724)	20	ARIA: Gold^[10]
Chandelier of Stars	Released: August 2005 Label: Gumleaf / EMI (094633367128)	11	ARIA: Gold^[11]
Hillbilly Road	Released: 16 August 2008 Label: Warner Music Australia (2163402)	6	ARIA: Gold^[12]
The Big Red	Released: 27 January 2012 Label: Warner (5310507502)	15
Honest People	Released: 25 July 2014 Label: Warner (5419624992)	11
Butcherbird	Released: 24 August 2018 Label: Warner (5419702417)	13

Live albums

Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	AUS ^[2]^[3]^[4]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Travlin' Out West in Concert (with Emma Hannah, Ricky And Tammy)	Released: 1973 Label: Reg Grundy Productions (TOW 1001)	—
From Travlin' Out West (with Emma Hannah, Ricky And Tammy)	Released: 1974 Label: Reg Grundy Productions (TOW 1002)	—
Singing in the Suburbs	Released: 1983 Label: Festival (L38100) Re-release as Waltzing Matilda Live in 2000.	—
The Smell of Gum Leaves	Released: September 1984 Label: Festival (L38245) Re-reeased as Home Among the Gumtrees in 1997	49
John Williamson for Aussie Kids	Released: 1998 Label: EMI	—
Boogie with M'Baby	Released: 1998 Label: EMI Re-released as Old Farts in Caravan Parks in 2003.	—
Mates on the Road (with Pixie Jenkins, Warren H. Williams)	Released: 23 February 2004^[13] Label: EMI (5981832)	98 ^[14]
John Williamson in Symphony (with he Sydney Symphony)	Released: January 2011 Format: CD / DVD Label: EMI (0944772)	—^[A]	ARIA: Platinum^[16]

Notes

^ John Williamson in Symphony did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number two on the ARIA Music DVD Chart.^[15]

Soundtrack albums


Title	Album details
Quambatook	Released: February 2008 Label:

Compilation albums


Title	Album details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	AUS ^[2]^[3]^[4]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Radio Special	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (JW-001)	—
Country Greats	Released: 1978 Label: Mercury (9199635)	—
True Blue – The Best of John Williamson	Released: 1982 Label: Festival (L37788)	—
Humble Beginnings	Released: 1985 2×LP Label: Festival (L45945)	—
All the Best!	Released: July 1986 Label: Festival (RMC 53190)	27
Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2	Released: October 1992 Label: EMI Music (7806442)	32	ARIA: Platinum^[5]
Love Is a Good Woman	Released: 1993 Label: EMI Music (8279112)	—
True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson	Released: November 1995 2x CD Label: EMI Music (8146312)	21	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[17]
Country Classics	Released: 1997 3×CD Label: Readers Digest (0350806)	—
The Spirit of Australia	Released: 1998 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9314954005143)	—
Wandering Australia	Released: 1998 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9314954005181)	—
The Glory of Australia	Released: 1999 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9319775912021)	—
Laugh Along with John Williamson	Released: 1999 Label: Steve Parish/ EMI (9319775912229)	—
Australia	Released: 1999 Label: Readers Digest (0350782)	—
Anthems – A Celebration of Australia	Released: August 2000 Label: Gumleaf/ EMI (724352768127)	16	ARIA: Gold^[18]
True Blue Two	Released: August 2003 Label: Gumleaf/ EMI (724359238326)	8	ARIA: Gold^[19]
From Bulldust to Bitumen: 20 Queensland Songs	Released: 2005 Label: Gumleaf	—
We Love this Country	Released: 31 October 2005^[20] Label: Gumleaf, EMI (3119932)	—
Country Classics 2	Released: 2006 Format: 2×CD Label: Readers Digest (0351275)	—
The Platinum Collection	Released: 26 August 2006 Format: 3×CD Label: Gumleaf (3736262)	25	ARIA: Platinum^[21]
Wildlife Warriors	Released: 25 November 2006 Label: EMI Music (3826912)	78
Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue	Released: March 2010 Format: 2×CD Label: EMI (6274852)	23	ARIA: Gold^[22]
Hell of a Career	Released: 19 July 2013 Format: 2×CD Label: Warner Music Australia (5310584302)	24
His Favourite Collection	Released: 19 August 2016 Format: 4×CD Label: Warner (5419724752)	9

Box Sets


Title	Album details	Chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[23]
JW Winding Back 1970-2020	Released: 19 June 2020 Format: 25×CD singles Label: Warner	50

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	EP details	AUS ^[2]^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Old Man Emu	Released: January 1973 Label: Fable (FBEP-160)	—
Diggers of the Anzac	Released: 6 April 2015 Label: Tailfeather Music/ Warner	100 ^[24]
Looking for a Story	Released: 22 April 2016 Label: Tailfeather Music/ Warner	32

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	AUS ^[2]^[3]^[4]	Certifications	Album
"Old Man Emu"/"Old Gum Tree"	1970	4	ARIA: Gold^[5]	John Williamson
"The Unexplored Shadows of Mine"/"Under the Bridge"	1970	—
"Beautiful Sydney"/"Melbourne Blue, Melbourne Green"	1971	—
"Misery Farm"/"Seaside Girls"	1972	—		Old Man Emu (EP)
"Big Country Round"/"Shades of Grey"	1972	—		Old Man Emu (EP)
"W-w-wallaby"/"The Morning After"	1974	—		John Williamson
"Alfred Koala Bear"	1974	—		non-album single
"Comic Strip Cowboy"	1975	—		Comic Strip Cowboy
"It's a Grab It While It's Goin' Kind of Life"	1977	—		Country Greats
"Come Ride a Country Road"	1978	—
"Tearjerkers"		—
"Lonesome Playground"		—		Radio Special
"Murrumbidgee Madness"	1979	—		Road to Town
"The Breaker" (with Charles 'Bud' Tingwell)	1981	100		True Blue – The Best of John Williamson
"Diggers of the ANZAC (This Is Gallipoli)"	1981	—
"True Blue"	1982	—
"(You Gotta Be) Fair Dinkum" (with Karen Johns)	1982	—		Fair Dinkum J.W.
"The Buddies Song (Have a Go)"	1983	—		Buddies soundtrack
"The Vasectomy Song"	1983	28		Singing in the Suburbs
"Lillee and McEnroe"	1984	—		Singing in the Suburbs
"I'm Fair Dinkum"		59		The Smell of Gum Leaves
"Dad's Flowers"		—		The Smell of Gum Leaves
"Go to Nashville"	1985	—		Road Thru the Heart
"You and My Guitar"	1985	—		Road Thru the Heart
"Goodbye Blinky Bill"	1986	—		All the Best
"True Blue" (re-release)	1986	43		Mallee Boy
"Raining on the Rock"	1987	—
"Cootamundra Wattle"	1987	—
"Crocodile Roll"	1988	—		Boomerang Café
"The Boomerang Café"		—
"The March for Australia (A New Beginning)"		—
"Station Cook"	1989	—		Warragul
"Rip Rip Woodchip"		39
"Boogie with M'Baby"		42
"Special Girl"		—
"Old Man Emu" (re-release)	1990	—		JW's Family Album
"Christmas Photo"	1990	—		JW's Family Album
"A Flag of Our Own"	1991	—		Waratah Street
"Waratah Street"	1991	—		Waratah Street
"Australia Calling"	1992	—		Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2
"I'll Be Gone"	1992	—		Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2
"Seven Year Itch"	1994	—		Mulga to Mangoes
"River Crying Out"		—
"Tropical Fever"		—
"Sir Don"	1996	72		Pipe Dream
"Bush Telegraph"	1997	—		Pipe Dream
"The Golden Kangaroo"	1997	—		Family Album Number 2
"Raining on the Rock" (with Warren H Williams)	1998	—		Country Friends (Warren H Williams album)
"A Thousand Feet" (with Warren H Williams)	1999	—		The Way It Is
"Purple Roses"		—
"Number on My Back / The Baggy Green"(with Steve Waugh)		95
"This Ancient Land"(with Jimmy Little)	2000	—		Anthems – A Celebration of Australia
"Cape York Peninsula"	2002	—		Gunyah
"Salisbury Street"		—
"Sing You in the Outback"/"Butter Outta Grass"		—
"Buried in Her Bedclothes"/"Around Jindabyne"		—
"Raining on the Plains" (with Sara Storer)		—		Beautiful Circle (Sara Storer album)
"The Easter Billby"	2003	—		True Blue Two
"True Blue" (21st Anniversary)		—
"Keep Australia Beautiful"^[25]		—
"A Chandelier of Stars"	2005	—		A Chandelier of Stars
"A Country Balladeer"		—
"Flower on the Water"		—
"We Love This Country"		—		We Love This Country
"Wildlife Warriors: It's Time"	2006	—		Wildlife Warriors
"Drink a Little Love"^[26]	2008	—		Hillbilly Road
"Cydi"^[26]		—
"Hillbilly Road"^[26]		—
"Australia Is Another Word for Free"(with Warren H. Williams)^[26]	2009	—
"Better Than a Picture"^[26]		—
"King of the Road"(with Adam Harvey)		—		Both Sides Now
"Island of Oceans"(with Shannon Noll) ^[27]	2010	—		Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue
"Hang My Hat in Queensland"^[28]	2011	—		The Big Red
"The Big Red"	2012	—
"Prairie Hotel Parachilna"^[29]	2013	—
"Grandpa's Cricket"^[30]	2014	—		Honest People
"Honest People"^[31]		—
"Clouds Over Tamworth"		—
"Looking for a Story"	2016	—		Looking for a Story
"Aussie Girls!"	2016	—		His Favourite Collection
"Pigs on the River"	2017	—		Butcherbird
"Love Is the Word"	2017	—		non-album single
"The Valley Of His Dreams"	2018	—		Butcherbird
"Those Fifty Years"	2020	—		JW Winding Back 1970-2020

Music videos

Year	Video
1989	"Rip Rip Woodchip"
1989	"Boogie with M'Baby"
1992	"I'll Be Gone"
1992	"Australia Calling"
1994	"River Crying Out"
1994	"Tropical Fever"
1998	"Raining On The Rock"
1999	"A Thousand Feet"
2003	"True Blue"
2005	"Chandelier Of Stars"
2005	"Little Girl From The Dryland"
2009	"Australia Is Another Word For Free"
	"Better Than A Picture"
	"King Of The Road"
2011	"Hang My Hat In Queensland"
2012	"The Big Red"
2013	"Prairie Hotel Parachilna"
2014	"Honest People"

References

^ "John Williamson". Noise11. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Australian Albums John Williamson". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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^ "ARIA Report Issue 732" (PDF). 7 April 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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^ "Hang My Hat in Queensland - single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Prairie Hotel Parachilna - single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Grandpa's Cricket –Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Honest People – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[16] John Williamson in Symphony did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number two on the ARIA Music DVD Chart.^[15]

[1] "John Williamson". Noise11. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[AUS_Albums-2] "Australian Albums John Williamson". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

[kent-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[Gavin_Ryan-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[YbY-5] "Year by Year". John Williamson. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[6] "1989 ARIA ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[7] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[8] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[9] "ARIA Report Issue 634" (PDF). 24 April 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[10] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[11] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[12] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[13] "ARIA Report Issue 730" (PDF). 7 March 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[14] "ARIA Report Issue 732" (PDF). 7 April 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[15] "ARIA Report Issue 1103" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[17] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 DVD". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[18] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[19] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[20] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[21] "ARIA Report Issue 818" (PDF). 20 November 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[22] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[23] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[24] "ARIA Albums Chart w/c 29 June 2020". ARIA. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[25] Ryan, Gavin (2 May 2015). "ARIA Albums: Sam Smith Holds On To Top Spot In Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[26] "Keep Australia Beautiful". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[AGRfJ-27] "Another Gold Record for John". John Williamson. July 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[28] "John Celebrates 40 Years". Australian Times. April 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[29] "Hang My Hat in Queensland - single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[30] "Prairie Hotel Parachilna - single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[31] "Grandpa's Cricket –Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[32] "Honest People – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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Discography
Studio albums	John Williamson Road Thru the Heart Mallee Boy Boomerang Café Warragul JW's Family Album Waratah St Mulga to Mangoes Family Album No.2 Pipe Dream The Way It Is Gunyah Chandelier of Stars Hillbilly Road The Big Red Honest People Butcherbird
Live albums	Singing in the Suburbs The Smell of Gum Leaves Mates on the Road John Williamson in Symphony
Compilation albums	All the Best Australia Calling – All the Best Vol 2 Love Is a Good Woman True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson Anthems - A Celebration of Australia True Blue Two The Platinum Collection Wildlife Warriors Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue Hell of a Career His Favourite Collection
Extended plays	Old Man Emu Diggers of the Anzac / Looking for a Story
Singles	"Old Man Emu" "True Blue" "Goodbye Blinky Bill" "Raining on the Rock" "Rip Rip Woodchip" "Sir Don" "Number on My Back / The Baggy Green" "King of the Road"
Related articles	ARIA Hall of Fame ARIA Award for Best Country Album Australian Roll of Renown Order of Australia Quambatook