Divinyls discography
Encyclopedia
This article is a comprehensive listing of all official releases by Divinyls
, an Australian rock
group. As of November 2007, Divinyls have released five studio album
s, twenty-five singles
, four "best of
" albums and one video releases.
Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying...
, an Australian rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
group. As of November 2007, Divinyls have released five studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, twenty-five singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, four "best of
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
" albums and one video releases.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| Desperate Desperate (Divinyls album) Desperate is the debut studio album and second overall album by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in 1983 by Chrysalis Records. The album contains the hits "Boys in Town", "Science Fiction" and "Siren ".-Background:... |
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| Temperamental Temperamental (Divinyls album) Temperamental is the third album by Australian band Divinyls, released in 1988 by Chrysalis Records. Three singles were lifted from the album – "Back to the Wall"/"Fighting" , their cover of Syndicate of Sound's "Hey Little Boy"/"Para Dice" and "Punxsie"/"Victoria" .Rehearsals began in Los... |
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| Divinyls Divinyls (album) Divinyls is the fourth studio album by Australian band Divinyls, released on 29 January 1991 by Virgin Records. The album was the band's most successful,, peaking at No.5 in Australia and No.15 in the US... |
Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , cassette |
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Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : Gold Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold |
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| Underworld Underworld (Divinyls album) Underworld is the fifth studio album and the seventh overall album by Australian band Divinyls, released on November 11, 1996 by BMG Records. It was the band's first studio album release in five years. The lead single "I'm Jealous" had been successful when released in 1995, however this did not... |
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Compilation albums
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| Essential Essential (Divinyls album) -Track listing:# "Pleasure and Pain"# "Temperamental"# "Back to the Wall"# "Only Lonely"# "Punxsie"# "Don't You Go Walking"# "Boys in Town"# "Hey Little Boy"# "Science Fiction"# "Sleeping Beauty"# "Casual Encounter"# "I'll Make You Happy"-Charts:... |
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| The Collection The Collection (Divinyls album) The Collection is a compilation album by Australian band Divinyls, released on 19 January 1994 .-Track listing:#"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"#"Lay Your Body Down" [New Version]#"Make Out Alright"... |
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| Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Divinyls album) Greatest Hits is the 2006 collection of the Divinyls music since their career lifted off in the early 80's. This album was inspired by the Divinyls' entry into the 2006 Aria Hall of Fame. This album also marks their 25 years in music... |
Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Singles
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| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1981 | "Boys in Town Boys in Town (song) "Boys in Town" is the debut single by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in 1981. The song was used in the 1982 film Monkey Grip and was first released on the soundtrack to the movie, along with several other Divinyls tracks written and recorded for the film including the single's b-side "Only... " |
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| 1983 | "Science Fiction Science Fiction (song) "Science Fiction" is a song by Australian rock, New Wave group Divinyls, which was the lead single from their first studio album, Desperate. Released in November 1982, "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart... " |
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| "Siren (Never Let You Go) Siren (Never Let You Go) "Siren " is a rock song by Australian band Divinyls. It was released in 1983 from their debut album Desperate and charted within the top fifty in Australia.-Song information:... " |
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| "Casual Encounter Casual Encounter (song) "Casual Encounter" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in August 1983. The song originally appeared on the Australian release of the bands debut album Desperate, but first appeared on the international release of their second album What a Life!... " |
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| 1984 | "Good Die Young Good Die Young (Divinyls song) "Good Die Young" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in 1984. The single was lifted from the bands second studio album What a Life! and proved to be a moderate success in Australia.-Background:... " |
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| "In My Life In My Life (Divinyls song) "In My Life" is rock song by Australian band Divinyls. It was released in 1984 from their second studio album What a Life! and charted within the top fifty on the Australian singles chart, peaking at number forty-seven.-Song information:... " |
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| 1985 | "Pleasure and Pain Pleasure and Pain (song) "Pleasure and Pain" is a rock song written by Michael Chapman and Holly Knight, produced by Chapman for Divinyls second studio album What a Life! . It was released as the album's fourth single in the formats of 7" single and 12" single... " |
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| 1986 | "Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty (song) "Sleeping Beauty" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in December 1985 from their second studio album What a Life!. The song proved to be a minor success in Australia when it peaked at number fifty.-Background:... " |
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| "Heart Telegraph Heart Telegraph "Heart Telegraph" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in 1986 as the final single from their second studio album What a Life!... " |
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| 1988 | "Back to the Wall Back to the Wall (song) "Back to the Wall" is a song by Australian rock group Divinyls. Released in 1988 as the lead single from their third studio album Temperamental, the song made the top forty on the Australian singles chart.-Background:... " |
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| "Hey Little Boy Hey Little Boy "Hey Little Boy" is a rock song by Australian band Divinyls, released as the second single from their 1988 album Temperamental. The song was a cover of the 1966 hit song "Little Girl" by American rock 'n' roll band Syndicate of Sound. However, when Divinyls recorded their version of the song, they... " |
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| "Punxsie Punxsie "Punxsie" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released in late 1988 as the third and final single from their third album Temperamental... " |
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| 1990 | "I Touch Myself I Touch Myself "I Touch Myself" is a 1990 single by the Australian rock band Divinyls. The song was written by Divinyls bandmembers Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee and professional songwriters Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg for the band's self-titled album... " |
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| 1991 | "Love School Love School "Love School" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in April 1991 from their fourth and most successful self titled album. Despite the success of the album and its lead single; the number one hit "I Touch Myself", "Love School" only proved to be a minor success in Australia, peaking... " |
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| "Make Out Alright Make Out Alright "Make Out Alright" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released as the third single from their self titled album in 1991. Despite the immense success of the groups previous single "I Touch Myself" and the moderate success of second single "Love School", "Make Out Alright" did not chart in... " |
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| "I'm On Your Side I'm on Your Side (song) "I'm on Your Side" is a ballad performed by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released in 1991 as the fourth and final single from their successful self titled album.-Song information:... " |
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| 1992 | "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" is a song written by Pam Sawyer and Laurie Burton, originally recorded by The Young Rascals. It was released as their first single in November 1965 and featured on their eponymous debut album the following year... " |
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| "Love Is the Drug Love Is the Drug "Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 single from Roxy Music . Taken from the album Siren it omits the gravel footstep sound effects at the start... " |
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| 1995 | "I'm Jealous I'm Jealous "I'm Jealous" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1995 as the lead single from their fifth studio album Underworld. The song enjoyed success in Australia where it made the top twenty, peaking at number fourteen and spending nineteen weeks in the top fifty... ' |
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| "Heart of Steel Heart of Steel (song) "Heart of Steel" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released in 1995 as the second single from their fifth studio album Underworld. The song followed in the wake of the successful first single "I'm Jealous", which made the top twenty in Australia... " |
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| 1996 | "Human On the Inside Human On the Inside "Human On the Inside" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1996 as the third single from their fifth studio album Underworld.-Background:... ' |
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| "Hard On Me Hard On Me (song) "Hard On Me" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released as a single in 1996 from their fifth studio album Underworld. The single proved to be unsuccessful, only peaking at number ninety-four on the Australian singles chart... " |
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| 1997 | "For a Good Time For a Good Time "For a Good Time" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1997 as the final single from their fifth studio album Underworld.... " |
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| 2007 | "Don't Wanna Do This Don't Wanna Do This "Don't Wanna Do This" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls. It was released in 2007 as their comeback single after a decade long hiatus, during which they unofficially disbanded... " |
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Music videos
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| 1990 | "I Touch Myself" | Michael Bay Michael Bay Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing high-budget action films characterized by their fast edits, stylistic visuals and substantial practical special effects... |
| 1991 | "Love School" | Marcus Nispel Marcus Nispel Marcus Nispel is a German–American feature film director and producer, and formerly a director of television commercials and music videos. Many of his films have been remakes, all of which have met with a negative critical reception.... |
| "Make Out Alright" | Paul Boyd Paul Boyd Paul Boyd is a British, music video, commercial and feature film director.Born in Scotland, Boyd graduated from St. Martin's School of Art in London with a BA in Fine Art Film... |
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