The Whitlams
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The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.

Studio albums

Year Title Peak Chart Positions Certifications
Music recording sales certification
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AUS
Australia
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NZ
New Zealand
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1993 Introducing the Whitlams
Introducing The Whitlams
Introducing the Whitlams is the first studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Phantom in 1993. The album features a mix of original and cover songs, including songs written by Whopping Big Naughty frontman Stanley Claret , brother of The Whitlams guitarist Stevie Plunder, and...

  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Phantom Records
    Phantom Records
    Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing) and...

  • Format: CD
1994 Undeniably the Whitlams
Undeniably The Whitlams
Undeniably the Whitlams is the second studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak / Phantom in 1994. Due to popular request, it was re-released in 2001 as Undeniably The Whitlams - Reworked...

  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Phantom Records
    Phantom Records
    Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing) and...

     / Black Yak Records
  • Format: CD
  • 1997 Eternal Nightcap
    Eternal Nightcap
    Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Phantom Records
    Phantom Records
    Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing) and...

     / Black Yak Records
  • Format: CD
  • 14 AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    : Platinum (x4)
    1999 Love This City
    Love This City
    Love This City is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999.-Track listing:#"Make The World Safe" – 3:43#"Thank You " – 3:59#"Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" – 3:04...

  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Black Yak Records / Warner
  • Format:
  • 3 AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    : Platinum (x2)
    2002 Torch the Moon
    Torch the Moon
    Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.-Track listing:#"Cries Too Hard" – 4:11#"Fall For You" – 3:47#"The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44...

  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Black Yak Records / Warner
  • Format: CD
  • 1 AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    : Platinum
    2006 Little Cloud
    Little Cloud
    Little Cloud is the sixth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2006. Little Cloud is a double album....

  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Black Yak Records / Warner
  • Format: CD
  • 4 AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    : Gold

    Live albums

    Year Title 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 Thresholds)
    AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    NZ
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

    1993 Stupor Ego
    Stupor Ego
    Stupor Ego, released in 1996, is the first live album to be released by The WhitlamsThe album contains live recordings from performances at the Harbourside Brasserie in 1994 and Goosens Hall in 1995....

    • Released: 1993
    • Label: Phantom Records
      Phantom Records
      Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings Phantom Records was an Australian independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing) and...

    • Format: CD
    2008 The Whitlams & The Sydney Symphony Live in Concert
    The Whitlams & The Sydney Symphony Live in Concert
    The Whitlams & the Sydney Symphony Live in Concert is a 2008 release by The Whitlams.The album was recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House 20-22 September 2007....

  • Released: 1 June 2008
  • Label: Black Yak Records / Warner
  • Format: CD

  • Compilation albums

    Year Title 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 Thresholds)
    AUS
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    2008 Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You
    Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You
    -Chart positions and sales:Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Top 50 Album Chart-Bonus DVD:Includes videos from The Whitlams Years DVD and footage from the Whitlams & SSO concerts....

    • Released: 2 August 2008
    • Label: Black Yak Records / Warner
    • Format: CD
    3 Gold

    Singles

    Year Title Peak chart positions Album
    AUS NZ
    1995 "Met My Match
    Met My Match
    Met My Match is a single by The Whitlams from their second album, Undeniably. It was released on June 2, 1995.-Track listing:#Met My Match – 3:36#Following My Own Tracks – 3:31#Pass The Flagon – 3:32#You'll Find a Way – 4:25...

    /Following My Own Tracks
    Following My Own Tracks
    Following My Own Tracks is a single by The Whitlams from their second album, Undeniably. It is one of seven songs written by Stevie Plunder on the album. Released on June 2, 1995.-Track listing:#Met My Match – 3:36...

    "
    Undeniably the Whitlams
    "I Make Hamburgers
    I Make Hamburgers
    "I Make Hamburgers" is a song by The Whitlams, released as the first single from their second album, Undeniably. It was included on the 2008 compilation album Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You.-Track listing:#I Make Hamburgers – 3:36...

    "
    1997 "You Sound Like Louis Burdett
    You Sound Like Louis Burdett
    "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" is the lead single by The Whitlams from their 3rd album, Eternal Nightcap. It wasreleased on January 11, 1997 and did not chart. It was included on The Whitlams compilation album, Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You...

    "
    Eternal Nightcap
    1998 "Melbourne
    Melbourne (song)
    Melbourne is the second single by The Whitlams from their breakthrough album, Eternal Nightcap. It was released on 27 January 1998. The song peaked at #70 on the Australian ARIA singles chart. It was also...

    "
    70
    "No Aphrodisiac
    No Aphrodisiac
    "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...

    "
    59 47
    "No Aphrodisiac
    No Aphrodisiac
    "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...

     – The Remixes"
    1999 "Women in Uniform" Non-album single
    "Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
    "Thank You " is the first single by The Whitlams from their fourth album, Love This City. It was released in 1999 and peaked at #54 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1999 and at #37 in the following year...

    "
    63 Love This City
    2000 "Blow Up the Pokies
    Blow Up the Pokies
    "Blow Up the Pokies" is the second single by The Whitlams from their album, Love This City. It was released in 2000 and peaked at #21 on the ARIA Singles Chart.-Song Meaning:...

    "
    21
    "Made Me Hard
    Made Me Hard
    "Made Me Hard" is the third and last single to be released by The Whitlams from their fourth album, Love This City.Although, it was released more than a year after the release of Love This City, on 4 September 2001 . It peaked at #75 in Australia. A music video for the song was filmed in...

    "
    75
    2002 "Fall for You
    Fall For You (The Whitlams song)
    Fall For You is the first single by The Whitlams from their 2002 album, Torch the Moon. It was released on 17 June 2002 . It was also the most successful single from Torch the Moon, peaking at #21 in Australia. It was included on The Whitlams compilation album, Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You....

    "
    21 Torch the Moon
    "Best Work
    Best Work
    Best Work is the second single by The Whitlams from their album, Torch the Moon. It was released on 9 September 2002. It peaked at #35 in Australia.-Track listing:#Best Work — 3:51#Cries Too Hard — 4:11...

    "
    35
    2003 "Royal in the Afternoon
    Royal in the Afternoon
    "Royal in the Afternoon" is the third single by The Whitlams from their fifth album, Torch the Moon. It was released on 2 July 2003. It received moderate success, peaking at #66 in Australia...

    "
    66
    "Don't Believe Anymore
    Don't Believe Anymore
    "Don't Believe Anymore" is a single by Australian rock synthpop band, Icehouse. It is the second single from their third album, Sidewalk. It was released on 31 July 1984, and peaked at number 31 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.-The Whitlams version:...

    "
    47
    2007 "Beautiful as You
    Beautiful as You
    Beautiful as You is the fourth single from The Whitlams sixth album, Little Cloud, although this is the first CD single from the album. It was released on February 20, 2007. On the ARIA singles charts it peaked at #40. The version of the song included on the single is a re-recorded version and is...

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    40 Little Cloud
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

    Videos

    Year Title Certifications
    2004 The Whitlams Years 1993-2004
    • Released:
    • Label:
    • Format: DVD
  • Gold

  • Music videos

    Year Title Directors
    1993 "Gough"
    1999 "Thankyou (For Loving Me At My Worst)"
    2000 "Blow Up the Pokies
    Blow Up the Pokies
    "Blow Up the Pokies" is the second single by The Whitlams from their album, Love This City. It was released in 2000 and peaked at #21 on the ARIA Singles Chart.-Song Meaning:...

    "
    2001 "Duffy's Song (I Will Not Go Quietly)"
    2002 "Fall for You"
    "Best Work"
    "Royal in the Afternoon"
    "Don't Believe Anymore"
    2006 "I Was Alive"
    "Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent"

    Awards

    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Song Of The Year ("No Aphrodisiac")
    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Best Independent Release (Eternal Nightcap
      Eternal Nightcap
      Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

      )
    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Best Group

    Nominations

    • 2006 ARIA Awards, Best Adult Contemporary Album for Little Cloud
      Little Cloud
      Little Cloud is the sixth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2006. Little Cloud is a double album....

    • 2002 ARIA Awards, Best Pop Release for Torch The Moon
      Torch the Moon
      Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.-Track listing:#"Cries Too Hard" – 4:11#"Fall For You" – 3:47#"The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44...

    • 2002 ARIA Awards, Producer of the Year for Torch The Moon
    • 2002 ARIA Awards, Engineer of the Year for Torch The Moon
    • 2002 ARIA Awards, Best Cover Art for Torch The Moon
    • 2000 ARIA Awards, Producer of the Year for Love This City
      Love This City
      Love This City is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999.-Track listing:#"Make The World Safe" – 3:43#"Thank You " – 3:59#"Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" – 3:04...

    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Album of the Year for Eternal Nightcap
      Eternal Nightcap
      Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...

    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Single of the Year for "No Aphrodisiac
      No Aphrodisiac
      "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...

      "
    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Best Pop Release for Eternal Nightcap
    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Producer of the Year for Eternal Nightcap
    • 1998 ARIA Awards, Engineer of the Year for Eternal Nightcap

    Triple J

    Triple J Hottest 100
    Triple J Hottest 100
    The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs...

    Year Title Position
    1997
    Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
    The 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J, and was broadcast on Australia Day 1998. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released...

    "No Aphrodisiac
    No Aphrodisiac
    "No Aphrodisiac" is the third single on The Whitlams third album Eternal Nightcap. It was written by Tim Freedman, with Pinky Beecroft and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab helping with the lyrics. The single is the band's most successful and well known, voted the #1 song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997...

    "
    1
    1998
    Triple J Hottest 100, 1998
    The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 1999, was the sixth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 of the songs was released...

    "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)" 37
    "Melbourne" 43
    "Charlie No. 3" 56
    1999
    Triple J Hottest 100, 1999
    The 1999 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 2000, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J...

    "Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" 38
    "Thankyou (For Loving Me at My Worst)" 54
    2000
    Triple J Hottest 100, 2000
    The 2000 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2001, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 37 songs was released...

    "Thankyou (For Loving Me at My Worst)" 37
    2001
    Triple J Hottest 100, 2001
    The 2001 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2002, was the ninth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J...

    "Duffy's Song (I Will Not Go Quietly)" 42
    2002
    Triple J Hottest 100, 2002
    The 2002 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 January 2003, was the tenth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 39 songs was released. For the first time, a DVD, containing film...

    "Fall For You" 40
    Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time (1998)
    Title Position
    "No Aphrodisiac" 36
    "You Sound Like Louis Burdett" 43

    Current members

    • Tim Freedman - piano, vocals (1991–present)
    • Warwick Hornby - bass (1999–present)
    • Terepai Richmond - drums (1999–present)
    • Jak Housden - guitar (2001–present)

    Former members

    • Stevie Plunder - guitar, vocals (1991–1996)
    • Andy Lewis - bass (1991–1994, 1996)
    • Stu Eadie - drums (1993–1994)
    • Michael Vidale - bass (1994–1996, 1996–1997)
    • Louis Burdett - drums (1994–1995)
    • Hanuman Daas - drums (1995)
    • Michael Richards - drums (1995–1996)
    • Oscar Briz - guitar (1996)
    • Tim Hall - guitar (1996–1997)
    • Bill Heckenberg - drums (1996–1999)
    • Chris Abrahams - organ (1996–1998)
    • Ben Fink - guitar (1997–2001)
    • Cottco Lovett - bass (1997–1998)
    • Clayton Doley - organ (1998–1999)
    • Alex Hewitson - bass (1999)
    • Mike Gubb - organ (1999–2002)

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