Wendy Matthews discography
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Compilation albums2
Video albums4
Singles24
Soundtrack albums3

Wendy Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian adult contemporary singer and songwriter.[1] Her discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, 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 debut solo studio album Émigré in 1990, which peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[3]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
Émigré
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: RooART (846 649-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11
  • ARIA: Platinum[4]
Lily
  • Released: 28 September 1992
  • Label: RooArt (4509-90547-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[4]
The Witness Tree
  • Released: 14 November 1994
  • Label: RooArt (7432-144415-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
16
  • ARIA: Platinum[4]
Ghosts
  • Released: 25 August 1997
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321510092)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
43
Beautiful View
  • Released: 17 July 2001
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321861512)
  • Formats: CD
36
Café Naturale
  • Released: 31 May 2004
  • Label: BMG Australia (82876617202)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
42
She
  • Released: 8 November 2008
  • Label: Barking Bear/MGM (9324690032587)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Welcome Fire 31
Billie and Me: The White Room Sessions
  • Released: 27 July 2015[5]
  • Label: Barking Bear
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Title Details
Awakening
(Hiroshi Sato featuring Wendy Matthews)
  • Released: 1982 (Japan)
  • Label: Alfa (ALC-28035)
  • Formats: CD, cassette

Live albums

Title Details
The Way It Has to Be
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: RooART (510 408-2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Live at Mudgee RSL '91 and Bunnamah Estate '94
  • Released: 7 May 2021[6][7]
  • Label: Black Box Records/ MGM Distribution
  • Formats: CD (limited),[8] digital

Soundtracks

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
Dancing Daze
(by Jenny Morris, Wendy Matthews, Mark Williams, Marc Hunter & Jane Clifton)
  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: ABC Music (RML 53191)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
Illusion
(by Mark Williams, Wendy Matthews, Martin Armiger & Peter Blakeley)
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: ABC Music (L 38529)
  • Formats: LP
You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer"
(with Kate Ceberano)
  • Released: April 1988
  • Label: ABC Music (L 38863)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[3]
Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews
  • Released: 15 March 1999
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321648252)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
4
The Essential Wendy Matthews
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (88697120052)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Year Details
Live at the Sydney Opera House
Ghosts EPK
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: BMG Australia
  • Format: Video
Stepping Stones - Best of
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: BMG Australia (74321650202)
  • Format: Video
Stepping Stones - Best of
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: BMG Australia (82876566769)
  • Format: DVD

Singles

List of singles as credited artist, with Australian chart positions and certifications
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[3]
1986 "Dancing Daze"
(with Jenny Morris)
Dancing Daze
"Dare to Be Bold"
"Might Have Been"
(with Morris and Mark Williams)
1988 "You've Always Got the Blues"
(with Kate Ceberano)
You've Always Got the Blues
"Guilty (Through Neglect)"
(with Ceberano)
"Jump"
(Rockmelons featuring Wendy Matthews)
Tales of the City
(Rockmelons album)
1990 "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"
(Absent Friends featuring Wendy Matthews)
4 Here's Looking Up Your Address
(Absent Friends album)
"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
1999 "I've Got to Have You" Stepping Stones
2000 "Day by Day" Godspell (Australian Cast Recording)
"Free" 131 Beautiful View
2001 "Beautiful View" 88
"Like the Sun" 195
2008 "Fallen Angels" She
2013 "Amelia" The Welcome Fire
"Keeping My Distance"
2016 "F U Cancer"[11]
(with Catherine Britt with Kasey Chambers, Beccy Cole, Lyn Bowtell, Josh Pyke, Wes Carr & Wendy Matthews)
non-album single
2019 "Help Is on Its Way"[12]
(with Glenn Shorrock, The McClymonts, Beccy Cole, Jasmine Rae, Travis Collins, Busby Marou and Fanny Lumsden)
non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances

Year Song Artist Album
1982 "Willow Pattern" Osamu Kitajima Dragon King
1987 "Oh! Darling" Models Non-album single
1989 "Skye Boat Song" various artists Five
"The Sound of the Wind" various artists Six
"Golden Slumbers" (with Rick Price) various artists Zzzero
"Hallelujah" Absent Friends Here's Looking Up Your Address
1990 "Hullabaloo"
"Harmony"
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
2009 "Easy" Adam Harvey Both Sides Now
2010 "Flower on the Water" John Williamson Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue

See also

References

General

  • "Wendy Matthews discography". Wendy Matthews website. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2010. Note: Archived on-line copy has limited functionality.
  • "Wendy Matthews – Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  • "Wendy Matthews – Discography". Discogs. Zink Media Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  • "Wendy Matthews – Discography". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  • "Wendy Matthews : Discography". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

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 12 June 1988.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Australian chart peaks:
  4. 1 2 3 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 179.
  5. "Billie and Me". wendymatthews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. "Live at Mudgee RSL '91 and Bunnamah Estate '94". Apple Music. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. "Wendy Matthews shares live tapes for Support Act's Roadies Fund". The Music Network. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. "ARCA Desk Tape Series". Support Act. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. "1988 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  10. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  11. "F U Cancer (single)". iTunes Australia. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  12. "Help Is On Its Way (single)". Apple Music. May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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