Ball Park Music discography explained

Artist:Ball Park Music
Studio:7
Live:2
Music Videos:18
Ep:2
Singles:25

Since their formation in 2008, Australian indie rock band Ball Park Music have released seven studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), two live albums and 25 singles. Their debut studio album, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs, was released in 2011 after their first two EPs, and peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was followed the next year with Museum, which debuted at number nine. Their succeeding five studio albums have all debuted within the top five on the chart, with Weirder & Weirder being their most recent release in 2022.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! rowspan="2" scope="col"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs 26
Museum
  • Released: 5 October 2012
  • Label: Stop Start, EMI
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
9
Puddinghead
  • Released: 4 April 2014
  • Label: Stop Start, Inertia
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
2
Every Night the Same Dream
  • Released: 19 August 2016
  • Label: Stop Start, Inertia
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
3
Good Mood
  • Released: 16 February 2018
  • Label: Stop Start
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
5
Ball Park Music
  • Released: 23 October 2020
  • Label: Prawn, Inertia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
2
Weirder & Weirder
  • Released: 27 May 2022[2] [3]
  • Label: Prawn, Inertia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
2

Live albums

Title! scope="col"
Album details
Triple J Live at the Wireless – Enmore Theatre, Sydney 2018
  • Released: 25 September 2020[4]
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Triple J Live at the Wireless – Horden Pavillion, Sydney 2022
  • Released: 24 November 2023[5]
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

Title! scope="col"
Details
Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep
  • Released: 30 April 2009
  • Label: Ball Park Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake
  • Released: 21 May 2010
  • Label: Ball Park Music (MBBPM2752)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsYear-end positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
[6]
Triple J
Hottest 100
[7]
"Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)"[8] 2009Conquer the Town, Easy As Cake
"iFly"[9] 2010
"Sad Rude Future Dude"[10] [11] Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs
"Come Together" (with Hungry Kids of Hungary)2011
"Rich People Are Stupid"[12] Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs
"It's Nice to Be Alive"[13] 31
"All I Want Is You"[15] 38
"Literally Baby"[16]
"Surrender"[17] 201227Museum
"Coming Down"[18] 23
"She Only Loves Me When I'm There"[19] 201470 19
  • ARIA: Platinum
Puddinghead
"Trippin' the Light Fantastic"[20] 99
"Pariah"[21] 2016Every Night The Same Dream
"Nihilist Party Anthem"[22]
"Whipping Boy"[23]
"Exactly How You Are"[24] 201718 Good Mood
"The Perfect Life Does Not Exist"[26] 39
"Hands Off My Body"[27] [28] 2018
"Spark Up"[29] 2020Ball Park Music
"Day & Age"[30] 63
"Cherub"52 4
"Paranoid Android"
)[32]
"Sunscreen"[33] 202121Weirder & Weirder
"Stars In My Eyes"[34] 20228
"Manny"[35]

Other appearances

List of appearances on compilation albums! Title! Year! Album
"Do You Realize??"
2012Triple J Like a Version 8
"Diane Young"
2015Triple J Like a Version 11
"My Happiness"
2018Triple J Like a Version 14
"Oomba Baroomba"[36]
2023Show Time Season 4

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors! Title! Year! Director(s)
"Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)"2010Alex Barnes
"iFly"
"Rich People Are Stupid"2011Devin Bowles
"It's Nice to Be Alive"Alex Barnes
"All I Want Is You"
"Literally Baby"
"Surrender"2012Dan Graetz
"Fence Sitter"2013Andrew Wilson
"Bad Taste Blues (Part II)"Dan Graetz
"She Only Loves Me When I'm There"2014
"Trippin' the Light Fantastic"Alex Barnes
"Pariah"2016Jaymis Loveday
"Nihilist Party Anthem"
"Exactly How You Are"2017Nick Maguire
"Hands Off My Body"2018
"Day & Age"[37] 2020
"Cherub"[38] Dean Hanson
"Stars In My Eyes"[39] 2022Nick Maguire

Notes and References

  1. Peak chart positions in Australia:
  2. Web site: 27 May 2022 . Ball Park Music New Album 'Weirder & Weirder' Out Now . 27 May 2022 . Hi Fi Way.
  3. Web site: Ball Park Music detail new album Weirder & Weirder . . 16 February 2022 . 16 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216060449/https://themusic.com.au/news/ball-park-music-2022-album-weirder-and-weirder/C6kXHx4BAAM/16-02-22/ . 16 February 2022 . live.
  4. Web site: Jenke . Tyler . 25 September 2020 . Ball Park Music Announce Brisbane Album Launch Residency . 29 May 2023 . Rolling Stone Australia . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Triple J Live at the Wireless – Harden Pavilion, Sydney 2022 . 23 November 2023 . 24 November 2023.
  6. Peaks in Australia:
  7. Positions on the Triple J Hottest 100:
  8. Web site: Free Download: Ball Park Music – "Sea Strangers (I Don't Really Know You)". musicfeeds. 9 November 2009. 28 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Ball Park Music "iFly" Video. And Pluck Your Stings. 7 June 2010. 28 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Ball Park Music – Sad Rude Future Dude (2010 Single). theaureview. February 2011. 28 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Sad Rude Future Dude (Soundcloud). 13 October 2010. 28 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Ball Park Music-Rich People Are Stupid Video. Vimeo. 9 June 2011. 28 January 2021.
  13. Web site: It's Nice to Be Alive (single). Apple Music. 15 July 2011. 28 January 2021.
  14. Australia. single. 2021.
  15. Web site: Ball Park Music release new single and debut live show around the country . 21 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326032545/http://mucho-bravado.com/2010/10/14/ball-park-music-release-new-single-and-debut-live-show-around-the-country/ . 26 March 2012 . dead .
  16. Web site: Ball Park Music - "Literally Baby" [Official Music Video]]. Vimeo. 18 November 2011 . 3 June 2020.
  17. Web site: Ball Park Music - Surrender. The Music AU. 24 July 2012. 28 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Ball Park Music : Coming Down. Beat. 2012. 28 January 2021.
  19. Web site: She Only Loves Me When I'm There (single). Apple Music. 14 February 2014. 28 January 2021.
  20. Web site: Trippin' the Light Fantastic (single). Apple Music. 23 May 2014. 28 January 2021.
  21. Web site: Ball Park Music Unveil Epic New Tune "Pariah", The First Taste Of Their New Album. MusicFeeds. 27 April 2016. 28 January 2021.
  22. Web site: Nihilist Party Anthem (single). Apple Music. 16 May 2016. 28 January 2021.
  23. Web site: Whipping Boy (single). Apple Music. 5 August 2016. 28 January 2021.
  24. Web site: Exactly How You Are – Single by Ball Park Music on Apple Music. Apple Music. 15 September 2017. 28 January 2021.
  25. Australia. 2021. 9 February 2022.
  26. Web site: The Perfect Life Does Not Exist – Single by Ball Park Music on Apple Music. Apple Music. 15 December 2017. 28 January 2021.
  27. Web site: Ball Park Music Good Mood - note "upcoming single Hands Off My Body" . Xpress mag . 29 March 2018. 28 January 2021.
  28. Web site: Ball Park Music - Hands Off My Body (Official Video). YouTube. June 2018. 28 January 2021.
  29. Web site: Ball Park Music announce new album 'Mostly Sunny' with first single, 'Spark Up!' . . 17 March 2020 . 23 April 2020 . Martin, Josh.
  30. Web site: First Spin: Ball Park Music conjure dreamy goodness on 'Day & Age' . . 5 June 2020 . 5 June 2020 . Newstead, Al.
  31. Australia. 2023. single. 4 April 2023.
  32. Web site: Gallagher . Alex . Watch Ball Park Music Cover Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' For Like A Version . Music Feeds . 29 May 2023.
  33. Web site: Check out the first new music of the year from Ball Park Music, 'Sunscreen' . Tone Deaf . 26 October 2021 . 30 October 2021 . Lochrie, Conor . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026094023/https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/check-out-the-first-new-music-of-the-year-from-ball-park-music-sunscreen/ . 26 October 2021 . live.
  34. Web site: Listen To Ball Park Music's New Song "Stars In My Eyes". Music Feeds. 24 February 2022. 28 February 2022.
  35. Web site: Brereton . Greta . 6 May 2022 . Listen to Ball Park Music's new single 'Manny' . 27 May 2022 . NME.
  36. Web site: 25 March 2023 . Ball Park Music, Amy Sheppard, Teeny Tiny Stevies & More Perform On Play School Show Time . 29 May 2023 . The Music . en.
  37. Web site: Ball Park Music tease music video for new song 'Day & Age' . . 4 June 2020 . 4 June 2020 . Bruce, Jasper.
  38. Web site: Ball Park Music - Cherub (Official Video) . Ball Park Music . . 27 August 2020 . 28 January 2021 .
  39. Web site: Lamaro . Chris . Ball Park Music Take Us In To The Heart Of Our Hometown In The New Video, 'Stars In My Eyes' . AAA Backstage . 29 May 2023.