Cold Chisel discography explained

Artist:	Cold Chisel
Studio:	9
Live:	9
Compilation:	11
Ep:	3
Singles:	32

Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band. The band have released nine studio albums. The band were included into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1993.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		AUS ^[1]	NZ ^[2]	US ^[3]
Cold Chisel	Released: 24 April 1978	31	—	—	ARIA: Gold^[4]
Breakfast at Sweethearts	Released: February 1979 Label: Atlantic	4	—	—	ARIA: Platinum^[5]
East	Released: 2 June 1980 Label: WEA	2	32	171	ARIA: 5× Platinum^[6] ^[7]
Circus Animals	Released: 8 March 1982 Label: WEA	1	1	—	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[8] RIANZ: Platinum ^[9]
Twentieth Century	Released: April 1984 Label: WEA	1	18	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum
The Last Wave of Summer	Released: 9 October 1998 Label: Mushroom	1	13	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[10]
No Plans	Released: 6 April 2012 Label: Warner Music	2	14	—	ARIA: Gold^[11]
The Perfect Crime	Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	2	7	—	ARIA: Gold^[12]
Blood Moon	Released: 6 December 2019^[13] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	1	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS	NZ
Swingshift	Released: April 1981 Label: WEA	1	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[14]
	Released: December 1984 Label: WEA	14	—
The Last Stand (live soundtrack)	Released: October 1992 Label: EastWest	8	—	ARIA: Gold
Ringside	Released: 14 November 2003 Label: Warner Music	16 ^[15]	—	ARIA: Gold^[16]
The Live Tapes Vol. 1	Released: 22 November 2013 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	27	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 2	Released: 14 November 2014 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	19	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 3	Released: 2 December 2016 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	11	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 4	Released: 10 November 2017 Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	9	—
The Live Tapes Vol. 5	Released: 11 December 2020^[17] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	5	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS	NZ
Northbound: The Best of Cold Chisel	Released: 1983 (Europe) Label: Line
	Released: 1985 Label: WEA	3	36
Razor Songs	Released: 1987 Label: WEA	11	—	ARIA: Platinum^[18]
Chisel	Released: September 1991 Label: Warner Music Group	3	16	ARIA: 9× Platinum^[19]
Teenage Love	Released: October 1994 Label: Warner Music Group	6	—	ARIA: Gold^[20]
The Studio Sessions 1978–1984	Released: 6 December 1999 Label: Warner Music Group Seven-disc, limited edition box set	—	—
Standing on the Outside	Released: 2007 Label: Rhino Tribute/Compilation albums	2	—	ARIA: Platinum^[21]
Never Before	Released: 21 July 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	—	—
Besides	Released: 21 July 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	—	—
Covered	Released: 19 August 2011 Label: Cold Chisel Digital only	82^[22]	—
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You	Released: 14 October 2011 Label: WEA	2	—	ARIA: 4× Platinum^[23] ^[24]
50 Years - The Best Of	Released: 23 August 2024 Label: Universal Music Group
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		AUS
You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine	Released: November 1978 Label: Elektra	38	ARIA: Gold
Triple J – Live at the Wireless 29.3.77	Released: 2011 Label:	—
Triple J – Live in St Leonards Park 28.5.78	Released: 2011 Label:	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
		AUS
1978	"Khe Sanh"	41		Cold Chisel
	"Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"	65		Breakfast at Sweethearts
1979	"Breakfast at Sweethearts"	63
	"Shipping Steel"	—
	"Choirgirl"	14		East
1980	"Cheap Wine"	8
	"My Baby"	40
	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	—		Swingshift
1981	"You Got Nothing I Want"	12		Circus Animals
1982	"Forever Now"	4
	"When the War Is Over"	25
1983	"Hold Me Tight / No Sense"	14		Twentieth Century
1984	"Saturday Night"	11
	"Twentieth Century"	91
	"Flame Trees"	26
1991	"Misfits"	55		Chisel
1994	"Hands Out of My Pocket"	9		Teenage Love
	"Nothing But You"	16
1995	"Yesterdays"	23
1998	"The Things I Love in You"	10	ARIA: Gold	The Last Wave of Summer
	"Water into Wine"	46
1999	"Way Down"	63
2011	"All for You"	80		The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You
2012	"Everybody"	—		No Plans
2015	"Lost"	92^[25]		The Perfect Crime
	"The Backroom"^[26]	—
2016	"Long Dark Road"^[27]	—
2019	"Getting the Band Back Together"^[28]	—		Blood Moon
	"I Hit the Wall"^[29] ^[30]	—
2020	"Killing Time"^[31]	—
2024	"You've Got to Move"^[32]	—		50 Years - The Best Of

¹ "Khe Sanh" originally peaked at number 41 in 1978. It re-entered the Australian Singles Chart at a new peak of number 40 in August 2011.

Video albums

Title	Details	Certification
Seeing Is Believing	Released: 1986 Label: WEA Music Video (WMV516)
Last Stand	Released: 1992 Label: Warner Music Vision (450990740-3)	ARIA: 2× Platinum
Vision	Released: 2002 Label: Warner Music Vision (0927409252)/(CCDVD001)	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[33]
Ringside The Movie	Released: 2003 Label: Warner Music Vision (5046723882)/(CCDVD003)
Rockplalast	Released: 2007 Label: Warner Vision Australia (5144218202)/(CCDVD002)	ARIA: Platinum^[34]
The Best of Cold Chisel – Vision	Released: 2011 Label: Universal (CCDVD004)
The Live Tapes – Vol. 1	Released: 2013 Label: Universal (CCDVD005)	ARIA: Platinum^[35]

Notes and References

1. Australian chart peaks:
   • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 62. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
   • Top 50 peaks after 1988: Web site: australian-charts.com – Discography Cold Chisel. Hung Medien. 17 December 2016.
2. Web site: charts.nz – Discography Cold Chisel. charts.nz. Hung Medien. 9 January 2014.
3. Cold Chisel – Chart history (Billboard 200). Billboard. 18 December 2016.
4. Australia . Cash Box. World Radio History. 48. 19 May 1979. 1 December 2021.
5. New Faces to Watch . Cash Box. World Radio History. 8. 18 July 1981. 1 December 2021.
6. Web site: Cold Chisel Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2020. Stereoboard. 2020. 30 August 2020.
7. Web site: East by Cold Chisel. sound distractions. 2017. 30 August 2020.
8. Web site: ARIA Accreditations. ARIA. 25 November 2021.
9. Web site: Official Top 40 Albums. Recorded Music NZ. 5 December 1982. 6 December 2022.
10. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums. ARIA. 1998. 14 December 2019.
11. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Albums. ARIA. 2012. 14 November 2015.
12. Web site: ARIA Albums: Elvis Presley Has the No. 1 Album in Australia Again. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 14 November 2015. 14 November 2015.
13. Web site: Blood Moon by Cold Chisel. Apple Music. 5 November 2019.
14. Web site: ARIA Albums Chart W/C 29 March 2021. ARIA. 26 March 2021. 26 March 2021.
15. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 December 2021. 3 December 2021.
16. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums. ARIA. December 2003. 14 November 2015.
17. Web site: Live Tapes Vol 5, The: Live at the Bondi Lifesaver February 29, 1980. JBHiFi. 19 October 2020.
18. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums. ARIA. 1997. 14 December 2019.
19. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums. ARIA. 14 December 2019.
20. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. pdf. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
21. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums . ARIA. 15 December 2019.
22. 5 September 2011 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110929140100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110930-0001/Issue1123.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 5th September 2011 ~ Issue #1123 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1123 . 2, 6, 10, 12 . 29 September 2011 . 13 September 2018 .
23. Web site: ARIA CHART WATCH #518. 30 March 2019. auspOp. 30 March 2019.
24. Australia. Cold Chisel. album. 2019. 28 December 2021.
25. Web site: ARIA Singles: 'What Do You Mean?' Justin Bieber Is No 1. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 5 September 2015. 5 September 2015.
26. Web site: coldchisel.com.au . Cold Chisel Release New Video For 'The Backroom', Second Single From Their Forthcoming Album, 'The Perfect Crime' . 22 September 2015 .
27. Web site: The Daily Edition: Ian Moss talks Cold Chisel. 2 February 2016. 24 February 2016.
28. Web site: Cold Chisel Debut New Song 'Getting The Band Back Together'. noise11. 31 October 2019. 5 November 2019.
29. Web site: I Hit The Wall. You Tube. 21 November 2019. 11 November 2022.
30. Web site: Cold Chisel - I Hit the Wall (music video). You Tube. 7 January 2020. 11 November 2022.
31. Web site: Cold Chisel Backdrop Australian Bushfires In 'Killing Time' Video. Noise11. 6 February 2020. 6 February 2020.
32. Web site: Cold Chisel Drop Surprise New Single 'You've Got To Move'. The Music. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024.
33. Australia. Cold Chisel. video. 2007. 11 December 2021.
34. Australia. Cold Chisel. video. 2010. 11 December 2021.
35. Australia. Cold Chisel. video. 2016. 11 December 2021.