Hilltop Hoods discography explained

Artist:	Hilltop Hoods
Studio:	7
Ep:	3
Compilation:	1
Remix:	2
Single:	33
Video:	3
Option Name:	Instrumental albums
Option:	4

The discography of Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods consists of eight studio albums, one compilation albums, three extended plays (EPs), thirty-three singles and three DVDs. Their debut studio album A Matter of Time was released independently in 1999.

Their second studio album Left Foot, Right Foot was also released independently two years later in 2001, while their first label record, their third studio album The Calling, was released via Obese Records on 22 September 2003. It became Hilltop Hoods' first charted album as it peaked at 50th on the Australian national chart. It was also certified platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Their fourth studio album became their first number one album in Australia, titled The Hard Road. Released on 6 April 2006 via Obese Records, it was certified platinum by ARIA. The record also received a remixed version the following year, titled , it placed at 8th on the Australian chart and was certified gold in the country. State of the Art, their fifth studio album, became their second number one album in the country and their first double platinum record. It was released on 12 June 2009 via Golden Era Records.

Their subsequent two albums, Drinking from the Sun (2012) and Walking Under Stars (2014), were also certified double-platinum and charted at number one in Australia. Drinking from the Sun, which is Hilltop Hood's sixth studio album, peaked in New Zealand at 37th while their seventh studio album Walking Under Stars debuted at 23rd in the country and also at 19th in Switzerland. Their sixth and seventh studio albums were modified and re-released in 2016 as Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung, a remix album. It was certified platinum and charted in Australia and Switzerland at number one and fifty respectively.

Albums

Studio albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
AUS ^[1]	NZ	SWI ^[2]
A Matter of Time	Released: 1999 Label: Independent Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—
Left Foot, Right Foot	Released: 2001 Label: Independent Formats: CD, 2LP	—	—	—
The Calling	Released: 22 September 2003 Label: Obese Formats: 2LP, CD, digital download	50	—	—	ARIA: Platinum^[3]
The Hard Road	Released: 1 April 2006 Label: Obese Formats: CD, digital download	1	—	—	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
State of the Art	Released: 12 June 2009 Label: Golden Era Formats: CD, digital download	1	—	—	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[5]
Drinking from the Sun	Released: 9 March 2012 Label: Golden Era Formats: CD, digital download	1	37	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum^[6]
Walking Under Stars	Released: 8 August 2014 Label: Golden Era Formats: CD, digital download	1	23	19	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[7]
The Great Expanse	Scheduled: 22 February 2019 Label: Golden Era, Universal Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming	1	—	18	ARIA: Platinum^[8]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions
AUS
The Highlights	Released: 15 November 2023 Label: Universal Formats: digital download, streaming	37 ^[9]

Remix albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
AUS	SWI
	Released: 23 May 2007 Label: Obese Records Formats: CD, digital download	8	—	ARIA: Gold
Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung	Released: 19 February 2016 Label: Golden Era Records Formats: CD, digital download	1	50	ARIA: Platinum^[10]

Instrumental albums

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Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
AUS
State of the Art (Instrumental Edition)	Released: 2 October 2020 Label: Independent Format: LP	31
Drinking from the Sun (Instrumental Edition)	Released: 23 October 2020 Label: Independent Format: LP	21
Walking Under Stars (Instrumental Edition)	Released: 20 November 2020 Label: Independent Format: LP	37
The Great Expanse (Instrumental Edition)	Released: 4 December 2020 Label: Independent Format: LP	33

Extended plays

• Back Once Again – Independent (1997)
• The Good Life in the Sun – Golden Era Records (2012)
• The Cold Night Sky – Golden Era Records (2015)

Singles

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Year	Peak chart positions		Year-end positions	Certifications	Album
AUS	NZ ^[11]	Triple J Hottest 100 ^[12]
"Testimonial Year"	2003	—	—	—		The Calling
"Dumb Enough"		—	—	44	ARIA: Gold^[13]
"The Nosebleed Section"		75	—	9	ARIA: 10× Platinum
"Clown Prince"	2006	30	—	23	ARIA: Gold	The Hard Road
"The Hard Road"		—	—	3	ARIA: 2× Platinum
"What a Great Night"		—	—	41
"Recapturing the Vibe Restrung"	2007	—	—	26		The Hard Road: Restrung
"Chase That Feeling"	2009	8	—	3	ARIA: 6× Platinum	State of the Art
"Still Standing"		34	—	37	ARIA: 2× Platinum
"The Light You Burned"		62	—	—
"I Love It"	2011	6	13	10	ARIA: 8× Platinum RMNZ: Gold^[14]	Drinking from the Sun
"Speaking in Tongues"	2012	88	—	—	ARIA: Platinum
"Shredding the Balloon"		—	—	—	ARIA: Platinum
"Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom"		64	—	84	ARIA: Platinum
"Won't Let You Down"	2014	17	—	36	ARIA: 2× Platinum	Walking Under Stars
"Pyramid Building"		42	—	—
"Walking Under Stars"		—	—	58	ARIA: Gold
"Cosby Sweater"		4	—	3	ARIA: 12× Platinum
"Live and Let Go"	2015	42	—	—	ARIA: Gold^[15]
"The Art of the Handshake"		—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
"Higher"		9	—	49	ARIA: 3× Platinum	Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung
"1955"	2016	2	—	4	ARIA: 12× Platinum
"I'm A Ghost (Restrung)"		—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
"2016 Golden Era Cypher" ^[16]		—	—	—
"Clark Griswold"	2018	48	—	44	ARIA: 2× Platinum	The Great Expanse
"Leave Me Lonely"		11	—	24	ARIA: 6× Platinum
"Exit Sign"	2019	16	—	10	ARIA: 6× Platinum
"Can't Stop" ^[17]		—	—	—		rowspan="2"
"I'm Good?"^[18]	2020	41 ^[19]	—	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum
"Show Business" ^[20]	2022	—	—	71	ARIA: Gold	rowspan="3"
"A Whole Day's Night" ^[21]		—	—	54
"Laced Up"^[22]	2023	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other certified songs

List of other certified songs, with selected certifications! Title! Year! Certifications! Album

"Fifty in Five"	2009	ARIA: Gold	State of the Art
"Through the Dark"	2014	ARIA: Gold	Walking Under Stars
"Sell It All, Run Away"	2019	ARIA: Gold	The Great Expanse

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected details and certifications! Title! Details! Certification

The Calling Live	Released: 2005 Label: Obese Records	ARIA: Gold
The City of Light	Released: 2007 Label: Obese Records	ARIA: Gold^[23]
Parade of the Dead	Released: 2010 Label: Golden Era	ARIA: Platinum^[24]

Production credits

• Everyone We Know – Thundamentals (song: "21 Grams") (2017)
• Seven Mirrors – Drapht (song: "Don Quixote") (2016)
• Nobody's Business – Maundz (song: "Mad Nice") (2015)
• Golden Era Records Mixtape 2014 – Various (song: "Posse Cut (Cypher)") (2014)
• Golden Era Records Mixtape 2013 – Various (songs: "Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom (K21 Remix)", "Posse Cut") (2013)
• Cinematic – Illy (song: "Coming Down") (2013)
• Golden Era Mixtape 2012 – Various (songs: "I Love It (Trials Remix)", "Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom") (2012)
• The Quickening – The Funkoars (song: "Bodycount") (2011)
• Marked For Death – Vents (song: "Chaos") (2011)
• Fear and Loathing – Hunter & Mortar (song: "Bat Country" w/ Layla and Graphic) (2011)
• Golden Era Mixtape 2011 – Various (songs: "Debris Told Me", "Chase That Feeling") (2011)
• Window of Time – Reason (songs: "Kosher", "Action", "Youth", "Window of Time", "I Want...", "We Come From An Era", "Dedicate", "Don't Believe") (2011)^[25]
• The Blacklist – Briggs (song: "Since Forever (The Storytellers)") (2010)
• Strange Journey Volume One – CunninLynguists (song: "Nothing But Strangeness") (2009)
• The Hangover – The Funkoars (song: "Double Dutch") (2008)
• The Tides are Turning – Reason (songs: "Cloud Surfing", "Grounded") (2008)^[26]
• Batterie – Omni (song: "We Are All We Have") (2007)
• Burn City – Pegz (songs: "No Attachments", "The Fight") (2007)^[27]
• Hard to Kill – Vents (songs: "In the Shadows", "In the Shadows (Trials Remix)") (2007)^[28]
• Day of the Dog – Bliss n Eso (song: "Watch Your Mouth") (2006)^[29]
• Diggi Down Under – Mystro (songs: "Trade Secrets", "Public Herbalist Announcement", "Wizard Of Oz") (2006)
• The Greatest Hits – The Funkoars (songs: "What I Want", "Meet the Family") (2006)^[30]
• Axis – Pegz (song: "This Is For Life") (2005)
• Who Am I – Drapht (song: "Verbally Flawless") (2005)^[31]
• 15.Oz Vinyl 15 Years Of Australian Hip-Hop On Vinyl – Various (song: "Back Once Again") (2004)
• Flowers in the Pavement – Bliss n Eso (song: "Hip Hop Blues") (2004)^[32]
• Drastik Measures – Hyjak N Torcha (song: "Heard Of Us") (2004)
• Moving Heads – Train Of Thought (song: "Head For The Hills") (2004)
• Who's Your Step Daddy? – The Funkoars (song: "Bad Habits") (2003)^[33]
• More Than Music – Muphin (song: "Time For") (2003)^[34]
• Waking the Past – Terra Firma (songs: "Shadow Society (Remix)", "The Night The Heavens Cried", "Whats Your Name", "Divine Intervention", "Sumfinwongwitme", "Trying Times", "The Good Life (Remix)", "Shadow Society") (2003)^[35]
• World Domination – Cross Bred Mongrels (song: "Still Underrated") (2002)
• Obesecity – Various (song: "Riding Under One Banner") (2002)
• Culture of Kings Vol. 1 & 2 – Various (song: "Elevation (Live From The Jazz Lounge)") (2000)^{[36] [37] [38]}

Notes and References

1. Peak positions for releases in Australia:
   • All except noted: Web site: Discography Hilltop Hoods . australian-charts.com . 6 December 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108183740/http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Hilltop%2BHoods . 8 November 2012.
   • "Speaking in Tongues": Web site: ARIA Report 1154 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120415140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120416-0000/Issue1154.pdf . dead . 2012-04-15 . . 25 February 2014 .
   • "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom": Web site: ARIA Report 1151 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120415140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120416-0000/Issue1151.pdf . dead . 2012-04-15 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 19 March 2012 . 8 December 2012 .
   • "The Nosebleed Section": The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 August 2021. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1643. 4. 30 August 2021.
2. Web site: Discography Hilltop Hoods. swisscharts.com. 20 August 2014.
3. Australia. 2006. 6 December 2012 .
4. Australia. album. 2007. 28 April 2021.
5. Australia. 2020. 28 April 2021.
6. Australia. album. 2013. 28 April 2021.
7. Australia. album. 2024. 11 August 2024.
8. Australia. 2021. 28 April 2021.
9. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 November 2023. 17 November 2023.
10. Australia. album. 2017. 28 April 2021.
11. Web site: Discography Hilltop Hoods . charts.nz . 24 November 2014 .
12. Web site: Hottest 100 – 2010 triple j . abc.net.au . 25 January 2011 . 26 January 2017.
    • "Clark Griswold" and "Leave Me Lonely": Web site: Hottest 100 – 2018 triple j . abc.net.au . 27 January 2019.
    • "Show Business" and "A Whole Day's Night": Web site: Hottest 100 2022 . Triple J . 28 January 2023 . 28 January 2023.
13. Australia. single. 2024. 11 August 2024.
14. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart. THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. 5 March 2016.
15. Australia. 2016. 30 December 2016.
16. Web site: 2016 Golden Era Cypher – Single by Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars, A.B. Original, Briggs, Vents, K21 & Purpose on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 22 December 2016 . 23 April 2020.
17. Web site: Can't Stop (triple j Like a Version) – Single by Hilltop Hoods on Apple Music . Apple Music AU . 24 May 2019 . 2 July 2020.
18. Web site: Hilltop Hoods release fundraising song 'I'm Good?' from isolation in an effort to raise money for the support act 'Roadies (Crew) Fund' . The Partae . 1 May 2020 . 5 May 2020.
19. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 July 2020. 25 July 2020.
20. Web site: Hilltop Hoods return with honest and fun new single 'Show Business'. NME. 18 March 2022. 20 March 2022.
21. Web site: Hilltop Hoods reunite with Montaigne and Tom Thum on "A Whole Day's Night". NME. 26 August 2022. 27 August 2022.
22. Web site: Hilltop Hoods Kick Off New Era With Cruisy Single 'Laced Up'. The Music. 16 June 2023. 18 June 2023.
23. Australia. Hilltop Hoods. video. 2008. 15 December 2021.
24. Australia. Hilltop Hoods. video. 2012. 15 December 2021.
25. Web site: Reason (2) – Window Of Time. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
26. Web site: Reason (2) – The Tides Are Turning. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
27. Web site: Pegz – Burn City. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
28. Web site: Vents – Hard To Kill. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
29. Web site: Bliss n Eso – Day Of The Dog. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
30. Web site: Funkoars – The Greatest Hits. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
31. Web site: Drapht – Who Am I. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
32. Web site: Bliss n Eso – Flowers In The Pavement. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
33. Web site: Funkoars – Who's Your Step Daddy?. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
34. Web site: Muphin – More Than Music. Discogs. 30 December 2016.
35. Web site: Terra Firma (3) – Waking The Past. Terra Firma on Discogs. Discogs. 5 October 2014. 2014.
36. Web site: Hilltop Hoods. Hilltop Hoods on Discogs. Discogs. 5 October 2014. 2014.
37. Web site: Hilltop Hoods. Hilltop Hoods on Discogs. Discogs. 5 October 2014. 2014.
38. Web site: Hilltop Hoods. Hilltop Hoods on Discogs. Discogs. 5 October 2014. 2014.