| Artist: | Hoodoo Gurus |
| Studio: | 10 |
| Live: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 6 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Singles: | 37 |
Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus have released ten studio albums, thirty-seven singles, two extended plays, six compilation albums and 3 video albums. Formed in January 1981, the band was originally known as Le Hoodoo Gurus for the release of their first single, "Leilani", in October 1982. As Hoodoo Gurus, the band signed with Big Time Records and premiered their debut album, Stoneage Romeos, in March 1984. Also issued in the United States through A&M Records, the record remained atop the Alternative/College Albums Chart for four consecutive weeks, with it also becoming one of the most played albums of that year on the college network. The group's subsequent albums, Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool! and Magnum Cum Louder, all reached the Billboard 200.
On the Australian charts Hoodoo Gurus had top ten studio albums with Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool!, Kinky and Crank, and four top twenty singles. Both Stoneage Romeos and Mars Needs Guitars! were listed in 100 Best Australian Albums (2010). In 1992, the band released a compilation album, Electric Soup/Gorilla Biscuit, which won an ARIA Music Award for Best Cover Art, in 1993. The two-album set was certified double platinum for shipping 140,000 units. The band's seventh studio album, Blue Cave, was nominated for Best Pop Release at the 1996 ARIA Awards and charted within the top twenty in their native country. Hoodoo Gurus split in 1998 followed by the release of their live album, Bite the Bullet, later that year.
In November 2003 Hoodoo Gurus reformed and made their comeback with a new album, Mach Schau, in the following year. As of February 2005, their label, EMI, made expanded and remastered editions of all of their earlier studio albums available for purchase. At that time, Hoodoo Gurus released as well a two-DVD set, Tunnel Vision, which featured all their music videos, live material and a retrospective documentary, "Be My Guru". At that year's ARIA Awards ceremony, Tunnel Vision was nominated for Best Music DVD. In 2010, the group issued their ninth studio album, Purity of Essence, and celebrated their thirtieth anniversary by releasing a compilation album, Gold Watch: 20 Golden Greats, through Sony Music Entertainment in 2012.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
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| AUS | CAN | NZ | SWE | UK Indie | US | US College | ||||
| Stoneage Romeos | 8 | — | 32 | 38 | 12 | 209 | 1 |
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| Mars Needs Guitars! |
| 5 | — | 18 | 47 | — | 140 | 1 |
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| Blow Your Cool! |
| 2 | 73 | 16 | 32 | — | 120 | 1 |
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| Magnum Cum Louder |
| 13 | 78 | 45 | 27 | — | 101 | 1 |
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| Kinky |
| 8 | — | 28 | — | — | 172 | 2 |
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| Crank |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 |
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| Blue Cave |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Mach Schau |
| 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Purity of Essence |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Chariot of the Gods |
| 7 [1] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. | ||||||||||
| Album details | |
| Bite the Bullet |
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| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
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| AUS | NZ | |||
| Electric Soup | 3 | — |
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| Gorilla Biscuit |
| 99 | — | |
| Electric Chair |
| 33 | — |
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| Armchair Gurus | ||||
| Ampology |
| 76 | 39 | |
| 15 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Hoodoo Voodoo | ||
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| Gravy Train |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | CAN | NZ | UK Indie | US Alt | ||||
| "Leilani" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | Stoneage Romeos | |
| "Tojo" | 1983 | 80 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Girl" | 35 | — | — | 38 | — | |||
| "I Want You Back" | 1984 | 68 | — | — | 11 | — | ||
| "Bittersweet" | 1985 | 16 | — | — | — | — | Mars Needs Guitars | |
| "Like Wow - Wipeout!" | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Death Defying" | 1986 | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Poison Pen" | 76 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What's My Scene?" | 1987 | 3 | — | 35 | — | — | Blow Your Cool | |
| "Good Times" | 36 | 95 | — | — | — | |||
| "In the Middle of the Land" | 79 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Generation Gap" | 1988 | 50 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Come Anytime" | 1989 | 27 | — | — | — | 1 | Magnum Cum Louder | |
| "Axegrinder" | 58 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Another World" | 98 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Miss Freelove '69" | 1991 | 19 | — | — | — | 3 | Kinky | |
| "1000 Miles Away" | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Place in the Sun" | 89 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Castles in the Air" | 113 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Right Time" | 1993 | 41 | — | — | — | — | Crank | |
| "You Open My Eyes" | 1994 | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Less Than a Feeling" | 26 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Nobody" | 117 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Turn Up Your Radio" (with Masters Apprentices) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Big Deal" | 1996 | 108 | — | — | — | — | Blue Cave | |
| "Waking Up Tired" | 60 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "If Only..." | 139 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Down on Me" | 1997 | 97 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Real Deal" | 157 | — | — | — | — | Electric Chair | ||
| "That's My Team" | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Nothing's Changing My Life" | 2004 | 113 | — | — | — | — | Mach Schau | |
| "When You Get to California" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Crackin' Up" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Purity of Essence | |
| "I Hope You're Happy" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What's in It for Me?" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Use-By Date (Remixed Version)" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | Gold Watch: 20 Golden Greats | |
| "Answered Prayers"[2] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Chariot of the Gods | |
| "Hung out to Dry"[3] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Get out of Dodge"[4] | — | — | — | — | — | Chariot of the Gods | ||
| "World of Pain"[5] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Carry On"[6] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Details | Peak chart positions | |
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| AUS DVD | ||
| Electric Soup: The Complete Video Collection |
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| More Electric Soup |
| 90 |
| Tunnel Vision | 12 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||