| Artist: | The Church |
| Studio: | 25 |
| Live: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 12 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Ep: | 4 |
| Singles: | 38 |
The Church, an Australian psychedelic rock band, formed in Sydney in 1980. They have released 25 studio albums, numerous singles and other releases and an additional studio album under the name "The Refo:mation". This discography lists their original Australian releases, along with significant overseas compilations and singles.
Four of the albums listed under the studio albums section are outtake collections:
Note in the compilations section: Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland, a UK-only tour tie-in EP, collects previously released A & B sides; Hindsight features tracks from the band's albums up to 1987, plus hitherto-uncollected B-sides of singles to that date; Tin Mine features one otherwise unavailable studio track, "Leverage".
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | CAN [2] | NZ [3] | SWE [4] | UK Ind. [5] | US [6] | US Ind. | |||||
| 1981 | Of Skins and Heart
| 22 | — | 7 | 13 | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | The Blurred Crusade
| 10 | — | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | Seance
| 18 | — | 35 | 41 | 18 | — | — | |||
| 1985 | Heyday
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 146 | — | |||
| 1988 | Starfish | 11 | 70 | 11 | 45 | — | 41 | — | |||
| 1990 | Gold Afternoon Fix
| 12 | 79 | 28 | 44 | — | 66 | — | |||
| 1992 | Priest=Aura
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 176 | — | |||
| 1994 | Sometime Anywhere
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Magician Among the Spirits
| 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | Hologram of Baal
| 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | A Box of Birds
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2002 | After Everything Now This
| 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Parallel Universe
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | Forget Yourself
| 145 | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | |||
| 2004 | Jammed
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Beside Yourself
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
El Momento Descuidado (The Unguarded Moment)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | Back with Two Beasts
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2006 | Uninvited, Like the Clouds
| 153 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | El Momento Siguiente (The Following Moment)
| 176 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | Untitled #23
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2014 | Further/Deeper
| 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | Man Woman Life Death Infinity
| 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2023 | The Hypnogogue
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2024 | Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House
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| 2019 | New York Stories (Live 1988)
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| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||||
| 1982 | Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland
| — | ||
| 1984 | Remote Luxury
| — | ||
| 1988 | Hindsight 1980-1987 | 36 | ||
Life Before Starfish
| — | |||
Conception
| — | |||
| 1991 | A Quick Smoke at Spot's (Archives 1986–1990)
| 84 | ||
| 1994 | Almost Yesterday 1981–1990
| 124 | ||
| 1999 | Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church
| 190 | ||
The Best of the Church
| — | |||
| 2001 | Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia
| — | ||
| 2006 | Tin Mine
| — | ||
| 2007 | Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection
| — | ||
| 2010 | The Best of the Radio Songs
| 107 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Year | Details | Chart peak positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||||
| 1981 | Too Fast for You
| — | ||
| 1982 | Sing-Songs
| 58 | ||
| 1984 | Remote Luxury
| 32 | ||
Persia
| 47 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | CAN [8] | NZ | UK | US [9] | US Main. | US Alt. [10] | |||
| 1980 | "She Never Said" | — | — | — | — | — | x | x | Of Skins and Heart |
| 1981 | "The Unguarded Moment" | 22 | — | 19 | — | — | — | x | |
| "Too Fast for You" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | x | Too Fast for You EP | |
| "Tear It All Away" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| 1982 | "Almost with You" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | x | The Blurred Crusade |
| "When You Were Mine" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| "I Am a Rock" / "A Different Man" NZ / UK release | — | — | — | — | — | — | x | Sing-Songs EP | |
| 1983 | "It's No Reason" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | x | Seance |
| "Electric Lash" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| 1985 | "Already Yesterday" | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | x | Heyday |
| 1986 | "Tantalized" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | x | |
| "Columbus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| "Disenchanted" UK-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| 1988 | "Under the Milky Way" | 22 | 69 | 25 | 90 | 24 | 2 | x | Starfish |
| "Reptile" | 94 | 88 | — | — | — | 27 | x | ||
| "Antenna" Spain-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | x | ||
| "Destination" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Metropolis" | 19 | — | 41 | — | — | 11 | 1 | Gold Afternoon Fix |
| "Russian Autumn Heart" US-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You're Still Beautiful" | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | ||
| 1992 | "Ripple" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Priest=Aura |
| "Feel" | 176 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Two Places at Once" | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sometime Anywhere |
| 1996 | "Comedown" | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Magician Among the Spirits |
| 1997 | "White Star Line" / "Gypsy Stomp" Limited edition release: 1000 copies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| 1998 | "Louisiana" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hologram of Baal |
| 2001 | "Numbers" | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | After Everything Now This |
| 2003 | "Song in Space" Limited edition release: 1500 copies | 155 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Forget Yourself |
| 2006 | "Block" | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Uninvited, Like the Clouds |
| "Easy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Under the Milky Way" (vs Craig Obey) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Elektrik Force | |
| 2009 | "The Coffee Song" / "Hounds of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
| "Pangaea" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Untitled #23 | |
| "Operetta" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Deadman's Hand" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | "Another Century"[11] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Man Woman Life Death Infinity |
| "Undersea"[12] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Don't Know How I Don't Know Why"[13] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022 | "The Hypnogogue"[14] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Hypnogogue |
| "C'est La Vie" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023 | "No Other You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Realm of Minor Angels" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Hypnogogue Deluxe Edition | |
| Year | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Enmore Theatre 1992 Concert
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| 2013 | Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore
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| 2014 | A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House
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