Vika and Linda discography explained

Artist:Vika and Linda
Studio:8
Compilation:2
Live:4
Singles:21

Australian vocal duo Vika and Linda have released eight studio albums, two compilation albums, four live albums and twenty-one singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1]
NZ
[2]
Vika and Linda
  • Released: 6 June 1994
  • Label: Mushroom (RMD 53422, TVD 93422, MUSH32450.2)[3]
  • Formats: CD
7 16
Princess Tabu
  • Released: 5 August 1996
  • Label: Mushroom (TVD 93436, RMD 53436, MUSH33028.2)
  • Formats: LP, MC
30 39
Two Wings
  • Released: 16 August 1999
  • Label: Mushroom (RML53205, RMC53205, CD53205)
  • Formats: CD
34
Love Is Mighty Close
  • Released: July 2002
  • Label: Independent/MGM Distribution (VAL005)
  • Formats: CD
Between Two Shores
  • Released: 16 September 2006
  • Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE0932)
  • Formats: CD
  • Note: acoustic album
Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso)
  • Released: 11 September 2020[5]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD78)
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download
  • Note: gospel album
2
The Wait
  • Released: 17 September 2021[6]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD93)
  • Formats: CD, 2×CD, LP, streaming, digital download
2
Gee Whiz, It's Christmas
  • Released: 4 November 2022[7]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD102)
  • Formats: CD, CD, LP, streaming, digital download
42
[8]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
Live & Acoustic
  • Released: 6 November 2000
  • Label: Mushroom (MUSH332862)
  • Formats: CD
  • Note: Recorded at The Continental in Melbourne
138
Tell the Angels
  • Released: 10 May 2004
  • Label: Independent/MGM Distribution (VAL007)
  • Formats: CD
  • Note: Recorded at The Cornish Arms in Melbourne, June–August 2003
Vika & Linda: Live 2010[9]
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, DD
  • Note: Recorded in Melbourne, September 2010
Vika & Linda: Live 2011
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, DD
  • Note: Recorded in Melbourne, February 2011
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
Seven Deadly Sins
(with Paul Kelly, Renée Geyer and Deborah Conway)
  • Released: February 1993
  • Label: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
71

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
At the Mouth of the River
  • Released: 18 June 1996
  • Compilation album
  • Label: Real World
  • Formats: CD
'Akilotoa (Anthology 1994–2006)
  • Released: 12 June 2020[10]
  • Greatest hits album
  • Label: Bloodlines
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download, streaming
1

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
NZ
1993"He Can't Decide"
(with Paul Kelly, Renee Geyer and Deborah Conway)
112Seven Deadly Sins
1994"When Will You Fall for Me" 51Vika & Linda
"House of Love"9832
"Hard Love"81
1995"We've Started a Fire"/"I Know Where to Go to Feel Good"134
1996"Love Comes Easy"93Princess Tabu
"The Parting Song"146
1997"Grandpa's Song"
1999"Caution"172Two Wings
2015"I Am Woman" (with Judith Lucy)
2020"There Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)"[11] Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso)
"Strange Things Happening Every Day"[12]
"It Don't Cost Very Much"[13]
"Jesus on the Mainline"[14]
"Memphis Flu"[15]
"Acceptance" (with Davey Lane & Todd Rundgren)[16] [17] Don’t Bank Your Heart On It
2021"Raise Your Hand"[18] The Wait
"My Heart Is In The Wrong Place"
"Like a Landslide"[19]
"Lover Don't Keep Me Waiting"[20]
2023"Heading in the Right Direction"[21] Mushroom: Fifty Years of Making Noise (Reimagined)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Melbourne Girls" (Vika and Linda)1993Moon Over Melbourne
"Silent Night" (Vika and Linda)1995The Spirit of Christmas 1995
"Love Come Easy" (live) (Vika and Linda)1998Mushroom 25 Live
"The Bare Necessities" (Vika and Linda)1999Duets - A Family Celebration
"On the Front Porch" (Vika and Linda)
"Feelin' Alright" (live)
(Kate Ceberano, Vanessa Amorosi and Vika and Linda)
True Romantic – The Best of Kate Ceberano
"The Gods Will Lift You"
(Jimmy Little, Deborah Conway and Vika and Linda)
2000Olympic Record
"Run Rudolph Run" (Vika and Linda)2001The Spirit of Christmas 2001
"Two Wings" (live) (Vika and Linda)2004A Day On the Green Live
"When You Fall For Me" (live) (Vika and Linda)
"God's Little Birds" (live) (Vika and Linda)
"Away in a Manger" (Vika and Linda)2005The Spirit of Christmas 2005
"Private Number"
(Glenn Tilbrook with Linda)
2006RocKwiz Duets
"If There's a Will, There's a Way"
(Black Joe Lewis with Linda)
2012RocKwiz Duets Volume IV: With a Little Help from My Friends]]
"Smells Like Rain" (Linda)2014The Merri Soul Sessions (with Paul Kelly)
"What You Want" (Vika)
"Sweet Guy" (Vika)
"Down on the Jetty" (Vika and Linda)
"Hasn't It Rained" (Vika and Linda)
"That’s a Pretty Good Love"
(The Black Sorrows with Vika)
2015Endless Sleep Chapter 46
"No Ordinary Man"
(Kasey Chambers and Vika and Linda)
2017Dragonfly
"My Man's Got a Cold"
(Paul Kelly and Vika)
Life is Fine
"Don't Explain"
(Paul Kelly and Linda)
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Vika)Beautiful: A Tribute to Carole King
"The Loco-Motion" (Vika and Linda)
"I Got the Blues"(Linda)2018Stoned! Celebrating the Music of The Rolling Stones.
"I'm on Your Side"
(Archie Roach with Vika and Linda)
2019The Concert Collection 2012–2018
"Solid Rock"
(Shane Howard featuring Emma Donovan, Troy Cassar-Daley William Barton and Vika and Linda)
2020Music from the Home Front
"Don't You Know Yockomo"
(Denis Walter with Vika and Linda)
2021Yesterday Once More
"Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)"
(Paul Kelly with Linda)
Paul Kelly's Christmas Train
"Christmas Train"
(Paul Kelly with Vika)

Notes and References

  1. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
  2. Web site: charts.nz > Vika and Linda in New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. 15 April 2014.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130930074800/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/v/vikaandlinda.html . Vika and Linda Bull . Passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . Paul . Baird . Paul . Janovskis . 30 September 2013 . 14 April 2014 .
  4. Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1995 (page 2). ARIA. 21 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso) (CD). JB HiFi. 24 July 2020.
  6. Web site: The Wait (CD). JB Hi-Fi. 4 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Vika & Linda announce 'Gee Whiz, It's Christmas!' album, Melbourne launch show. . 6 October 2022 . 8 October 2022 . Robinson, Ellie.
  8. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 December 2022. 10 June 2023.
  9. Web site: Discography. vikaandlindabull. 4 November 2020.
  10. Web site: Akilotoa - Anthology 1994-2006. JBHiFi. 11 May 2020.
  11. Web site: There Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down) . Apple Music. 24 July 2020. 24 July 2020.
  12. Web site: Strange Things Happening Every Day. Spotify. 27 July 2020. 8 August 2020.
  13. Web site: It Don't Cost Very Much. Spotify. 3 August 2020. 8 August 2020.
  14. Web site: Jesus on the Mainline. Spotify. 10 August 2020. 13 August 2020.
  15. Web site: Jesus on the Mainline. Spotify. 17 August 2020. 21 August 2020.
  16. Web site: Davey Lane Releases New Solo Album. hifiway. 14 November 2020. 27 January 2021.
  17. Web site: Davey Lane, Todd Rundgren, Vika & Linda - Acceptance. Facebook. 15 November 2020. 27 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Vika and Linda announce first album in 19 years, The Wait. NME Australia. 1 July 2021. 4 July 2021. Triscari, Caleb.
  19. Web site: https://www.facebook.com/vikaandlindabull/posts/375659817453959?__cft__[0=AZU9O-gq1u9muPpDbiROHgn5TtCYmcE09BUVmfTNyf5fyRdo-d8kuenFLEDwPlmDkA5qbpmAseC017VVTO5i4XGomeHliUOAiShevDf3NAFLJkaOTlW17d7RDaoFTSTazzdItUnNpGZph6N-dQgaJXtLcZMllM496ddWh3Dni-tC_g&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R The next track from The Wait is out now – Like a Landslide. ]. Facebook. 10 August 2021. 13 August 2021.
  20. Web site: https://www.facebook.com/vikaandlindabull/posts/394833405536600?__cft__[0=AZUtwMaFlDZZaj__LFVMIeJgkCynYnRfJcM1xPkEuHaAaGL3sRpYnqnY0ichiUh5ExVy5BaopGNlbzBcJ_ruWxyI2DRfR29rPRe_eeClHVXOZN403e9xwQDwI55NybZ0u4tbI1Em8OwNGZUwJfhiRiArrjKRFETilJ5ZEUO7JEqtbA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R "Lover Don't Keep Me Waiting" is out now to stream or download.]. Facebook. 10 September 2021. 11 September 2021.
  21. Web site: Vika and Linda Cover Renée Geyer ‘Heading In The Right Direction’ for Mushroom 50th . noise11. 25 August 2023. 9 September 2023.