Cold Chisel discography

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.

Cold Chisel discography
Moss and Barnes, 2012
Studio albums	9
EPs	3
Live albums	9
Compilation albums	12
Singles	32

The group have achieved six number-one albums on the ARIA Charts, the latest being their 2024 compilation 50 Years – The Best Of.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

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

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS [2]	NZ [3]
Swingshift	Released: April 1981 Label: WEA	1	9	ARIA: 3× Platinum[15]
Barking Spiders Live: 1983	Released: December 1984 Label: WEA	14	—
The Last Stand (live soundtrack)	Released: October 1992 Label: EastWest	8	—	ARIA: Gold[16]
Ringside	Released: 14 November 2003 Label: Warner Music	16 [17]	—	ARIA: Gold[18]
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[19] Label: Cold Chisel Music, Universal Music Australia	5	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS [2]	NZ [3]
Northbound: The Best of Cold Chisel	Released: 1983 (Europe) Label: Line	—	—
Radio Songs: A Best of Cold Chisel	Released: 1985 Label: WEA	3	36
Razor Songs	Released: 1987 Label: WEA	11	—	ARIA: Platinum[20]
Chisel	Released: September 1991 Label: Warner Music Group	3	16	ARIA: 9× Platinum[21]
Teenage Love	Released: October 1994 Label: Warner Music Group	6	—	ARIA: Gold[16]
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[22]
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[23]	—
The Best of Cold Chisel: All for You	Released: 14 October 2011 Label: WEA	2	—	ARIA: 4× Platinum[24][25]
50 Years – The Best Of	Released: 23 August 2024 Label: Universal Music Group	1 [26]	23 [27]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		AUS [2]
You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine	Released: November 1978 Label: Elektra	38	ARIA: Gold[9]
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 [2]
1978	"Khe Sanh"	41[A]		Cold Chisel
	"Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"	65		Breakfast at Sweethearts
1979	"Breakfast at Sweethearts"	63
	"Shipping Steel"[B]	—
	"Choirgirl"	14		East
1980	"Cheap Wine"	8
	"My Baby"	40
	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"[C]	—		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 / Only One"	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[2]	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[28]		The Perfect Crime
	"The Backroom"[29]	—
2016	"Long Dark Road"[30]	—
2019	"Getting the Band Back Together"[31]	—		Blood Moon
	"I Hit the Wall"[32][33]	—
2020	"Killing Time"[34]	—
2024	"You've Got to Move"[35]	—		50 Years - The Best Of

Notes

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.
2. "Shipping Steel" received a limited release of 500 copies
3. "nockin' on Heaven's Door" received a limited release

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[36]
Vision	Released: 2002 Label: Warner Music Vision (0927409252)/(CCDVD001)	ARIA: 2× Platinum[36]
Ringside The Movie	Released: 2003 Label: Warner Music Vision (5046723882)/(CCDVD003)
Rockplalast	Released: 2007 Label: Warner Vision Australia (5144218202)/(CCDVD002)	ARIA: Platinum[37]
The Best of Cold Chisel – Vision	Released: 2011 Label: Universal (CCDVD004)
The Live Tapes – Vol. 1	Released: 2013 Label: Universal (CCDVD005)	ARIA: Platinum[38]