Wendy Matthews discography

Wendy Matthews discography
Wendy Matthews discography
Studio albums	9
Soundtrack albums	3
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2
Singles	24
Video albums	4

Wendy Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian adult contemporary singer and songwriter.^[1] Her discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, four video albums and twenty-four singles.

Matthews started recording as a session and jingles singer in Los Angeles in 1981, one of her early vocals was for "Willow Pattern" which appeared on Osamu Kitajima's album Dragon King in 1982. Further session work was followed by touring Australia with Glenn Shorrock (ex-Little River Band) into 1983. Matthews relocated to Sydney and continued her session work and joined bands including Models in 1985, Rockmelons in 1988 and Absent Friends in 1989. Matthews also supplied vocals for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV series, Dancing Daze (1986), she supplied lead vocals on four tracks for the related soundtrack, Dancing Daze – Rock and three singles, "Dancing Daze" (duet with Jenny Morris), "Dare to Be Bold" and "Might Have Been" (trio with Morris and Mark Williams). A second ABC TV series was Stringer (1987), where Matthews and Kate Ceberano released a duet album, You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer" in 1988.^[1] The album peaked in the Top 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart.^[2]

Matthews released her debut solo studio album Émigré in 1990, which peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[3]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Émigré	Released: November 1990 Label: RooART (846 649-2) Formats: CD, cassette	11	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
Lily	Released: 28 September 1992 Label: RooArt (4509-90547-2) Formats: CD, cassette	2	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[4]
The Witness Tree	Released: 14 November 1994 Label: RooArt (7432-144415-2) Formats: CD, cassette	16	ARIA: Platinum^[4]
Ghosts	Released: 25 August 1997 Label: BMG Australia (74321510092) Formats: CD, cassette	43
Beautiful View	Released: 17 July 2001 Label: BMG Australia (74321861512) Formats: CD	36
Café Naturale	Released: 31 May 2004 Label: BMG Australia (82876617202) Formats: CD, digital download	42
She	Released: 8 November 2008 Label: Barking Bear/MGM (9324690032587) Formats: CD, digital download	—
The Welcome Fire	Released: 13 August 2013 Label: Ambition Entertainment/EMI Australia Formats: CD, digital download	31
Billie and Me: The White Room Sessions	Released: 27 July 2015^[5] Label: Barking Bear Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As featured artist albums

Title	Details
Awakening (Hiroshi Sato featuring Wendy Matthews)	Released: 1982 (Japan) Label: Alfa (ALC-28035) Formats: CD, cassette

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	AUS ^[6]
The Way It Has to Be	Released: October 1991 Label: RooART (510 408-2) Formats: CD, cassette	102
Live at Mudgee RSL '91 and Bunnamah Estate '94	Released: 7 May 2021^[7]^[8] Label: Black Box Records/ MGM Distribution Formats: CD (limited),^[9] digital	—

Soundtracks

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Dancing Daze (by Jenny Morris, Wendy Matthews, Mark Williams, Marc Hunter & Jane Clifton)	Released: February 1986 Label: ABC Music (RML 53191) Formats: LP, Cassette	—
Illusion (by Mark Williams, Wendy Matthews, Martin Armiger & Peter Blakeley)	Released: 1986 Label: ABC Music (L 38529) Formats: LP	—
You've Always Got the Blues – Songs from the ABC TV Series "Stringer" (with Kate Ceberano)	Released: April 1988 Label: ABC Music (L 38863) Formats: CD, cassette	7	ARIA: Platinum^[10]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews	Released: 15 March 1999 Label: BMG Australia (74321648252) Formats: CD, cassette	4	ARIA: Platinum^[11]
The Essential Wendy Matthews	Released: 2007 Label: Sony BMG (88697120052) Formats: CD, digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Video albums

Year	Details
Live at the Sydney Opera House	Released: 1994 Label: BMG Australia (1120811-4) Format: Video
Ghosts EPK	Released: 1998 Label: BMG Australia Format: Video
Stepping Stones - Best of	Released: 1999 Label: BMG Australia (74321650202) Format: Video
Stepping Stones - Best of	Released: 2003 Label: BMG Australia (82876566769) Format: DVD

Singles

List of singles as credited artist, with Australian chart positions and certifications
Year	Single	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Single	AUS ^[3]	Album
1986	"Dancing Daze" (with Jenny Morris)	—	Dancing Daze
	"Dare to Be Bold"	—
	"Might Have Been" (with Morris and Mark Williams)	—
1988	"You've Always Got the Blues" (with Kate Ceberano)	—	You've Always Got the Blues
	"Guilty (Through Neglect)" (with Ceberano)	—	You've Always Got the Blues
	"Jump" (Rockmelons featuring Wendy Matthews)	—	Tales of the City (Rockmelons album)
1990	"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (Absent Friends featuring Wendy Matthews)	4	Here's Looking Up Your Address (Absent Friends album)
1990	"Token Angels"	18	Émigré
1991	"Woman's Gotta Have It"	34
1991	"Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)"	14
1992	"The Day You Went Away"	2	Lily
1993	"Friday's Child"	15
	"If Only I Could"	41
	"T.K.O."	118
1994	"Standing Strong"	37	The Witness Tree
1995	"Love Will Keep Me Alive"	68
1995	"Say a Prayer"	—
1997	"Then I Walked Away"	75	Ghosts
1997	"Big"	200
1998	"Beloved"	49
1999	"I've Got to Have You"	—	Stepping Stones
2000	"Day by Day"	—	Godspell (Australian Cast Recording)
2000	"Free"	131	Beautiful View
2001	"Beautiful View"	88
2001	"Like the Sun"	195
2008	"Fallen Angels"	—	She
2013	"Amelia"	—	The Welcome Fire
2013	"Keeping My Distance"	—	The Welcome Fire
2016	"F U Cancer"^[12] (with Catherine Britt with Kasey Chambers, Beccy Cole, Lyn Bowtell, Josh Pyke, Wes Carr & Wendy Matthews)	—	non-album single
2019	"Help Is on Its Way"^[13] (with Glenn Shorrock, The McClymonts, Beccy Cole, Jasmine Rae, Travis Collins, Busby Marou and Fanny Lumsden)	—	non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Album
1982	"Willow Pattern"	Osamu Kitajima	Dragon King
1987	"Oh! Darling"	Models	Non-album single
1989	"Skye Boat Song"	various artists	Five
	"The Sound of the Wind"	various artists	Six
	"Golden Slumbers" (with Rick Price)	various artists	Zzzero
	"Hallelujah"	Absent Friends	Here's Looking Up Your Address
1990	"Hullabaloo"
1990	"Harmony"
1993	"Silent Night"	various artists	The Spirit of Christmas 1993
1998	"Here Am I"	various artists	Good Vibrations – A Concert for Marc Hunter – The Live Event
2000	"Pure Inspiration"	various artists	Olympic Record
2001	"White Christmas"	various artists	The Spirit of Christmas 2001
2009	"Day You Went Away"	Phrase	Clockwork
2009	"Easy"	Adam Harvey	Both Sides Now
2010	"Flower on the Water"	John Williamson	Absolute Greatest: 40 Years True Blue

References

General

"Wendy Matthews discography". Wendy Matthews website. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2010. Note: Archived on-line copy has limited functionality.
"Wendy Matthews – Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
"Wendy Matthews – Discography". Discogs. Zink Media Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
"Wendy Matthews – Discography". MusicBrainz. MetaBrainz Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
"Wendy Matthews : Discography". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

Specific

^ ^a ^b McFarlane 'Wendy Matthews' entry. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e
Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "Discography Wendy Matthews". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 7, 179.
- "T.K.O.", "Say a Prayer", "Big", "Free" and "Like the Sun" (ARIA) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 20 May 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- "Love Will Keep Me Alive" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Apr 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 25 April 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 179.
^ "Billie and Me". wendymatthews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ "part of Wendy Matthew's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
^ "Live at Mudgee RSL '91 and Bunnamah Estate '94". Apple Music. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Wendy Matthews shares live tapes for Support Act's Roadies Fund". The Music Network. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "ARCA Desk Tape Series". Support Act. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "1988 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
^ "F U Cancer (single)". iTunes Australia. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ "Help Is On Its Way (single)". Apple Music. May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[McF-1] McFarlane 'Wendy Matthews' entry. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

[Kent-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

[AusCharts-3] Australian chart peaks:
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "Discography Wendy Matthews". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 7, 179.

"T.K.O.", "Say a Prayer", "Big", "Free" and "Like the Sun" (ARIA) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 20 May 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

"Love Will Keep Me Alive" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Apr 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 25 April 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached.

[4] Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 195. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

[5] Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "Discography Wendy Matthews". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

[6] Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp. 7, 179.

[7] "T.K.O.", "Say a Prayer", "Big", "Free" and "Like the Sun" (ARIA) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 20 May 2016". imgur.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[8] "Love Will Keep Me Alive" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Apr 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 25 April 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached.

[ryan-4] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 179.

[5] "Billie and Me". wendymatthews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[auslive-6] "part of Wendy Matthew's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

[7] "Live at Mudgee RSL '91 and Bunnamah Estate '94". Apple Music. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[8] "Wendy Matthews shares live tapes for Support Act's Roadies Fund". The Music Network. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[9] "ARCA Desk Tape Series". Support Act. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[10] "1988 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[ARIACred1999-11] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 29 July 2010.

[12] "F U Cancer (single)". iTunes Australia. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[13] "Help Is On Its Way (single)". Apple Music. May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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Discography
Albums	Émigré (1990) The Way It Has to Be (1991) Lily (1992) The Witness Tree (1994) Ghosts (1997) Beautiful View (2001) Café Naturale (2004) She (2008) The Welcome Fire (2013)
Soundtracks	Dancing Daze (1986) Illusion (1986) You've Always Got The Blues (1988)
Compilations	Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews (1999)
Notable singles	"Dancing Daze" "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (with Absent Friends) "Token Angels" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" "The Day You Went Away" "Friday's Child" "If Only I Could" "Standing Strong" "Love Will Keep Me Alive" "Then I Walked Away" "Beloved" "I've Got to Have You" "Day by Day"
Related articles	Models (Out of Mind, Out of Sight) Absent Friends (Here's Looking Up Your Address)