# Powderfinger discography

The discography of Powderfinger, an Australian alternative rock group, consists of seven studio albums, thirty-three singles, six extended plays, three live albums, four compilation albums, one video album and twenty-nine music videos. They have been nominated for forty-nine ARIA Music Awards, of which they have won eighteen. Shortly after the independent release of their debut self-titled EP in 1993, Powderfinger signed on to a major record label to release their second EP, Transfusion. In 1994 they issued their debut album Parables for Wooden Ears, which did not reach the ARIA Albums Chart. After performances at music festivals, touring and supporting international artists, Powderfinger released their second studio album, Double Allergic (1996), which became their charting breakthrough by peaking at No. 4. Following public recognition from the album's high-selling singles, Powderfinger went on to release Internationalist in 1998, which was their first number-one album; it was certified five times platinum by ARIA for shipment of 350,000 copies.
In September 2000, the group released their fourth album, Odyssey Number Five, which also reached number one; it was certified eight times platinum for shipment of 560,000 copies. Two of the album's songs, "These Days" and "My Kinda Scene" were released on the soundtracks for Two Hands (1999), and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). Their fifth album, Vulture Street, was released in 2003, and became their third number-one album; it was six times platinum for 420,000 copies. In 2004, the group released their first greatest hits album composed of tracks from their early recording era, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000. Weeks later, the group released their first live album, which also appeared in DVD form. The group then had a hiatus to allow its members to pursue various side projects. After two years, the band regrouped and released their sixth studio album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence in 2007, and Golden Rule in 2009. Golden Rule became their fifth studio album in a row which reached number-one. On 13 November 2010 Powderfinger performed for the last time. In November 2011, the group issued a second greatest hits album, Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011.
In May 2020, the group reformed for a one-off livestreamed charity performance titled One Night Lonely. An EP of the performance released on 25 May 2020.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | AUS | NZ | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Parables for Wooden Ears | Released: 18 July 1994 Label: Polydor Formats: CD | 36 | — | |
| Double Allergic | Released: 2 September 1996 Label: Polydor (533 153-2) Formats: CD | 4 | — | ARIA: 3× Platinum |
| Internationalist | Released: 7 September 1998 Label: Polydor (547 795-2) Formats: CD | 1 | — | ARIA: 5× Platinum |
| Odyssey Number Five | Released: 4 September 2000 Label: Grudge (5490922) Formats: CD | 1 | 15 | ARIA: 8× Platinum |
| Vulture Street | Released: 4 July 2003 Label: Universal (038 353-2) Formats: CD | 1 | 17 | ARIA: 6× Platinum |
| Dream Days at the Hotel Existence | Released: 2 June 2007 Label: Universal (1735251) Formats: CD | 1 | 26 | ARIA: 3× Platinum |
| Golden Rule | Released: 13 November 2009 Label: Universal Formats: CD | 1 | — | ARIA: 2× Platinum |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||
Notes
* ↑ Parables for Wooden Ears originally peaked at number 51 in 1994. Its 30th anniversary edition reached number 36 in 2024.

### Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUS | Certifications |
| These Days: Live in Concert | Released: 6 September 2004 Label: Universal Formats: CD (audio), DVD | 2 | ARIA: Gold (for CD) ARIA: 2× Platinum (for DVD) |
| Across the Great Divide Tour | Released: 1 December 2007 Note: Shared release with Silverchair Label: Universal Formats: DVD | 2 | ARIA: 2× Platinum |
| Sunsets Farewell Tour | Released: 3 December 2010 Label: Universal Formats: 2× DVD | 1 | ARIA: 5× Platinum |

### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | AUS | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 | Released: 30 October 2004 Label: Universal Format: CD | 2 | ARIA: 2× Platinum |
| Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 | Released: 8 November 2011 Label: Universal Format: CD | 22 | ARIA: Gold |
| Fingerprints & Footprints: Ultimate Collection | Released: 8 November 2011 Label: Universal Format: 2× CD | 15 | |
| Unreleased (1998–2010) | Released: 27 November 2020 Label: Universal Format: CD, CD, LP, streaming | 2 | |
Notes
* ^ A. Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger 2001–2011 was released simultaneously with Fingerprints & Footprints: Ultimate Collection, which features both "best of" albums. Each appeared on the ARIA Albums Chart Top 50 over the same eight weeks

### Box sets

List of box sets :
| Title | Album details |
| Seven Deadly Spins | Released: 22 December 2009 Label: Universal 0602527280387 Format: 7× Vinyl album, 7× CD Note: Box set of seven studio albums |

## Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUS |
| Powderfinger | Released: 1992 Label: Independent Formats: CD | — |
| Transfusion | Released: 1993 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Re-released in 2020 as Digital download, streaming | — |
| Mr Kneebone | Released: 1995 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, Re-released in 2020 as Digital download, streaming | 83 |
| The Triple M Acoustic Sessions | Released: 1999 Label: Triple M Formats: CD limited edition: only 400 copies were made | — |
| iTunes Live from Sydney | Released: 2008 Label: Universal Formats: Digital download | 58 |
| One Night Lonely | Released: 25 May 2020 Label: Universal Formats: Digital download, streaming Released on 21 May 2021 as a limited edition LP | 4 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. |||

### Videos

List of video albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Take Me In | Released: 1997 Label: Polydor Formats: VHS |
| Odyssey Number Five (The Story Behind the Album) | Released: October 2008 Label: SBS, Madman Formats: DVD |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | AUS | Triple J Hottest 100 | NZ | Certifications | Album |
| "Tail" | 1994 | 118 | — | — | | Parables for Wooden Ears |
| "Grave Concern" | 1994 | — | — | — | | Parables for Wooden Ears |
| "Save Your Skin" | 1995 | — | — | — | | Parables for Wooden Ears |
| "Pick You Up" | 1996 | 23 | 6 | — | | Double Allergic |
| "D.A.F." | 1996 | 39 | 18 | — | | Double Allergic |
| "Living Type" | 1996 | 42 | 32 | — | | Double Allergic |
| "Take Me In" | 1997 | 91 | — | — | | Double Allergic |
| "The Day You Come" | 1998 | 25 | 8 | — | | Internationalist |
| "Don't Wanna Be Left Out"/"Good-Day Ray" | 1998 | 59 | 46 / 68 | — | | Internationalist |
| "Already Gone" | 1999 | 68 | 25 | — | | Internationalist |
| "Passenger" | 1999 | 30 | 100 | — | | Internationalist |
| "My Kind of Scene" | 2000 | — | 3 | 41 | | Odyssey Number Five |
| "My Happiness" | 2000 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ARIA: 7× Platinum | Odyssey Number Five |
| "Like a Dog" | 2001 | 40 | — | — | | Odyssey Number Five |
| "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun" | 2001 | 31 | — | — | | Odyssey Number Five |
| "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | 2003 | 9 | 4 | — | | Vulture Street |
| "Love Your Way" | 2003 | 37 | 10 | — | | Vulture Street |
| "Sunsets" | 2004 | 11 | 7 | 38 | | Vulture Street |
| "Since You've Been Gone" | 2004 | 51 | — | — | | Vulture Street |
| "Stumblin'" | 2004 | — | 77 | — | | These Days: Live in Concert |
| "Bless My Soul" | 2004 | — | 9 | — | | Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 |
| "Lost and Running" | 2007 | 5 | 15 | — | | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence |
| "I Don't Remember" | 2007 | 42 | 66 | — | | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence |
| "Nobody Sees" | 2007 | 51 | — | — | | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence |
| "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" | 2008 | — | — | — | | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence |
| "All of the Dreamers" | 2009 | 23 | 49 | — | | Golden Rule |
| "Burn Your Name" | 2009 | 45 | — | — | ARIA: Gold | Golden Rule |
| "Sail the Wildest Stretch" | 2010 | 67 | — | — | | Golden Rule |
| "Iberian Dream" | 2010 | — | — | — | | Golden Rule |
| "I'm on Your Side" (for 2011 Floods Relief) | 2011 | 88 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Day by Day" | 2020 | — | — | — | | Unreleased (1998–2010) |
| "Daybreak" | 2020 | — | — | — | | Unreleased (1998–2010) |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Other charted and certified songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | AUS | Certifications | Album |
| "These Days" | 1999 | — | ARIA: 3× Platinum | Odyssey Number Five |
| "One More Kiss as You Fly Away" | 2008 | 81 | | B-side of "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" |

## Other appearances

List of other appearances, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Freeze" | 1998 | Homebake 98 |
| "The Chauffeur" | 1999 | UnDone – The Songs of Duran Duran |
| "Sorrow" | 2001 | Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge 2 |
| "Bless My Soul", "My Happiness", "Passenger", "These Days", "On My Mind" | 2005 | WaveAid |
| "Glory Box" | 2007 | No Man's Woman: A Tribute to Women in Voice |

## Music videos

The first eight of Powderfinger's music videos were directed by David Barker. The group then collaborated with several production companies, including working with Fifty Fifty Films' Scott Walton from 1999.
List of music videos, showing year released and director :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Reap What You Sow" | 1993 | David Barker |
| "Tail" | 1994 | David Barker |
| "Grave Concern" | 1994 | David Barker |
| "Pick You Up" | 1996 | David Barker |
| "D.A.F." | 1996 | David Barker |
| "Living Type" | 1997 | David Barker |
| "Take Me In" | 1997 | David Barker |
| "The Day You Come" | 1998 | David Barker |
| "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" | 1998 | Mark Hartley |
| "Good Day Ray" | 1998 | Mark Hartley |
| "Already Gone" | 1998 | Mark Hartley |
| "Passenger" | 1999 | Scott Walton |
| "These Days" piano version | 1999 | Gregor Jordan |
| "My Kind of Scene" | 2000 | Scott Walton |
| "My Happiness" | 2000 | Chris Applebaum |
| "Like a Dog" | 2000 | Paul Butler, Scott Walton |
| "The Metre" | 2000 | Scott Walton |
| "Waiting for the Sun" | 2000 | Scott Walton |
| "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | 2003 | Scott Walton |
| "Love Your Way" | 2003 | Scott Walton |
| "Sunsets" | 2004 | Liquid Animation (Michael Viner, Horst Viola Jr, Sorin Oancea, Matt Meersbergen) |
| "Stumblin'" | 2004 | Gregor Jordan |
| "Bless My Soul" | 2004 | Scot Walton |
| "Lost and Running" | 2007 | Damon Escott, Stephen Lance |
| "I Don't Remember" | 2007 | Scott Walton |
| "Nobody Sees" | 2007 | Damon Escott, Stephen Lance |
| "All of the Dreamers" | 2009 | Damon Escott |
| "Burn Your Name" | 2009 | Natasha Pincus |
| "Sail the Wildest Stretch" | 2010 | Scott Walton |
| "Day By Day" | 2020 | Jeremy Hancock |