# The Cat Empire discography

The discography of the Australian jazz and funk band the Cat Empire consists of nine studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two video albums, three extended plays, and forty-four singles. The band has scored two number-one albums and six top ten albums on the ARIA Charts. They have been nominated for twelve ARIA Music Awards, of which they have won one. They were formed in 1999 by founding members Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, and Ryan Monro. Long-term members Harry James Angus, Jamshid Khadiwala and Will Hull-Brown joined the band in 2001.
The group independently released a live extended play, Live @ Adelphia, in December 2001, and their first live album, The Sun, in July 2002. In October 2003, "Hello" was released as the lead single from The Cat Empire. Later that month, the album was released under Virgin Records, peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Charts and giving the group mainstream recognition. It went on to be certified 3× platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 210,000 copies in 2012.
In April 2005, they released their second studio album, Two Shoes, which provided two top-fifty singles and debuted at the top of the Australian charts. It became their first international release when it was reissued in Canada the following year. In March 2006, they performed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony to a crowd of over 75,000. The music recorded for the event was released the following month as Cities. Their fourth album, So Many Nights, was released in September 2007, reaching number two on the ARIA charts. The lead single from that album, "No Longer There", is their highest-charting to date, peaking at number 12. In 2009, they released their second live album, Live on Earth, which collects concert recordings taken from shows between August 2006 and December 2008. They released their fifth album, Cinema, in June 2010. Critics dubbed it a more mature effort than the group's previous albums. It debuted at number three on the album charts.
Their sixth studio album and first via an independent label, Steal the Light, was released in May 2013, peaking at number three. Critics considered the album to be "a return to their original aesthetic". It was the first release in a trilogy of three conceptually similar albums by the group produced by Jan Skubiszewski. The second album in that trilogy, Rising with the Sun, was released in March 2016, debuting at number one. From July 2018 to February 2019, the band released a new single on the first of every month, leading up to the release of their eighth album, Stolen Diamonds. In 2021, the original lineup disbanded after a final show at the 2022 Byron Bay Bluesfest, except for founding members Riebl and McGill. By late 2022, new members Grace Barbé, Daniel Farrugia, Neda Rahmani and Lazaro Numa had joined, and the group released their ninth album, Where the Angels Fall, in August 2023.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, showing title, details, selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Details | AUS | NLD | SWI | Certifications |
| The Cat Empire | Released: 24 October 2003 Label: EMI, Virgin Format: CD | 15 | — | — | ARIA: 3× Platinum |
| Two Shoes | Released: 19 April 2005 Label: EMI, Virgin Format: CD, digital download | 1 | — | — | ARIA: Platinum |
| Cities: The Cat Empire Project | Released: 1 April 2006 Label: EMI, Virgin Format: CD, digital download | 11 | — | — | |
| So Many Nights | Released: 22 September 2007 Label: EMI, Virgin, Velour Format: CD, digital download | 2 | — | — | ARIA: Gold |
| Cinema | Released: 25 June 2010 Label: EMI, Virgin, Velour Format: CD, digital download | 3 | — | — | |
| Steal the Light | Released: 17 May 2013 Label: Two Shoes Format: CD, digital download | 3 | 88 | — | |
| Rising with the Sun | Released: 4 March 2016 Label: Two Shoes Format: CD, digital download | 1 | — | 51 | |
| Stolen Diamonds | Released: 15 February 2019 Label: Two Shoes Format: CD, digital download | 4 | — | — | |
| Where the Angels Fall | Released: 25 August 2023 Label: Two Shoes Format: CD, LP, digital download | 73 | — | — | |
| Bird in Paradise | Scheduled: 7 March 2025 Label: BMG Australia | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart or were not released in that country. ||||||

### Live albums

List of live albums, showing title, details, chart positions and notes :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | AUS |
| The Sun | Released: July 2002 Label: Self-released Format: CD | — |
| Live on Earth | Released: 20 February 2009 Label: EMI Format: 2CD | 14 |
| The Cat Empire (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] | Released: 15 April 2022 Label: Two Shoes Format: digital | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||

### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, showing title, details and notes :
| Title | Details | Notes |
| Tapes, Breaks and Out-Takes | Released: 1 June 2003 Label: Self-released Format: CD | A compilation of outtakes from The Cat Empire (2003), and tracks from Live @ Adelphia and The Sun. The interludes were recorded at rehearsals and gigs. |
| Asylum | Released: 28 October 2011 Label: Self-released Format: digital | Released in association with the organization Tunes for Change as a pay-what-you-want download. A compilation of rare recordings and songs by the members' side projects, the release aimed to raise AU$50,000 for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. |
| The Adelphia Sessions | Released: 2 November 2021 Label: Two Shoes Format: digital | A selection of tracks from Live @ Adelphia and The Sun. |

### Video albums

List of video albums, showing title, details and certifications :
| Title | Details | Certifications |
| On the Attack | Released: 2004 Label: Virgin Format: DVD, CD | ARIA: Gold |
| Live at the Bowl | Released: 20 February 2009 Label: EMI Format: 2DVD | ARIA: Gold |

## Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing title, details and notes :
| Title | Details | Notes |
| Live @ Adelphia | Released: December 2001 Label: Self-released Format: CD | Recorded live at Adelphia Studios in a single day. Features early versions of future tracks. |
| The Cat Empire | Released: 2006 Label: Velour Format: CD | A selection of tracks from The Cat Empire and Two Shoes, plus three videos. Designed as an introduction to the American market. |
| Live at Martyrs' | Released: 2007 Label: Velour Format: CD | Recorded live at Martyrs' in 2007 for WXRT's Sunday Night Concert. Features performances of tracks from The Cat Empire and Two Shoes. |

## Singles

List of singles, showing year released, chart positions and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | AUS | NZ | NL | Album |
| "Hello" | 2003 | | 12 | — | The Cat Empire |
| "Days Like These" | 2004 | 37 | — | — | The Cat Empire |
| "The Chariot" | 2004 | 34 | — | — | The Cat Empire |
| "One Four Five" | 2004 | — | — | — | The Cat Empire |
| "Sly" | 2005 | 23 | — | — | Two Shoes |
| "The Car Song" | 2005 | 46 | — | — | Two Shoes |
| "Two Shoes" | 2005 | 77 | — | — | Two Shoes |
| "Down at the 303" (Live) | 2007 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "No Longer There" | 2007 | 12 | — | — | So Many Nights |
| "So Many Nights" | 2007 | — | — | — | So Many Nights |
| "Fishies" | 2008 | 99 | — | — | So Many Nights |
| "How to Explain?" (Live at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl) | 2009 | — | — | — | Live on Earth |
| "Feeling's Gone" | 2010 | — | — | — | Cinema |
| "On My Way" | 2010 | — | — | — | Cinema |
| "Brighter Than Gold" | 2013 | 68 | — | 33 | Steal the Light |
| "Steal the Light" | 2013 | — | — | — | Steal the Light |
| "Qué Será Ahora" | 2015 | — | — | — | Rising with the Sun |
| "Wolves" | 2015 | — | — | — | Rising with the Sun |
| "Bulls" | 2016 | — | — | — | Rising with the Sun |
| "Ready Now" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Stolen Diamonds" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "La Sirène" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Kila" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Sola" (featuring Depedro) | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Barricades" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Oscar Wilde" | 2018 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Echoes" | 2019 | — | — | — | Stolen Diamonds |
| "Oscar Wilde" (featuring Grace Barbé) (Live at Odeon Theatre) | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Going to Live" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Great Beauty" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Coming to Meet You" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Scream" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sparrow" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Into the Night" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Crowd" | 2022 | — | — | — | The Cat Empire (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] |
| "Still Young" | 2022 | — | — | — | The Cat Empire (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] |
| "Thunder Rumbles" | 2023 | — | — | — | Where the Angels Fall |
| "Rock 'n' Roll" | 2023 | — | — | — | Where the Angels Fall |
| "Money Coming My Way" | 2023 | — | — | — | Where the Angels Fall |
| "Owl" | 2023 | — | — | — | Where the Angels Fall |
| "How to Explain" (Anniversary Edition) | 2023 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hello" (Anniversary Edition) | 2023 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "La Gracia" | 2024 | — | — | — | Bird in Paradise |
| "Blood on the Stage" | 2024 | — | — | — | Bird in Paradise |
| "Doing Fine" | 2024 | — | — | — | Bird in Paradise |
| "Devil" | 2025 | — | — | — | Bird in Paradise |
| "—" denotes items which failed to chart or was not released in that country. ||||||

## Other appearances

List of other appearances, showing title, year of release and parent album :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Hotel California" | 2005 | Triple J: Like a Version |
| "Sunny Afternoon" | 2009 | Triple J: Like a Version, Volume Five |
| "Zero" (with Anbessa Gebrehiwot) | 2010 | The Key of Sea |
| "Get Some" | 2016 | Triple J: Like a Version, Volume 12 |
| "Som Foc" (with Txarango) | 2017 | El Cor de la Terra |

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Hello" | 2003 | Felix Riebl, Ian McGill, Mike Reed |
| "Days Like These" | 2003 | Mike Metzner |
| "The Chariot" | 2004 | Felix Riebl, Ian McGill, Mike Reed |
| "One Four Five" | 2004 | — |
| "Sly" | 2005 | Susi Stitt |
| "The Car Song" | 2005 | Ben Quinn |
| "Two Shoes" | 2005 | Michael Delaney |
| "No Longer There" | 2007 | — |
| "So Many Nights" | 2007 | — |
| "Fishies" | 2008 | Various |
| "Feelings Gone" | 2010 | — |
| "Brighter than Gold" | 2013 | Nicholas Verso |
| "Steal the Light" | 2013 | Ash Koek |
| "Like a Drum" | 2013 | Dominic Allen, Martin Pimentel |
| "Wolves" | 2015 | Guy Franklin |
| "Bulls" | 2016 | Darcy Prendergast |
| "Ready Now" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "Stolen Diamonds" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "La Sirène" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "Kila" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "Sola" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "Barricades" | 2018 | Dominic Allen |
| "Oscar Wilde" | 2019 | Dominic Allen |
| "Echoes" | 2019 | Dominic Allen |
| "Thunder Rumbles" | 2023 | Nick Campbell |
| "Rock 'n' Roll" | 2023 | Giulia Giannini McGauran |
| "Money Coming My Way" | 2023 | Josh Harris |
| "Boom Boom" | 2023 | Nick Campbell |
| "La Gracia" | 2024 | Dara Munnis |
| "Blood on the Stage" | 2024 | Dara Munnis |
| "Doing Fine" | 2024 | Dara Munnis |