# The Triffids discography

The Triffids were an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia. They have released five studio albums, one live album, ten singles, six extended plays, nine cassette tapes, four compilation albums and a video album. The Triffids formed in 1978 by mainstay David McComb, his school friend Alsy MacDonald together with Phil Kakulas. Their first release was a cassette tape, Triffids 1st recorded in May, by September they had added Byron Sinclair and released, Triffids 2nd with four more cassette tapes released by 1981. Considerable line-up changes had occurred resulting in McComb and MacDonald with Will Akers, Margaret Gillard, Robert McComb (David's older brother) and Mark Peters. "Stand Up", their first single, was released in July 1981 from Triffids 6th. Their first extended play, Reverie appeared in November 1982.
Treeless Plain, their first studio LP album, was released in November 1983. By then the line-up was the McComb brothers and MacDonald with Jill Birt and Martyn P. Casey. In August 1984, the band relocated to London where they recorded Born Sandy Devotional in 1985 which was released in early 1986 and reached the United Kingdom Top 30 Albums Chart. It spawned the single "Wide Open Road" in February, which peaked into the UK Top 30 and Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.

## Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | AUS | NZ | UK | SWE | BEL | UK Indie |
| 1983 | Treeless Plain Released: November 1983 Label: Hot Records/Rough Trade Records (HOT1003) Producer: The Triffids Format: LP | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 1986 | Born Sandy Devotional Released: March 1986 Label: White Hot Records (Mushroom Records) (HOTLP1023) Producer: Gil Norton/The Triffids Format: LP, Cassette | 37 | — | — | 18 | 39 | 2 |
| 1986 | In the Pines Released: November 1986 Label: White Hot Records (Mushroom Records) (HOT1028) Producer: David McComb/Bruce Callaway Format: LP | 69 | — | — | — | 78 | 5 |
| 1987 | Calenture Released: November 1987 Label: Island Records (ILPS 9885) Producer: Gil Norton/The Triffids Format: CD | 32 | 25 | — | 24 | 58 | — |
| 1989 | The Black Swan Release: April 1989 Label: Island Records (ILPS 9928) Producer: Stephen Street/The Triffids Format: LP | 59 | 44 | 63 | — | 71 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||||||

## Live albums

| Year | Album details |
| 1990 | Stockholm Released: July 1990 Label: Island Records (L30231) Producer: Lars Aldman Format: CD |

## Compilation albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | AUS | BEL | GRK |
| 1986 | Love in Bright Landscapes Released: 1986 Label: White Hot Records (L38674) Format: LP | — | — | — |
| 1994 | Australian Melodrama Released: December 1994 Label: White Label (D31182) Format: CD | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983–1985) Released: 7 April 2008 Label: Liberation Music (BLUE1342) Format: CD | — | 86 | — |
| 2010 | Wide Open Road: The Best of The Triffids Released: 5 April 2010 Label: Domino Records (REWIGCD72) Format: CD | — | — | 14 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||

## Extended plays

| Year | EP details | AUS | UK Indie |
| 1982 | Reverie Released: November 1982 Label: Resonant Records (REZ 01113198) Producer: Tim Lambert Format: 7-inch EP | — | — |
| 1983 | Bad Timing and Other Stories Released: April 1983 Label: White Label (K9003) Producer: Robert Ash Format: 7-inch EP | — | — |
| 1984 | Lawson Square Infirmary Released: April 1984 Label: Hot Records (MINIHOT2) Producer: Nick Mainsbridge, The Triffids Format: 12-inch EP | — | — |
| 1984 | Raining Pleasure Released: June 1984 Label: Hot Records (MINIHOT1) Producer: Nick Mainsbridge, The Triffids Format: 12-inch EP | 95 | 8 |
| 1984 | Field of Glass Released: February 1985 Label: Hot Records (HOT12007) Producer: Mark Radcliffe Format: 12-inch EP | — | 8 |
| 1987 | Peel Sessions Released: October 1987 Label: Strange Fruit Records (SFPS036) Producer: Dale Griffin Format: 12-inch EP | — | 17 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. ||||

## Cassettes

| Year | Album details | Sales |
| 1978 | Triffids 1st Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1978 | Triffids 2nd Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1979 | Triffids 3rd Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1980 | Triffids 4th Released: 1980 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1978 | Triffids Tape 5 Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1981 | Triffids Sixth Released: 1981 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1983 | Dungeon Tape Released: 1983 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1988 | Son of Dungeon Tape Released: 1988 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | |
| 1988 | Jack Brabham Released: December 1988 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette | 50 copies |

## Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | AUS | NZ | UK | UK IN | Album |
| 1981 | "Stand Up" | — | — | — | — | Triffids Sixth |
| 1982 | "Spanish Blue" | — | — | — | — | Single-only release |
| 1984 | "Beautiful Waste" | — | — | — | — | Single-only release |
| 1985 | "You Don't Miss Your Water" | — | — | — | 3 | Single-only release |
| 1986 | "Wide Open Road" | 64 | — | 26 | 19 | Born Sandy Devotional |
| 1987 | "Bury Me Deep in Love" | 48 | 34 | — | — | Calenture |
| 1988 | "Trick of the Light" | 77 | — | 73 | — | Calenture |
| 1988 | "Holy Water" | — | — | — | — | Calenture |
| 1989 | "Goodbye Little Boy" | 81 | — | 90 | — | The Black Swan |
| 1989 | "Falling Over You" | — | — | — | — | The Black Swan |
| 2007 | "Save What You Can" | — | — | — | — | Promotional release |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||||

## DVDs

| Year | Album details |
| 2009 | It's Raining Pleasure Released: December 2009 Label: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD |