Hilltop Hoods discography
The discography of Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods consists of seven studio albums, six extended plays (EPs), twenty-four singles and three DVDs. Their debut studio album A Matter of Time was released independently in 1999.
Their second studio album Left Foot, Right Foot was also released independently two years later in 2001, while their first label record, their third studio album The Calling, was released via Obese Records on 22 September 2003. It became Hilltop Hoods' first charted album as it peaked at 50th on the Australian national chart. It was also certified platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
Their fourth studio album became their first number one album in Australia, titled The Hard Road. Released on 6 April 2006 via Obese Records, it was certified platinum by ARIA. The record also received a remixed version the following year, titled The Hard Road: Restrung, it placed at 8th on the Australian chart and was certified gold in the country. State of the Art, their fifth studio album, became their second number one album in the country and their first double platinum record. It was released on 12 June 2009 via Golden Era Records.
Their subsequent two albums, Drinking from the Sun (2012) and Walking Under Stars (2014), were also certified double-platinum and charted at number one in Australia. Drinking from the Sun, which is Hilltop Hood's sixth studio album, peaked in New Zealand at 37th while their seventh studio album Walking Under Stars debuted at 23rd in the country and also at 19th in Switzerland. Their sixth and seventh studio albums were modified and re-released in 2016 as Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung, a remix album. It was certified platinum and charted in Australia and Switzerland at number one and fifty respectively.
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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AUS [1] |
NZ [2] |
SWI [3] | |||
A Matter of Time |
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— | — | — | |
Left Foot, Right Foot |
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— | — | — | |
The Calling |
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50 | — | — | |
The Hard Road |
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1 | — | — |
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State of the Art |
|
1 | — | — |
|
Drinking from the Sun |
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1 | 37 | — |
|
Walking Under Stars |
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1 | 23 | 19 |
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The Great Expanse | 1 | — | 18 |
| |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Remix albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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AUS [1] |
SWI [3] | |||
The Hard Road: Restrung |
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8 | — |
|
Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung |
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1 | 50 |
|
Instrumental albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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AUS [1] | |||
State of the Art (Instrumental Edition) |
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31 | |
Drinking from the Sun (Instrumental Edition) |
|
21 | |
Walking Under Stars (Instrumental Edition) |
|
37 [11] |
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The Great Expanse (Instrumental Edition) |
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33 [12] |
Extended plays
- Back Once Again – Independent (1997)
- Chase That Feeling – Golden Era Records (2009)
- Still Standing – Golden Era Records (2009)
- The Light You Burned – Golden Era Records (2009)
- The Good Life in the Sun – Golden Era Records (2012)
- The Cold Night Sky – Golden Era Records (2015)
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Year-end positions |
Certifications | Album | |
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AUS [1] |
NZ [2] |
Triple J Hottest 100 [13] | ||||
"Testimonial Year" | 2003 | — | — | — | The Calling | |
"Dumb Enough" | — | — | 44 | |||
"The Nosebleed Section" | 75 | — | 9 |
| ||
"Clown Prince" | 2006 | 30 | — | 23 | The Hard Road | |
"The Hard Road" | — | — | 3 | |||
"What a Great Night" | — | — | 41 | |||
"Recapturing the Vibe Restrung" | 2007 | — | — | 26 | The Hard Road: Restrung | |
"Chase That Feeling" | 2009 | 8 | — | 3 |
|
State of the Art |
"Still Standing" | 34 | — | 37 |
| ||
"The Light You Burned" (featuring Trials) |
62 | — | — | |||
"I Love It" (featuring Sia) |
2011 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Drinking from the Sun | |
"Speaking in Tongues" (featuring Chali 2na) |
2012 | 88 | — | — |
| |
"Shredding the Balloon" | — | — | — | |||
"Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" | 64 | — | 84 |
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"Won't Let You Down" (featuring Maverick Sabre) |
2014 | 17 | — | 36 |
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Walking Under Stars |
"Pyramid Building" | 42 | — | — | |||
"Walking Under Stars" | — | — | 58 |
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"Cosby Sweater" | 4 | — | 3 |
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"Live and Let Go" (featuring Maverick Sabre and Brother Ali) |
2015 | 42 | — | — |
| |
"The Art of the Handshake" | — | — | — |
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"Higher" (featuring James Chatburn) |
9 | — | 49 |
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Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung | |
"1955" (featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum) |
2016 | 2 | —[upper-alpha 1] | 4 |
| |
"I'm A Ghost (Restrung)" | — | — | — |
| ||
"2016 Golden Era Cypher" (with Funkoars, A.B. Original, Briggs, Vents, K21 & Purpose)[20] |
— | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Clark Griswold" (featuring Adrian Eagle) |
2018 | 48 | — | 44 |
|
The Great Expanse |
"Leave Me Lonely" | 11 | —[upper-alpha 2] | 24 |
| ||
"Exit Sign" (featuring Illy and Ecca Vandal) |
2019 | 16 | — | 10 |
| |
"Can't Stop" (Triple J Like a Version)[22] |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"I'm Good?"[23] | 2020 | 41 [24] | — | 9 |
| |
"Show Business" (featuring Eamon)[26] |
2022 | — | — | 71 | TBA | |
"A Whole Day's Night" (featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum)[27] |
— | — | 54 | |||
"Laced Up"[28] | 2023 | — | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other certified songs
Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
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"Fifty in Five" | 2009 |
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State of the Art |
"Sell It All, Run Away" (featuring Timberwolf) |
2019 |
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The Great Expanse |
Video albums
Title | Details | Certification |
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The Calling Live |
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The City of Light |
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Parade of the Dead |
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Production credits
- Everyone We Know – Thundamentals (song: "21 Grams") (2017)
- Seven Mirrors – Drapht (song: "Don Quixote") (2016)
- Nobody's Business – Maundz (song: "Mad Nice") (2015)
- Golden Era Records Mixtape 2014 – Various (song: "Posse Cut (Cypher)") (2014)
- Golden Era Records Mixtape 2013 – Various (songs: "Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom (K21 Remix)", "Posse Cut") (2013)
- Cinematic – Illy (song: "Coming Down") (2013)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2012 – Various (songs: "I Love It (Trials Remix)", "Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom") (2012)
- The Quickening – The Funkoars (song: "Bodycount") (2011)
- Marked For Death – Vents (song: "Chaos") (2011)
- Fear and Loathing – Hunter & Mortar (song: "Bat Country" w/ Layla and Graphic) (2011)
- Golden Era Mixtape 2011 – Various (songs: "Debris Told Me", "Chase That Feeling") (2011)
- Window of Time – Reason (songs: "Kosher", "Action", "Youth", "Window of Time", "I Want...", "We Come From An Era", "Dedicate", "Don't Believe") (2011)[33]
- The Blacklist – Briggs (song: "Since Forever (The Storytellers)") (2010)
- Strange Journey Volume One – CunninLynguists (song: "Nothing But Strangeness") (2009)
- The Hangover – The Funkoars (song: "Double Dutch") (2008)
- The Tides are Turning – Reason (songs: "Cloud Surfing", "Grounded") (2008)[34]
- Batterie – Omni (song: "We Are All We Have") (2007)
- Burn City – Pegz (songs: "No Attachments", "The Fight") (2007)[35]
- Hard to Kill – Vents (songs: "In the Shadows", "In the Shadows (Trials Remix)") (2007)[36]
- Day of the Dog – Bliss n Eso (song: "Watch Your Mouth") (2006)[37]
- Diggi Down Under – Mystro (songs: "Trade Secrets", "Public Herbalist Announcement", "Wizard Of Oz") (2006)
- The Greatest Hits – The Funkoars (songs: "What I Want", "Meet the Family") (2006)[38]
- Axis – Pegz (song: "This Is For Life") (2005)
- Who Am I – Drapht (song: "Verbally Flawless") (2005)[39]
- 15.Oz Vinyl 15 Years Of Australian Hip-Hop On Vinyl – Various (song: "Back Once Again") (2004)
- Flowers in the Pavement – Bliss n Eso (song: "Hip Hop Blues") (2004)[40]
- Drastik Measures – Hyjak N Torcha (song: "Heard Of Us") (2004)
- Moving Heads – Train Of Thought (song: "Head For The Hills") (2004)
- Who's Your Step Daddy? – The Funkoars (song: "Bad Habits") (2003)[41]
- More Than Music – Muphin (song: "Time For") (2003)[42]
- Waking the Past – Terra Firma (songs: "Shadow Society (Remix)", "The Night The Heavens Cried", "Whats Your Name", "Divine Intervention", "Sumfinwongwitme", "Trying Times", "The Good Life (Remix)", "Shadow Society") (2003)[43]
- World Domination – Cross Bred Mongrels (song: "Still Underrated") (2002)
- Obesecity – Various (song: "Riding Under One Banner") (2002)
- Culture of Kings Vol. 1 & 2 – Various (song: "Elevation (Live From The Jazz Lounge)") (2000)[44][45][46]
Notes
- "1955" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles chart.[19]
- "Leave Me Lonely" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[21]
- "Laced Up" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[29]
References
- Peak positions for releases in Australia:
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- "The Nosebleed Section": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 August 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1643. Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 August 2021. p. 4.
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- "Clark Griswold" and "Leave Me Lonely": "Hottest 100 – 2018 | triple j". abc.net.au. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- "Show Business" and "A Whole Day's Night": "Hottest 100 2022". Triple J. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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- "Hilltop Hoods release fundraising song 'I'm Good?' from isolation in an effort to raise money for the support act 'Roadies (Crew) Fund'". The Partae. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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- "Hilltop Hoods reunite with Montaigne and Tom Thum on "A Whole Day's Night"". NME. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- "Hilltop Hoods Kick Off New Era With Cruisy Single 'Laced Up'". The Music. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
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- "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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- "Reason (2) – The Tides Are Turning". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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- "Bliss n Eso – Day Of The Dog". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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- "Drapht – Who Am I". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Bliss n Eso – Flowers In The Pavement". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Funkoars – Who's Your Step Daddy?". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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