The Triffids were an Australian folk rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1978 by David McComb, Alsy MacDonald and Phil Kakulas. The group released five studio albums, one live album, ten singles, six extended plays, nine cassette tapes, four compilation albums, and one video album.

The band's first release was the cassette Triffids 1st, recorded in May 1978 and released in September of that year. Triffids 2nd was released shortly after the addition of Byron Sinclair to the line-up. Four further cassettes would be 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. Their first single "Stand Up" 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 YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsAUS Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.NZUKSWEBEL Note: Some information is in French.UKIndie 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 YearAlbum details 1990 Stockholm Released: July 1990 Label: Island Records (L30231) Producer: Lars Aldman Format: CD

Compilation albums YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsAUSBELGRK 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 YearEP detailsAUSUKIndie 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 YearAlbum detailsSales1978Triffids 1st Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1978Triffids 2nd Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1979Triffids 3rd Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1980Triffids 4th Released: 1980 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1978Triffids Tape 5 Released: 1978 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1981Triffids Sixth Released: 1981 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1983Dungeon Tape Released: 1983 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1988Son of Dungeon Tape Released: 1988 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 1988Jack Brabham Released: December 1988 Label: Independent (self release) Format: cassette 50 copies

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions AlbumAUSNZUKUK IN 1981"Stand Up" — — — —Triffids Sixth1982"Spanish Blue" — — — —Single-only release1984"Beautiful Waste" — — — —Single-only release 1985"You Don't Miss Your Water" — — — 3Single-only release1986"Wide Open Road" 64 — 26 19Born Sandy Devotional1987"Bury Me Deep in Love" 48 34 — —Calenture1988"Trick of the Light" 77 — 73 —"Holy Water" — — — —1989"Goodbye Little Boy" 81 — 90 —The Black Swan"Falling Over You" — — — —2007"Save What You Can" — — — —Promotional release "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

DVDs YearAlbum details2009It's Raining Pleasure Released: December 2009 Label: Madman Entertainment Format: DVD

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