Rose Tattoo discography explained

The discography of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo includes seven studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums and nineteen singles.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Rose Tattoo 40
Assault & Battery
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Albert Productions (APLP-049)
  • Formats: LP
27
Scarred for Life
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Albert Productions (APLP-056)
  • Formats: LP
11
Southern Stars
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Albert Productions (APLP-431063)
  • Formats: LP
30
Beats from a Single Drum
  • Songs (Calling, Frightened Kid, Suddenly, Runaway, Winnie Mandela, Get It Right, Say Goodbye, Falling, Clear And Simple, Michael O´Reilly)
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Mushroom (RML-53217)
  • Formats: LP
35
Pain
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: SPV GmbH (085-74212)
  • Formats: LP, CD
Blood Brothers
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Armageddon (AMG 059-2)
  • Formats: LP, CD
Outlaws
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Cleopatra (CL01544CD)
  • Formats: LP, CD

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
25 to Life
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: SPV GmbH (085-72092)
  • Formats: CD, LP
Tatts – Live in Brunswick
  • Released: February 2017
  • Label: Golden Robot (GOLDRR011)
  • Formats: CD, LP

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
A Decade of Rock 15
Their Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Dino Music (DINO50)
  • Formats: LP
Angry Metal
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Repertoire (RR 2010-DL)
  • Formats: LP, CD
Nice Boys Don't Play Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Albert Productions (472469)
  • Formats: CD
Never Too Loud
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Repertoire (REP 4601-WO)
  • Formats: CD
The Essential Rose Tattoo
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Alberts/ Sony Music Australia (88883774882)
  • Formats: CD, DD
Keef's Free
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Repertoire (REP2380 V275)
  • Formats: LP

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
"Bad Boy for Love"197719 Rose Tattoo
"Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw"197868
"One of the Boys"95
"Release Legalise" (with Cole Paterson)1980
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" 198160 Assault & Battery
"Assault & Battery" (UK only)
"Out of This Place" 1982
"We Can't Be Beaten" 28Scarred for Life
"Branded" 198397
"It's Gonna Work Itself Out"
"I Wish"198432Southern Stars
"Freedom Flame"
"No Secrets"1985
"Born to Be Wild"25
"Calling"198624 Beats from a Single Drum
"Get It Right"100
"Falling"1987100
"All Hell Broke Loose"1998Nice Boys Don't Play Rock 'n' Roll
"Black-Eyed Bruiser"2006Blood Brothers

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.