| Artist: | The Black Sorrows |
| Studio: | 19 |
| Compilation: | 3 |
| Live: | 2 |
The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri. The band is most well known for their songs "Chained to the Wheel", "Harley + Rose" and "Never Let Me Go", released in the late '80s and early '90s. Faithful Satellite, released in September 2016, is the band's 18th studio album.[1] Citizen John was released in March 2019.[2]
The band have had three albums peak inside the top 10 on the ARIA Albums Charts. Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel" (February 1989), "Harley + Rose" (August 1990) and "Snake Skin Shoes" (July 1994).
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | NOR [4] | NZ [5] | |||||
| Sonola |
| 50 | — | — | |||
| Rockin' Zydeco |
| — | — | — | |||
| A Place in the World |
| — | — | — | |||
| Dear Children |
| 22 | — | — | |||
| Hold on to Me |
| 7 | 6 | 35 | |||
| Harley and Rose |
| 3 | 5 | — |
| ||
| Better Times |
| 13 | — | — | |||
| Lucky Charm |
| 20 | — | — | |||
| Beat Club |
| — | — | — | |||
| One Mo' Time |
| — | — | — | |||
| Roarin' Town |
| — | — | — | |||
| 4 Days in Sing Sing |
| — | — | — | |||
| Crooked Little Thoughts |
| — | — | — | |||
| Certified Blue |
| 73 | — | — | |||
| Endless Sleep Chapter 46 |
| — | — | — |
| ||
| Endless Sleep Chapter 47 |
| — | — | — | |||
| Faithful Satellite |
| — | — | — | |||
| Citizen John |
| 11 | — | — | |||
| Saint Georges Road |
| 14 [10] | — | — | |||
| The Way We Do Business |
| ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
| Title | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Waves |
| ||
| Live | At the Palms |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | NZ | ||||||
| The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits |
| 4 | 23 |
| |||
| The Very Best of The Black Sorrows |
| — | — | ||||
| The Essential Black Sorrows |
| — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | NZ | ||||
| 1984 | "Brown Eyed Girl"/"What a Difference a Day Makes" | — | — | Sonola | |
| 1985 | "Shape I'm In" | — | — | Rockin' Zydeco | |
| "Sons of the Sea" | — | — | A Place in the World | ||
| 1986 | "Country Girls" | — | — | ||
| 1987 | "Daughters of Glory" | 48 | — | Dear Children | |
| "Maybe Tomorrow" | 91 | — | |||
| "The Last Frontier" | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "Hold on to Me" | 41 | — | Hold On to Me | |
| "The Chosen Ones" | 65 | 32 | |||
| 1989 | "Chained to the Wheel" | 9 | 42 | ||
| "The Crack Up" | 40 | — | |||
| "Fire Down Below" | 74 | — | |||
| 1990 | "Harley + Rose" | 24 | — | Harley and Rose | |
| "Angel Street" | 97 | — | |||
| 1991 | "Never Let Me Go" | 30 | — | ||
| "Hold It Up to the Mirror" | 97 | — | |||
| 1992 | "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing" | 46 | — | Better Times | |
| "Better Times" | 74 | — | |||
| 1993 | "Come On, Come On" | 70 | — | ||
| "Sweet Inspiration" | 136 | — | |||
| "Stir It Up" | 58 | 20 | The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits | ||
| 1994 | "Snake Skin Shoes" | 16 | — | Lucky Charm | |
| "Last One Standing for You" (with Jon Stevens) | 46 | — | |||
| 1995 | "Lucky Charm" | 158 | — | ||
| 1997 | "New Craze" | 177 | — | Beat Club | |
| 2016 | "Fix My Bail"[12] | — | — | Faithful Satellite | |
| "It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen"[13] | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "Raise Your Hands"[14] | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Silvio"[15] | — | — | Citizen John | |
| 2019 | "Wednesday's Child"[16] | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Livin' Like Kings"[17] | — | — | Saint Georges Road | |
| "Revolutionary Blues"[18] | — | — | |||
| "Chiquita"[19] | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Saint Georges Road"[20] | — | — | ||
| 2023 | "A Little Love" (with Joe Camilleri and Darlinghurst)[21] | — | — | ||
| 2024 | "One Door Slams"[22] | — | — | The Way We Do Business | |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 36–37. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
