Rose Tattoo discography

Rose Tattoo at Wacken Open Air 2019

The discography of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo includes seven studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums and nineteen singles.[1][2]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
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

Title Album 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

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
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

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[3]
"Bad Boy for Love" 1977 19 Rose Tattoo
"Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw" 1978 68
"One of the Boys" 95
"Release Legalise" (with Cole Paterson) 1980 — Non-album single
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" 1981 60 Assault & Battery
"Assault & Battery" (UK only) —
"Out of This Place" 1982 —
"We Can't Be Beaten" 28 Scarred for Life
"Branded" 1983 97
"It's Gonna Work Itself Out" —
"I Wish" 1984 32 Southern Stars
"Freedom Flame" —
"No Secrets" 1985 —
"Born to Be Wild" 25 Non-album single
"Calling" 1986 24 Beats from a Single Drum
"Get It Right" 100
"Falling" 1987 100
"All Hell Broke Loose" 1998 — Nice Boys Don't Play Rock 'n' Roll
"Black-Eyed Bruiser" 2006 — Blood Brothers

References

General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Nimmervoll, Ed. "Rose Tattoo". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 January 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
Specific
  1. ^ McFarlane 'Rose Tattoo' entry. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "Rose Tattoo". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.