Rose Tattoo discography

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The discography of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo includes eight studio albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums and twenty-one singles. [1] [2]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[3]
UK
[4]
Rose Tattoo 40
Assault & Battery
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Albert Productions (APLP-049)
  • Formats: LP
2740
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
  • 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
Scarred for Live 1980 - 1982
  • Released: December 2018
  • Label: Golden Robot
  • Formats: digital
Staunch As At SS&A (Live)
  • Released: September 2022
  • Label: Rose Tattoo
  • Formats: digital
Boggo Road Jail '93
  • Released: April 2024
  • Label: Rose Tattoo
  • Formats: digital

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[3] [5]
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
121
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
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[3]
NZ
[6]
UK
[4]
"Bad Boy for Love"197719Rose Tattoo
"Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw"19786860
"One of the Boys"95
"Release Legalise" (with Cole Paterson)1980Non-album single
"Rock 'n' Roll Is King"198160Assault & Battery
"Assault & Battery" (UK only)
"Out of This Place"1982
"We Can't Be Beaten"2847Scarred for Life
"Branded"198397
"It's Gonna Work Itself Out"
"I Wish"198432Southern Stars
"Freedom Flame"
"No Secrets"1985
"Born to Be Wild"25Non-album single
"Calling"198624Beats from a Single Drum
"Get It Right"100
"Falling"1987100
"Bad Boy for Love" (re-release)1993102Nice Boys Don't Play Rock 'n' Roll
"All Hell Broke Loose"1998
"Black-Eyed Bruiser"2006Blood Brothers
"Hard Road" [7] 2025

References

General

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. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 1 2 "Rose Tattoo at Official Charts". Official Charts Company . December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  5. "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 8 February 1993". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  6. "Rose Tattoo at Charts NZ". charts.nz. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  7. "Rose Tattoo Cover Stevie Wright's "Hard Road" With First New Music in 17 Years". noise11. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.