Rose Tattoo discography

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]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
UK
[4]
Rose Tattoo 40 —
Assault & Battery
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Albert Productions (APLP-049)
  • Formats: LP
27 40
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

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
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

Title Album details Peak 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
—

Box Set

Title Album details
The Albums 1981-84
  • Released: 20 February 2026[6]
  • Label: Cherry Red (CDLEM4BX264)
  • Formats: 4×CD
  • Includes first 4 studio albums, with the 1978 being the 1981 re-issue version.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[3]
NZ
[7]
UK
[4]
"Bad Boy for Love" 1977 19 — — Rose Tattoo
"Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw" 1978 68 — 60
"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 47 — 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 — —
"Bad Boy for Love" (re-release) 1993 102 — — Nice Boys Don't Play Rock 'n' Roll
"All Hell Broke Loose" 1998 — — —
"Black-Eyed Bruiser" 2006 — — — Blood Brothers
"Hard Road"[8] 2025 — — —

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.
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ "The Albums 1981-84 (Deluxe Box Set)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Rose Tattoo at Charts NZ". charts.nz. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Rose Tattoo Cover Stevie Wright's "Hard Road" With First New Music in 17 Years". noise11. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.