The discography of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo includes eight studio albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums and twenty-one singles.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions AUS NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. UK Rose Tattoo Released: October 1978 Label: Albert Productions (APLP-032) Formats: LP 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 A Decade of Rock Released: March 1986 Label: Albert Productions (APLP-431067) Formats: LP 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 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 NZ UK "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 — — — "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 — — "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"2025 — — —
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