The Albums 1981-84

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• Australian Street Rock legends Rose Tattoo are the subject of this 4CD 53-track clamshell box set which gathers together all of their releases from 1977 to 1984.

• Disc 1 is debut LP ‘Rock N Roll Outlaw’ which contains the track ‘Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock N Roll)’ later covered by Guns n’ Roses on their million selling ‘G'N'R Lies’ LP. Also features the No.10 Australian chart hit ‘Bad Boy For Love’.

• The second disc is the No.40 UK Album chart smash ‘Assault & Battery’ which features the ‘Rock N Roll Is King’ single which reached No.37 in Australia.

• Disc 3 is 1982's seminal ‘Scarred For Life’ opus which contains the anthem ‘It's Gonna Work Itself Out’ plus three non LP bonus tracks.

• The fourth disc is 1984's ‘Southern Stars’ album which features the singles ‘Freedom's Flame’ and ‘I Wish’ (No.27 in Australia).

• Classic Rock journalist Dave Ling has provided in-depth liner notes on a hugely influential band who will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2026.

Tracklist

DISC ONE
ROCK ’N’ ROLL OUTLAWS
1.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Outlaw
2.  Nice Boys
3.  The Butcher And Fast Eddy
4.  One Of The Boys
5.  Remedy
6.  Bad Boy For Love
7.  T.V.
8.  Stuck On You
9.  Tramp
10. Astra Wally

BONUS TRACK
11.  Snow Queen
 
DISC TWO
ASSAULT & BATTERY
1.  Out Of This Place
2.  All The Lessons
3.  Let It Go
4.  Assault & Battery
5.  Magnum Maid
6.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King
7.  Manzil Madness
8.  Chinese Dunkirk
9.  Sidewalk Sally
10.  Suicide City

BONUS TRACKS
11.  I Had You First
12.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King (7’ Version)
13.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Outlaw (Live)
14.  Bad Boy For Love (Live)
15.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King (Live)
16.  Suicide City (Live)
 
DISC THREE
SCARRED FOR LIFE
1.  Scarred For Life
2.  We Can’t Be Beaten
3.  Juice On The Loose
4.  Who’s Got The Cash
5.  Branded
6.  Texas
7.  It’s Gonna Work Itself Out
8.  Sydney Girls
9.  Dead Set
10.  Revenge

BONUS TRACKS
11.  Fightin’ Sons
12.  All Hell Broke Loose
13.  Branded (7’ Version)
 
DISC FOUR
SOUTHERN STARS
1.  Southern Stars
2.  Let Us Live
3.  Freedom’s Flame
4.  I Wish
5.  Saturday’s Rage
6.  Death Or Glory
7.  The Pirate Song
8.  You’ve Been Told
9.  No Secrets
10.  The Radio Said Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Dead

BONUS TRACKS
11.  Never Too Loud
12.  Wild One
13.  Freedom’s Flame (7’ Version)