The Black Sorrows discography

The Black Sorrows discography
The Black Sorrows discography
	The Black Sorrows in 2021
Studio albums	19
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	3

The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri. The band is most well known for their songs "Chained to the Wheel", "Harley + Rose" and "Never Let Me Go", released in the late '80s and early '90s. Faithful Satellite, released in September 2016, is the band's 18th studio album.^[1] Citizen John was released in March 2019.^[2]

The band have had three albums peak inside the top 10 on the ARIA Albums Charts. Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel" (February 1989), "Harley + Rose" (August 1990) and "Snake Skin Shoes" (July 1994).

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Notes
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]	NOR ^[4]	NZ ^[5]	Notes
Sonola	Released: June 1984 Label: Spirit	50	—	—
Rockin' Zydeco	Released: March 1985 Label: Spirit	—	—	—
A Place in the World	Released: November 1985 Label: Spirit	—	—	—
Dear Children	Released: April 1987 Label: CBS	22	—	—
Hold on to Me	Released: September 1988 Label: CBS	7	6	35
Harley and Rose	Released: August 1990 Label: CBS	3	5	—	ARIA: 2× Platinum
Better Times	Released: September 1992 Label: Columbia	13	—	—
Lucky Charm	Released: November 1994 Label: Columbia	20	—	—
Beat Club	Released: November 1998 Label: Mushroom	—	—	—
One Mo' Time	Released: August 2004 Label: Liberation	—	—	—
Roarin' Town	Released: October 2006 Label: Warner Music	—	—	—
4 Days in Sing Sing	Released: September 2009 Label: Head	—	—	—
Crooked Little Thoughts	Released: 24 February 2012 Label: Head	—	—	—
Certified Blue	Released: 4 April 2014 Label: Head	73	—	—	No. 5 on 2014 Jazz and Blues Australian year-end chart^[6] No. 49 on 2015 Jazz and Blues Australian year-end chart.^[7]
Endless Sleep Chapter 46	Released: 13 April 2015 Label: Head	—	—	—	Nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album in 2015
Endless Sleep Chapter 47	Released: 13 April 2015 Label: Head	—	—	—
Faithful Satellite	Released: 16 September 2016^[8] Label: Head	—	—	—
Citizen John	Released: 29 March 2019^[2] Label: Bloodlines, Mushroom	11	—	—
Saint Georges Road	Released: 10 September 2021^[9] Label: Ambition	14 ^[10]	—	—
The Way We Do Business	Released: 18 October 2024 Label: Black Sorrows / ABC	TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Details
Radio Waves	Released: March 1996 Label: Mushroom Contains three discs
Live! At the Palms	Released: 2019 (Germany) Label: Blue Rose Recorded live at the Palms Crown, Melbourne, October 2018

Compilations

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Details	AUS ^[3]	NZ ^[5]	Certifications
The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits	Released: November 1993 Label: Columbia	4	23	ARIA: Platinum No. 50 on the 1994 year-end Australian chart.^[11]
The Very Best of The Black Sorrows	Released: November 1997 Label: Mushroom	—	—
The Essential Black Sorrows	Released: 28 July 2007 Label: Sony BMG	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
Year	Title	AUS ^[3]	NZ ^[5]	Album
1984	"Brown Eyed Girl"/"What a Difference a Day Makes"	—	—	Sonola
1985	"Shape I'm In"	—	—	Rockin' Zydeco
1985	"Sons of the Sea"	—	—	A Place in the World
1986	"Country Girls"	—	—	A Place in the World
1987	"Daughters of Glory"	48	—	Dear Children
	"Maybe Tomorrow"	91	—
	"The Last Frontier"	—	—
1988	"Hold on to Me"	41	—	Hold On to Me
1988	"The Chosen Ones"	65	32
1989	"Chained to the Wheel"	9	42
	"The Crack Up"	40	—
	"Fire Down Below"	74	—
1990	"Harley + Rose"	24	—	Harley and Rose
1990	"Angel Street"	97	—
1991	"Never Let Me Go"	30	—
1991	"Hold It Up to the Mirror"	97	—
1992	"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing"	46	—	Better Times
1992	"Better Times"	74	—
1993	"Come On, Come On"	70	—
	"Sweet Inspiration"	136	—
	"Stir It Up"	58	20	The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits
1994	"Snake Skin Shoes"	16	—	Lucky Charm
1994	"Last One Standing for You" (with Jon Stevens)	46	—
1995	"Lucky Charm"	158	—
1997	"New Craze"	177	—	Beat Club
2016	"Fix My Bail"^[12]	—	—	Faithful Satellite
2016	"It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen"^[13]	—	—
2017	"Raise Your Hands"^[14]	—	—
2018	"Silvio"^[15]	—	—	Citizen John
2019	"Wednesday's Child"^[16]	—	—	Citizen John
2021	"Livin' Like Kings"^[17]	—	—	Saint Georges Road
	"Revolutionary Blues"^[18]	—	—
	"Chiquita"^[19]	—	—
2022	"Saint Georges Road"^[20]	—	—
2023	"A Little Love" (with Joe Camilleri and Darlinghurst)^[21]	—	—	TBA
2024	"One Door Slams"^[22]	—	—	The Way We Do Business
2024	"Crazy Love"^[23]	—	—	The Way We Do Business

References

^ "The Black Sorrows – Faithful Satellite Album Launch Tour Tickets". Retrieved 26 August 2016 – via Facebook.
^ ^a ^b "The Black Sorrows Cover Bob Dylan Ahead Of 19th album 'Citizen John'". Noise11. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c
Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.
- "The Chosen Ones" (single) (ARIA) peak: Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: November 27, 1988". chartbeats.com.au. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- Certified Blue (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Report issue 1265" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). 26 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- All ARIA-era singles chart peaks to 29 May 2018: "Response from ARIA re: The Black Sorrows singles chart history, received 29 May 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the singles's peak on the national chart. The peak for "Come On, Come On" is missing from this.
^ "norwegiancharts.com > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "charts.nz > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "The ARIA Report EOY 2014" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "The ARIA Report Issue 1348A 2015" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Faithful Satellite (album)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ "Saint Georges Road (Limited Collector's Signed Edition)". JB Hi-Fi. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "1994 Album Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "The Black Sorrows 'Fix My Bail' Video Is Simply Charming". Noise11. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "The Black Sorrows – It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen". noise11. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "World Premiere: The Black Sorrows 'Raise Your Hands'". noise11. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ "Silvio - single". iTunes Australia. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ "The Black Sorrows Give You A Second Taste of 'Citizen John'". noise11. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "Livin' Like Kings, the first single from The Black Sorrows' brand new album Saint Georges Road". YouTube. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Revolutionary Blues by The Black Sorrows". The Black Sorrows. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "The Black Sorrows - Chiquita". YouTube. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "The Black Sorrows Saint Georges Road Is Fourth Single from Saint Georges Road Album". Noise11. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows (ft. Darlinghurst) "A Little Love"". YouTube. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "The Black Sorrows New Music Is 'One Door Slams'". noise11. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "The Black Sorrows Give Second Preview of 'The Way We Do Business' With 'Crazy Look'". noise11. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[1] "The Black Sorrows – Faithful Satellite Album Launch Tour Tickets". Retrieved 26 August 2016 – via Facebook.

[Citizen_John-2] "The Black Sorrows Cover Bob Dylan Ahead Of 19th album 'Citizen John'". Noise11. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[AUS-3] Australian chart peaks:
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.

"The Chosen Ones" (single) (ARIA) peak: Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: November 27, 1988". chartbeats.com.au. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

Certified Blue (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Report issue 1265" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). 26 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

All ARIA-era singles chart peaks to 29 May 2018: "Response from ARIA re: The Black Sorrows singles chart history, received 29 May 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the singles's peak on the national chart. The peak for "Come On, Come On" is missing from this.

[4] Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

[5] Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[6] Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 32.

[7] "The Chosen Ones" (single) (ARIA) peak: Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: November 27, 1988". chartbeats.com.au. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[8] Certified Blue (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Report issue 1265" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). 26 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[9] All ARIA-era singles chart peaks to 29 May 2018: "Response from ARIA re: The Black Sorrows singles chart history, received 29 May 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the singles's peak on the national chart. The peak for "Come On, Come On" is missing from this.

[NOR-4] "norwegiancharts.com > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[NZ-5] "charts.nz > Discography The Black Sorrows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[6] "The ARIA Report EOY 2014" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[7] "The ARIA Report Issue 1348A 2015" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[8] "Faithful Satellite (album)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[9] "Saint Georges Road (Limited Collector's Signed Edition)". JB Hi-Fi. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[10] "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[11] "1994 Album Charts". ARIA. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[12] "The Black Sorrows 'Fix My Bail' Video Is Simply Charming". Noise11. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[13] "The Black Sorrows – It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen". noise11. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[14] "World Premiere: The Black Sorrows 'Raise Your Hands'". noise11. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

[15] "Silvio - single". iTunes Australia. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[16] "The Black Sorrows Give You A Second Taste of 'Citizen John'". noise11. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[17] "Livin' Like Kings, the first single from The Black Sorrows' brand new album Saint Georges Road". YouTube. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[18] "Revolutionary Blues by The Black Sorrows". The Black Sorrows. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[19] "The Black Sorrows - Chiquita". YouTube. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[20] "The Black Sorrows Saint Georges Road Is Fourth Single from Saint Georges Road Album". Noise11. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[21] "Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows (ft. Darlinghurst) "A Little Love"". YouTube. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[22] "The Black Sorrows New Music Is 'One Door Slams'". noise11. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[23] "The Black Sorrows Give Second Preview of 'The Way We Do Business' With 'Crazy Look'". noise11. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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v t e The Black Sorrows
Discography Joe Camilleri
Studio albums	Sonola (1984) Rockin' Zydeco (1985) A Place in the World (1985) Dear Children (1987) Hold On to Me (1988) Harley and Rose (1990) Better Times (1992) Lucky Charm (1994) Beat Club (1998) One Mo' Time (2004) Roarin' Town (2006) 4 Days in Sing Sing (2009) Crooked Little Thoughts (2012) Certified Blue (2014) Endless Sleep Chapter 46 (2015) Endless Sleep Chapter 47 (2015) Faithful Satellite (2016) Citizen John (2019) Saint Georges Road (2021)
Live albums	Radio Waves (1996)
Compilations	The Chosen Ones – Greatest Hits (1993) The Very Best of The Black Sorrows (1997) The Essential Black Sorrows (2007)
Singles	"Brown Eyed Girl"/"What a Difference a Day Makes" "Hold On to Me" "The Chosen Ones" "Chained to the Wheel" "The Crack Up" "Harley + Rose" "Never Let Me Go" "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing" "Stir It Up" "Snake Skin Shoes" "Last One Standing for You"
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