Archie Roach discography

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Archie Roach discography
Studio albums10
Live albums3
Compilation albums5

The discography of Archie Roach AM, an Indigenous (Gunditjmara and Bundjalung[1]) Australian musician consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live album, 1 soundtrack album and 5 compilation albums.

Roach has won numerous awards including and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2020.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
Charcoal Lane 86
Jamu Dreaming
  • Released: March 1993
  • Label: Aurura, Mushroom (D30851)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 55
Looking for Butter Boy
  • Released: July 1997
  • Label: Aurura, Mushroom (320122)
  • Formats: CD
 52
Sensual Being
  • Released: 22 July 2002
  • Label: Mushroom (335192)
  • Formats: CD
 59
Journey
  • Released: 29 October 2007
  • Label: Liberation (LIBCD9259.2)
  • Formats: CD
 193
Into the Bloodstream
  • Released: 19 October 2012
  • Label: Liberation (LMCD0197)
  • Formats: CD
 49
Let Love Rule
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Liberation (LMCD0297)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
 24
Dancing with My Spirit
  • Released: 13 April 2018
  • Label: Mushroom Music Publishing (335192)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming, LP
 —
Tell Me Why
  • Released: 1 November 2019[4]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD62)
  • Formats: 2×CD, DD, streaming, LP
 7
The Songs of Charcoal Lane
  • Released: 13 November 2020[5]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD83)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
  • Re-recorded Charcoal Lane
 176
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of Live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Ruby
(with Ruby Hunter, Paul Grabowsky and Australian Art Orchestra)
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Australian Art Orchestra
  • Formats: CD
 —
The Concert Collection 2012–2018
  • Released: 17 May 2019[6]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD54)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
 —[A]
Live in Key Largo '92 and Darwin '93
  • Released: 1 August 2022[8]
  • Label: Archie Roach, Australian Road Crew Association
  • Formats: DD, streaming
 —

Soundtrack albums

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List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[2]
The Tracker
  • Released: 12 August 2002
  • Label: Mushroom (334932)
  • Formats: CD
 171
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[9]
The Definitive Collection —
Music Deli Presents Archie Roach 1988
  • Released: November 2009
  • Label: ABC Music (1791253)
  • Format: CD
  • NB: Early recordings from 1988
 —
Creation
  • Released: 4 October 2013
  • Label: Aurora, Festival (FEST601011)
  • Format: 4×CD box set of Roach's first 4 studio albums
 —
My Songs: 1989–2021
  • Released: 11 March 2022[10]
  • Label: Bloodlines (BLOOD101)
  • Format: 3×CD, streaming, download
 68
Songs from the Kitchen Table
(with Ruby Hunter)
  • Released: 31 May 2024
  • Format: digital download
  • Label: Archie Roach Foundation
  • Note: Compilation of unreleased tracks
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Charting singles

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List of singles to chart in top 200, with selected chart positions
Title Year Chart positions Album
AUS
AUS
[2]
"Took the Children Away" 1990 160 Charcoal Lane
"From Paradise" 1993 107 Jamu Dreaming

Singles

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List of singles as lead artist
Title Year Album
"Took the Children Away" 1990 Charcoal Lane
"Down City Streets" 1991
"From Paradise" 1993 Jamu Dreaming
"Walking into Doors"
"Hold On Tight" 1997 Looking for Butter Boy
"Watching Over Me"
"All Men Choose the Path They Walk" 2002 The Tracker
"Alien Invasion" Sensual Being
"A Child Was Born Tonight" 2005 Ruby
"Song to Sing"[11] 2012 Into the Bloodstream
"We Won't Cry"[12]
"Colour of Your Jumper"[13] 2013
"Freedom"
(Mau Power featuring Archie Roach)[14] 		2014 The Show Will Go On
"It's Not Too Late"[15] 2016 Let Love Rule
"Get Back to the Land"[16]
"Open Your Eyes"[4] 2019 Tell Me Why
"Rally Round the Drum"[17] (with Paul Kelly)
"One Song"[10] 2022 My Songs: 1989 – 2021
"I'm Gonna Fly"(with Ellie Lovegrove)[18] 2023 non album single

Other singles

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List of other singles
Title Year
"Our Home, Our Land"
(with various artists) 		1995
"Yil Lull"
(as Singers for the Red Black & Gold) 		1998
"You're the Voice"[19]
(as United Voices Against Domestic Violence) 		2017
"Song for Elijah (Wrap Our Arms Around You)"[20]
(with various artists) 		2017

Notes

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  1. ^ The Concert Collection 2012-2018 did not enter the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 42 on the ARIA Physical Sales chart.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Archie Roach, His life story told through his music, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
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