Ian Rilen

The discography is taking a while to put together, and is being pieced together from my own collection,  nights hunched over Google, and even trips to the library!

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• Band of Light
• Rose Tattoo
• X
• SARDINE v
• Ian Rilen with Mick Holmes
• Hell to Pay
• Ian & Rilen & the Love Addicts
• Solo

Band of Light

Albums

Total Union (1973)

Track Listing:

1. My First Home
2. Free Them from Hunger
3. Spaces of Time
4. If
5. Earthbound Blues
6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
   Remastered CD Version, 2006, Aztec Music with additional tracks:
7. The Destiny Song
8. Over “B”
9. Moonstruck
10. Messin’ with the Kid (live)
11. The Cat

EPs

Band of Light (1974)

1. The Destiny Song
2. If
3. Moonstruck
4. Free Them from Hunger

Singles

• The Destiny Song / Over “B” (April, 1973)
• Free Them from Hunger / The Cat (July, 1973)
• Moonstruck / If  (August, 1973)

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Rose Tattoo

Albums

Rose Tattoo (1978)

Track Listing:

1. Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw
2. Nice Boys
3. Butcher and Fast Eddy
4. One of the Boys
5. Remedy
6. Bad Boy for Love*
7. Television
8. Stuck on You
9. Tramp
10. Astra Wally*
    1990 Repertoire Records re-release bonus tracks
11. Never too Loud
12. I Had You First
13. Fightin’ Sons
14. Snow Queen*
15. Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw (live)
16. Bad Boy for Love (live)*
17. Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King (live)
18. Suicide City (live)

Ian wrote and played on tracks marked *

Singles

• Bad Boy for Love / Snow Queen (October, 1977)

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X

Albums

X-Aspirations (1979)

• Ian Rilen – Bass & Vocals
• Steve Lucas – Lead Vocals & Guitar
• Steve Cafiero – Drums

Track Listing:

1. Suck Suck
2. Present
3. Simulated Lovers
4. Police
5. Revolution
6. Turn My Head
7. Delinquent Cars
8. I Don’t Wanna Go Out
9. Dipstick
10. It Must Be Me
11. Coat of Green
12. Waiting
13. Batman

At Home with You (1985)

• Ian Rilen
• Steve Lucas
• Cathy Green

Track Listing:

1. The Feel
2. T.V. Glue
3. Movin’ On
4. Half Way Round the World
5. You Say That You Love Me
6. Degenerate Boy
7. All Over Now
8. At Home With You
9. Goin’ Crazy
10. Oxford Street Nick
11. Don’t Cry No Tears
12. She’s Gone

Reissued 2007 on CD with bonus track “El Salvador” (recorded live at the Prince of Wales) and bonus disc:

Disc Two – Live at the Prince of Wales, 1985

1. The Feel
2. Degenerate Boy
3. Simulated Lovers
4. Delinquent Cars
5. Good On Ya Baby
6. Goin’ Crazy
7. Oxford Street Nick
8. She’s Gone
9. Waiting
10. Dipstick
11. Suck Suck
12. Half Way Round the World
13. All Over Now
14. T.V.Glue
15. I Don’t Wanna Go Out

And More (1989)

Track Listing:

1. Home Is Where the Floor Is (re-recording)
2. I Don’t Wanna Go Out (re-recording)
3. Dream Baby
4. And More
5. Getting Wet
6. Criticize
7. Sad Days Girl
8. El Salvador
9. You Say You Love Me
10. Here’s Looking at You

X-Spurts – The 1977 Recordings (released 2011)

Previously unreleased recordings with original lineup:

• Ian Rilen – Bass, Vocals
• Steve Lucas – Vocals
• Ian Krahe – Guitar
• Steve Cafiero – Drums

EPs

Home Is…The Floor (March, 2001)

Singles

• I Don’t Wanna Go Out / Waiting (November, 1979)
• Mother / Half Way Round the World (November, 1984)
• El Salvador (1986?)
• Dream Baby / I Don’t Wanna Go Out (August, 1987)
• Dream Baby / I Don’t Wanna Go Out / And More (12″ single)
• And More / Getting Wet (July,1989)
• Degenerate Boy (May, 1993)

I Love Rock n Roll (Laughing Outlaw Records, 2003)

Track Listing:

1. Ooh Baby
2. Where Did I Go Wrong?
3. I Love Rock n Roll
4. Hey You
5. One More Chance

Compilations

Why March When You Can Riot?

(Aberrant Records, 1985)

Three demo tracks recorded by the original lineup of Ian Rilen, Steve Lucas, Ian Krahe & Steve Cafiero

• Home Is Where the Floor Is
• Hate City
• TV Cabaret Roll

Inner City Sound

(Laughing Outlaw Records, 2005)

• TV Glue

Live Recordings

X Live 8 July 1978 (Spiral Scratch, 1997) Lucas/Rilen/Cafiero/Holmes

Live at the Civic 1979 (Dropkick, 2001) Lucas/Rilen/Cafiero/Coutanche.

Evil Rumours (Laughing Outlaw, 2003) Lucas/Rilen/Holmes/Synnerdahl

At the Stagedoor Tavern (1997)

Live at the Civic ’79 (May, 2001)

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Sardine V

EPs

I Hate You EP (1982?)

• Ian Rilen – Guitar & Vocals
• Stephanie Rilen – Keyboards & Vocals
• Stewart Dunlop – Bass
• Craig Rossi – Drums

Track Listing:

1. I Hate You
2. Stuck On You
3. PIctures
4. Minutes
5. Disagree

Singles

Sudan/Sabotage (1982)

Compilations

Fast Forward Cassette Magazine No. 8

(December 1981)

Stuck On You

Listen and Download Fast Forward No.8

Inner City Sound

(Laughing Outlaw Records, 2005)

• Stuck on You

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Ian Rilen with Mick Holmes

Cassette Single

Songs of Xile (1987)

Track Listing:

1. Bad for Good
2. 80 M.P.H. Blues

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Hell to Pay

Albums

Steal It (1992)

Track Listing:

1. Two Days Off, Five Days On
2. Steel It
3. Booze To Blame
4. Addicted To You
5. Change
6. Don’t You Go Away
7. Easy
8. Everybody Everything
9. 80 Mph Blues
10. Light Me Up
11. Radio On
12. 401
13. Telling Lies
14. Where Our Love Ends

EPs

2 Days Off, 5 Days On (1992)

Singles

• “Saints and Kings” / “Would You Believe It”, “Starting All Over” (1991)

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Ian Rilen & the Love Addicts

Albums

Passion, Boots and Bruises (2004)

• Ian Rilen – Guitar & Vocals

• Kim Volkman – Guitar
• Tony Biggs – Drum
• Sean Docherty – Bass

Track Listing:

1. Booze to Blame
2. I Dare Ya
3. Never Fall in Love
4. Mobile Phone
5. Cold Wind Blowin
6. Inside Out
7. Stringin Me Along
8. Happy
9. Goldmine
10. Grey Street
11. Who Ya Foolin Now
12. Passion Boots & Bruises

EPs

Booze to Blame (2005)

Track Listing:

1. Booze to Blame
2. Inside Out [Single Edit]
3. Rock N’ Roll Man
4. Bad Boy for Love

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Ian Rilen (Solo)

Albums

Love Is Murder (2001)

Track Listing:

1. Missin You
2. Nick of Time
3. 401
4. Booze to Blame
5. Letter
6. Tellin’ Lies
7. Bad for Good
8. No Fixin’ It
9. Rock ‘n’ Roll Man
10. It’s OK
11. Burn
12. Deep Sea Floods

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Sources: Wikipedia; Australian Rock Database; Webcite; Aztec Music; Ian McFarlane, The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop, 1999, Allen & Unwin, Sydney; Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry, Who’s Who of Australian Rock: Complete Discography of Every Group (5th ed.), 2002, Five Mile Press; Noel McGrath, Noel McGrath’s Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock & Pop, 1984, Rigby;