Bonk (album) explained

Bonk
Type:	studio
Artist:	Big Pig
Cover:	Big pig-bonk.jpg
Released:	May 1988
Recorded:	1987
Studio:	Metropolis Studios, Melbourne Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre:	Rock
Length:	43:11
Label:	White Label Records
Producer:	Nick Launay
Prev Title:	Big Pig
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	You Lucky People
Next Year:	1990

Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in May 1988 on White Label Records and peaked at number 5 on The Australian charts. The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988. "Breakaway" was featured on the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray, and S. Abeyratne, except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).^[2]

1. "Iron Lung" - 3:34
2. "Hungry Town" - 3:06
3. "Tin Drum" - 4:22
4. "Breakaway" (Gary Zekley, Mitch Bottler) - 3:38
5. "Boy Wonder" - 3:26
6. "Big Hotel" (O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray and T. Rosewarne) - 4:14
7. "Hellbent Heaven" (O. Witer, S. Abeyratne, A Antoniades and N. Baker) - 3:27
8. "Nation" - 3:34
9. "Charlie" - 4:03
10. "Fine Thing" - 3:22
11. "Money God" - 4:28
12. "Devil's Song" - 5:27
13. "Breakaway" (Popper Mix) (Zekley, Bottler) - 6:01
14. "Hungry Town" (Grub Club Mix) - 6:27

Charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

Credited to:^[5]

Big Pig

• Tony Antoniades - Harmonica, Vocals
• Neil Baker - Drums
• Nick Disbray - Percussion, Vocals
• Tim Rosewarne - Keyboards, Vocals
• Adrian Scaglione - Drums
• Sherine Abeyratne - Percussion, Vocals
• Oleh Witer - Drums, Vocals

Additional musicians

• Jim Benning - Guitar
• Mike Tyler - Guitar, Bass guitar
• Al Colman - Bass guitar
• Como String Quartet - Strings (Track 9)

Recording details

• Producer — Nick Launay
• Engineer — Nick Launay
  • Assistants — Heidi Cannave, Noel Haris, Michael Wickow
• Mixer — Nick Launay

Art work

• Art Direction & Design - Oleh Witer, Jeremy Pearce
• Photography — Eric Watson
• Video Photography - Eric Watson, Robert Ogilvie

Notes

• A "Boy Wonder" was recorded in Sydney separately to the album which was recorded in Melbourne, Nick Launay was assisted by Heidi Cannova on this track

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - soundtrack. IMDb. 2009-02-12.
2. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association . . 2009-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070517150759/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt . 2007-05-17 . Note: requires user to input song title e.g. IRON LUNG
3. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6 . Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
4. Web site: End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 50 Albums 1988. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1 August 2020.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1873/credits|pure_url=yes}} ''Bonk'' album credits]. . 12 February 2009.