Boom Baby Boom Explained

Boom Baby Boom
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mondo Rock
Cover:	Boom Baby Boom (Album Cover).jpg
Released:	September 1986
Studio:	Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Genre:	Rock
Length:	42:03
Label:	Polydor Records
Producer:	Bill Drescher
Prev Title:	Mondo Rock
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Aliens
Next Year:	1987

Boom Baby Boom is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in September 1986. It peaked at number 27 on the Kent Music Report.

Reception

Cash Box magazine called the album a "clever, dance-rock outing full of potential singles. Enough quirky, progressive elements to interest modern-leaning musos; enough pop craftsmanship and crisp song writing to catch traditionalists."^[1]

Personnel

Mondo Rock:

• Ross Wilson – vocals, harmonica
• Eric McCusker – guitar, backing vocals
• Duncan Veall – keyboards, backing vocals
• Andrew Ross – keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals
• James Gillard – bass, backing vocals
• John James Hackett – drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals

with:

• Alex Pertout – percussion
• Bruce Allen – second saxophone on "Rule of Threes" and "Roman Holiday"
• Greg Thorne – trumpet on "Rule of Threes"
• Bob Venier – flugelhorn
• Angus Davidson, Pat Wilson, Ross Hannaford, Venetta Fields – backing vocals

Production team:

• Producer, Engineer, Mixed by – Bill Drescher
• Assistant Engineers – Angus Davidson (recording), Charlie Brocco (mixing)

Notes and References

1. New and Developing. Cash Box. World Radio History. 8. 18 April 1987. 8 December 2021.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 205. 0-646-11917-6. .