Mondo Rock discography explained

Artist:Mondo Rock
Studio:6
Compilation:7
Live:2
Ep:1
Singles:26

This is the discography of Mondo Rock, an Australian pop rock band that formed in November 1976. The group released six studio albums until their split in 1991. In that time, the group had ten top 40 singles and was one of the most popular acts in Australia during the early 1980s.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsAccreditations
AUS
[2]
Primal Park
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Avenue. Oz Records, EMI Records (OZS.1014)
  • Formats: LP
40
Chemistry
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Avenue Records, Atlantic Records (L37592, K 50843)
  • Formats: LP
3AUS: 2× Platinum [3]
Nuovo Mondo 7
The Modern Bop
  • Released: April 1984
  • Label: RCA, WEA (250391-1, 250391–4)
  • Formats: LP, MC
5
Boom Baby Boom
  • Released: September 1986
  • Label: Polydor Records, Columbia Records (TWAD404, BFC 40470)
  • Formats: LP, CD
27
Why Fight It?
  • Released: November 1990
  • Label: BMG (VPCD0831)
  • Formats: CD
102
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetails
Summer of '81, Live at the Pier
  • Released: 8 May 2020[4]
  • Label: Mondo Rock
  • Formats: Download, streaming
Live At Billboard 1985
  • Released: 4 March 2022[5]
  • Label: Mondo Rock
  • Formats: Download, streaming

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
Up to the Moment 8
Mondo Rock
Best of Dragon and Mondo Rock
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: J&B Records (JB 418)
  • Formats: LP, CD
  • (with Dragon)
47
The Essential Mondo Rock 70
The Greatest
  • Released: 15 November 2004
  • Label: Sony Music Australia (5187502000)
  • Formats: CD
Besto Mondo
  • Released: 1 August 2015
  • Label: Aztec Records (AVSCD080)
  • Formats: CD, DD
The Complete Anthology
  • Released: 20 October 2017
  • Label: Bloodlines/ Liberation Records (LMCD0328)
  • Formats: CD, DD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" style="width:18em;"
Album details
Aliens
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Polydor Records (887 230–1, 887 230–4)
  • Formats: 12" EP, MC, CD

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
NZ
RIANZ
[6]
US
Hot 100
[7]
US
Main
[8]
"The Fugitive Kind"197849 Non-album single
"Love Shock"1979
"Searching for My Baby"Primal Park
"Primal Park"
"State of the Heart"19806 Chemistry
"Cool World"19818
"Chemistry"20
"Summer of '81"31
"No Time"198211 Nuovo Mondo
"The Queen and Me"40
"In Another Love"198386
"Come Said the Boy"2 43 The Modern Bop
"Baby Wants to Rock"198418
"The Modern Bop"85
"Good Advice"56 Up to the Moment
"The Moment"1985
"Rule of Threes"198658 Boom Baby Boom
"Primitive Love Rites"34 40 71 31
"Boom Baby Boom"86
"Aliens Walk Among Us"1987Aliens (EP)
"Why Fight It?"199096 Why Fight It?
"I Had You in Mind"199194
"Soul Reason"
"The First Time"
(Damon Boyd vs Mondo Rock) [9]
200479 non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock. JBHiFi. 25 July 2017.
  2. Australian chart peaks:

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 205. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.

  3. Web site: LANDMARKS. Mark Moffatt. 3 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Mondo Rock Release First Ever Live Album . noise11. 8 May 2020. 8 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Live At Billboard 1985 . Apple Music. 7 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Mondo Rock. New Zealand Charts. 22 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Mondo Rock Chart History (Hot 100). Billboard. 22 July 2017 .
  8. Web site: Mondo Rock Chart History (Mainstream Rock). Billboard. 22 July 2017 .
  9. Web site: The First Time (single). 23 November 2015 . iTunes Australia. 18 July 2017.