These Here Are Crazy Times Explained
These Here Are Crazy Times! |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Boom Crash Opera |
Cover: | These_Here_are_Crazy_Times_by_Boom_Crash_Opera.jpg |
Released: | October 1989 |
Recorded: | Metropolis Audio in Melbourne, Australia |
Genre: | Rock |
Length: | 47:10 |
Label: | WEA |
Producer: | Pete Smith, Richard Pleasance & Jimmy Iovine for 2 re-recorded songs on the North American release. |
Prev Title: | Boom Crash Opera |
Prev Year: | 1987 |
Next Title: | Look! Listen!! |
Next Year: | 1990 |
These Here Are Crazy Times! is the second studio album by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in October 1989. The album was the breakthrough album to the lucrative U.S. Market for the band & was released in the United States by Giant records. This release had 2 new reworked versions of the songs "Talk About It" and "The Best Thing". Both songs were re-recorded with producer Jimmy Iovine of U2 fame, after Bono from U2 became a fan of the band during the U2 Love Town tour of Australia in 1989.
Track listings
Australia
- "Onion Skin" – 3:28
- "Where There's A Will" – 3:59
- "The Best Thing" – 4:13
- "Piece Of The Pie" – 4:54
- "Forever" – 3:56
- "Get Out of the House!" – 3:18
- "Talk About It" – 4:02
- "End Up Where I Started" – 3:13
- "Dancing in the Storm" – 4:12
- "Mountain Of Strength" – 4:09
- "Axe To Grind" – 3:03
- "Superheroes" – 4:43
United States
- "Onion Skin"
- "Talk About It?!"
- "The Best Thing"
- "Piece Of The Pie"
- "Get Out Of The House"
- "Mountain Of Strength"
- "Dancing In The Storm"
- "Forever"
- "Axe To Grind"
- "Where There's A Will"
Personnel
- Dale Ryder — lead vocals
- Peter Farnan — guitars, backing vocals, bass
- Richard Pleasance — guitars, backing vocals, bass
- Greg O'Connor — keyboards
- Peter Maslen — drums, backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Chris Wilson — harp on "End Up Where I Started" and "Axe To Grind"
- Brasstards — horns on "End Up Where I Started"
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – 1989 (61–100). imgur.com. 28 April 2016. N.B. The triangle symbol indicates platinum certification.