Boom Crash Opera discography

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Boom Crash Opera discography
Studio albums6
Live albums0
Compilation albums6
EPs1
Singles20
Box sets1

Boom Crash Opera are an Australian rock band formed in 1985. The band have released six studio albums, six compilation albums, one EP, one box set and twenty singles.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1]
1987 Boom Crash Opera
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: WEA (254927.1)
  • Producer:
19 AUS: Gold [2][3][4]
1989 These Here Are Crazy Times!
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: WEA (256895.1)
10 AUS: 2x Platinum[2][3]
1993 Fabulous Beast
  • Released: March 1993
  • Label: EastWest (450992015-2)
15
1995 Born
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: BMG (76896401962)
37
1997 Gizmo Mantra
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: BMG (74321512592)
2009 Dancing in the Storm
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilation albums[]

Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
1990 Look! Listen!!
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: WEA (903173031-2)
47
1998 The Best Things – Greatest Hits
2007 The Essential Boom Crash Opera
  • Released: April 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (88697069602)
2013 The Best Things – Greatest Hits
2013 The Lost Things
2017 Whole Shebang: Anthology

Box Set[]

Year Title
2013 Rattle It Out
  • 4 CD Set (featuring their first four studio albums)
  • Released: 18 October 2013
  • Label: Liberation Records (LM4CD002)

Extended plays[]

Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
1991 Dreams on Fire 44

Singles[]

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart
positions
Album
AUS
[1][5]
US Mod
[6]
1986 "Great Wall" 5 Boom Crash Opera
"Hands Up in the Air" 16
1987 "City Flat" 42
"Her Charity" 32
1988 "Love Me to Death" 72
1989 "Onion Skin" 11 8 These Here Are Crazy Times
"Get Out of the House!" 24
"The Best Thing" 67
1990 "Dancing in the Storm" 21
"Talk About It" 35
1991 "The Best Thing (Listen! mix)" 112 Look! Listen!!
1992 "Bettadaze" 43 Fabulous Beast
1993 "In the Morning" 36
"This Isn't Love" 78
1994 "Gimme" 14 Born
1995 "Tongue Tied" 25
"Dissemble"
"Soundtrack (So Lonely)" N/A
1997 "Dreaming up a Fire" Gizmo Mantra
"All"
— denotes releases that failed to chart.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Boom Crash Opera in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. ^ a b "Boom Crash Opera & Nat Col & The Kings plus Copal Deep Tickets". Mosh Tix. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Absolute 80s". Absolute 80s. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1993 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 14 January 2021". 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Boom Crash Opera | Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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