Mondo Rock discography

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Mondo Rock discography
Studio albums6
Live albums1
Compilation albums7
EPs1
Singles26

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[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions.
Title Album details Peak chart positions Accreditations
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
 3 AUS: 2x 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
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[]

Title Details
Summer of '81, Live at the Pier
  • Released: 8 May 2020[4]
  • Label: Mondo Rock
  • Formats: streaming

Compilation albums[]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions.
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Up to the Moment 8
Mondo Rock
  • Released: Late 1985
  • International Compilation
  • Label: Polydor Records (825 822)
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
 —
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[]

List of extended plays.
Title Album details
Aliens
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Polydor Records (887 230-1, 887 230-4)
  • Formats: 12" EP, MC, CD

Singles[]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2] 		NZ
RIANZ
[5] 		US
Hot 100
[6] 		US
Main
[7]
"The Fugitive Kind" 1978 49 — — — Non-album single
"Love Shock" 1979 — — — —
"Searching for My Baby" — — — — Primal Park
"Primal Park" — — — —
"State of the Heart" 1980 6 — — — Chemistry
"Cool World" 1981 8 — — —
"Chemistry" 20 — — —
"Summer of '81" 31 — — —
"No Time" 1982 11 — — — Nuovo Mondo
"The Queen and Me" 40 — — —
"In Another Love" 1983 86 — — —
"Come Said the Boy" 2 43 — — The Modern Bop
"Baby Wants to Rock" 1984 18 — — —
"The Modern Bop" 85 — — —
"Good Advice" 56 — — — Up to the Moment
"The Moment" 1985 — — — —
"Rule of Threes" 1986 58 — — — Boom Baby Boom
"Primitive Love Rites" 34 40 71 31
"Boom Baby Boom" 86 — — —
"Aliens Walk Among Us" 1987 — — — — Aliens (EP)
"Why Fight It?" 1990 96 — — — Why Fight It?
"I Had You in Mind" 1991 94 — — —
"Soul Reason" — — — —
"The First Time"
(Damon Boyd vs Mondo Rock) [8] 		2004 79 — — — non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 205. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Mondo Rock in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
    • Top 100 (ARIA Charts) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 192.
  3. ^ "LANDMARKS". Mark Moffatt. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Mondo Rock Release First Ever Live Album". noise11. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Mondo Rock". New Zealand Charts. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Mondo Rock Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Mondo Rock Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "The First Time (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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