Mondo Rock discography
| Mondo Rock discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| 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 | Album details | Peak chart positions | Accreditations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||||
| Primal Park |
|
40 | ||
| Chemistry |
|
3 | AUS: 2x Platinum [3] | |
| Nuovo Mondo |
|
7 | ||
| The Modern Bop |
|
5 | ||
| Boom Baby Boom |
|
27 | ||
| Why Fight It? |
|
— | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Summer of '81, Live at the Pier |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||||
| Up to the Moment |
|
8 | ||
| Mondo Rock |
|
— | ||
| Best of Dragon and Mondo Rock |
|
47 | ||
| The Essential Mondo Rock |
|
70 | ||
| The Greatest |
|
— | ||
| Besto Mondo |
|
— | ||
| The Complete Anthology |
|
— | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Aliens |
|
Singles
| 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
- ^ "The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "LANDMARKS". Mark Moffatt. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Mondo Rock Release First Ever Live Album". noise11. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Mondo Rock". New Zealand Charts. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Mondo Rock Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Mondo Rock Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "The First Time (single)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.