''Bonk'' is the debut studio album by
Australia
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rock
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band
Big Pig
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. It was released in May 1988 on
White Label Records
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and peaked at number 5 on The Australian charts. The album was released in America by
A&M Records
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in 1988. "
Breakaway" was featured on the ''
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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'' soundtrack
Track listing
All songs written by O. Witer, A. Scaglione,
N. Disbray, and
S. Abeyratne, except where noted, according to
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# "Iron Lung" - 3:34
# "Hungry Town" - 3:06
# "Tin Drum" - 4:22
# "
Breakaway" (
Gary Zekley
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, Mitch Bottler) - 3:38
# "Boy Wonder" - 3:26
# "Big Hotel" (O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray and T. Rosewarne) - 4:14
# "Hellbent Heaven" (O. Witer, S. Abeyratne, A Antoniades and N. Baker) - 3:27
# "Nation" - 3:34
# "Charlie" - 4:03
# "Fine Thing" - 3:22
# "Money God" - 4:28
# "Devil's Song" - 5:27
# "Breakaway" (Popper Mix) (Zekley, Bottler) - 6:01
# "Hungry Town" (Grub Club Mix) - 6:27
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Personnel
Credited to:
Big Pig
* Tony Antoniades - Harmonica, Vocals
* Neil Baker - Drums
*
Nick Disbray - Percussion, Vocals
* Tim Rosewarne - Keyboards, Vocals
* Adrian Scaglione - Drums
*
Sherine Abeyratne
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- Percussion, Vocals
* Oleh Witer - Drums, Vocals
''Additional musicians''
* Como String Quartet - Strings (Track 9)
Recording details
* Producer — Nick Launay
* Engineer — Nick Launay
** Assistants — Heidi Cannave, Noel Haris, Michael Wickow
* Mixer — Nick Launay
Art work
* Art Direction & Design - Oleh Witer, Jeremy Pearce
* Photography — Eric Watson
* Video Photography - Eric Watson, Robert Ogilvie
Notes
* A "Boy Wonder" was recorded in Sydney separately to the album which was recorded in Melbourne, Nick Launay was assisted by Heidi Cannova on this track
References
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1988 debut albums
Big Pig albums
Albums produced by Nick Launay