Boom Crash Opera are an Australian rock band formed in 1985. The band have released six studio albums, six compilation albums, two EP, one box set and twenty-one singles.
| Boom Crash Opera discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 21 |
| Box sets | 1 |
In March 2025, the band released their first new single in 28 Years "Latest Hustle".[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | |||
| Boom Crash Opera |
|
19 | |
| These Here Are Crazy Times! |
|
10 | |
| Fabulous Beast |
|
15 | |
| Born |
|
37 | |
| Gizmo Mantra |
|
— | |
| Dancing in the Storm |
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||
Live albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 |
|
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||
| Look! Listen!! |
|
47 |
| The Best Things – Greatest Hits | — | |
| The Essential Boom Crash Opera |
|
— |
| The Best Things – Greatest Hits |
|
— |
| The Lost Things |
|
— |
| Whole Shebang: Anthology |
|
— |
Box set
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Rattle It Out |
|
Extended plays
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||
| Dreams on Fire | 44 | |
| Kick it Out... Live |
|
— |
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2][7][8] |
US Mod [9] | ||||
| 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" | 113 | — | |||
| "Soundtrack (So Lonely)" | 148 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Dreaming up a Fire" | 178 | — | Gizmo Mantra | |
| "All" | — | — | |||
| 2025 | "Latest Hustle"[1] | — | — | ||
| — denotes releases that failed to chart. | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Boom Crash Opera Return With First New Single In 28 Years "Latest Hustle"". The Music. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Absolute 80s". Absolute 80s. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1993 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Boom Crash Opera Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Coming Friday". noise11. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 14 January 2021". 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Boom Crash Opera singles chart history 1994-1997, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Boom Crash Opera | Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 December 2013.