Boom Crash Opera discography

Boom Crash Opera discography
Studio albums6
EPs2
Live albums1
Compilation albums6
Singles20
Box sets1

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 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUS
[1]
Boom Crash Opera
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: WEA (254927.1)
  • Producer:
 19
These Here Are Crazy Times!
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: WEA (256895.1)
 10
Fabulous Beast
  • Released: March 1993
  • Label: EastWest (450992015-2)
 15
Born
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: BMG (76896401962)
 37
Gizmo Mantra
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: BMG (74321512592)
 —
Dancing in the Storm
  • Released: 1 May 2009
  • CD+DVD
  • Label: Liberation (BLUE1642)
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Title Details
Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986
  • Released: 4 October 2024[5]
  • digital
  • Label: ACRA

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Look! Listen!!
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: WEA (903173031-2)
 47
The Best Things – Greatest Hits —
The Essential Boom Crash Opera
  • Released: April 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (88697069602)
 —
The Best Things – Greatest Hits —
The Lost Things
  • Released: 18 October 2013
  • Label: Liberation
 —
Whole Shebang: Anthology
  • Released: 31 January 2017
  • Label: Liberation
 —

Box set

Title Details
Rattle It Out
  • 4-CD set (featuring their first four studio albums)
  • Released: 18 October 2013
  • Label: Liberation (LM4CD002)

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Dreams on Fire 44
Kick it Out... Live
  • Released: 18 February 2022
  • Label: Boom Crash Opera
 —

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1][6][7] 		US Mod
[8]
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" — —
— 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. ^ "Boom Crash Opera Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Coming Friday". noise11. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 14 January 2021". 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Boom Crash Opera | Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 December 2013.