Mondo Bongo
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Mondo Bongo | ||||
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Studio album by The Boomtown Rats | ||||
Released | 29 December 1980 (UK)[1] February 1981 (US) |
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Genre | Rock, new wave[2] | |||
Label | Mercury (UK) Columbia (US) |
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Producer | Tony Visconti The Boomtown Rats |
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The Boomtown Rats chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Mondo Bongo was The Boomtown Rats' fourth album.[2] It peaked at No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1981,[4] and No. 116 in the US Billboard 200.[5]
It included the hit singles: "Banana Republic", which had reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1980 and "The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)" which made No. 26 in January 1981.[4]
Contents
Reception
The album received mixed reviews in the press, with American critics being generally more positive than their British counterparts. New Musical Express put down the record as "hollow pop, quaking under a plethora of poorly integrated rip-offs", while Sounds called it "self-indulgent" and lacking in depth or emotion.[6] Rolling Stone, however, praised it as "an intoxicating mixture of pop and punk", and Trouser Press called it "an enormously enjoyable LP, with hardly a dry patch on it".[6]
Track listing
All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.
- "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
- "Straight Up" – 3:15
- "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
- "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
- "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
- "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
- "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
- "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
- "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
- "Fall Down" – 2:26
- "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
- "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43[2]
US album listing
All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.
- "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
- "Straight Up" – 3:15
- "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
- "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
- "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
- "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
- "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
- "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
- "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
- "Don't Talk to Me" – 2:50
- "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
- "Up All Night" – 3:33
- "Cheerio" [secret track]
2005 re-issue
- "Straight Up" – 3:15
- "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
- "This Is My Room" – 3:35
- "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
- "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
- "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
- "Fall Down" – 2:26
- "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
- "Under Their Thumb" – 2:41
- "Banana Republic" – 4:55
- "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43
- "Mood Mambo" – 4:06
- "Cheerio"
- "Don't Talk to Me" (B-side)
- "Arnold Layne" (Recorded For TV)
- "Another Piece of Red" (Live in Portsmouth)
Personnel
- Bob Geldof - lead and backing vocals
- Johnny Fingers - keyboards, backing vocals
- Gerry Cott - guitar
- Garry Roberts - guitar, backing vocals
- Pete Briquette - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- Simon Crowe - drums, backing vocals[7]
Additional musicians
- Dr. Dave McHale - saxophone
- T.V. - backing vocals, recorder, drunken bass, guitar
- Tom Winter - bazouki on "Please Don't Go"
- Andy Duncan - percussion on "Please Don't Go"[citation needed]
Charts
Chart | Position |
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Canadian Albums Chart[8] | 22 |
UK Albums Chart[4] | 6 |
United States Billboard 200[5] | 116 |
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