Released March 1988 Length 43:11 | Genre Rock Producer Nick Launay | |
Recorded 1987 at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia Label White Label Records
A&M Records (North America) | ||
Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in March 1988 on White Label Records. The album went gold, then platinum in Australia with three top-twenty singles ("Hungry Town", "Breakaway" and "Big Hotel"). The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988, and the music video for "Breakaway" was played on MTV. "Breakaway" was featured on the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack and "Hungry Town" on the Young Einstein soundtrack. "Breakaway" and "Money God" were used in the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s. "Breakaway" was also featured in Season 1, Episode 4 of Glitch (TV series).
Contents
It was re-issued in 1992 by Mushroom Records.
Track listing
All songs written by O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray, and S. Abeyratne, except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA).
- "Iron Lung" - 3:34
- "Hungry Town" - 3:06
- "Tin Drum" - 4:22
- "Breakaway" (Gary Zekley, 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 Antonaides 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
Personnel
Credited to:
Big Pig
Additional musicians
Recording details
Art work
Notes