Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in May 1988 on White Label Records and peaked at number 5 on The Australian charts. The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988. It was produced by Nick Launay. "Breakaway" was featured on the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack.
Track listing
All songs written by O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray, and S. Abeyratne, except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Right 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 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 - Percussion, Vocals
- Oleh Witer - Drums, Vocals
Additional musicians
- Jim Benning - Guitar
- Mike Tyler - Guitar, Bass guitar
- Al Colman - Bass guitar
- Como String Quartet - Strings (Track 9)
Recording details
- Producer â Nick Launay
- Engineer â Nick Launay
- Assistants â Heidi Cannave, Noel Haris, Michael Wickow
- Mixer â Nick Launay
Art work
- Art Direction & Design - Oleh Witer, Jeremy Pearce
- Photography â 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