Boom Crash Opera - These Here Are Crazy Times Album

Tracklist

1	Mountain Of Strength	4:09
2	Talk About It?!	4:02
3	Dancing In The Storm	4:12
4	Forever	3:56
5	End Up Where I Started Horns – Brasstards	3:13
6	Piece Of The Pie	4:54
7	Onion Skin	3:28
8	Super Heroes	4:43
9	Get Out Of The House	3:18
10	Where There's A Will	3:59
11	Axe To Grind	3:03
12	The Best Thing	4:13

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
256895.2	Boom Crash Opera	These Here Are Crazy Times ‎(CD, Album)	WEA	256895.2	Australia	1989
9 26160-1	Boom Crash Opera	These Here Are Crazy Times ‎(LP, Album)	Giant Records	9 26160-1	US	1990
WMC5-72	Boom Crash Opera	These Here Are Crazy Times ‎(CD, Album)	WEA	WMC5-72	Japan	1989
256895-4	Boom Crash Opera	These Here Are Crazy Times ‎(Cass)	WEA	256895-4	Australia	1989
7599-26160-2	Boom Crash Opera	These Here Are Crazy Times ‎(CD, Album)	Giant Records	7599-26160-2	Europe	1990

Credits

• Artwork [Cover Art] – Greg O'Connor
• Drums, Vocals – Peter Maslen
• Engineer – Doug Roberts
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Andy Bradfield, Roy Spong, Spencer May
• Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance
• Harp – Chris Wilson (tracks: B2, B5)
• Keyboards – Greg "Spock" O'Connor
• Lead Vocals – Dale Ryder
• Management – Keith Welsh, Neil Wiles
• Mastered By [Originally Mastered By: Australia] – Don Bartley
• Mastered By [Originally Mastered By: U.K.] – Tony Cousins
• Mixed By – Nick Launay
• Photography By – Matthew Deller, Peter Akbiyik
• Producer – Pete Smith (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, B4 to B6), Richard Pleasance (tracks: A2, A5, B1 to B3)
• Written-By – Boom Crash Opera (tracks: A4, A6, B4, B5), G. O'Connor (tracks: A2, B6), P. Farnan (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B3), R. Pleasance (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3, B6)

Notes

Released in an outer sleeve; and an inner sleeve with credits and lyrics to side A on one side, and lyrics to side B on the other.

Inner sleeve:
recorded at Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, Australia
mixed at Metropolis Studios, Rak Studios and Townhouse Studios, London, U.K.
originally mastered: U.K. - Townhouse Studios
Australia - EMI 301 Studios

Labels:
℗ 1989 Big Boom Operators
Manufactured and Distributed by WEA Records Pty. Limited
WEA Records Pty. Limited [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company

Barcodes

• Barcode (Text on rear outer sleeve): 9 399525 689519
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MX304201
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MX304202
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout groove hand-etched): MX 304201-B 256895-1-1 DB
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout groove hand-etched): MX 304202-B 256895-1-2 DB

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Big Boom Operators
• Published By – Opera Music
• Published By – MMA Music
• Manufactured By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
• Distributed By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
• Recorded At – Metropolis Audio
• Mixed At – Metropolis Audio
• Mixed At – RAK Studios
• Mixed At – The Town House
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Mastered At – EMI Studios 301

Short intro

These Here Are Crazy Times is the second studio album by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in October 1989. The album was the breakthrough album to the lucrative U. Market for the band & was released in the United States by Giant records. This release had 2 new reworked versions of the songs Talk About It and The Best Thing. Both songs were re-recorded with producer Jimmy Iovine of U2 fame, after Bono from U2 became a fan of the band during the U2 Love Town tour of Australia in 1989. Boom Crash Opera are an Australian pop rock band formed in early 1985. Their top 20 albums are Boom Crash Opera, These Here Are Crazy Times, and Fabulous Beast. Their top 20 singles are Great Wall, Hands up in the Air both 1986, Onion Skin 1989 and Gimme 1994. In November 1997 Boom Crash Opera released a studio album, Gizmo Mantra, which was produced by Daniel Denholm, Kalju Tonuma and the group. Pulling back from the electronic sounding previous album, Gizmo Mantra was a return to the melodic rock sounds of earlier work. It included the singles, All and Dreaming up a Fire the latter had been. Listen album. Boom Crash Opera. Songs in album Boom Crash Opera - These Here Are Crazy Times 1989. Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin. Boom Crash Opera - Where There's A Will. Boom Crash Opera - The Best Thing. Boom Crash Opera - Piece Of The Pie. Boom Crash Opera - Forever. Boom Crash Opera - Get Out Of The House. Boom Crash Opera - Talk About It. There is a reason why songs from 'These Here Are Crazy Times' dominate Boom Crash Opera's greatest hits album 'The Best Things' and that is quite simple, 1989 is when they topped the charts like never before and released their best songs. Now, some of these songs do deserve to be left in the shadows. Mountain Of Strength, for instance, is a dreadful tune, and while Onion Skin may be a fun little party number live, it wears very thin on the album within just a couple of listens. The album is much better off with such whimsical gimmickry skipped. Boom Crash Opera's most successful album, These Here Are Crazy Times was an album of slick, commercial pop. As in previous outings, lead singer Dale Ryder's effortless although somewhat limited vocal delivery and Richard Pleasance's skillful guitar work helped disguise the fact that underneath the catchy melodies and slick production, there wasn't a lot of substance to Boom Crash Opera's music. This album made Boom Crash Opera stars for a brief period, at least, and while it contained a number of good songs, its lasting impact on the Australian music scene was negligible. More By Boom Crash Opera. Dancing In the Storm. The Whole Shebang an Anthology. The Lost Things. The Best Things. Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1985. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance GuitarBassVocals 1985 - 1992 and Peter Farnan GuitarBassKeysVocals Boom Crash Opera also includes Dale Ryder Lead Vocals, Peter Maslen Drums, Greg 'Spock' O'Connor KeysGuitar and Ian Tilley BassVocals 1992 - Present. Boom Crash Opera where quickly signed to WEA records Australia and in 1986 released their debut single 'Great Wall'. The single reached number 5 on the ARIA National charts. Their read more. These Here Are Crazy Times. Show all albums by Boom Crash Opera. Dale Ryder - Voice of Boom Crash Opera. Mark Seymour. The Screaming Jets Archive. The Angels Official. PagesPublic figureMusicianBandBoom Crash OperaVideos'These Here Are Crazy Times' Short Film. Artist: Boom Crash Opera Album: These Here Are Crazy Times Released: 1989 Label: 2013 Bloodlines