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| Artist = [[The Boomtown Rats]]
| Artist = [[The Boomtown Rats]]
| Cover = cover_-_mondo_bongo.jpg
| Cover = cover_-_mondo_bongo.jpg
| Released = February 1981<ref name="AMG">http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737</ref>
| Released = January 1981
| Recorded =
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="AMG"/>
| Length =
| Length =
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (UK)<br/> [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (US) |
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (UK)<br/> [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (US) |
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{{Album ratings
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r731205|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AMG"/>
|rev2=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theboomtownrats/albums/album/109806/review/5945630/mondo_bongo link]
|rev2=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theboomtownrats/albums/album/109806/review/5945630/mondo_bongo</ref>
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'''''Mondo Bongo''''' was [[The Boomtown Rats]]' fourth album and included the hit singles: "Banana Republic", which had reached No. 3 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] charts in November 1980 and "The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)" which made No. 26 in January 1981.
'''''Mondo Bongo''''' was [[The Boomtown Rats]]' fourth album.<ref name="AMG"/> 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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 71}}</ref>

The album itself peaked at No. 6 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] in February 1981,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and No. 116 in the US [[Billboard 200]].<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737/awards</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# "Fall Down" – 2:26
# "Fall Down" – 2:26
# "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
# "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
# "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43
# "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43<ref name="AMG"/>


==U. S. Track listing==
==US album listing==
All songs were written by [[Bob Geldof]], except where noted.
All songs were written by [[Bob Geldof]], except where noted.
# "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, [[Pete Briquette]]) – 4:06
# "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, [[Pete Briquette]]) – 4:06
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*[[Garry Roberts]] - guitar, backing vocals
*[[Garry Roberts]] - guitar, backing vocals
*[[Pete Briquette]] - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Pete Briquette]] - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Simon Crowe]] - drums, backing vocals
*[[Simon Crowe]] - drums, backing vocals<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737/credits</ref>


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
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*T.V. - backing vocals, recorder, drunken bass, guitar
*T.V. - backing vocals, recorder, drunken bass, guitar
*Tom Winter - bazouki on "Please Don't Go"
*Tom Winter - bazouki on "Please Don't Go"
* Andy Duncan - percussion on "Please Don't Go"
* Andy Duncan - percussion on "Please Don't Go"{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


{{The Boomtown Rats}}
{{The Boomtown Rats}}

Revision as of 21:42, 9 April 2014

This article is about the Boomtown Rats album.. For other uses, see Mondo Bongo (disambiguation).
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Mondo Bongo was The Boomtown Rats' fourth album.[1] 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.[3]

The album itself peaked at No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1981,[3] and No. 116 in the US Billboard 200.[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

  1. "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
  2. "Straight Up" – 3:15
  3. "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
  4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
  5. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
  6. "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
  7. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
  8. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
  9. "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
  10. "Fall Down" – 2:26
  11. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
  12. "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43[1]

US album listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

  1. "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06
  2. "Straight Up" – 3:15
  3. "This Is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35
  4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
  5. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
  6. "Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Geldof) – 2:41
  7. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
  8. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
  9. "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55
  10. "Don't Talk to Me" – 2:50
  11. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
  12. "Up All Night" – 3:33
  13. "Cheerio" [secret track]

2005 definitive re-release

  1. "Straight Up" – 3:15
  2. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43
  3. "This Is My Room" – 3:35
  4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35
  5. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05
  6. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34
  7. "Fall Down" – 2:26
  8. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52
  9. "Under Their Thumb" – 2:41
  10. "Banana Republic" – 4:55
  11. "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43
  12. "Mood Mambo" – 4:06
  13. "Cheerio"
  14. "Don't Talk to Me" (B-side)
  15. "Another Piece of Red" (Live in Portsmouth)

Personnel

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737
  2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theboomtownrats/albums/album/109806/review/5945630/mondo_bongo
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737/awards
  5. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/mondo-bongo-mw0000310737/credits
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