Boom Crash Opera are an Australian rock band formed in 1985. The band have released six studio albums, six compilation albums, two EP, one box set and twenty-one singles.
In March 2025, the band released their first new single in 28 Years "Latest Hustle".
Albums Studio albums TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Boom Crash OperaReleased: September 1987 Label: WEA (254927.1) Producer:19ARIA: GoldThese Here Are Crazy Times!Released: October 1989 Label: WEA (256895.1)10ARIA: 2× PlatinumFabulous BeastReleased: March 1993 Label: EastWest (450992015-2)15BornReleased: February 1995 Label: BMG (76896401962)37Gizmo MantraReleased: November 1997 Label: BMG (74321512592) —Dancing in the StormReleased: 1 May 2009 CD+DVD Label: Liberation (BLUE1642) — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Live albums TitleDetailsLive at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Released: 4 October 2024 digital Label: ACRA
Compilation albums TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsAUSLook! Listen!!Released: 1990 Label: WEA (903173031-2)47The Best Things – Greatest HitsReleased: August 1998 Label: Gotham/Sony BMG (74321607922) —The Essential Boom Crash OperaReleased: April 2007 Label: Sony BMG (88697069602) —The Best Things – Greatest HitsReleased: 18 October 2013 Label: Liberation —The Lost ThingsReleased: 18 October 2013 Label: Liberation —Whole Shebang: AnthologyReleased: 31 January 2017 Label: Liberation —
Box set TitleDetailsRattle It Out4-CD set (featuring their first four studio albums) Released: 18 October 2013 Label: Liberation (LM4CD002)
Extended plays TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsAUSDreams on FireReleased: 10 November 1991 Label: East West, Warner (903175894-2)44Kick it Out... LiveReleased: 18 February 2022 Label: Boom Crash Opera—
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chart positions AlbumAUS N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.US Mod 1986 "Great Wall" 5 — Boom Crash Opera "Hands Up in the Air" 16 — 1987 "City Flat" 42 — "Her Charity" 32 — 1988 "Love Me to Death" 72 — 1989 "Onion Skin" 11 8 These Here Are Crazy Times "Get Out of the House!" 24 — "The Best Thing" 67 — 1990 "Dancing in the Storm" 21 — "Talk About It" 35 — 1991 "The Best Thing (Listen! mix)" 112 — Look! Listen!! 1992 "Bettadaze" 43 — Fabulous Beast 1993 "In the Morning" 36 — "This Isn't Love" 78 — 1994 "Gimme" 14 — Born 1995 "Tongue Tied" 25 — "Dissemble" 113 — "Soundtrack (So Lonely)" 148 — 1997 "Dreaming up a Fire" 178 — Gizmo Mantra "All" — — 2025 "Latest Hustle" — — — denotes releases that failed to chart.
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