The Greatest (Mondo Rock album)

The Greatest
Greatest hits album by
Mondo Rock
Released15 November 2004
Recorded1980–1990
GenreRock, pop rock
LabelSony Music Australia, Liberation Music
ProducerBill Drescher, Chris Corr, Jim Barton, John L Sayers, Mark Moffatt, Mondo Rock, Peter McIan, Waddy Wachtel
Mondo Rock chronology
The Essential Mondo Rock
(2004) 		The Greatest
(2004) 		Besto Mondo
(2015)
Alternative cover
The Greatest Hits (2017)

The Greatest is a compilation album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, originally released on 15 November 2004 by Sony Music Australia.[1]

The album was re-released in 2017 under the title The Greatest Hits by Liberation Music.

Background

Mondo Rock were formed in 1976 by mainstay singer-songwriter, Ross Wilson. The band released 6 studio albums between 1979 and 1990. The group had ten top 40 singles and was one of the most popular acts in Australia during the early 1980s.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Come Said the Boy"
  • Eric McCusker
The Modern Bop5:15
2."Summer of '81"
  • McCusker
Chemistry3:55
3."Chemistry"
  • McCusker
  • Paul Christie
Chemistry4:22
4."Cool World"
Chemistry3:33
5."State of the Heart"
  • McCusker
Chemistry4:17
6."No Time"
  • McCusker
Nuovo Mondo4:01
7."The Modern Bop" (Jellybean Mix)
  • Wilson
The Modern Bop3:46
8."Primitive Love Rites"
  • J. J. Hackett
  • Wilson
Boom Baby Boom4:50
9."Winds Light to Variable"
  • Wilson
  • McCusker
  • Hackett
  • Black
  • Gillard
non album track4:14
10."The Moment" (NY mix)
  • McCusker
Up to the Moment4:03
11."Why Fight It"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
Why Fight It?4:58
12."A Woman Like You"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
  • Hackett
Aliens3:58
13."Boom Baby Boom"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
  • Hackett
Boom Baby Boom4:20
14."Dark Secrets"
  • McCusker
non-album track5:17
15."Cost of Living"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
  • Hackett
  • Gillard
  • Black
The Modern Bop3:40
16."I'm Free"
Aliens3:37
17."The First Time" (Ivan Gough's Starfish remix)
  • McCusker
The Greatest3:16

Release history

Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia 15 November 2004 [3]
Standard Sony Music Australia 5187502000
24 January 2017 [4]
Standard Liberation Music
17 April 2017 [5]
  • CD
 Standard LMCD0313

References

  1. ^ "The ARIA Report issue 768" (PDF). ARIA. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "THe Greatest by Mondo Rock". JB Hi Fi. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ "The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "The Greatest Hits by Mondo Rock". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2017.