Up to the Moment

Up to the Moment
Compilation album by
Mondo Rock
ReleasedJune 1985
Recorded1978–1985
GenreRock, pop rock
Length44:59
LabelPolydor
ProducerErnie Rose, John L Sayers, Ross Wilson
Mondo Rock chronology
The Modern Bop
(1984) 		Up to the Moment
(1985) 		Mondo Rock
(1985)
Singles from Up to the Moment
  1. "Good Advice"
    Released: December 1984
  2. "The Moment"
    Released: April 1985

Up to the Moment is the first compilation album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, which was released in June 1985 through Polydor Records. It peaked at number 8 on the Kent Music Report albums chart.

Background

Mondo Rock were formed in 1976 and released four studio albums by 1985, Primal Park (October 1979), Chemistry (July 1981), Nuovo Mondo (July 1982) and The Modern Bop (March 1984).[1][2][3] Up to the Moment is a compilation album of tracks from those albums; it also includes their debut single, "The Fugitive Kind" (1978) and two new singles "Good Advice" (December 1984) and "The Moment" (April 1985).[1][4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric McCusker, unless otherwise noted

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Good Advice"3:43
2."The Moment"3:34
3."Come Said the Boy"4:42
4."The Modern Bop" (Ross Wilson)3:47
5."No Time"4:01
6."Baby Wants to Rock" (James Black, Wilson)5:20
7."Dark Secrets"4:38
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Cool World" (Wilson)3:34
2."Summer of '81"3:56
3."Chemistry"3:39
4."The Queen and Me"3:21
5."The Fugitive Kind" (Wilson, Tony Slavich)3:35
6."State of the Heart"4:17
7."Winds Light to Variable (Instrumental)" (Wilson, McCusker, Hackett, Gillard, Black)3:59
Total length:56:22

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 8

References

  1. ^ a b McFarlane, 'Mondo Rock' entry. Archived from the original on 14 June 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Mondo Rock". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 16 May 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Mondo Rock". Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. ^ Casimir, Jon (15 April 1985). "Music: Life Is Easier for Mondo Rock, Now Touring Less". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 18, 096. p. 15. Retrieved 11 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 205. ISBN 0-646-11917-6..