| Mondo Bongo | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 1980 (UK)[1] February 1981 (US) | |||
| Studio | Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave[2] | |||
| Label | Mercury (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Producer | Tony Visconti The Boomtown Rats | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Mondo Bongo was the Boomtown Rats' fourth album.[2] It peaked at No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1981,[4] and No. 116 in the US Billboard 200.[5] This is the band's last album to be recorded as six-piece band, as the guitarist Gerry Cott left the band shortly after the album's release.
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.[4]
- ^ "As It Happens...". Melody Maker. IPC Magazines Ltd. 3 January 1981. p. 3.
- ^ a b c William Ruhlmann. "Mondo Bongo - The Boomtown Rats | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ Fricke, David (28 May 1981). "Mondo Bongo". Rolling Stone. New York: Straight Arrow Publishers: 71.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Mondo Bongo - The Boomtown Rats | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2014.