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Bonk (album)

Bonk
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Studio album by Big Pig
Released March 1988
Recorded 1987 at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Rock
Length 43:11
Label White Label Records
A&M Records (North America)
Producer Nick Launay
Big Pig chronology
Bonk
(1988)
You Lucky People
(1990)
Singles from Bonk
  1. "Hungry Town"
    Released: December 1987
  2. "Boy Wonder"
    Released: April 1987
  3. "Breakaway"
    Released: February 1988
  4. "Big Hotel"
    Released: June 1988
  5. "Iron Lung"
    Released: December 1988
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Allmusic 3/5 stars

Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in March 1988 on White Label Records. The album went gold, then platinum in Australia with three top-twenty singles ("Hungry Town", "Breakaway" and "Big Hotel"). The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988, and the music video for "Breakaway" was played on MTV. "Breakaway" was featured on the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack and "Hungry Town" on the Young Einstein soundtrack. "Breakaway" and "Money God" were used in the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s. "Breakaway" was also featured in Season 1, Episode 4 of Glitch (TV series).

It was re-issued in 1992 by Mushroom Records.

All songs written by O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray, and S. Abeyratne, except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA).

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Big Pig

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