The Greatest (Mondo Rock album)

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The Greatest
The Greatest by Mondo Rock.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released15 November 2004
Recorded1980–1990
Genre Rock, pop rock
Label Sony Music Australia, Liberation Music
Producer Bill 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 by Mondo Rock.jpg
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]

Contents

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 Bop 5:15
2."Summer of '81"
  • McCusker
Chemistry 3:55
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 Mondo 4:01
7."The Modern Bop" (Jellybean Mix)
  • Wilson
The Modern Bop3:46
8."Primitive Love Rites"
  • J. J. Hackett
  • Wilson
Boom Baby Boom 4:50
9."Winds Light to Variable"
  • Wilson
  • McCusker
  • Hackett
  • Black
  • Gillard
non album track4:14
10."The Moment" (NY mix)
  • McCusker
Up to the Moment 4:03
11."Why Fight It"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
Why Fight It? 4:58
12."A Woman Like You"
  • McCusker
  • Wilson
  • Hackett
Aliens 3:58
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

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia15 November 2004 [3]
Standard Sony Music Australia 5187502000
24 January 2017 [4] Standard Liberation Music
17 April 2017 [5]
  • CD
StandardLMCD0313

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