These Here Are Crazy Times

1989 studio album by Boom Crash Opera

These Here Are Crazy Times!

Studio album by

Boom Crash Opera

Released

October 1989

Recorded

Metropolis Audio in Melbourne, Australia

Genre

Rock

Length

47:10

Label

WEA

Producer

Pete Smith, Richard Pleasance & Jimmy Iovine for 2 re-recorded songs on the North American release.

Boom Crash Opera chronology

Boom Crash Opera
(1987)

These Here Are Crazy Times!
(1989)

Look! Listen!!
(1990)

Singles from These Here Are Crazy Times

"Onion Skin"
Released: June 1989
"Get Out of the House!"
Released: September 1989
"The Best Thing"
Released: November 1989
"Dancing in the Storm"
Released: March 1990
"Talk About It"
Released: June 1990

These Here Are Crazy Times! is the second studio album by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in October 1989. The album was the breakthrough album to the lucrative U.S. Market for the band & was released in the United States by Giant records. This release had 2 new reworked versions of the songs "Talk About It" and "The Best Thing". Both songs were re-recorded with producer Jimmy Iovine of U2 fame, after Bono from U2 became a fan of the band during the U2 Love Town tour of Australia in 1989.

Track listings

Australia

"Onion Skin" – 3:28
"Where There's A Will" – 3:59
"The Best Thing" – 4:13
"Piece Of The Pie" – 4:54
"Forever" – 3:56
"Get Out of the House!" – 3:18
"Talk About It" – 4:02
"End Up Where I Started" – 3:13
"Dancing in the Storm" – 4:12
"Mountain Of Strength" – 4:09
"Axe To Grind" – 3:03
"Superheroes" – 4:43

United States

"Onion Skin"
"Talk About It?!"
"The Best Thing"
"Piece Of The Pie"
"Get Out Of The House"
"Mountain Of Strength"
"Dancing In The Storm"
"Forever"
"Axe To Grind"
"Where There's A Will"

Personnel

Dale Ryder — lead vocals
Peter Farnan — guitars, backing vocals, bass
Richard Pleasance — guitars, backing vocals, bass
Greg O'Connor — keyboards
Peter Maslen — drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Chris Wilson — harp on "End Up Where I Started" and "Axe To Grind"
Brasstards — horns on "End Up Where I Started"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989/90)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
ARIA Albums Chart^[2]	97

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Australiancharts.com – Boom Crash Opera – These Here Are Crazy Times". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – 1989 (61–100)". imgur.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016. N.B. The triangle symbol indicates platinum certification.
^ "Absolute 80s" (PDF). www.popshop.com.au. Retrieved 24 July 2021.