Up to the Moment

Up to the Moment
Compilation album by
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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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..