Bonk (album)
# Bonk (album)

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Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in May 1988 on White Label Records and peaked at number 5 on The Australian charts. The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988. "Breakaway" was featured on the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack

## Track listing

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

* "Iron Lung" - 3:34
* "Hungry Town" - 3:06
* "Tin Drum" - 4:22
* "Breakaway" (Gary Zekley, Mitch Bottler) - 3:38
* "Boy Wonder" - 3:26
* "Big Hotel" (O. Witer, A. Scaglione, N. Disbray and T. Rosewarne) - 4:14
* "Hellbent Heaven" (O. Witer, S. Abeyratne, A Antoniades and N. Baker) - 3:27
* "Nation" - 3:34
* "Charlie" - 4:03
* "Fine Thing" - 3:22
* "Money God" - 4:28
* "Devil's Song" - 5:27
* "Breakaway" (Popper Mix) (Zekley, Bottler) - 6:01
* "Hungry Town" (Grub Club Mix) - 6:27

## Charts

### Weekly charts

| Chart (1988) | Position |
| - | - |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) Albums Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 2 |

### Year-end charts

| Chart (1988) | Position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums Chart (ARIA Charts) | 18 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | $70,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||

## Personnel

Credited to:

Big Pig

* Tony Antoniades - Harmonica, Vocals
* Neil Baker - Drums
* Nick Disbray - Percussion, Vocals
* Tim Rosewarne - Keyboards, Vocals
* Adrian Scaglione - Drums
* Sherine Abeyratne - Percussion, Vocals
* Oleh Witer - Drums, Vocals

Additional musicians

* Jim Benning - Guitar
* Mike Tyler - Guitar, Bass guitar
* Al Colman - Bass guitar
* Como String Quartet - Strings (Track 9)

Recording details

* Producer — Nick Launay
* Engineer — Nick Launay
   * Assistants — Heidi Cannave, Noel Haris, Michael Wickow
* Mixer — Nick Launay

Art work

* Art Direction & Design - Oleh Witer, Jeremy Pearce
* Photography — Eric Watson
* Video Photography - Eric Watson, Robert Ogilvie

Notes

* A^ "Boy Wonder" was recorded in Sydney separately to the album which was recorded in Melbourne, Nick Launay was assisted by Heidi Cannova on this track
