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These Here Are Crazy Times by Boom Crash Opera
These Here Are Crazy Times is an album by Boom Crash Opera, released in 1989. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Onion Skin”, on 2 lists with a best position of #36.
These Here Are Crazy Times, Boom Crash Opera's second album, arrived in October 1989 and was the record that finally carried the Australian band's slick, muscular pop rock across the Pacific. The songs still grew out of the partnership at its heart, Richard Pleasance and guitarist Peter Farnan, with Peter Maslen pounding the drums, and the hooks are sharp enough to cut glass. "Onion Skin" was the one that stuck: a top 20 single at home and a No. 8 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in the States.
The American chapter has a twist. Bono became a fan while U2's Lovetown tour was working its way around Australia in 1989, and by the time Giant Records put the album out in the US, "Talk About It" and "The Best Thing" had been cut again with Jimmy Iovine producing. It remains one of the band's highest-charting albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from These Here Are Crazy Times on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onion Skin | 2 | #36 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Dancing In The Storm | 1 | #51 | – | 2018 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.