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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[2]

Bonk
Studio album by Big Pig
Released	May 1988
Recorded	1987
Studio	Metropolis Studios, Melbourne Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia[A]
Genre	Rock
Length	43:11
Label	White Label Records
Producer	Nick Launay
Big Pig chronology
Big Pig (1986) Bonk (1988) You Lucky People (1990)
Singles from Bonk
"Boy Wonder" Released: April 1987 "Breakaway" Released: February 1988 "Big Hotel" Released: June 1988 "Iron Lung" Released: December 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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).[3]

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) Albums Chart[4]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA Charts)[6]	18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credited to:[8]

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

• Como String Quartet - Strings (Track 9)

Recording details

• Producer — Nick Launay
• Engineer — Nick Launay
  • Assistants — Heidi Cannave^[A], 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

References

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