These Here Are Crazy Times

These Here Are Crazy Times!
Studio album by Boom Crash Opera
Released	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: 1989 "Get out of the House!" Released: 1989 "The Best Thing" Released: 1989 "Dancing in the Storm" Released: 1990 "Talk About It" Released: 1990

These Here Are Crazy Times is the second album released by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera, released in 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 LoveTown tour of Australia in 1989.

Album

Track listing (AU)

1. "Onion Skin" – 3:28
2. "Where There's A Will" – 3:59
3. "The Best Thing" – 4:13
4. "Piece Of The Pie" – 4:54
5. "Forever" – 3:56
6. "Get Out Of The House" – 3:18
7. "Talk About It?!" – 4:02
8. "End Up Where I Started" – 3:13
9. "Dancing In The Storm" – 4:12
10. "Mountain Of Strength" – 4:09
11. "Axe To Grind" – 3:03
12. "Superheroes" – 4:43

Track listing (US)

Released 12 June 1990 through Giant Records without the tracks "End Up Where I Started" and "Superheroes".

1. "Onion Skin"
2. "Talk About It?!"
3. "The Best Thing"
4. "Piece Of The Pie"
5. "Get Out Of The House"
6. "Mountain Of Strength"
7. "Dancing In The Storm"
8. "Forever"
9. "Axe To Grind"
10. "Where There's A Will"

Charts

Chart (1989/90)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1]	10

References

1. "Australiancharts.com – Boom Crash Opera – These Here Are Crazy Times". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2016.