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Big Bad Noise

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{{Infobox album

| name = Big Bad Noise

| type = studio

| artist = The Choirboys

| cover = Big Bad Noise.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 5, 1988

| recorded = 1986–1987

| venue =

| studio = EMI Studios 301, Rhinoceros Studios, Festival Studios, Glebe Studios, Albert Studios

| genre = Hard rock, pub rock

| length = 50:26

| label = Mushroom

| producer = Peter Blyton, Brian McGee, The Choirboys

| prev_title = Choirboys

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Midnight Sun

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Big Bad Noise

| type = studio

| single1 = Fireworks

| single1date = May 1986

| single2 = Run to Paradise

| single2date = August 1987

| single3 = Boys Will Be Boys

| single3date = January 1988

| single4 = Struggle Town

| single4date = May 1988

}}

}}

Big Bad Noise is the second studio album by Australian rock band The Choirboys, released in February 1988. This album was produced by Peter Blyton (The Radiators, Machinations), Brian McGee (The Rolling Stones, Cyndi Lauper) and The Choirboys. The album peaked at No. 5 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart, it was certified double platinum and ranked No. 21 for 1988 in Australia.

It featured their number 3 Australian hit and most popular song "Run to Paradise". Other singles from the album included "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Struggle Town" reaching No. 14 and No. 34 respectively.

Track listing

  1. "Run to Paradise"
  2. "Struggle Town"
  3. "Boys Will Be Boys"
  4. "Brave New World"
  5. "Guilty"
  6. "Like Fire"
  7. "Big Bad Noise"
  8. "Fireworks"
  9. "Gasoline"
  10. "One Hot Day"
  11. "Last Night of My Life"
  12. "Struck by Lightning"
  13. "James Dale"

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Chart performance for Big Bad Noise

scope="col"| Chart (1988)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (Australian Music Report){{cite Kent|page=63}}

|align="center"| 5

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Chart performance for Big Bad Noise

scope="col"| Chart (1988)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1988/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums for 1988|website=ARIA Charts|date=1988|access-date= 10 September 2023}}

|align="center"| 21

References

{{Refbegin}}

;General

  • {{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Whammo Homepage |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |access-date=15 July 2010 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • {{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara |author3=Paul McHenry |orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=Noble Park, Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055|title=Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry|work=catalogue|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=15 July 2010}} Note: [on-line] version established at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd] in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

;Specific

{{Refend}}

{{Reflist|colwidth=25em|refs=

McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040807051651/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=199 'Choirboys'] entry. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

{{cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/choirboys.html | work = Australian Rock Database | title = The Choirboys | publisher = Magnus Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last1 = Holmgren | last2 = Hopp | first2 = Michael | last3 = Coleman | first3 = Richard | access-date = 15 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100623024253/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/choirboys.html | archive-date = 23 June 2010 | url-status = usurped }}

{{cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last = Kent | first = David | author-link = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = St Ives, NSW | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.

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External links

  • [http://www.choirboys.net/ Official Choirboys site]

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Category:1987 albums

Category:Mushroom Records albums

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