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Gizmo Mantra

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{{Infobox album

| name = Gizmo Mantra

| type = Studio

| artist = Boom Crash Opera

| cover = Gizmo Mantra by Boom Crash Opera.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock, Alternative rock

| length =

| label = Gotham Records, BMG

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| prev_title = Born

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = The Best Things

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Gizmo Mantra

| type = studio

| single1 = Dreaming Up a Fire

| single1date = June 1997{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/nB6ppST| title=Boom Crash Opera singles chart history 1994-1997, received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=7 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

| single2 = All

| single2date = October 1997

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Gizmo Mantra is the fifth studio album released by Australian rock group Boom Crash Opera. The album was released in November 1997.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|first=Kelvin|last=Hayess |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gizmo-mantra-mw0001128721|title=Album Review: Boom Crash Opera – Gizmo Mantra |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=21 February 2017}}

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Kelvin Hayes from All Music said; "It takes a while to warm up to, and it is a patchy thing even then, but Gizmo is possibly their best work since These Here Are Crazy Times in 1989. Peter Farnan is up to his usual oddball but inventive best on "Don't Forget to Breathe" and the excellent "Welcome to Tomorrow." Former writing partner Richard Pleasance helps out on "Dreaming up a Fire' (a re-take of the earlier hit "Dancing in the Storm"). The driving rock of "(So How Do I Turn You) On" is a brilliant endgame but for Farnan's musical acrobatics on the tail piece. The set is ruined by carelessness such as the '70s dirge "All". Plenty of Gizmo, little sign of a mantra."

Track listing

  1. "Wake Up Fine" – 4:09
  2. "Dirt" – 3:27
  3. "Don't Forget to Breathe" – 4:12
  4. "Welcome to Tomorrow" – 3:41
  5. "All" – 4:14
  6. "Walking Disaster" – 4:07
  7. "Funny" – 3:23
  8. "Bad Television" – 3:27
  9. "Ain't I Amazed" – 4:33
  10. "I'm Not Like You" – 3:51
  11. "Dreaming Up a Fire" – 3:46
  12. "(So How Do I Turn You) On" – 5:31

Personnel

  • Dale Ryder — lead vocals
  • Peter Farnan — guitars, backing vocals, keyboards
  • Ian Tilley — bass, backing vocals, keyboards
  • Peter Maslen — drums, backing vocals, percussion

References

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Category:1997 albums

Category:Boom Crash Opera albums

Category:Bertelsmann Music Group albums

Category:Gotham Records albums

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