title: The Essential Mondo Rock
text: # The Essential Mondo Rock
  
  The Essential Mondo Rock is a 2 disc compilation album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in October 2003 by Sony Music Australia. It peaked at number 70 on the ARIA Charts in November 2003.
  
  ## Background and release
  
  Mondo Rock were formed in Melbourne in 1977 and were a staple of the Australian rock scene throughout the 1980s with 4 top 10 albums and a string of hit singles. Disc 1 features hits and singles, while disc 2 features non-album singles, instrumentals, live tracks and two songs never before heard on disc. The album was released to coincide with the Here & Now concert tour.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Disc 1
  
  * "No Time" (Eric McCusker) – 4:01
  * "Summer of '81" (McCusker) – 3:49
  * "State of the Heart" (McCusker) – 4:18
  * "Cool World" (Ross Wilson) – 3:34
  * "Chemistry" (McCusker, Paul Christie) – 3:39
  * "The Queen and Me" (McCusker) – 3:21
  * "A Touch of Paradise" (Gulliver Smith, Wilson) – 4:13
  * "Come Said the Boy" (McCusker) – 5:15
  * "The Modern Bop" (Jellybean mix) (Wilson) – 3:46
  * "Baby Wants to Rock" (James Black, Wilson) – 4:31
  * "The Moment" (NY mix) (McCusker) – 3:39
  * "Rule of Threes" (McCusker) – 4:06
  * "Boom Baby Boom" (McCusker, J. J. Hackett, Wilson) – 4:20
  * "Primitive Love Rites" (Hackett, Wilson) – 4:51
  * "Why Fight It" (McCusker, Wilson) – 5:27
  * "I Had You in Mind" (McCusker) – 4:17
  * "Soul Reason" (McCusker, Harry Bogdanovs) – 4:28
  
  ### Disc 2
  
  * "Il Mondo Caffe" (Black, Wilson) – 2:44
  * "Mondo Sexo" (Wilson) – 3:02
  * "Domination" (Black, Christie, Wilson) – 4:26
  * "Winds Light to Variable" (McCusker, Hackett, Black, James Gillard, Wilson) – 3:51
  * "Moves" (live) (McCusker) – 4:00
  * "Mona Lisa" (live) (McCusker) – 3:52
  * "Tied Up in Knots" (live) (McCusker) – 4:51
  * "Slice of Life" (live) (McCusker) – 4:00
  * "We're No Angels" (live) (Wilson) – 6:27
  * "The Fugitive Kind" (live) (Wilson, Tony Slavich) – 3:35
  * "Aliens Walk Among Us" (Wilson) – 4:14
  * "Dark Secrets" (McCusker) – 5:16
  
  ## Charts
  
  The Essential Mondo Rock debuted at number 94 on the ARIA Charts and peaked at number 70 on 17 November 2003.
  
  Chart performance for The Essential Mondo Rock :
  
  | Chart (2003) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Albums (ARIA) | 19 |
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 31 October 2003 | CD | Standard | Sony Music Australia | 5139862000 |
  