Mondo Bongo
| Mondo Bongo | ||||
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| Released | December 1980 (UK) February 1981 (US) | |||
| Studio | Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
| Label | Mercury (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Producer | Tony Visconti The Boomtown Rats | |||
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Mondo Bongo was the Boomtown Rats' fourth album. It peaked at No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1981, and No. 116 in the US Billboard 200. This is the band's last album to be recorded as six-piece band, as the guitarist Gerry Cott left the band shortly after the album's release.
It included the hit singles: "Banana Republic", which had reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1980 and "The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)" which made No. 26 in January 1981.