Mondo Deco

by The Quick

Mondo Deco cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1976
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:47
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Managed by Kim Fowley, this Los Angeles-based outfit delivers a quintessential, though commercially overlooked, power pop classic. The album crackles with youthful energy, featuring massive hooks, quirky lyricism, and a polished glam-rock aesthetic that proved highly influential to subsequent guitar-pop acts.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, punchy, radio, bubbly, jangly

Tracklist

  1. It Won't Be Long (2:49)
  2. No No Girl (3:15)
  3. Playtime (2:48)
  4. Hillary (3:52)
  5. Anybody (6:12)
  6. Hi-Lo (2:39)
  7. Rag Doll (2:38)
  8. Last In Line (1:55)
  9. My Purgatory Years (5:18)
  10. Don't You Want It (4:16)

Credits

  • The Quick - primary artist
  • Ian Ainsworth - bass
  • Danny Benair - drums
  • Steve Hufsteter - guitar, written-by
  • Billy Bizeau - keyboards, vocals
  • Danny Wilde - lead vocals
  • Lennon-McCartney - written-by
  • Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio - written-by

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