In November 1997 Boom Crash Opera released a studio album, "Gizmo Mantra", which was produced by Daniel Denholm, Kalju Tonuma and the group. Pulling back from the electronic sounding previous album, "Gizmo Mantra" was a return to the melodic rock sounds of earlier work. It included the singles, "All" and "Dreaming up a Fire" – the latter had been written by Farnan and Pleasance at the time of the "Dreams on Fire" sessions. However "Gizmo Mantra" failed to reach the top 50. McFarlane noted that "after 1997 band disappeared from view" but during their main career they had a "strong visual image and the uncanny ability of its principal songwriters to pen catchy, commercial songs ensured a string of successful releases".