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| The
Boomtown Rats A Tonic for the Troops 1979 Columbia Records |
Rat
Trap Me and Howard Hughes (I Never Loved) Eva Braun Living in an Island Like Clockwork |
Blind
Date Mary of the 4th Form Don't Believe What You Read She's So Modern Joey's On the Street (Again) |
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| Wonderful! Post Punk Pop for the ages! Absolutely brilliant, one of my desert island discs! | ||||||||
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| The
Boomtown Rats The Fine Art of Surfacing 1979 Columbia Records |
Someone's
Looking at You Diamond Smiles Wind Chill Factor ................... (Minus Zero) Having My Picture Taken Sleep (Finger's Lullaby) |
I
Don't Like Mondays Nothing Happened Today Keep It Up Nice 'n' Neat When the Night Comes |
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| Spawning
their only major hit ('I Don't Like Mondays'), this Rats album is good,
but lacks the punch that A Tonic for the Troops has. |
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| The
Boomtown Rats Mondo Bongo 1981 Columbia Records |
Mood
Mambo Straight Up This Is My Room Another Piece of Red Go Man Go Under Their Thumb . . . is ................. Under My Thumb |
Please
Don't Go The Elephants Graveyard Banana Republic Don't Talk to Me Hurt Hurts Up All Night |
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| Not
very good, actually. Very strange with no discernible hits. Well, except
for 'Up All Night' which is rather good. |
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| The
Boomtown Rats V Deep 1982 Columbia Records |
Never
in a Million Years The Bitter End Talking in Code He Watches it All A Storm Breaks |
Charmed
Lines House On Fire Whitehall 1212 Skin On Skin The Little Death . . . House Burned Down |
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| Another strange album that really didn't do anything to endear The Rats to the public. | ||||||||
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| The
Boomtown Rats In the Long Grass 1984 Phonogram Records (England) 1985 Columbia Records (US) |
A
Hold of Me Drage Me Down Dave ......('Rain' - US release) Over Again Another Sad Story |
Tonight Hard Times Lucky An Icicle in the Sun Up or Down |
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| This
is a strange one . . . In 1985,
about the time of Live Aid, the Rats released this album in the U.S,
their last. In 2002, I procurred a copy that was released in England in 1984. The song 'Dave' became 'Rain' in the U.S. - same tune with different lyrics. Also, the production on the U.S. version, for my money, is far better than the English release. The sound is fuller, there's more going on the tracks . . . either version is a treasure to have, but if you can find the U.S. version, snatch it up. Oh, and this is simply by far the best record the Rats ever did. |
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