The Boomtown Rats (album)

The Boomtown Rats

Released

September 1977^[1]

The Boomtown Rats
(1977)

A Tonic for the Troops
(1978)

The Boomtown Rats is The Boomtown Rats' debut album and included the Rats' first hit single, "Lookin' After No. 1", as well as the subsequent single, "Mary of the 4th Form".^[1] The album peaked at No. 18 in the UK Albums Chart in 1977.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Bob Geldof, all music arranged by The Boomtown Rats

"Doin' It Right" (1975 live demo)
"My Blues Away" (1975 live demo)
"A Second Time" (1975 live demo)
"Fanzine Hero" (1975 live demo)
"Barefootin'" (cover of the Robert Parker song recorded Live in Moran's Hotel, Dublin, 1975)
"Mary of the 4th Form" (single version)

1 2 3 4 5 6 William Ruhlmann. "The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

The Boomtown Rats

Bob Geldof Pete Briquette Gerry Cott Simon Crowe Johnnie Fingers Garry Roberts

Studio albums	The Boomtown Rats A Tonic for the Troops The Fine Art of Surfacing Mondo Bongo V Deep In the Long Grass

Singles	"Lookin' After No. 1" "Mary of the 4th Form" "She's So Modern" "Like Clockwork" "Rat Trap" "I Don't Like Mondays" "Diamond Smiles" "Someone's Looking at You" "Banana Republic" "Up All Night" "The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)" "Never in a Million Years" "House on Fire" "Charmed Lives" "Tonight" "Drag Me Down" "Dave" "A Hold of Me"

Other albums	Ratrospective The Boomtown Rats' Greatest Hits Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats The Best of The Boomtown Rats Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits So Modern – The Boomtown Rats Collection

Related articles	Discography Ensign Records Mercury Records

Bob Geldof

Studio album	Deep in the Heart of Nowhere The Vegetarians of Love The Happy Club Sex, Age & Death How to Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell

Compilation	Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001

The Boomtown Rats	The Boomtown Rats A Tonic for the Troops The Fine Art of Surfacing Mondo Bongo V Deep In the Long Grass

Films	Pink Floyd The Wall When Harvey Met Bob

Books	Is That It? Geldof in Africa

Charity Projects	Band Aid (Do They Know It's Christmas?) Band Aid 20 Live Aid Live 8 Sport Aid

Produced albums

1970s	City Boy – City Boy Graham Parker – Heat Treatment The Motors – 1 City Boy – Young Men Gone West The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats Outlaws – Playin' to Win The Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops The Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing AC/DC – Highway to Hell

1980s	AC/DC – Back in Black Foreigner – 4 Def Leppard – High 'N' Dry AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You Def Leppard – Pyromania The Cars – Heartbeat City Def Leppard – Hysteria Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours

1990s	Def Leppard – Adrenalize (executive producer) Michael Bolton – The One Thing Shania Twain – The Woman in Me Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die Shania Twain – Come On Over

2000s	The Corrs – In Blue Shania Twain – Up! Shania Twain – Greatest Hits Nickelback – Dark Horse

2010s	Maroon 5 – Hands All Over Muse – Drones

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