THE BOOMTOWN RATS

Albums recorded by The Boomtown Rats, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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The Boomtown Rats

11/77

New

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A Tonic For The Troops

07/78

New

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The Fine Art Of Surfacing

10/79

New

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Mondo Bongo

12/80

New

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V Deep

03/82

New

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In The Long Grass

12/84

New


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1) THE BOOMTOWN RATS

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Lookin' After No 1
Neon Heart
Joey's On The Street Again
Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
Mary Of The 4th Form
(She's Gonna) Do You In
Close As You'll Ever Be
I Can Make It If You Can
Kicks

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CD

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

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Vocals
Saxophone
Keyboards, Vocals
Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Robert John "Mutt" Lange

2) A TONIC FOR THE TROOPS

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Like Clockwork
Blind Date
(I Never Loved) Eva Braun
Living In An Island
Don't Believe What You Read
She's So Modern
Me And Howard Hughes
Can't Stop
(Watch Out For) The Normal People
Rat Trap


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

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Robert John "Mutt" Lange

3) THE FINE ART OF SURFACING

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Someone's Looking At You
Diamond Smiles
Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
Having My Picture Taken
Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby)
I Don't Like Mondays
Nothing Happened Today
Keep It Up
Nice 'n' Neat
When The Night Comes


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

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Robert John "Mutt" Lange,
Phil Wainman

4) MONDO BONGO

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Please Don't Go
The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty)
Banana Republic
Fall Down
Hurt Hurts
Whitehall 1212
Mood Mambo
Straight Up
This Is My Room
Another Piece Of Red
Under Their Thumb...Is Under My Thumb
Go Man Go

Original LP


Special Tour LP

Pete Briquette
Gerry Cott
Simon Crowe
Andy Duncan
Johnnie Fingers
Bob Geldof
Garry Roberts
Tom Winter

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Guitar
Drums, Vocals
Percussion
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Bouzouki

Boomtown Rats, Tony Visconti

5) V DEEP

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Never In A Million Years
The Bitter End
Talking In Code
He Watches It All
A Storm Breaks
Charmed Lives
House On Fire
Up All Night
Skin On Skin
The Little Death


Pete Briquette
Simon Crowe
Johnnie Fingers
Bob Geldof
Garry Roberts

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Boomtown Rats, Tony Visconti

6) IN THE LONG GRASS

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A Hold Of Me
Drag Me Down
Dave
Over Again
Another Sad Story
Tonight
Hard Times
Lucky
An Icicle In The Sun
Up Or Down


Pete Briquette
Simon Crowe
Johnnie Fingers
Bob Geldof
Garry Roberts

Producer:

Bass, Vocals
Drums, Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals
Saxophone, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals

Boomtown Rats