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On their fifth album and reduced to a quintet, the Boomtown Rats moved closer to Caribbean rhythms, employing a percussionist and upping the bass guitar in the mix. They even had Dennis Bovell do a dub mix of "House on Fire" and included it at the end of the album. Meanwhile, Bob Geldof's lyrics indicated an increasingly embattled sensibility; he noted in a song called "The Bitter End" that "It isn't too far." Unfortunately, nothing here matched the catchy, daring work on the Rats' first three albums, and even in England their star was beginning to fade. In America, Columbia Records at first declined to release the album, opting for a four-track EP, then allowed it to escape in September 1982, when it failed to chart.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
On their fifth album and reduced to a quintet, the Boomtown Rats moved closer to Caribbean rhythms, employing a percussionist and upping the bass guitar in the mix. They even had Dennis Bovell do a dub mix of "House on Fire" and included it at the end of the album. Meanwhile, Bob Geldof's lyrics indicated an increasingly embattled sensibility; he noted in a song called "The Bitter End" that "It isn't too far." Unfortunately, nothing here matched the catchy, daring work on the Rats' first three albums, and even in England their star was beginning to fade. In America, Columbia Records at first declined to release the album, opting for a four-track EP, then allowed it to escape in September 1982, when it failed to chart.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:29
- Main artists: The Boomtown Rats
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2005 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
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