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Bob Geldof had revealed a taste for the seamy side of things in his lyrics for The Boomtown Rats' first album. On their second record, he fantasized about being Hitler in the person of the Leader of the Pack ("I Never Loved Eva Braun"), romanticized tropical suicide ("Living In An Island"), and identified with a certain wealthy recluse ("Me And Howard Hughes"). The band retained a punk energy on the album's UK hit singles, "Like Clockwork," "She's So Modern," and "Rat Trap" (the last another of Bob Geldof's Springsteen homages), but musical identity was still a song-by-song affair. (Ensign Records released A Tonic For The Troops in the UK in June 1978. In the U.S., Columbia Records took over The Boomtown Rats from Mercury, replaced "Can't Stop" and "[Watch Out For] The Normal People" with "Mary Of The 4th Form" and "Joey's On The Street Again" from the first album, resequenced the tracks, and delayed the American release until February 1979.)
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnnie Fingers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Crowe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Cott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Holmes, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnnie Fingers, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Crowe, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Cott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill P. Rice, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garry Roberts, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnnie Fingers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Crowe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Cott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Holmes, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 2005 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - Crowe, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, ComposerLyricist - Cott, ComposerLyricist - Fingers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Bob Geldof had revealed a taste for the seamy side of things in his lyrics for The Boomtown Rats' first album. On their second record, he fantasized about being Hitler in the person of the Leader of the Pack ("I Never Loved Eva Braun"), romanticized tropical suicide ("Living In An Island"), and identified with a certain wealthy recluse ("Me And Howard Hughes"). The band retained a punk energy on the album's UK hit singles, "Like Clockwork," "She's So Modern," and "Rat Trap" (the last another of Bob Geldof's Springsteen homages), but musical identity was still a song-by-song affair. (Ensign Records released A Tonic For The Troops in the UK in June 1978. In the U.S., Columbia Records took over The Boomtown Rats from Mercury, replaced "Can't Stop" and "[Watch Out For] The Normal People" with "Mary Of The 4th Form" and "Joey's On The Street Again" from the first album, resequenced the tracks, and delayed the American release until February 1979.)
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:47
- 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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