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On their fourth album, the Boomtown Rats submitted to ambitiousness, with singer Bob Geldof attempting to assume the mantle of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, while the band tried to keep up with musical fashions in Britain. The combination led to such oddities as a ska-beat rewrite of the Stones' "Under My Thumb" and a couple of side-opening mambos. The band was at its best when it returned to the pop music that was its core on such songs as the Buddy Holly-ish "Don't Talk to Me" and especially the danceable "Up All Night," but they were buried on the second side of an uneven collection that made the Rats' sense of direction seem uncertain.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist - Simon Kenneth Asht Crowe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
KEITH RICHARDS, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, ComposerLyricist - Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Rupert Hine, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Syd Barrett, ComposerLyricist - Tony Visconti, Producer - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
On their fourth album, the Boomtown Rats submitted to ambitiousness, with singer Bob Geldof attempting to assume the mantle of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, while the band tried to keep up with musical fashions in Britain. The combination led to such oddities as a ska-beat rewrite of the Stones' "Under My Thumb" and a couple of side-opening mambos. The band was at its best when it returned to the pop music that was its core on such songs as the Buddy Holly-ish "Don't Talk to Me" and especially the danceable "Up All Night," but they were buried on the second side of an uneven collection that made the Rats' sense of direction seem uncertain.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:23
- 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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