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To coincide with their 2013 reunion, Irish new wave legends the Boomtown Rats offered up their fifth greatest-hits collection in Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits. The usual suspects like "Rat Trap," "She's So Modern," and "I Don't Like Mondays" are all present, sounding nice and punchy with their updated Abbey Road remasters. While their 2003 anthology The Best of the Boomtown Rats was a bit more thorough, the draw for fans here is the addition of two brand new tracks penned by bandleader Bob Geldof. Their first new material in decades, opening cut "The Boomtown Rats" is a strange electronic club banger that feels immediately out of place, though the other new addition, "Back to Boomtown," holds up quite nicely and is delivered with the kind of ragged moxie the band was known for in their heyday. While the two new cuts might not be reason enough to add yet another reshuffled Rats compilation to your collection, Back to Boomtown still serves as a solid introduction to the band.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
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Bob Geldof, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Crowe, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Liddard, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1977 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
℗ 1977 Mercury Records Limited
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, 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
℗ 1977 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 - Garry Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 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
℗ 1977 Mercury Records Limited
Bob Geldof, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnnie Fingers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Neil Wainman, Producer - Simon Crowe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Cott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1979 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1979 Mercury Records Limited
Rupert Hine, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnnie Fingers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Crowe, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Cott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Visconti, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Mercury Records Limited
PETER WALSH, Producer - Bob Geldof, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 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
Bob Geldof, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Boomtown Rats, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Crowe, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Liddard, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garry Roberts, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
To coincide with their 2013 reunion, Irish new wave legends the Boomtown Rats offered up their fifth greatest-hits collection in Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits. The usual suspects like "Rat Trap," "She's So Modern," and "I Don't Like Mondays" are all present, sounding nice and punchy with their updated Abbey Road remasters. While their 2003 anthology The Best of the Boomtown Rats was a bit more thorough, the draw for fans here is the addition of two brand new tracks penned by bandleader Bob Geldof. Their first new material in decades, opening cut "The Boomtown Rats" is a strange electronic club banger that feels immediately out of place, though the other new addition, "Back to Boomtown," holds up quite nicely and is delivered with the kind of ragged moxie the band was known for in their heyday. While the two new cuts might not be reason enough to add yet another reshuffled Rats compilation to your collection, Back to Boomtown still serves as a solid introduction to the band.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:55
- Main artists: The Boomtown Rats
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2013 Mercury Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2013 Mercury Records Limited
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