BEST OF BOOMTOWN RATS

BOOMTOWN RATS

Genre: music4me > rock > rock

Format: CD Album

Released: Sun 12 Sep 2004

Catalogue Number: 9819145

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Description:
The Boomtown Rats: Bob Geldof (vocals); Gerry Cott, Garry Roberts (guitar); Johnnie Fingers (keyboards); Pete Briquette (bass guitar); Simon Crowe (drums).
Long before Bob Geldof was knighted for his charitable works, he was the frontman for a scrappy Irish rock band known as the Boomtown Rats. They were in on the first wave of UK punk, and while they were very much a part of that scene, they were one of the first groups (alongside the likes of the Buzzcocks, XTC, and the now-forgotten Advertising) to combine the raw energy of punk with pop melodies and song structures, and a more sophisticated approach to record-making. In effect, with their in-your-face dynamics, poppy hooks, and herky-jerky rhythms, the Rats were one of the original New Wave bands.
This excellent, near-definitive (radio fave "Up All Night" is omitted) career overview shows both the energy and passion that aligned the Rats with the punks (the furious "She's So Modern") and the songwriting and production know-how that set them apart ("Joey's on the Street Again"). With prominent keyboards (courtesy of the flamboyant Johnny Fingers) and strong Springsteen and Thin Lizzy influences, the Rats were destined from the start to leave their punk roots behind, and their more melodic, latter-day tracks ("Never in a Million Years," "Fall Down") show the vast strides the band made before splintering in the mid-1980s.

Details:

Discs: 1

Track Listing:

1.	She's So Modern
2.	Mary Of The 4Th Form
3.	Rat Trap
4.	Lookin' After No. 1
5.	When The Night Comes
6.	Someone’s Looking At You
7.	Joey's On The Streets Again
8.	Banana Republic
9.	Dave
10.	I Don’t Like Mondays
11.	Like Clockwork
12.	(I Never Loved) Eva Braun
13.	Neon Heart
14.	Never In A Million Years
15.	Diamond Smiles
16.	Drag Me Down
17.	I Can Make It If You Can
18.	The Elephants Graveyard
19.	Fall Down