The Boomtown Rats - Classic Albums Selection Six Albums 1977-1984 (2013) MP3VBR Beolab1700

The Boomtown Rats - Classic Albums Selection Six Albums 1977-1984 (2013) MP3VBR Beolab1700

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The Boomtown Rats - Classic Albums Selection Six Albums 1977-1984 [CD1]
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Artist...............: The Boomtown Rats
Album................: Classic Albums Selection Six Albums 1977-1984 [CD1]
Genre................: Classic Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2013
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 269kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 08/12/2013

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Tracklisting
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CD1: The Boomtown Rats (1977) + bonus track

01 – Lookin’ After No.1
02 – Mary Of The 4th Form
03 – Close As You’ll Ever Be
04 – Neon Heart
05 – Joey’s On The Streets Again
06 – I Can Make It If You Can
07 – Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
08 – (She’s Gonna) Do You In
09 – Kicks
10 – Doin’ It Away (1975 Live Demo)
11 – My Blues Away (1975 Live Demo)
12 – A Second Time (1975 Live Demo)
13 – Fanzine Hero (1975 Live Demo)
14 – Barefootin’ (Live In Moran’s Hotel Dublin 1975)
15 – Mary Of The 4th Form (Single Version)

CD2: A Tonic For The Troops (1978) + bonus track

01 – Like Clockwork
02 – Blind Date
03 – (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
04 – Living In An Island
05 – Don’t Believe What You Read
06 – She’s So Modern
07 – Me And Howard Hughes
08 – Can’t Stop
09 – (Watch Out For) The Normal People
10 – Rat Trap
11 – Neon Heart (John Peel Radio Session)
12 – Do The Tat (B-Side)
13 – D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E (B-Side)
14 – Rat Trap (Live In Stoke)

CD3: The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979) + bonus track

01 – Someone’s Looking At You
02 – Diamond Smiles
03 – Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
04 – Having My Picture Taken
05 – Sleep (Fingers’ Lullaby)
06 – I Don’t Like Mondays
07 – Nothing Happened Today
08 – Keep It Up
09 – Nice N Neat
10 – When The Night Comes
11 – Episode #3
12 – Real Different (B-Side)
13 – How Do You Do (B-Side)
14 – Late Last Night (B-Side)
15 – Nothing Happened Today (Live In Cardiff)

CD4: Mondo Bongo (1980) + bonus track

01 – Straight Up
02 – The Elephant’s Graveyard
03 – This Is My Room
04 – Another Piece Of Red
05 – Hurt Hurts
06 – Please Don’t Go
07 – Fall Down
08 – Go Man Go!
09 – Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb
10 – Banana Republic
11 – Whitehall 1212
12 – Mood Mambo
13 – Cheerio
14 – Don’t Talk To Me (B-Side)
15 – Arnold Layne (Recorded For TV)
16 – Another Piece Of Red (Live In Portsmouth)

CD5: V Deep (1982) + bonus track

01 – He Watches It All
02 – Never In A Million Years
03 – Talking In Code
04 – The Bitter End
05 – The Little Death
06 – A Storm Breaks
07 – Up All Night
08 – House On Fire
09 – Charmed Lives
10 – Skin On Skin
11 – Say Hi To Mick
12 – No Hiding Place (B-Side)
13 – House On Fire (12” Dub)
14 – Up All Night (Long Version)

CD6: In The Long Grass (1984) + bonus track

01 – Dave
02 – Over And Over
03 – Drag Me Down
04 – A Hold Of Me
05 – Another Sad Story
06 – Tonight
07 – Hard Times
08 – Lucky
09 – An Icicle In The Sun
10 – Up Or Down
11 – Dave (Single Version)
12 – Walking Downtown (B-Side)
13 – Precious Time (B-Side)
14 – She’s Not The Best (Home Demo)

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Today Bob Geldof is known for his many humanitarian efforts and causes. His first claim to fame was as the leader of one of the seminal punk groups of the mid-1970s and early 1980s.
The Boomtown Rats were formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1975 and for a decade played their own defiant brand of rock and roll. Now their six original studio albums have been re-released as a 6-CD box set titled Classic Album Selection: Six Albums 1977-1984. Also included are a number of bonus tracks including outtakes and live performances.
The Boomtown Rats (1977), A Tonic for The Troops (1978), The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979), Mondo Bongo (1980). V Deep (1982), and In the Long Grass (1984) take the listener through the career of one of the more important rock bands of their era. The best way to approach the set is to play the albums in chronological order. Their self-titled debut and A Tonic For The Troops find the band in the forefront of the punk movement. They rage, rant, and rock their way through two albums of frenetic music. If you want to know what the punk music is all about, these albums are a fine introduction as their take no prisoner’s type of rock and roll helped change the perceptions of rock music.
The Fine Art Of Surfacing finds the group veering more toward the mainstream yet retaining some of their anger and fire. Their ability to make their punk sound acceptable to a broader audience enabled them to become huge stars, especially in their home country and the U.K.
Mondo Bongo is an album of dark thoughts and topics, yet the music is explosive and melodic. V Deep is much the same yet a little lighter in its textures and context. By the time they released In The Long Grass, their sound had matured and while elements of their past were still apparent, they were now moving away from their anti-establishment days toward more mainstream rock and roll.
The box set is basic with each disc having its own fold-out sleeve with archival photos. The lack of liner notes is missed. The sound is fine and presents the message and energy of the band well.
Classic Album Selection: Six Albums 1977-1984 is probably the best overview of the Boomtown Rats career available and a must for anyone interested in their career or the development of rock music circa 1980.

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