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Boomtown Rats, The - The Boomtown Rats
Label:
Catalog#:
ENVY 1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
Sep 1977
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Punk
Tracklist
| A1 | Lookin' After No. 1 | |||
| A2 | Neon Heart | |||
| A3 | Joey's On The Street Again | |||
| A4 | Never Bite The Hand That Feeds | |||
| A5 | Mary Of The 4th Form | |||
| B1 | (She's Gonna) Do You In | |||
| B2 | Close As You'll Ever Be | |||
| B3 | I Can Make It If You Can | |||
| B4 | Kicks |
Credits
Arranged By, Written-by [Melodies] -
Boomtown Rats, The
Bass, Vocals - Pete Briquette
Drums, Vocals - Simon Crowe
Engineer, Mastered By, Performer [Laundered] - Steve Stiffgee Brown*
Guitar - Gerry Cott
Guitar, Vocals - Garry Roberts
Keyboards, Vocals - Johnnie Fingers
Lead Vocals, Harp, Lyrics By - Bob Geldof
Mixed By - Robert John Lange , Steve Brown (tracks: A1, A5)
Other [Management] - Fachtna O'Kelly
Producer - Robert John Lange
Saxophone - Albie "Gimme The Money" Donnelly*
Bass, Vocals - Pete Briquette
Drums, Vocals - Simon Crowe
Engineer, Mastered By, Performer [Laundered] - Steve Stiffgee Brown*
Guitar - Gerry Cott
Guitar, Vocals - Garry Roberts
Keyboards, Vocals - Johnnie Fingers
Lead Vocals, Harp, Lyrics By - Bob Geldof
Mixed By - Robert John Lange , Steve Brown (tracks: A1, A5)
Other [Management] - Fachtna O'Kelly
Producer - Robert John Lange
Saxophone - Albie "Gimme The Money" Donnelly*
Notes
Marketed by Polygram.
Published by Sewer Fire Hits.
Recorded at Dieter Dierk's Studios, Stommeln, Köln, Germany.
A3: The label just says "Joey"
Including a b/w lyric sleeve.
Published by Sewer Fire Hits.
Recorded at Dieter Dierk's Studios, Stommeln, Köln, Germany.
A3: The label just says "Joey"
Including a b/w lyric sleeve.
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Reviews & Discussion
The Rats debut is a good, but not yet great record that show they got it down on vinyl just a wee bit premature. This is hard driving pub rock/R&B of the Dr. Feelgood stripe. The album is competent and never embarrassing, yet it displays only a ghost of the New Wave finesse that they would evidence shortly afterward. Their first hit,"Lookin' Out After No. 1," is a stirring call to arms that as the first postpunk single added to the staid BBC playlist sets an appropriate standard of quality. "Mary of The Fourth Form," is a leering schoolboy blues number: the LP cut pales next to the more aggressive single version. All well and good, but the band would literally explode with new ideas and a multitude of sonic styles with the next album and throughout the rest of their career.