The Boomtown Rats - A Tonic for the Troops (1978)

Posted By: olafweisse

Date: Sept. 23, 2009

Bob Geldof had revealed a taste for the seamy side of things in his lyrics for the Boomtown Rats' first album. On their second record, he fantasized about being Hitler in the person of the "Leader of the Pack" ("I Never Loved Eva Braun"), romanticized tropical suicide ("Living in an Island"), and identified with a certain wealthy recluse ("Me and Howard Hughes"). The band retained a punk energy on the album's U.K. hit singles, "Like Clockwork," "She's So Modern," and "Rat Trap" (another of Geldof's Springsteen homages), but musical identity was still a song-by-song affair. [In the U.S., Columbia replaced "Can't Stop" and "[Watch Out For] The Normal People" with "Mary of the 4th Form" and "Joey's on the Street Again" from the first album.] AMG

Американская версия второго альбома The Boomtown Rats. Вместо (Watch Out For) The Normal People вставлена Joey's on the Street Again, а весь tracklist необъяснимо перелопачен каким-то сержантом от штатовского шоу-бизнеса. А ещё говорят о загадочной русской душе… Впрочем, даже невзирая на нюансы, это - девятый вал хорошего настроения! :)))

Tracklisting:

1 Rat Trap
2 Me and Howard Hughes
3 (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4 Living in an Island
5 Like Clockwork
6 Blind Date
7 Mary of the 4th Form
8 Don't Believe What You Read
9 She's so Modern
10 Joey's on the Street Again

Credits:

Bob Geldof - Vocals
Johnny Fingers - Keyboards
Gerry Cott - Guitar
Garry Roberts - Guitar
Pete Briquette - Bass
Simon Crowe - Drums

Produced by Robert John Lange

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