Sep132024

The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats is a rock group led by Bob Geldof (full name: Robert Fredrick Zenon Geldof, born October 5th 1951). Playing punk and new wave influenced music, their initial incarnation lasted from 1976 to 1986), but the band recently reformed. All six primary members (Gary Roberts, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, and Johnnie Moylett alongside Geldof) were originally from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. Originally, they used the moniker 'The Nightlife Thugs'. Read more on Last.fm

Track: I Don't Like Mondays

Album: The Fine Art Of Surfacing

Album Details:
Album The Fine Art Of Surfacing
Label
Release Date 1979
Total Tracks 15
Track Listing:
1Someone's Looking At You04:24
2Diamond Smiles03:51
3Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)04:38
4Having My Picture Taken03:20
5Sleep (Fingers Lullaby)04:15
6I Don't Like Mondays04:19
7Nothing Happened Today03:19
8Keep It Up03:39
9Nice N Neat02:51
10When The Night Comes04:45
11Episode #301:10
12Real Different - B-side03:14
13How Do You Do ?02:40
14Late Last Night - B-side02:43
15Nothing Happened Today - Live03:44

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1I Don't Like Mondays
1333277
2Rat Trap
186273
3Banana Republic
80270
4She's So Modern
78735
5Someone's Looking At You
71253
6Lookin' After No. 1
64639
7Like Clockwork
63894
8Up All Night
63141
9Diamond Smiles
58301
10Mary of the 4th Form
34849

Other Album Releases:

Citizens of Boomtown
Citizens of Boomtown (Deluxe)
Live Rats 2013 at the London Roundhouse
Classic Album Selection: Six Albums 1977-1984
In The Long Grass
V Deep
Mondo Bongo
The Fine Art Of Surfacing
A Tonic For The Troops
The Boomtown Rats

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