The Boomtown Rats 1977

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The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats
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Artist...............: The Boomtown Rats
Album................: The Boomtown Rats
Genre................: Alternative & Punk
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 2005
Ripper...............: NMR
Codec................: FhG
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
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Ripped by............: NMR
Posted by............: RabidRabbit on 27/11/2009
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Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:03:10) The Boomtown Rats - Lookin\' After No. 1
2. (00:03:33) The Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form
3. (00:03:25) The Boomtown Rats - Close As You\'ll Ever Be
4. (00:03:54) The Boomtown Rats - Neon Heart
5. (00:05:31) The Boomtown Rats - Joey\'s On The Streets Again
6. (00:05:47) The Boomtown Rats - I Can Make It If You Can
7. (00:02:48) The Boomtown Rats - Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
8. (00:03:55) The Boomtown Rats - (She\'s Gonna) Do You In
9. (00:04:11) The Boomtown Rats - Kicks
10. (00:02:42) The Boomtown Rats - Doin\' It Right - 1975 Live Demo
11. (00:02:54) The Boomtown Rats - My Blues Away - 1975 Live Demo
12. (00:04:12) The Boomtown Rats - A Second Time - 1975 Live Demo
13. (00:03:13) The Boomtown Rats - Fanzine Hero - 1975 Live Demo
14. (00:03:21) The Boomtown Rats - Barefootin\' - Live In Moran\'s Hotel Dublin 1975
15. (00:03:52) The Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form (Single Version)

Playing Time.........: 00:56:29
Total Size...........: 129.36 MB

NFO generated on.....: 27/11/2009 13:11:06


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The Boomtown Rats arrived in punk-drunk Britain in early 1977,
self-aggrandizing Dubliners with a serious taste for classic rock, but dripping
such vehemently snot-nosed arrogance that it was hard to hold that against
them. Certainly their first major London show, opening for the newly
ascendant Tom Petty, gave the passive onlooker plenty to think about --
graffiti that insisted \"Rats Eat Heartbreakers\" appeared all across town and,
on-stage, they did. \"Lookin\' After No. 1,\" the band\'s self-affirmingly anthemic
debut single, brought them their first hit single; by the time The Boomtown
Rats reached the stores later that year, the schoolgirl fantasy \"Mary of the
4th Form\" was already set to confirm the Boomtown Rats\' advance. It was
the album that astonished, however, as the expected punk anthems were
accompanied by a clutch of numbers that drew deeply from the well of earlier
inspiration. The Rolling Stones (\"I Can Make It if You Can\") and Thin
Lizzy/Bruce Springsteen (\"Joey\'s on the Street Again\") shone as brightly as
any more contemporary influence, while Mutt Lange\'s production gave the
entire show a harsh, brittle quality that saw The Boomtown Rats sparkle as
brightly as any of the era\'s more \"traditional\" punk LPs. That sparkle remains
apparent across the album\'s 2005 remaster; indeed, although several of the
songs do sound slightly dated, the production still lifts them out of the punk
milieu, to reveal a classic rock updating that is, frankly, astonishing. This is
even more apparent across the bonus tracks; though the sound quality is less
than scintillating, four demos and a live \"Barefootin\',\" all dating from 1975,
capture both the brilliance and the braggadocio that would become the
Boomtown Rats\' stock in trade
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