''Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats'' is a 1994
greatest hits
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compilation album from
Bob Geldof and
the Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock music, rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hit record, hits including "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap", "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Banana Repub ...
, consisting mostly of Boomtown Rats material but also some of Geldof's solo work. It peaked at No. 10 in the
UK Albums Chart
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in July 1994.
"Crazy" was a previously unreleased Geldof track, and was released in the UK as a single from this album.
In 1997, the album was released by Columbia Records in the US and Vertigo Records in Canada as ''Great Songs of Indifference - The Best of Bob Geldof & the Boomtown Rats'', with a few substituted songs.
Track listing
All songs were written by
Bob Geldof, except where noted.
# "
I Don't Like Mondays
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group the Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, ''The Fine Art of Surfacing''. Th ...
" (1979) – 4:17
from '' The Fine Art of Surfacing''
# "This is the World Calling" (1986) (Geldof,
Raymond Doom) – 4:23
from '' Deep in the Heart of Nowhere''
# "
Rat Trap
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Types of traps
Spring traps for large rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are character ...
" (1978) – 4:51
from '' A Tonic for the Troops''
# "The Great Song of Indifference" (1990) – 4:35
from '' The Vegetarians of Love''
# "Love or Something" (1990) (Geldof,
David A. Stewart
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) – 4:32
from ''The Vegetarians of Love''
# "
Banana Republic
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" (1980) (
Pete Briquette
Patrick Martin Cusack (born 2 July 1954), known by the stage name Pete Briquette, is an Irish bassist, record producer and composer. He is a member of the Boomtown Rats and has also played in Bob Geldof's band.
Boomtown Rats
He was born in B ...
, Geldof) – 3:29
from '' Mondo Bongo''
# "Crazy" (1994) (Geldof, Doom,
Olle Romo
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) – 4:29
Previously unreleased
# "The Elephants Graveyard" (1981) – 3:42
from ''Mondo Bongo''
# "
Someone's Looking at You" (1980) – 4:22
from ''The Fine Art of Surfacing''
# "
She's So Modern" (1978) (Geldof,
Johnny Fingers) – 2:56
from ''A Tonic for the Troops''
# "House on Fire" (1982) – 4:46
from '' V Deep''
# "The Beat of the Night" (1986) – 5:06
from ''Deep in the Heart of Nowhere''
# "
Diamond Smiles" (1979) – 3:49
from ''The Fine Art of Surfacing''
# "
Like Clockwork
"Like Clockwork" is a single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the band's first to reach the Top Ten in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 6.
Described as "simple, cool", in concerts supporting '' A Tonic for the Troops'', the song's agitated, stac ...
" (1978) (Geldof, Briquette,
Simon Crowe
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The Boomtown Rats.
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) – 3:38
from ''A Tonic for the Troops''
# "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" (1992) – 3:41
from '' The Happy Club''
# "
Mary of the 4th Form
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" (1977) – 3:30
from ''The Boomtown Rats
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# "
Lookin' After No. 1" (1977) – 3:08
from ''The Boomtown Rats''
*
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 - The Boomtown Rats
*
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15 - Bob Geldof
''Great Songs of Indifference'' substitutes some of the above songs for the following Boomtown Rats songs:
5. "Never in a Million Years" (1982) – 3:48
from ''V Deep''
11. "Up All Night" (1981) – 3:36
from ''V Deep''
12. "Rain" (1984) – 4:13
from '' In the Long Grass'' (North American version)
While "Rain" is listed on the packaging, at least one Canadian CD pressing actually contains the original version, "Dave."
Singles
: "Crazy" / "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" (Live) / "The Beat Of The Night" (Live) / "Rat Trap" (Live) (May 1994) (UK release)
: "Crazy" / "Mary Of The 4th Form" (Live) / "Looking After Number One" (Live) / "Joey's On The Street" (Live) (May 1994) (UK Limited edition release)
: "Crazy" / "Looking After Number 1" (Live) / "The Beat Of The Night" (Live) / "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" (Live) (1994) (European release)
References
The Boomtown Rats albums
1994 greatest hits albums
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