''The Boomtown Rats' Greatest Hits'' is a
compilation album of
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 ...
' singles on
Columbia Records from 1979 to 1985.
Track listing
All songs were written by
Bob Geldof, except where noted.
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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 ...
" – 4:17
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Rat Trap
A rat trap is a trap designed to catch rats. Designs are often larger variations on mousetraps.
Types of traps
Spring traps for large rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are character ...
" – 5:08
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She's So Modern" (
Johnny Fingers, Geldof) – 2:57
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Banana Republic
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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) – 4:57
# "Skin on Skin" (Briquette, Geldof) – 4:37
# "Up All Night" – 3:34
# "Joey's on the Street Again" – 5:51
# "The Elephants' Graveyard (Guilty)" – 3:43
# "House on Fire" – 4:43
# "Never in a Million Years" – 3:49
References
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The Boomtown Rats albums
1987 greatest hits albums
Columbia Records compilation albums