''V Deep'' is
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 ...
's fifth album, and the first to be released as a five-piece band, following the departure of guitarist
Gerry Cott.
It includes the minor
hit single "House on Fire".
Name
The name of the album is pronounced "five deep", not "vee deep" referring to the roman numeral 5. It refers to the fact that it is the band's fifth album and also that they became a five-piece following the departure of Gerry Cott.
Track listing
UK release
All songs were written by
Bob Geldof, except where noted.
# "Never in a Million Years"
# "The Bitter End"
# "Talking in Code"
# "He Watches It All"
# "A Storm Breaks"
# "Charmed Lives"
# "House on Fire"
# "Up All Night"
# "Skin on Skin"
# "The Little Death/... House Burned Down"
(Geldof, Pete Briquette)
US release
All songs were written by
Bob Geldof, except where noted.
# "Never in a Million Years"
# "The Bitter End"
# "Talking in Code"
# "He Watches It All"
# "A Storm Breaks"
# "Charmed Lives"
# "House on Fire"
# "Whitehall 1212"
(from the UK '' Mondo Bongo'')
# "Skin on Skin"
# "The Little Death/... House Burned Down"
(Geldof, Pete Briquette)
2005 reissue
All songs were written by
Bob Geldof, except where noted.
# "He Watches It All"
# "Never in a Million Years"
# "Talking in Code"
# "The Bitter End"
# "The Little Death"
(Geldof, Pete Briquette)
# "A Storm Breaks"
# "Up All Night"
# "House on Fire"
# "Charmed Lives"
# "Skin on Skin"
# "Say Hi to Mick"
# "No Hiding Place"
(B-side)
# "House on Fire"
(12" Dub Version)
# "Up All Night"
(Long Version)
Personnel
;The Boomtown Rats
*
Bob Geldof – vocals, saxophone
*
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 ...
– bass, vocals
*
Johnnie Fingers
Johnnie Fingers (born John Peter Moylett, 10 September 1956) is an Irish keyboardist and co-founding member of the new wave band The Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his attire of striped pyjamas on stage and his melodic piano style.
Backgroun ...
– keyboards, vocals
*
Simon Crowe – drums, vocals
*
Garry Roberts – guitar, vocals
with:
*Andy Duncan - percussion
*
Andy Hamilton
Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor.
Early life and education
Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...
, Dave McHale - saxophone
*
Guy Barker
Guy Jeffrey Barker, (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer.
Early life
Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a yea ...
- trumpet
*
Spike Edney
Philip "Spike" Edney (born 11 December 1951) is an English musician who, since the 1960s, has performed with a number of bands, most notably with Queen in their live concerts, where his participation started in 1984 during Queen's The Works t ...
- trombone
;Technical
*Andy Le Vien, Corinne Simcock - engineer
*Gordon Fordyce - remixing
*Ben Kelly - cover, design
*Jon Prew - photography
References
The Boomtown Rats albums
1982 albums
Albums produced by Tony Visconti
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