A Tonic For The Troops

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Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.198. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. A Tonic For The Troops (24/100 Greatest Irish Albums)". Hot Press. 17 November 2004 . Retrieved 7 November 2020.

The band returned to the recording studio with Lange to produce a follow-up in 1979, while they embarked on a US tour in support of the album with moderate success. [3] The single " I Don't Like Mondays" was released in July, [1] also reached No.1 in the UK. [5] The song was written in response to a school shooting in California, and became a worldwide Top Ten hit, except for the United States. [8] It was the band's only song to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included in the band's third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing released in November of that year. [1] The album also contained " Diamond Smiles" and their next Top 10 hit in the UK, " Someone's Looking at You". [1] Bob Geldof, Cadogan Hall – review". thisislondon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2011.

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A follow-up album entitled In The Long Grass was recorded in 1983, but was initially rejected by the group's label. [10] By 1984, the band was touring universities after becoming unable to fund the "guarantee" required to book mainstream concert halls. In The Long Grass was finally issued in the UK in May 1984, but failed to chart. Two singles, "Tonight" and "Drag Me Down", were taken from the album; these reached the lower rungs of the UK Singles Chart, but two further singles, "Dave" and "A Hold of Me", failed to register. [9] Here's a Postcard (Hot Mix) - Single by The Boomtown Rats on Apple Music". Apple Music . Retrieved 21 August 2020. a b c d e f Ruhlmann, William. "A Tonic for the Troops – The Boomtown Rats". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 April 2014.

On 21 June 2009, Geldof, Roberts, and Briquette got together in Dublin to play "Dave", at a party to celebrate the life of Boomtown Rats' close friend and saxophone player, "Doctor" Dave MacHale, who had died of cancer in Frankfurt. [12] [16] Aping The Twist, and other dance craze songs, the Rats create their own, The Rat! With yellowed teeth and greyer hair, I'm less up for doing the Rat to the break of day these days, and it's pretty fair to say The Rat didn't really supplant seventies disco! The song itself is a very basic three chord (if that!) romp, but the lyrics are very sassy and the R’n’B guitar break sounds like it comes from Tiger Feet by Mud! On the CD it ends with a Beatlesque cheer a la All You Need is Love. Bob Geldof blasts Brentwood Festival fans for wearing Primark clothes". The Daily Telegraph. 21 July 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2017. The Boomtown Rats and other bands from yesteryear who have reformed". The Independent. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.The Boomtown Rats' involvement with Band Aid (on which they all played) raised their profile again, and in January 1985, a revised version of In the Long Grass was finally released in the US. The album made the US charts at No. 188, but the associated singles failed to make an impact on the charts or on the radio. The band subsequently performed at Live Aid's charity performance. [1] The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic for the Troops". Uncut. p.116. [B]oasting Geldof's most finely tuned lyrics and their best tunes. The band was formed in 1975 with five of the six members that originated from Dún Laoghaire, while Pete Briquette was originally from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. [1] Geldof initially managed the band but took over the lead vocals from Garry Roberts. Initially known as The Nightlife Thugs, the group changed their name to The Boomtown Rats, [3] which Geldof had taken from Woody Guthrie's autobiography Bound for Glory. [1] The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic for the Troops". Mojo. p.114. Full of smart, acerbic, punky pop sounds...