Reply #4: 2 great albums - "Tonic for the Troops" and "Fine Art of Surfacing"

[muriel_volestrangler]

the 2nd has "I Don't Like Mondays" on it, which, it should be noted, is not a typical Boomtown Rats song - they're mainly a straightforward guitar/piano group. "Diamond Smiles" and "Someone's Looking At You" were the other 2 singles from that album; I prefer the previous one, 'Tonic for the Troops'. Both got into the top 10.

They were far more successful in the UK that the US - I've seen them called a 'one hit wonder' here, but IDLM was their 2nd number 1 single in the UK - the first, 'Rat Trap', is great, I think, and memorably knocked John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John off the number 12 spot, when it seemed like they'd be there forever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boomtown_Rats

Rat Trap video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-pLtSx5DI