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Boomtown Rats, The - The Fine Art Of Surfacing (Nippon Phonogram RJ-7636) (JP 1979) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Posted By: luckburz

Date: 16 Apr 2011 09:56:57

Boomtown Rats, The - The Fine Art Of Surfacing (Nippon Phonogram RJ-7636) (JP 1979) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art Of Surfacing
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 897 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 296 MB
Cat#: Nippon Phonogram, Mercury RJ-7636 | Country/Year: Japan 1979
Genre: New Wave, Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

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Boomtown Rats, The - The Fine Art Of Surfacing

Label: Mercury, Nippon Phonogram
Catalog#: RJ-7636
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country/Origin: Japan/UK
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Punk

Tracklist:

A1 Someone's Looking At You 4:23
A2 Diamond Smiles 3:52
A3 Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) 4:37
A4 Having My Picture Taken 3:19
A5 Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby) 5:32

B1 I Don't Like Mondays 4:20
B2 Nothing Happened Today 3:20
B3 Keep It Up 3:40
B4 Nice 'N' Neat 2:51
B5 When The Night Comes 4:57

Credits:

* Engineer - Tony Platt
* Producer - Robert John Lange
* Written-By - B. Geldof* (tracks: All except A5)

Notes:

Manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd. Tokyo

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/release/2822054

Review

by Dave Thompson

When the Boomtown Rats topped the U.K. chart in October 1978, a lot of observers thought that was the last they'd hear of them – "Rat Trap," after all, zapped the period zeitgeist with such devastating accuracy that it would surely be impossible to follow it through. Bob Geldof wasn't listening. "I Don't Like Mondays," the band's follow-up single, not only returned the band to the top, it became one of the biggest-selling singles in British chart history, while the album that followed, November's The Fine Art of Surfacing, opened with two new songs that, if anything, were superior even to that. "Someone's Looking at You," a ruthlessly spot-on study of paranoia, and the death-of-a-socialite "Diamond Smiles" truly mark the peak of the Rats' career and, if the remainder of the album struggled to hit the same spot, what else could they do? Four bonus tracks (three B-sides and a live cut) do lessen the majesty of the album itself – you really do want to press "stop" once the album proper crashes to its close. Elsewhere, however, this most eclectic of all the band's albums stands today as, quite possibly, the last great LP of the 1970s – and the first classic of the '80s. From the moody "Wind Chill Factor" to the quirky "Having My Picture Taken" and on to the somber "Sleep," the band barely puts a foot wrong, while "I Don't Like Mondays" naturally remains insensitive to any kind of critical commentary.

Boomtown Rats, The - The Fine Art Of Surfacing (Nippon Phonogram RJ-7636) (JP 1979) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

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DR11 -2.48 dB -16.54 dB A1 - Someone's Looking At You.wav
DR12 -2.76 dB -17.04 dB A2 - Diamond Smiles.wav
DR12 -4.77 dB -18.04 dB A3 - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero).wav
DR11 -4.53 dB -17.23 dB A4 - Having My Picture Taken.wav
DR12 -4.95 dB -19.07 dB A5 - Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby).wav
DR14 -2.22 dB -19.76 dB B1 - I Don't Like Mondays.wav
DR12 -1.07 dB -15.83 dB B2 - Nothing Happened Today.wav
DR12 -1.54 dB -15.05 dB B3 - Keep It Up.wav
DR10 -2.75 dB -15.22 dB B4 - Nice 'N' Neat.wav
DR13 -1.28 dB -16.70 dB B5 - When The Night Comes.wav
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Number of files: 10
Official DR value: DR12

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