The Boomtown Rats discography
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| The Boomtown Rats discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Singles | 19 |
The discography of Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats consists of six studio albums, five compilation albums, 19 singles and three video albums. The Boomtown Rats' debut release was the 1977 single "Lookin' After No. 1". The group's next single "Mary of the 4th Form" was released in the same year, along with their self-titled debut album.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
CAN | NZ [2] |
US [3] |
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| The Boomtown Rats | 18 | 30 | — | — | |||||||||
| A Tonic for the Troops |
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8 | — | 25 | 112 |
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| The Fine Art of Surfacing |
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7 | 6 | 10 | 103 |
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| Mondo Bongo |
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6 | 22 | 50 | 116 |
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| V Deep |
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64 | 37 | — | — | ||||||||
| In the Long Grass |
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— | 80 | — | 188 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live in the UK 2013, Dublin |
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| Live in the UK 2013, London |
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| Rewind Festival - Aug 17 2014 |
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| Live Germany 78 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
CAN | IRE [5] |
NZ | US | |||||
| Ratrospective |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Boomtown Rats' Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Loudmouth |
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10 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Best of The Boomtown Rats |
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43 | — | 75 | — | — | |||
| 20th Century Masters: The Best of The Boomtown Rats - Millennium Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Back to Boomtown: Classic Rats Hits |
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105 | — | 35 | — | — | |||
| So Modern – The Boomtown Rats Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
IRE [7] |
AUS [8] |
CAN |
NZ [9] |
US [10] |
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| "Lookin' After No. 1" | 1977 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | The Boomtown Rats | |||||
| "Mary of the 4th Form" | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "She's So Modern" | 1978 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | A Tonic for the Troops | |||||
| "Like Clockwork" | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Rat Trap" | 1 | 2 | 94 | — | — | — |
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| "I Don't Like Mondays" | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 73 |
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The Fine Art of Surfacing | ||||
| "Diamond Smiles" | 13 | 3 | 42 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Someone's Looking at You" | 1980 | 4 | 2 | — | 86 | — | — | ||||||
| "Banana Republic" | 3 | 3 | 18 | 47 | — | — |
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Mondo Bongo | |||||
| "The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)" | 1981 | 26 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Up All Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Go Man Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Never in a Million Years" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | V Deep | ||||||
| "House on Fire" | 1982 | 24 | 19 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Charmed Lives" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Tonight" | 1984 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | In the Long Grass | |||||
| "Drag Me Down" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Dave" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "A Hold of Me" | 1985 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "I Don't Like Mondays" (reissue) | 1994 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Ratlife EP" | 2014 | - | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Videography
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Boomtown Rats on Film 1976–1986: Someone's Looking At You |
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| Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978 |
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| On a Night Like This |
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| Live in Germany '78 (DVD/CD) |
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Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Rat Trap" | 1978 | David Mallet[11][12] |
| "I Don't Like Mondays" | 1979 | |
| "Diamond Smiles" |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Allmusic.com – Charts & Awards (albums)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Irishcharts.ie and succeeding pages
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- ↑ Allmusic.com – Charts & Awards (singles)
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External links
- The Boomtown Rats at AllMusic
- The Boomtown Rats discography at Discogs
