V Deep

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V Deep
Studio album by The Boomtown Rats
Released	1982
Genre	Rock
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Tony Visconti & The Boomtown Rats
Professional reviews
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The Boomtown Rats chronology
Mondo Bongo (1981) V Deep (1982) In the Long Grass (1985)

V Deep was The Boomtown Rats' fifth album and the first to be released after guitarist Gerry Cott left the group. It included classic Rats' hits "House On Fire" and "Up All Night"

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK release 1.2 U.S. release 1.3 2005 reissue 2 Personnel 3 Popular culture

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK release

All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.

1. "Never in a Million Years"
2. "The Bitter End"
3. "Talking in Code"
4. "He Watches It All"
5. "A Storm Breaks"
6. "Charmed Lives"
7. "House on Fire"
8. "Up All Night"
9. "Skin on Skin"
10. "The Little Death" (Geldof, Briquette)
11. "... House Burned Down"

[edit] U.S. release

1. "Never in a Million Years"
2. "The Bitter End"
3. "Talking in Code"
4. "He Watches it All"
5. "A Storm Breaks"
6. "Charmed Lives"
7. "House on Fire"
8. "Whitehall 1212" (from the UK Mondo Bongo)
9. "Skin on Skin"
10. "The Little Death"
11. "... House Burned Down"

[edit] 2005 reissue

1. "He Watches It All"
2. "Never in a Million Years"
3. "Talking in Code"
4. "The Bitter End"
5. "The Little Death"
6. "A Storm Breaks"
7. "Up All Night"
8. "House on Fire"
9. "Charmed Lives"
10. "Skin on Skin"
11. "Say Hi to Mick"
12. "No Hiding Place" (B-side)
13. "House On Fire - 12" Dub Version"
14. "Up All Night - Long Version"

[edit] Personnel

• Bob Geldof – vocals, saxophone
• Pete Briquette – bass, vocals
• Johnnie Fingers – keyboards, vocals
• Simon Crowe – drums, vocals
• Garry Roberts – guitar, vocals

[edit] Popular culture

The song "Up All Night" from this album is used as the bumper music for the final segment of tne U.S. sports radio show The Jim Rome Show.