In the Long Grass

In the Long Grass
Studio album by The Boomtown Rats
Released	May 1984
Genre	Rock, pop rock[1]
Label	Mercury Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)
Producer	Pete Walsh, James Guthrie & The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats chronology
V Deep (1982) In the Long Grass (1984)

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In the Long Grass was their sixth and final studio album by The Boomtown Rats, released in 1984 in the UK and 1985 in the US.^[1]

The Boomtown Rats' least commercially favourable effort, it failed to appear altogether in the UK Albums Chart, but did reach No. 188 in the US Billboard 200.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.

1. "Dave"
2. "Over and Over"
3. "Drag Me Down"
4. "A Hold of Me"
5. "Another Sad Story" (J. Fingers)
6. "Tonight"
7. "Hard Times"
8. "Lucky" (J. Fingers)
9. "An Icicle in the Sun"
10. "Up or Down" (S. Crowe, P. Briquette)^[1]

1985 US listing

For the US, the record company insisted that the track "Dave" needed to be reworked before it could be released in that country. New lyrics were written and sung over the same backing track; the new track was called "Rain". All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.

1. "A Hold of Me"
2. "Drag Me Down"
3. "Rain"
4. "Over Again"
5. "Another Sad Story" (J. Fingers)
6. "Tonight"
7. "Hard Times"
8. "Lucky" (J. Fingers)
9. "An Icicle in the Sun"
10. "Up or Down" (S. Crowe, P. Briquette)

2005 bonus tracks

1. "Dave" (Single Version)
2. "Walking Downtown" (B. Geldof, P. Briquette) (B-side)
3. "Precious Time" (S. Crowe) (B-side)
4. "She's Not the Best" (Home Demo)

Personnel

• Bob Geldof – vocals
• Pete Briquette – bass, vocals
• Johnny Fingers – keyboards, vocals
• Simon Crowe – drums, vocals
• Garry Roberts – guitar, vocals^[3]

Additional personnel

• Peter Thoms - trombone - credited on the sleeve as :- Pete "Gidday" Thomas
• Luke Tunney - trumpet
• Gary Barnacle - saxophone
• Martin Dobson - saxophone
• Peter Claridge - guitar
• Molly and Polly - backing vocals on Hard Times
• Ian Richie - saxophone
• Martin Salvador Rex - engineered
• Ashworth - photography

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