The Boomtown Rats discography
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 6 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 5 |
| ↙Singles | 19 |
| ↙Video albums | 3 |
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.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
CAN | NZ [2] |
US [3] | ||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
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 | — | — | |||
| 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] | ||||||||
| "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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "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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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 "Boomtown Rats". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ↑ Allmusic.com – Charts & Awards (albums)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Certified Awards Search: Boomtown Rats". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Discography The Boomtown Rats". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ Devoy, Adrian (31 August 2013). "Bob Geldof on Live Aid, losing Paula and what he really thinks of Bono". Daily Mail. DMG Media. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ Irishcharts.ie and succeeding pages
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Australian-charts.com". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ↑ Allmusic.com – Charts & Awards (singles)
- ↑ "Video Killed the Radio Star". Throng Ltd. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ "Boomtown Rats: Diamond Smile (1979)". Davidmallet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
External links
- The Boomtown Rats at AllMusic
- The Boomtown Rats discography at Discogs
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