Compiliations - A Gift of Geology

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The Boomtown Rats
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Compiliations

The Best of the Boomtown Rats
Yugoslavia 1982.

Side 1:  Looking After No 1, Mary of the Fourth Form, (She's Gonna) Do You In, Like Clockwork, She's So Modern, Rat Trap
Side 2:  Someone's Looking At You, Diamond Smiles, I Don't Like Mondays, Elephants' Graveyard, Up All Night
The Boomtown Rats
Japan 1984.

Side 1:  Looking After No 1, Mary of the Fourth Form, She's So Modern, Like Clockwork, I Don't Like Mondays, Rat Trap
Side 2:  Someone's Looking At You, Elephants' Graveyard, Diamond Smiles, Never In A Million Years, Dave, Banana Republic, House on Fire
The Boomtown Rats' Greatest Hits
USA 1987.

Side 1:  I Don't Like Mondays, Rat Trap, She's So Modern, Banana Republic, Skin on Skin
Side 2:  Up All Night, Joey's On The Street Again, The Elephants' Graveyard, House On Fire, Never In A Million Years
The Fine Art of Surfacing/A Tonic for the Troops
Japanese CD - 1987.

Someone's Looking At You, Diamond Smiles, Windchill Factor (Minus Zero) Having My Picture Taken, Sleep (Fingers' Lullabye), I Don't Like Mondays, Nothing Happened Today, Keep It Up, Nice 'n' Neat, When the Night Comes, Like Clockwork, Blind Date, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, She's So Modern, Me and Howard Hughes, Can't Stop, (Watch Out For) The Normal People, Rat Trap
Boomtown Rats
Italy 1990.

Side 1:  Looking After No 1, Mary of the Fourth Form, I Don't Like Mondays, Drag Me Down, Mood Mambo, Tonight
Side 2:  Rat Trap, Banana Republic, Never In A Million Years, Charmed Lives, House On Fire
Loudmouth
UK, Europe, Canada Poland, Thailand and South Africa - 1994.  Released with two different sets of artwork
Released in the US in 1994 as "Great Songs of Indifference" (without 'Crazy')

I Don't Like Mondays, This Is The World Calling, Rat Trap, The Great Song of Indifference, Love or Something, Banana Republic, Crazy, The Elephants' Graveyard, Someone's Looking At You, She's So Modern, House On Fire, The Beat of the Night, Diamond Smiles, Like Clockwork, Room 19, Mary of the 4th Form, Looking After No 1
Best of The Boomtown Rats
UK, Europe, Germany, Australia and US CD - 2003.

She's So Modern, Mary of the 4th Form, Rat Trap, Looking After No 1, When The Night Comes, Someone's Looking At You, Joey's On The Street Again, Banana Republic, Dave, I Don't Like Mondays, Like Clockwork, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Neon Heart, Never In A Million Years, Diamond Smiles, Drag Me Down, I Can Make It (If You Can), The Elephants' Graveyard, Fall Down
Twentieth Century Masters - The Best of The Boomtown Rats
US CD - 2005.

Looking After No 1, Mary of the 4th Form, Joey's On The Street Again, She's So Modern, Like Clockwork, Rat Trap, I Don't Like Mondays, Diamond Smiles, Someone's Looking At You, Banana Republic, The Elephants' Graveyard, Never In A Million Years
Back to Boomtown - Classic Rats Hits
UK and Europe CD - 2013.

The Boomtown Rats, Mary of the Fourth Form, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Neon Heart, Like Clockwork, She's So Modern, Looking After No 1, Someone's Looking At You,  Me and Howard Hughes,  Joey's On The Street Again, I Don't Like Mondays, Having My Picture Taken, Banana Republic, Diamond Smiles, Rat Trap, Back to Boomtown.
Best of The Boomtown Rats
UK and Europe 6 CD set - 2013.

All of the first six studio albums.  Same track listing as the 2005 remastered CDs
So Modern: The Boomtown Rats Collection
UK and Europe CD - 2014.

I Don't Like Mondays, She's So Modern, Rat Trap, Like Clockwork, Mary of the 4th Form, Someone's Looking At You, Keep It Up, Never In A Million Years, Me And Howard Hughes, When The Night Comes, Joey's On The Street Again, (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Dave, Drag Me Down, Tonight, House on Fire, Looking After No 1, The Boomtown Rats
The Dawn of the Rats
Worldwide release on vinyl only - 2025.

As the first step to celebrate 50 years since the formation of The Boomtown Rats, a limited edition compilation on green translucent vinyl, released specially for Record Store Day 2025.

This for me is the most special Boomtown Rats Record.  I'd helped inspire the movie-poster artwork for the cover and I got a credit on the back of the sleeve!!
Songs of Boomtown Glory
Worldwide release on CD and vinyl - 2025.

Released to celebrate 50 years since the band's formation and to coincide with their sell-out golden anniversary tour, a 27-track double CD and 24-track double vinyl album.  The tracks were selected by the band and by fans, to highlight the incredible musical legacy of The Boomtown Rats.  Here's to the next fifty....
Created by Coldog for the Citizens of Boomtown.
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