The Boomtown Rats - Back on Tracks

Rats fans will be pleased to know that the long, long awaited re-release of The Boomtown Rats albums is due in Feb' 2005.

Not only that, but 'In the Long Grass' and the self-titled first album are to be issued on CD for the very first time.

And there's more... the albums will contain bonus tracks that have never been released.

In total, there are 42 songs that have never before been released on CD, including 12 tracks that have never been released before.

Click on the links below and you can pre-order the CD's for just £7.99.

1. The Boomtown Rats [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

1. Lookin' After No. 1
2. Mary Of The 4th Form
3. Close As You'll Ever Be
4. Neon Heart
5. Joey's On The Streets Again
6. I Can Make It If You Can
7. Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
8. (She's Gonna) Do You In
9. Kick

Bonus tracks:

10. Doin' It Right - 1975 Demo
11. My Blues Away - 1975 Demo
12. A Second Time - 1975 Demo
13. Fanzine Hero - 1975 Demo
14. Bare Footin' - Live In Moran's Hotel Dublin 1975
15. Mary Of The 4Th Form - Single Version

2. A Tonic For The Troops [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

1. Like Clockwork
2. Blind Date
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. Living In An Island
5. Don't Believe What You Read
6. She's So Modern
7. Me And Howard Hughes
8. Can't Stop
9. (Watch Out For) The Normal People
10. Rat Trap

Bonus tracks:

11. Neon Heart - John Peel Radio Session
12. Do The Rat - B-side
13. D.U.N. L.O.A.G.H.A.I.R.E - B-side In Ireland
14. Rat Trap - Live In Stoke

3. The Fine Art Of Surfacing [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

1. Someone's Looking At You
2. Diamond Smiles
3. Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
4. Having My Picture Taken
5. Sleep (Fingers Lullaby)
6. I Don't Like Mondays
7. Nothing Happened Today
8. Keep It Up
9. Nice N Neat
10. When The Night Comes
11. Episode #3

Bonus tracks:

12. Real Different - B-Side
13. How Do You Do? - B-Side
14. Late Last Night - B-Side
15. Nothing Happened Today - Live In Cardiff

4. Mondo Bongo [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

1. Straight Up
2. The Elephants Graveyard
3. This Is My Room
4. Another Piece Of Red
5. Hurt Hurts
6. Please Don't Go
7. Fall Down
8. Go Man Go!
9. Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb
10. Banana Republic
11. Whitehall 1212
12. Mood Mambo
13. Cheerio

Bonus tracks:

14. Don't Talk To Me - B-side
15. Arnold Layne - Recorded For TV
16. Another Piece Of Red - Live In Portsmouth

5. V Deep [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

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

Bonus tracks:

11. Say Hi To Mick
12. No Hiding Place - B-side
13. House On Fire - 12" Dub Version
14. Up All Night - Long Version

6. In The Long Grass [ Click here to buy for just £7.99 ]

1. Dave
2. Over And Over
3. Drag Me Down
4. A Hold Of Me
5. Another Sad Story
6. Tonight
7. Hard Times
8. Lucky
9. An Icicle In The Sun
10. Up Or Down

Bonus tracks:

11. Dave - Single Version
12. Walking Down Town - B-side
13. Precious Time - B-side
14. She's Not The Best - Home Demo