Loudmouth (Boomtown Rats album)
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Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats is a greatest hits collection from Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

 and The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats were an Irish punk rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. They were led by vocalist Bob Geldof.-Biography:All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland...

, consisting mostly of Boomtown Rats material but also some Bob Geldof solo material.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

, except where noted.
  1. "I Don't Like Mondays" – 4:17
  2. "This Is the World Calling" (Raymond Doom, Geldof) – 4:23
  3. "Rat Trap
    Rat Trap
    "Rat Trap" was a single by The Boomtown Rats which reached #1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so...

    " – 4:51
  4. "The Great Song of Indifference" – 4:35
  5. "Love or Something" (Geldof, David A. Stewart
    David A. Stewart
    David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...

    ) – 4:32
  6. "Banana Republic
    Banana Republic (Boomtown Rats song)
    "Banana Republic" was the first single from The Boomtown Rats' album Mondo Bongo. It peaked at number three in the UK charts and was the band's last major commercial success. Breaking from the band's previous new wave sound the song opens with a ska-reggae hook . However the song itself is a more...

    " (Pete Briquette
    Pete Briquette
    Pete Briquette is the stage name of Patrick Cusack . His pseudonym refers to the fact that he hails from the Irish countryside; peat briquettes are a type of refined turf burned in fires instead of coal.-Boomtown Rats:He was the bass guitarist, backing vocalist, occasional songwriter, and sometime...

    , Geldof) – 3:29
  7. "Crazy" (Doom, Geldof, Olle Romo
    Olle Romo
    Olle Romo is a music producer, songwriter and drummer.He was the drummer for Eurythmics in the mid-to-late 1980s, and also worked on Dave Stewart's solo albums in the 1990s. During his career he has been a programmer for producers such as Robert John "Mutt" Lange; on albums including Shania Twain's...

    ) – 4:29
  8. "The Elephant's Graveyard" – 3:42
  9. "Someone's Looking at You
    Someone's Looking at You
    "Someone's Looking at You" was the third and final single from the The Boomtown Rats' album The Fine Art of Surfacing. It peaked at number two on the Irish charts and number 4 in the UK. It is an organ-based song that paints a humid picture of 1984-style government surveillance and has been...

    " – 4:22
  10. "She's So Modern
    She's So Modern
    "She's So Modern" is a single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the first song taken from the band's second album A Tonic for the Troops whose title comes from a line in this song: Charlie ain't no nazi, she just likes to wear her leather boots, 'cos it's exciting for the veterans and it's a tonic for...

    " (Johnny Fingers
    Johnny Fingers
    Johnnie Fingers is a pop pianist, and was a founding member of the new wave band, The Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his stage costume of striped pyjamas as well as his melodic piano style.-Background:...

    , Geldof) – 2:56
  11. "House on Fire" – 4:46
  12. "The Beat of the Night" – 5:06
  13. "Diamond Smiles
    Diamond Smiles
    "Diamond Smiles" was the second single from The Boomtown Rats' album The Fine Art of Surfacing. It was the follow-up to their vastly successful single "I Don't Like Mondays" and also peaked at a respectable Number 13 in the UK Charts...

    " – 3:49
  14. "Like Clockwork
    Like Clockwork
    "Like Clockwork" is a single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the band's first to break the top ten in the British charts reaching number 6. Described as simple, cool,...

    " (Briquette, Simon Crowe
    Simon Crowe
    Simon Crowe was the drummer for the Irish new wave bandThe Boomtown Rats.The original name of the Boomtown Rats was the "Nightlife Thugs". The name Boomtown Rats was taken from a novel entitled Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie.The Boomtown Rats had eighteen hit singles in the UK, including "Rat...

    , Geldof) – 3:38
  15. "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" – 3:41
  16. "Mary of the 4th Form
    Mary of the 4th Form
    "Mary of the 4th Form" is the second single by The Boomtown Rats. It was the first song taken from the band's first album The Boomtown Rats but the single version is different from that on the album and 19 seconds longer. On French and Dutch releases of the single, the punkier, rock'n'roll song "Do...

    " – 3:30
  17. "Lookin' After No. 1
    Lookin' After No. 1
    "Lookin' After No. 1" is the first single by The Boomtown Rats. It appears on their eponymous debut album The Boomtown Rats. The single was released in August 1977 after the band had performed a five date tour supporting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Lookin' After No...

    " – 3:08

  • Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 - The Boomtown Rats
  • Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15 - Bob Geldof

Singles

"Crazy" / "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" (Live) / "The Beat Of The Night" (Live) / "Rat Trap" (Live) (May 1994) (UK release)
"Crazy" / "Mary Of The 4th Form" (Live) / "Looking After Number One" (Live) / "Joey's On The Street" (Live) (May 1994) (UK Limited edition release)
"Crazy" / "Looking After Number 1" (Live) / "The Beat Of The Night" (Live) / "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)" (Live) (1994) (European release)
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