Released May 1984 Release date May 1984 | Producer Peter Walsh | |
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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.
Contents
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.
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.
- "A Hold Of Me"
- "Drag Me Down"
- "Dave"
- "Over Again"
- "Another Sad Story" (J. Fingers)
- "Tonight"
- "Hard Times"
- "Lucky" (J. Fingers)
- "An Icicle In The Sun"
- "Up Or Down" (S. Crowe, P. Briquette)
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.
- "A Hold of Me"
- "Drag Me Down"
- "Rain"
- "Over Again"
- "Another Sad Story" (J. Fingers)
- "Tonight"
- "Hard Times"
- "Lucky" (J. Fingers)
- "An Icicle in the Sun"
- "Up or Down" (S. Crowe, P. Briquette)
2005 bonus tracks
- "Dave" (Single Version)
- "Walking Downtown" (B. Geldof, P. Briquette) (B-side)
- "Precious Time" (S. Crowe) (B-side)
- "She's Not the Best" (Home Demo)
Personnel
Additional personnel
Songs
1A Hold of Me4:57
2Drag Me Down4:31
3Rain4:19
References
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