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The Fine Art of Surfacing [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (7 Feb 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B00076SJPA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,249 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Someone's Looking At You 4:24£0.79
Listen  2. Diamond Smiles 3:51£0.79
Listen  3. Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) 4:38£0.59
Listen  4. Having My Picture Taken 3:20£0.59
Listen  5. Sleep (Fingers Lullaby) 4:15£0.69
Listen  6. I Don't Like Mondays 4:19£0.79
Listen  7. Nothing Happened Today 3:19£0.69
Listen  8. Keep It Up 3:39£0.69
Listen  9. Nice N Neat 2:51£0.69
Listen10. When The Night Comes 4:45£0.69
Listen11. Episode #3 1:10£0.69
Listen12. Real Different 3:14£0.69
Listen13. How Do You Do ? 2:40£0.69
Listen14. Late Last Night 2:43£0.69
Listen15. Nothing Happened Today (Live In Cardiff) 3:44£0.69

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Album Review

Chock full of new-wave charisma and tamed by Bob Geldof's up-front wit, The Fine Art of Surfacing is novel in both its lyrical flair and modern pounce. Made famous by the colourful history of "I Don't Like Mondays", a true story about a 13-year-old girl who shot 11 people without showing any remorse, The Fine Art of Surfacing switches gears from this song's well-crafted harshness to the hectic pace of tracks such as "Nice N' Neat" and "Sleep", among others. "Diamond Smiles" jaunts along on a hiccup-like rhythm, while "Keep It Up" is downright frantic. "Someone's Looking at You" basks in a certain type of smug paranoia, and songs like "Having My Picture Taken" and "Nothing Happened Today" are beautifully lit up by Geldof's wide-eyed dramatics and explicit vocal swings. Sharing the same sort of stylishness as A Tonic for the Troops, The Fine Art of Surfacing bursts with florid pop genius, which in turn kept the Boomtown Rats from sounding like other new wave bands that existed at the time. --Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide


Album Description

This version is the 2005 remastered reissue of the third album from The Boomtown Rats featuring frontman Bob Geldof, originally released in 1979. It contains four bonus tracks: "Real Different" (B-side), "How Do You Do" (B-side), "Late Last Night" (B-side) and "Nothing Happened Today" (live in Cardiff). It has been Digitally Remastered by Jon Astley and was overseen by Bob Geldof and Boomtown Bassist, Pete Briquette.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the rats at their best, 16 Feb 2005
By S. Bennett (CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This album really is the Rats at their very best. It features the number one single I Don,t like Mondays but even better than that When the night comes with its epic guitar solo which really is unforgetable and a real album high light.
Their are several other songs that could easly have been hit singles, keep it up,featured on the Kenny Everitt show, Nice N Neat, Nothing Happened today with its Henry Hooper tag line,this really is one of the most under rated albums of the time and one the Rats would never surpass. EXCELLENT
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