Skivnummer: 6359 042
Etikett: Mercury Records
Extra: innerkonvilut med info och låttexter
År: 1980
England

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Konvolut: EX+
Vinyl: NM

The Boomtown Rats är en rockgrupp från Dún Laoghaire, strax utanför Dublin på Irland. Den bildades av sångaren Bob Geldof 1975, men flyttade redan året därpå till London där gruppen blev en del av den begynnande new wave-scenen.

Mondo Bongo var deras fjärde studioalbum.

Låtlista:

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

Side 1
1. "Mood Mambo" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:06

2. "Straight Up" – 3:15

3. "This is My Room" (Geldof, Simon Crowe) – 3:35

4. "Another Piece of Red" – 2:35

5. "Go Man Go!" – 3:52

6. "Under Their Thumb is Under My Thumb" (music: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards; new lyrics: Geldof) – 2:41

Side 2

7. "Please Don't Go" – 3:34

8. "The Elephants Graveyard" – 3:43

9. "Banana Republic" (Geldof, Briquette) – 4:55

10. "Fall Down" – 2:26

11. "Hurt Hurts" – 3:05

12. "Whitehall 1212" – 3:43

13. "Cheerio" - 1:24 (Hidden track)

Musiker:

The Boomtown Rats:

Bob Geldof -
lead and backing vocals

Johnnie Fingers -
keyboards, backing vocals

Gerry Cott - guitar

Garry Roberts -
guitar, backing vocals

Pete Briquette -
bass, keyboards, backing vocals

Simon Crowe -
drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Dr. Dave McHale - saxophone

T.V. - backing vocals, recorder, occasional drunken bass, guitar

Tom Winter - bazouki on "Please Don't Go"

Andy Duncan - percussion on "Please Don't Go"