The Fine Art of Surfacing is the third album by Irish New Wave band the Boomtown Rats, released in 1979 on Ensign/Columbia. Tracklist: A1. “Someone’s Looking at You” (4:23) A2. “Diamond Smiles” (3:49) A3. “Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)” (4:36) A4. “Having My Picture Taken” (3:19) A5. “Sleep (Finger’s Lullaby)” (5:04) B1. “I Don’t Like […]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is the fifth album by English hard-rock/art-rock band City Boy, released in 1979 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” (5:26) A2. “It’s Only the End of the World” (4:04) A3. “Interrupted Melody” (5:30) A4. “Modern Love Affair” (3:31) B1. “New York Times” (5:11) B2. “Up […]
Book Early is the fourth album by English hard-rock/art-rock band City Boy, released in 1978 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “5.7.0.5.” (3:10) A2. “Summer in the School Yard” (3:52) A3. “Goodbye Laurelie” (3:10) A4. “Raise Your Glass (To Foolish Me)” (2:57) A5. “Cigarettes” (5:30) A6. “What a Night” (2:57) B1. “Do What You Do, Do Well” (3:29) […]
Pyromania is the third album by English metal band Def Leppard, released in 1983 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)” (3:53) A2. “Photograph” (4:12) A3. “Stagefright” (3:46) A4. “Too Late for Love” (4:30) A5. “Die Hard the Hunter” (6:17) B1. “Foolin’” (4:32) B2. “Rock of Ages” (4:09) B3. “Comin’ Under Fire” (4:20) […]
A Tonic for the Troops is the second album by Irish New Wave band the Boomtown Rats, released in June 1978 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “Like Clockwork” (3:44) A2. “Blind Date” (3:22) A3. “(I Never Loved) Eva Braun” (4:39) A4. “Living in an Island” (4:11) A5. “Don’t Believe What You Read” (3:08) B1. “She’s So […]
English Boys, Working Girls is the third album by English New Wave/art-rock band Deaf School, released in 1978 on Warner Bros. It was produced by South African studio wunderkind Robert John Lange, whose other credits from this period include albums by City Boy, The Boomtown Rats, and Graham Parker and the Rumour. Abandoning the inner-war/music […]
City Boy is the debut album by the namesake Brummie rock sextet, released in 1976 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “(Moonlight) Shake My Head and Leave” (4:25) A2. “Deadly Delicious” (4:37) A3. “Surgery Hours (Doctor Doctor)” (3:01) A4. “Sunset Boulevard” (6:14) A5. “Oddball Dance” (5:01) B1. “5000 Years/Don’t Know Can’t Tell” (8:38) B2. “The Hap-Ki-Do Kid” […]
Dinner at the Ritz is the second album by English art-rock sextet City Boy, released in 1977 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. Momma’s Boy (3:43) A2. Walk on the Water (3:42) A3. Narcissus (5:26) A4. Dinner at the Ritz (6:41) B1. Goodbye Blue Monday (5:01) B2. The Violin (7:20) B3. State Secrets – A Thriller (7:33) […]
Young Men Gone West is the third album by English art-rock sextet City Boy, released in 1977 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. Bordello Night (3:04) A2. Dear Jean (I’m Nervous) (5:33) A3. Honeymooners (3:55) A4. She’s Got Style (3:23) A5. Bad for Business (3:33) B1. Young Men Gone West (4:05) B2. I’ve Been Spun (3:19) B3. […]
The Boomtown Rats is the debut album by Irish rockers the Boomtown Rats, released in September 1977 on Ensign (UK) and Mercury (US). It contains the a-side of their debut single “Lookin’ After No. 1” (UK #11) and the first version of their second a-side “Mary of the Fourth Form” (UK #15). The centerpiece of […]
High ‘n’ Dry is the second album by Sheffield metal band Def Leppard, released in 1981 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “Let It Go” (4:43) A2. “Another Hit and Run” (4:59) A3. “High ‘n’ Dry (Saturday Night)” (3:25) A4. “Bringin’ On the Heartbreak” (4:33) A5. “Switch 625” (3:03) B1. “You Got Me Runnin’” (4:22) B2. “Lady […]
