The Boomtown Rats

The Fine Art Of Surfacing

1979 · New Wave · Mercury

Canada · SRM-1-3810

Tracklist

Credits

Producer
Robert John Lange, Phil Wainman
Arranged by
Fiachra Trench
Written by
Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Johnnie Fingers, Gerry Cott
Engineer
Tony Platt
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Where it leads

New York Indie Rock

Downtown guitars and a drum machine in the next room — the decade rock and dance stopped arguing.

NYC 2000s Indie Rock

Downtown guitars rebuilt on a disco floor: tight drums, cold reverb, cowbell, and leather-jacket melancholy.

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