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Citizens of Boomtown is the seventh studio album by Irish band The Boomtown Rats, released on 13 March 2020 via BMG.[1] It is the band's first album since 1984's In the Long Grass, and the first album to be recorded as four-piece band, as the keyboardist Johnnie Fingers didn't return when the band was reunited in 2013.[2]

Citizens of Boomtown
Studio album by The Boomtown Rats
Released	13 March 2020
Studio	Brick Music, Acton, London; Barnstorm Studios
Length	41:13
Label	BMG
Producer	Pete Briquette
The Boomtown Rats chronology
In the Long Grass (1984) Citizens of Boomtown (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Irish Times	[6]
Louder Than War	8/10[7]

Citizens of Boomtown was met with mixed or average reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 58, based on 6 reviews.[3] Thomas H. Green of The Arts Desk rated the album 3 out of 5 stars.[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bob Geldof; except where indicated

1. "Trash Glam Baby"[9] – 3:52
2. "Sweet Thing" – 3:10
3. "Monster Monkeys" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:25
4. "She Said No" – 3:55
5. "Passing Through" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 4:35
6. "Here's a Postcard" – 3:52
7. "K.I.S.S." (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 3:10
8. "Rock 'n' Roll Yé Yé" (Geldof, Darren Beale) – 4:54
9. "Get a Grip" – 4:00
10. "The Boomtown Rats" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) – 5:20

Personnel

The Boomtown Rats

• Bob Geldof - vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Garry Roberts - guitar
• Pete Briquette - bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming
• Simon Crowe - drums, vocals

with:

• Darren Beale - lead guitar, Moog, backing vocals
• Paul Cuddeford - guitar on "Passing Through"
• Alan Dunn - keyboards, backing vocals
• Luciano Cusack, Serafina Cusack - backing vocals

Technical

• Pete Briquette, Rob Barrie - recording
• Clemens Gritl - artwork
• Sagan Cowne - sleeve, design

Charts

Sales chart performance for Citizens of Boomtown

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	41
Irish Albums (OCC)[12]	12
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	11
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	48

See also

• List of 2020 albums

References

На других языках

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- [en] Citizens of Boomtown

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[it] Citizens of Boomtown

Citizens Of Boomtown è il settimo album in studio del gruppo musicale irlandese The Boomtown Rats, pubblicato il 13 marzo 2020 per l'etichetta BMG.[2]

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[ru] Citizens of Boomtown

Citizens of Boomtown — седьмой студийный альбом ирландской группы The Boomtown Rats, вышедший 13 марта 2020 на лейбле BMG. Предыдущий альбом группы под названием In The Long Grass был выпущен в 1984 году[2].

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