Track Listing

1. Lookin' After No. 1
2. Mary Of The 4th Form
3. Close As You'll Ever Be
4. Neon Heart
5. Joey's On The Streets Again
6. I Can Make It If You Can
7. Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
8. (She's Gonna) Do You In
9. Kicks
10. Doin' It Right (1975 Demo)
11. My Blues Away (1975 Demo)
12. A Second Time (1975 Demo)
13. Fanzine Hero (1975 Demo)
14. Bare Footin' (Live In Moran's Hotel Dublin 1975)
15. Mary Of The 4Th Form (Single Version)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22644 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 56 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great to have it on CD at last but ...
... there are two problems. First, you'll notice that the running order is not that of the original LP. Secondly, these is a really off-putting flaw at the beginning of "I Can Make It If You Can".

Those issues aside, this is a very good album. Whilst it reveals the influence of such as Bruce Springsteen, the Rats showed that they were more than imitators, delivering their own back to grass roots approach, mostly through Saint Bob's lyrics. And in it's original order, I'd say that the second side of this is one of the best sides of music ever released.

BOOMTOWN RATS 2005
IINFLUENCES INCLUDED SPRINGSTEEN, THIN LIZZY AND VAN MORRISON.
THIS BECAME ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR AND AN ALL TIME CLASSIC.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE 4 UNRELEASED DEMOS INCLUDED PLUS THE LIVE VERSION OF BAREFOOTIN' FROM THE LOOKIN' AFTER NUMBER ONE 12" SINGLE.
ALTHOUGH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BORN TO BURN THE 7" B SIDE?
WHY HAS THE B SIDE OF MARY OF THE FOURTH FORM - DO THE RAT - BEEN INCLUDED ON THE NEW VERSION OF TONIC FOR THE TROOPS?
AS USUAL A GREAT REISSUE IS LET DOWN BY IMPORTANT OMISSIONS.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FIVE STAR ALBUM.

A Disappoining Remix
This is a remix of the original vinyl album & unfortunately it does not do it justice.