The Boomtown Rats (album)

The Boomtown Rats
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1977 (1977-09)
StudioDierks (Stommeln)
GenrePop punk, punk rock[1]
Label
ProducerRobert John "Mutt" Lange
The Boomtown Rats chronology
The Boomtown Rats
(1977)
A Tonic for the Troops
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Irish Times[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Boomtown Rats is the debut album by Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats, released in September 1977.[1] It included the Rats' first hit single, "Lookin' After No. 1", as well as the subsequent single, "Mary of the 4th Form".[1] The album peaked at No. 18 in the UK Albums Chart in 1977.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d Ruhlmann, William. "The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Boyd, Brian (11 February 2005). "Reissues". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 75.
  5. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 71. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.