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BOOMTOWN RATS - THE BOOMTOWN RATS Silver Certification (Album) 09 May 1978 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released August 1977
BOOMTOWN RATS - A TONIC FOR THE TROOPS Platinum Certification (Album) 03 March 1980 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released June 1978 Certification History: Gold Certification 06 November 1978 Silver Certification 03 August 1978
BOOMTOWN RATS - THE FINE ART OF SURFACING Silver Certification (Album) 13 February 1980 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released October 1979 Certification History: Gold Certification 13 February 1980
BOOMTOWN RATS - MONDO BONGO Gold Certification (Album) 21 January 1981 POLYGRAM (MERCURY) Released January 1981
Singles
BOOMTOWN RATS - LIKE CLOCKWORK Silver Certification (Single) August 1978 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released June 1978
BOOMTOWN RATS - RAT TRAP Gold Certification (Single) November 1978 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released October 1978 Certification History: Silver Certification November 1978
BOOMTOWN RATS - I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS Silver Certification (Single) July 1979 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released July 1979 Certification History: Gold Certification July 1979
BOOMTOWN RATS - BANANA REPUBLIC Silver Certification (Single) December 1980 PHONOGRAM (ENSIGN) Released November 1980
Jules wrote:I guess that answers the question to what we think is the next most heard of Rats track - Banana Republic.
I don't know, Clockwork sold as many copies if not more. Yesterday is perhaps the most famous Beatles song (certainly the most covered), yet was not released as a single in the sixties in the UK.
-- Edited by ArrGee on Friday 18th of September 2009 10:25:20 PM
Geldof has been on record to say that some of his solo album's have done much better (Sold more) Than some of the rats album. but he fails to point out what rats album his solo stuff sold more than. If he is talking about V.Deep or ITLG I'd under stand that. But not the rest of the albums
Geldof has been on record to say that some of his solo album's have done much better (Sold more) Than some of the rats album. but he fails to point out what rats album his solo stuff sold more than. If he is talking about V.Deep or ITLG I'd under stand that. But not the rest of the albums
Although Deep In The Heart of Nowhere got a gold disc, this was based on orders rather than sales. It's lack of a chart position reflects the likely sales, i.e. poor.
Mondo Bongo also got a gold disc for similar reasons, but again it's appearance in the bargain bins suggest that it was down to orders rather than sales.
The others are more realistic. I don't have the figures of all the sales (I did post them somewhere) but for Mondays vs. Rat Trap I believe the actual scores in the UK were 730,000 vs. 685,000 which is not as big a difference as you might expect.