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I doubt there will be any, but it would be nice if the original LPs were reissued in the original running order. Also a new greatest hits with single mixes and ALL the B-sides, which would look something like this. (Has to be 50 tracks for obvious reasons!). Songs in italics not issued as singles.
The singles +
Looking After No.1
Mary of the 4th Form
Joeys On The Street Again
She's So Modern
Like Clockwork
Rat Trap
I Never Loved Eva Braun
I Don't Like Mondays
Diamond Smiles
Someone's Looking at You
Banana Republic
The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty)
Go Man Go
Up All Night
Never in a Million Years
House on Fire
Charmed Lives
Tonight
Drag Me Down
Dave
A Hold of Me
Trash Glam Baby
Here's A Postcard
The Boomtown Rats (from Ratlife ep)
B-Sides
Born To Burn
Barefootin' (live)
Do The Rat
Lying Again
How Do You Do ?
D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E.
So Strange
It's All The Rage
Late Last Night
When The Night Comes
Man at the Top
Real Different
Don't Talk To Me
Another Piece of Red
Europe Looked Ugly
No Hiding Place
Nothing Happened Today (Live)
A Storm Breaks (Instrumental)
Precious Times
Walking Downtown
An Icicle In the Sun
She's So Modern (Alternate version)
Hard Times
Banana Republic (Live)**/Close As You'll Ever Be (Live)**
They should at least reissue ATFTT on a picture disc album.Its the most popular album of them all.
I am not a big fan of picture discs. However the Dave ticket single was very cool. Did the Rats have any other picture discs?
Also I have umpteen copies of A Tonic for the Troops, do I really need another one ? (Probably )
It's always puzzled me why the Rats have always been behind the curve regarding reissues. The CD reissues happened just as streaming started to take hold and now with the vinyl revival that has been happening for a decade or so, absolutely nothing has been issued apart from the live in Germany LP.
Hopefully there is some activity in 2025. Otherwise we will all be listening to Oasis ad nauseum.
