Album info

• Title The Fine Art of Surfacing
• Artist The Boomtown Rats
• Year 1979
• Genre Rock

Tracklist

Side A

1. Someone’s Looking at You
2. Diamond Smiles
3. Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
4. Having My Picture Taken
5. Sleep (Fingers’ Lullaby)

Side B

1. I Don’t Like Mondays
2. Nothing Happened Today
3. Keep It Up
4. Nice N Neat
5. When the Night Comes

Thoughts

Continuing the nostalgia surrounding Live Aid at the moment, and after watching When Harvey Met Bob, it seemed inevitable that I would be listening to a Boomtown Rats album. I have only ever known the Mondays song and until watching his performance at Wembley, I don’t think I’d ever seen Geldof actually sing. So this was a revelation. I loved it though, it’s quirky and weird and I can see why they didn’t become mega-famous outside of the charity work, but I really enjoyed it. The Wind Chill Factor song got stuck in my head for days as well.

Rating: 4 / 5