The Fine Art Of Surfacing
by The Boomtown Rats
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The Fine Art Of Surfacing is ranked as the best album by The Boomtown Rats.
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The Fine Art Of Surfacing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Fine Art Of Surfacing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/28/2026 18:09 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 12:29 | cicadelic | 13,280 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 00:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,544 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 10:19 | Johnnyo | 9,758 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 11:37 | Leginlists | 3,706 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Although never really a top band, they would probably have disappeared into obscurity if not for Band Aid, this is not a bad album at all. Some decent, catchy tunes. An Ok album
Some rats albums were horrendous but I liked this one. The production from Visconti raises it above others as well as a handful of great tunes. 'Someone's looking at you' excels in this regard. Great guitar sound and keyboards.
Smart, dark (but not humorless) rock songs featuring the narrative enthusiasm of Bob Geldof's singing, the superb piano/synth playing of Johnny Fingers, the consistently outstanding drumming of Simon Crowe, brattily fun backup vocals, and the best detail-oriented rock production I've ever heard.
Wore this record out a long time ago...Good dance parties, good memories.
Sounds a little dated now
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