The Fine Art Of Surfacing (studio album) 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 tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 09/23/2025 01:20 |  MadhattanJack | | 66/100 |
65/100 | 08/24/2025 14:58 | Imaybeparanoid | | 71/100 |
100/100 | 07/13/2025 17:16 | rfowler | | 85/100 |
15/100 | 03/10/2025 13:36 |  Squonk007 | | 24/100 |
75/100 | 08/20/2024 10:30 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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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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