A Tonic For The Troops (studio album)
by The Boomtown Rats
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The Boomtown Rats bestography
A Tonic For The Troops is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by The Boomtown Rats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Boomtown Rats is The Fine Art Of Surfacing which is ranked number 4007 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 358.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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A Tonic For The Troops track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A Tonic For The Troops rankings
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A Tonic For The Troops ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 12:31 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,312 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2025 17:17 | rfowler | 443 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2024 16:02 | matterhornrider | 4,788 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2024 10:30 |  Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2024 13:47 | cicadelic | 11,434 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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Probably the best album from Bob Geldof and co.
Side 2 especially is enjoyable
Goliath 12/12/2018 16:03 | #226879
She's So Modern and Rat Trap are the highlights on this one.
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