A Tonic For The Troops
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 4262 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 341.
(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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 71 Music Albums of 1978 | 66/71 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 13/37 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 | 45/66 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 83/84 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 43 Music Albums of 1978 | 20/43 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 73/76 | 0 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 75/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 43/76 | 2 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 72/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 181 | |||
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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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| ! | 09/04/2026 16:58 | platus | 5,876 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 18:16 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 11:37 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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Forum mentions
MadhattanJack 09/23/2025 01:18 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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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 | TOP COMMENT
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She's So Modern and Rat Trap are the highlights on this one. (Edited)
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