The Boomtown Rats
by The Boomtown Rats
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The Boomtown Rats bestography
The Boomtown Rats is ranked 3rd 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 4121 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 350.
(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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The Boomtown Rats track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Boomtown Rats rankings
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The Boomtown Rats ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/21/2026 12:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 | |
| 07/13/2025 17:17 | rfowler | 443 | 85/100 | |
| 08/20/2024 10:22 |  Tamthebam | 23,001 | 69/100 | |
| 07/19/2024 04:37 | LammyTS1 | 1,058 | 59/100 | |
| 12/26/2023 03:39 | dhbarrett | 8,415 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Rudeboy 07/10/2020 04:46 | #255351
Completely agree with Goliath easily their best album. Punk energy and guitar but also at the same time have that bruce Springsteen full band, honky tonk piano, classic rock n roll sound too which I think makes them stand out from other groups at the time.
Goliath 04/25/2018 10:16 | #213590
By far the Boomtown Rats best record. Subsequent records became more conventional and critic friendly with none of the energy displayed on this album. Hardly deep meaningful lyrics just a great fun album.
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