Boomtown [CD On Demand] - Toby Keith

Advantages: Toby's Best Work to Date
Disadvantages: None

...Fingerprints All Over His Music" and This CD is 100% Solid Toby Keith he returns to his awesome Honky Tonk country Roots He Has always had, It is the foundation for every CD Toby Has Ever Made This One Just States It More Clearly Just Like the Man Himself. As Far and the Tracks and My Feelings Here Ya Go: 1. High Maintainence Woman-Is a Jump, Jiving, Hip Hopping Tune and The Ultimate You Don't Know I'm Alive and I Will never Be Good Enough For You Song and I Love it. 2. Love Me If You Can-Is My Favorite One On the Album. Toby Owns this song if there is one song that ever described Toby this is It. This is the Main Reason Why I am a Fan and Perhaps the reason Why You Are Not. This One Says I am Toby Keith Whether You Like Me Or Not. Good Thing I Do, It is Maybe Why I Identify With This song So Well. I Bring My Better Angels to Every... Read review

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Advantages: Rat Trap
Disadvantages: An album of mixed genre's and alot of experiments!

...like variety, then albums don't get much varied than this. What we can gather from this album is that it shows the transition of amateur to professional outfit, so with that in mind, it must be classed as a gem…. Produced by Mutt Lange All songs written by The Boomtown rats. Bob Geldof - vocals Johnnie Fingers - keyboards, vocals Gerry Scott - guitar Pete Briquette - bass Gerry Roberts - guitar/vocals Simon Crowe - drums Ensign Records Bought on vinyl at a record fair in Brighton 2005, four pounds. Available on CD, although may need to be ordered from a high street record shop. ©sam1942 2006.... Read review

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Advantages: Different from orthodox punk
Disadvantages: Believed their own publicity

...Ensign Records and moved to London, where they were able to reach a large, impressionable audience with their melodic, but definitely angst ridden songs. They quickly established themselves as a top line new wave act with their first album, The Boomtown Rats (written and rehearsed before they ever left Ireland) which was released in August 1977 and reached number 18 in the UK charts. The album afforded hit singles in the speedy r&b and punk overtones of Looking After Number One and Mary Of The Fourth Form. It was a pretty strong album all told, although the Rats never fully achieved true street credibility with either the press or the public. It wasn’t very demanding stuff but they were undoubtedly popular. I can take them or leave them.... Read review

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