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The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For The Troops

Barbara Charone, Sounds, 17 June 1978

IT'S NO accident that the second Boomtown Rats album has a catalogue number of ENVY 3. Any creative artist or major group has genuine cause for worry on the strength of A Tonic For The Troops. Vintage superstars who look like eyesores and sound like dinosaurs should carefully study this album.

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