In the Long Grass


In the Long Grass was the sixth studio album by The Boomtown Rats, released in 1984 in the UK and 1985 in the US. It was the band's last studio material until 2020's Citizens of Boomtown.
The Boomtown Rats' least commercially favourable effort, it failed to appear altogether in the UK Albums Chart, but did reach No. 188 in the US Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.
  1. "A Hold Of Me"
  2. "Drag Me Down"
  3. "Dave"
  4. "Over Again"
  5. "Another Sad Story"
  6. "Tonight"
  7. "Hard Times"
  8. "Lucky"
  9. "An Icicle In The Sun"
  10. "Up Or Down"

    1985 US listing

For the US, the record company insisted that the track "Dave" needed to be reworked before it could be released in that country. New lyrics were written and sung over the same backing track; the new track was called "Rain".
All songs written by Bob Geldof except where indicated.
  1. "A Hold of Me"
  2. "Drag Me Down"
  3. "Rain"
  4. "Over Again"
  5. "Another Sad Story"
  6. "Tonight"
  7. "Hard Times"
  8. "Lucky"
  9. "An Icicle in the Sun"
  10. "Up or Down"

    2005 bonus tracks

  11. "Dave"
  12. "Walking Downtown"
  13. "Precious Time"
  14. "She's Not the Best"

    Personnel

;The Boomtown Rats
;Additional personnel
;Technical