The Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art Of Surfacing Album

Tracklist

1	When The Night Comes (Conclusion)
2	Diamond Smiles
3	When The Night Comes
4	Having My Picture Taken Written-By – Pete Briquette
5	Someone's Looking At You
6	Nothing Happened Today
7	I Don't Like Mondays Arranged By [Strings] – Fiachra TrenchProducer – Phil Wainman
8	Keep It Up Written-By – Gerry Cott
9	When The Night Comes (Part 1)
10	Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby) Written-By – Johnnie Fingers
11	Nice 'N' Neat
12	Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ENROX 11	The Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art Of Surfacing ‎(LP, Album)	Ensign	ENROX 11	UK	1979
PC 36248, 36248	The Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art Of Surfacing ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Columbia, Columbia	PC 36248, 36248	US	1986
IR 58282	The Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art Of Surfacing ‎(LP, Album)	WEA	IR 58282	Ireland	1979
424 635-1, 424 635.1	The Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art Of Surfacing ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Mercury, Mercury	424 635-1, 424 635.1	Spain	1990
JC 36248, 36248	The Boomtown Rats	The Fine Art Of Surfacing ‎(LP, Album, San)	Columbia, Columbia	JC 36248, 36248	US	1979

Credits

• Crew [Equipment] – Tony "Beamy" Austin
• Design, Artwork [Cover] – Lorne Miller
• Engineer – Tony Platt
• Lighting – Phay Taylor
• Management – Fachtna O'Kelly
• Management [Tour] – Robbie McGrath
• Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
• Photography By – Fin Costello
• Producer – Robert John Lange (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B5)
• Written-By – Bob Geldof (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5)

Notes

(c) 1979 CBS Inc./ (p) 1979 CBS Inc.

"When The Night Comes" listed 3 times: "When The Night Comes (Part 1)", "When The Night Comes (Conclusion)", and "When The Night Comes."

Short intro

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