The Boomtown Rats • The Fine Art of Surfacing
Ensign Records ENROX 11
33-RPM LP
Originally released in 1979, The Fine Art of Surfacing is the third album by Irish punk rock band, The Boomtown Rats. It contains ten tracks, including the three singles Diamond Smiles, Someone’s Looking at You, and the most famous (or should that be infamous?), I Don’t Like Mondays, which was inspired by a teenage shooting spree in San Diego in which two adults were killed and eight children and a police officer were injured. The perpetrator’s only explanation for her actions was “I don’t like Mondays; this livens up the day”.
The sound quality on this album is surprisingly good, especially the bass which is deep and warm, without being over done. Of course, the sound is a little two dimensional, but the soundstage is pretty wide. An interesting side note is that the dead wax of side one has a locked groove: the last parts of Sleep (Fingers’ Lullaby) repeat ad infinitum.
Highly recommended for great music and above average sound quality!