About "Having My Picture Taken"
The Fine Art of Surfacing is the third album by Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, released in June 1979. The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart in 1979."I Don't Like Mondays" was released as the album's first single in July 1979 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The song refers to Brenda Ann Spencer's killing spree, which occurred on Monday, 29 January 1979 in San Diego, California. The album also produced the singles "Diamond Smiles" and "Someone's Looking at You".
The Boomtown Rats travelled around the United States leading up to The Fine Art of Surfacing, drumming up publicity in the country. During this time the band learned much about both American life and breaking into the American music market. The album takes a serious approach in looking at American society in songs like "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Diamond Smiles", while other times looking at it in a downright silly and mocking manner, as in songs like "Nothing Happened Today" and "Having My Picture Taken".
In 2005, the album was re-released (it had previously been released but fell out of print quickly), digitally remastered by Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette with bonus tracks, mostly B-sides from various eras, that delve more deeply into the Rats' musical influences.
Top songs by Boomtown Rats
I Don't Like Mondays- Having My Picture Taken
- Mary Of The 4th Form
- A Gospel Song
- Banana Republic
- Cant Stop
- Another Piece Of Red
- Do They Know Its Christmas
- House On Fire
- Dont Believe What You Read
- Living In An Island
- Rat Trap
- I Can Make It If You Can
- Never Bites The Hand That Feeds
- Skin On Skin
- Talking In Code
- Roads Of Germany (after Bd)
- Up All Night
- When The Night Comes
- Please Dont Go
- Wind Chill Factor (minus Zero)
- Nothing Happened Today
- Nice 'n' Neat
- Never In A Million Years
- She's So Modern
- Under Their Thumb.... Is Under My Thumb
- The Bitter End
- The Elephants Graveyard
- The Little Death|...house Burned Down
- Someone's Looking At You
- So Strange
- This Is My Room
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