Bob Geldof, whose real name is Robert Geldof, is an Irish singer-songwriter best known for having been the leader of the group 'The Boomtown Rats' from 1977 to 1985 but also for having been at the origin of the mega concerts Live Aid in 1985 and Live 8 in 2005.
His solo career began in 1986, when he released his first solo Single "This is the world calling". His first solo Single was a real global hit and de facto showed that the artist could exist alone at the highest level. A title that we would find on his first album "Deep in the heart of nowhere", an album that would also be released in 1986 and which would also be popular with the public.
Album that will produce another major title with "Love like a rocket", a title that will be released a year later in 1987.
We will have to wait 4 years and the year 1990 to see the release of the following album "The vegetarians of love", an album that will remain as the best ranked of all across the Channel but which will only barely escape thanks to the title "The great song of indifference", .
A last major album "The Happy Club", will be released two years later in 1992 but without managing to produce the slightest hit unfortunately.
Other albums and other Singles will be released thereafter but will not know in any way the success encountered at the end of the 80s by their predecessors.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others...) :
80s Decade :
This is the world calling 1986
Love like a rocket 1987
Heartless heart 1987
I cry too 1987
In the pouring rain 1987
90s Decade :
The great song of indifference 1990
Love or something 1990
A gospel song 1990
Room 19 (Sha la la la Lee) 1992
My hippy angel 1992
The Happy Club 1993
Yes, definitely 1993
Crazy 1994
Rat trap 1996
2000s Decade :
One for me 2001
New routine 2001
Pale white girls 2002
2010s Decade :
Silly pretty thing 2011
Here’s to you 2011
Dazzled by you 2011
Adventure The Boomtown Rats :
Tracks :
1986...the Boomtown Rats are over, welcome to the solo career. A solo career that starts off with a bang with what will remain his biggest success of this new career. HU-GE !
1987...a sequel that will not manage to compete with the enormous steamroller that preceded it but which will still come out on top...
1987... everything had started perfectly but the rest will prove to be a little more complicated to manage than expected. The proof is in this title which will go somewhat under the radar...
1987...same for this one and yet we can't say that there is no quality in all that. Astonishing turnaround...
1987...of the 4 titles that will be released during this year 1987 only one will have been favored by the public. He will have to ask himself some questions and quickly...
1990...it will take him 3 years to succeed in warding off the curse and finally return to the forefront. The worst is avoided in any case...
1990...a start to the 90s particularly favorable to the artist with this 2nd success in stride. Business is picking up...
1990... except that he will relapse immediately afterwards. Clearly, nothing is simple for him in terms of his solo career, it must be said...
1992...fortunately the albums themselves are doing rather well because there would really be reason to worry about what would happen next...
1992...successful Singles are becoming increasingly rare and we'll have to get used to it unfortunately because it's set to last...
1993... yet we cannot say that he is more demeritorious than that but he does not manage to reinvent himself during this decade of the 90s and he pays a high price for it...
1994...the gap with the competition widens year after year and nothing and no one seems able to help stop this phenomenon...
1996... that doesn't stop him from continuing the adventure no matter what. But let's not lie to ourselves, from now on he only pleases his basic fans...
2001...not easy to exist by yourself when you have lived an adventure in a renowned group mode. Sometimes it works like a charm, sometimes less so...
2001...here he is, starting this new decade of the 2000s with the firm intention of not giving up. Unfortunately, even the core fans are starting to give up on him...
2002...an adventure series that will increasingly resemble a crossing of the desert. Such is life as they say...
2011...we'll lose sight of him for almost 9 years but here he is again anyway. A return that will go almost unnoticed...
2011...at least he will have tried which is already not bad. And as in music nothing is ever finished who knows if a miracle is not still possible...
2011...for now he's not going to perform but you never know. So now it remains to be seen whether he plans to come back later or not...
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