A Tonic for the Troops

Nice clean vinyl, good cover (sticker mark, spine and shelf wear). Includes insert with lyrics.

A Tonic for the Troops is the second album by The Boomtown Rats. It was released in 1978 and included the hit singles "She's So Modern", "Like Clockwork" and "Rat Trap".^[1] The album peaked at No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart in 1978.^[4]

The album featured dark themes in an often upbeat, pop-punk style. One of the album's tracks, "(I Never Loved) Eva Braun", was described by one critic as "the happiest, cheeriest, best upbeat song about Hitler ever written."^{[citation needed]} The lyrics of other songs discussed suicide ("Living in an Island") and euthanasia ("Can't Stop").^[1]

"She's So Modern" reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.^[4] The album's title was taken from a line in this song: "And Charlie ain't no Nazi/ she likes to wear her leather boots/ 'cuz it's exciting for the veterans/ and it's a tonic for the troops."

The most commercially successful track on the album is "Rat Trap", which made it to Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.^[4] "Rat Trap" was the final cut on the UK version of the album but the opening track on the US version.