Description
?how to compose popular songs that will sell? is the name of the first album of bob geldof since ?sex, age & death? in 2001 and its fifth ground.
the suggestive title is borrowed from an old music manual that Geldof bought in an alphabetist. this album contains 10 new songs and is produced by the usual suspect, longtime collaborator, pete briquette. is full of emotions, love, hope and joy, denoting geldof more comfortable than ever on your own skin.
bob geldof was the leader of the band of 70/80 boomtown rats. wrote and produced the theme of humanitarian aid (band aid) ?do they know It?s Christmas-time? with midge ure, which later evolved to live aid, the first international concert broadcast globally for two days. both the theme and the concert were created as a form of awareness and fundraising in the aid to hunger in Ethiopia.
Artist
Irish singer-songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist, born October 5, 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Paula Yates (daughter of Hughie Green) in June 1986; they divorced in May 1996. Father of Peaches Geldof and Pixie Geldof. He married Jeanne Marine on April 28, 2015.
The former lead singer of the Punk/New Wave group The Boomtown Rats, he was also the inspiration and driving force behind "Band Aid" and the subsequent "Live Aid" concerts, that raised millions of pounds for aid in Africa. After the demise of the Boomtown Rats he embarked on a solo career, though he hasn't been able to repeat the same sort of success.
Tracks
1
How I Roll
03:03
2
Blow Fish
04:07
3
She's A Lover
04:30
4
To Live In Love
04:05
5
Silly Pretty Thing
04:02
6
Systematic 6-Pack
03:31
7
Dazzled By You
02:41
8
Mary Says
04:52
9
Blow
04:55
10.1
Here's To You
04:13
10.2
Young And Sober
03:46
Releases
Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe
