''V Deep'' is the Boomtown Rats's fifth album, and the first to be released as a five-piece band, following the departure of guitarist

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. It includes the minor

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"House on Fire".

Name

The name of the album is pronounced "five deep", not "vee deep" referring to the roman numeral 5. It refers to the fact that it is the band's fifth album and also that they became a five-piece following the departure of Gerry Cott.

Track listing

UK release

All songs were written by

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, except where noted. # "Never in a Million Years" # "The Bitter End" # "Talking in Code" # "He Watches It All" # "A Storm Breaks" # "Charmed Lives" # "House on Fire" # "Up All Night" # "Skin on Skin" # "The Little Death/... House Burned Down" (Geldof, Pete Briquette)

US release

All songs were written by

, except where noted. # "Never in a Million Years" # "The Bitter End" # "Talking in Code" # "He Watches It All" # "A Storm Breaks" # "Charmed Lives" # "House on Fire" # "Whitehall 1212" (from the UK ''

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'') # "Skin on Skin" # "The Little Death/... House Burned Down" (Geldof, Pete Briquette)

2005 reissue

All songs were written by

, except where noted. # "He Watches It All" # "Never in a Million Years" # "Talking in Code" # "The Bitter End" # "The Little Death" (Geldof, Pete Briquette) # "A Storm Breaks" # "Up All Night" # "House on Fire" # "Charmed Lives" # "Skin on Skin" # "Say Hi to Mick" # "No Hiding Place" (B-side) # "House on Fire" (12" Dub Version) # "Up All Night" (Long Version)

Personnel

;The Boomtown Rats *

– vocals, saxophone * Pete Briquette – bass, vocals *

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– keyboards, vocals *

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– drums, vocals *

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– guitar, vocals with: *Andy Duncan - percussion * Andy Hamilton, Dave McHale - saxophone * Guy Barker - trumpet * Spike Edney - trombone ;Technical *Andy Le Vien, Corinne Simcock - engineer *Gordon Fordyce - remixing *Ben Kelly - cover, design *Jon Prew - photography

References

The Boomtown Rats albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Tony Visconti {{1980s-rock-album-stub