In the Long Grass

In the Long Grass
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1984
StudioRight Track, New York City
GenreRock, pop rock
LabelMercury (UK)
Columbia (US)
ProducerPete Walsh, The Boomtown Rats; James Guthrie on "Tonight"
The Boomtown Rats chronology
V Deep
(1982)
In the Long Grass
(1984)
Citizens of Boomtown
(2020)
Singles from In the Long Grass
  1. "Tonight"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Drag Me Down"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Dave"
    Released: 1984
  4. "A Hold of Me"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Number One

In the Long Grass is the sixth studio album by The Boomtown Rats, released in 1984 in the UK and 1985 in the US. It was the band's last studio material for well over three decades until 2020's Citizens of Boomtown, and the last album to feature keyboardist Johnnie Fingers, as he didn't return when the band was reunited in 2013, and the last to be released by them as a five-piece band.

The Boomtown Rats' least commercially favourable effort, it failed to appear altogether in the UK Albums Chart, but did reach No. 188 in the US Billboard 200.