ALBUM: A Tonic for the Troops (1978) MVC Rating: 3.5/$$ Half of this album, the first side, is pretty good. Starting with Rat Trap, which is not a bad little  Springsteen knock-off with some Meatloaf thrown in. The next songs on side 1 flow  righteously through I  Never Loved Eva Braun to Like Clockwork. She’s … Continue reading The Boomtown Rats — 629