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{{Infobox album
| name       = V Deep
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[the Boomtown Rats]]
| cover      = V Deep (The Boomtown Rats album - cover art).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1982
| recorded   = 1981–1982
| studio     = Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop rock]]
| length     = 41:02
| label      =
* [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] (Ireland)
* [[Ensign Records|Ensign]] (UK)
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (US)
| producer   = [[Tony Visconti]], the Boomtown Rats<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/v-deep-mw0000474557/credits |title=V Deep - The Boomtown Rats &#124; Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>
| prev_title = [[Mondo Bongo]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[In the Long Grass]]
| next_year  = 1984
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}
}}
'''''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 [[Gerry Cott]]. It includes the minor [[hit single]] "House on Fire".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 71}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=albumname>{{cite web|url=http://www.boomtownrats.co.uk/the-boomtown-rats.html |title=History of The Boomtown Rats |publisher=Boomtownrats.co.uk |date=1985-07-13 |access-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===UK release===
All songs were written by [[Bob Geldof]], 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" <small>(Geldof, Pete Briquette)</small>
===US release===
All songs were written by [[Bob Geldof]], 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" <small>(from the UK ''[[Mondo Bongo]]'')</small>
# "Skin on Skin"
# "The Little Death/... House Burned Down" <small>(Geldof, Pete Briquette)</small>
===2005 reissue===
All songs were written by [[Bob Geldof]], except where noted.
# "He Watches It All"
# "Never in a Million Years"
# "Talking in Code"
# "The Bitter End"
# "The Little Death" <small>(Geldof, Pete Briquette)</small>
# "A Storm Breaks"
# "Up All Night"
# "House on Fire"
# "Charmed Lives"
# "Skin on Skin"
# "Say Hi to Mick"
# "No Hiding Place" <small>(B-side)</small>
# "House on Fire" <small>(12" Dub Version)</small>
# "Up All Night" <small>(Long Version)</small>
==Personnel==
;The Boomtown Rats
* [[Bob Geldof]] – vocals, saxophone
* [[Pete Briquette]] – bass, vocals
* [[Johnnie Fingers]] – keyboards, vocals
* [[Simon Crowe]] – drums, vocals
* [[Garry Roberts]] – guitar, vocals<ref name="allmusic1"/>
with:
*Andy Duncan - percussion
*[[Andy Hamilton (pop saxophonist)|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==
{{Reflist}}
{{The Boomtown Rats}}
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[[Category:The Boomtown Rats albums]]
[[Category:1982 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Tony Visconti]]
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