The Boo Radleys, Classic or Dud?

GIANT STEPS IS THE GREATEST INDIE GUITAR RECORD EVER EVER EVER RIGHT

Uh.

I am drinking alone; ignore me.

I DO think this is a fucking awesome, awesome, remarkable record, however.

it is

It's good.

its allright. I'm rarely in the mood for it.

I feel the same pretty much. I didn't think it was great initially, thought it was great for a period, stopped listening to it after that period and still haven't really recovered.

Giant Steps is a pretty epic album. And I DON'T OWN IT, AM I INSANE. I havent heard it in something like 12 years, good god. I have to rectify this asap.

Wasnt Martin having a breakdown/alcohol problem when they wrote this album? I seem to recall at least one track being really desperate and bleak.

About four or five amazing songs on it (Lazurus, Wish I Was Skinny, Barney, White Noise). The rest of it can sound good if you're in the mood or are the right age. Especially good when you're around the college age. A bit like Galaxie 500 in that respect.

I am drinking alone; ignore me.

This is my default position re: knows-fuck-all

yes, one of the best albums of the 90's, it was their White Album.

anyways this link is a great read, especially where the fans were able to write their thought on this album. when it came out it was just so epic, adventurous and monstrous, it seem like the shoegazer scene, as it was called, was going to take over music. no other band outside MBV's Loveless was able to match what the Boos did but it was Oasis and Blur who broke out instead.

http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giantsteps/

http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giantsteps/fans.html

See if you can recognise some names on here!

http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giantsteps/fans.htm

or maybe even here instead.

OH FFS!!

This one. And this one is guanarteed.

http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giant_steps/fans.htm

No argument here. Wonderful record. I note above that 6 years ago I said C'mon Kids was their best but to be honest I don't know what I was thinking. Giant Steps is so much better.

It was Select's album of the year which I seem to remember is why I bought it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Boo-Radleys/dp/B000PHX0VO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/202-1855647-9383050?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181125138&sr=8-2

When did that squeeze out? Well, 7th May, obviously, but... Has anyone got it? is it the 12" version of Lazarus? What an odd tracklisting.

xpost- me too (about buying it) only "I didn't think it was great initially, thought it was great for a period, stopped listening to it after that period and still haven't really recoveredsold it"... also me too.

I remember a LOT of filler but it is/was a strong record. I suspect it's that I didn't find most of the songs/vocals very much to shout about in the end that led me to not caring...

It looks nicer than that 2cd collection.

Which started off being "Wake up boo: The Best of" but M.Carr stopped it, so the record company said "OK, you pick. but it has to have "Wake Up Boo, Lazarus, etc, etc, etc," until there was only about four tracks to pick from.

Anf the 'unreleased' tracks, ah hey I had the "Kingsize" single promo with them on anyway.

4am conversation? That's an odd choice.

I think I might marginally prefer 'C'mon Kids' to 'Giant Steps'.

not sure about that new best of... what the fuck?

'I've Lost The Reason' and 'Get On The Bus' are possibly my favourite two Boo Radleys songs, so their inclusion is very welcome. Underappreciated masterpieces both.

if there's something that annoyed me about the last two albums was that they were way too preachy for my liking. "Colours For The Blind", that millennium song, "Heaven's At the Bottom Of This Glass".

When did that squeeze out? Well, 7th May, obviously, but... Has anyone got it? is it the 12" version of Lazarus? What an odd tracklisting.

WTF? and don't know any answers to those questions.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v0G4LGP0L._SS500_.jpg

beautiful cover but has nothing to do with the band. found this on Martin's web site, as he was answering the question of why nothing from Everything's Alright Forever or Kingsize made it on to this comp.

"Eaf wasn't anything to do with sony and i can only guess that they have forgotten about Kingsize.

I won't be buying it.

Mx"

Haha, the sleevenotes to this new best of quote me (but without naming me, the cheeky gits).

haha what's the quote?

It reads, "GIANT STEPS IS THE GREATEST INDIE GUITAR RECORD EVER EVER EVER RIGHT."

Of Lazarus, "a big pop tune halfway between Dinosaur Jr. and The Beach Boys slapped in the middle of a great big dub instrumental" taken from http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-boo-radleys/find-the-way-out.htm

I've barely listened to anything else for the last 24 hours.

How come no one's ever mentioned Learning To Walk?

Jack Rabid wrote, "Though it's just a collection of their first three EPs dating back to '90/'91 (plus two unreleased covers), Learning to Walk is actually the best LP released by this great Liverpool band, even better than Giant Steps... Learning to Walk sounds like an LP, not a collection, and if we regard it as three sessions in one, it is the Boo Radleys' real second LP, and their masterpiece, even without the terrific 1991 Peel Session versions of Love's "Alone Again Or," and New Order's "True Faith" (retitled "Boo Faith," naturally) tacked on for extra value. With all three EPs out of print, Learning to Walk is even more valuable. Do not miss."

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

nah.

it's pretty good. i especially like "Foster's Van".

I said this on the poll thread the other week:
The two EPs in 1991 between the first and second album sound better-produced, but still essentially go for that mixture of extreme guitar noise and sweet singing. That wasn’t a problem for me as that was exactly what I liked back then. I love Naomi (off Every Heaven) and Everybird, Sometime Soon She Said and Foster’s Van (off Boo Up). I think these are all on Learning To Walk, but I’m not voting for that because it’s not a real album.