Just a simple song but God I love it Embedded in me, so bittersweet I’m addicted, I’m a melancholic Sing it again, I’ll be your Poll forever: THE BOO RADLEYS - ILM artist poll #60 or new numbering #65

Featuring:

I Hang Suspended
Rodney King (St. Etienne Remix)
As Bound As Tomorrow
I Will Always Ask Where You Have Been Even Though I Know The Answer.

cool the opening post has been modified, thanks mods.

I seem to recall IHS was my #1, even though I probably don't need to hear the 'A-side' again. The other tracks are kinda bonkers and fresh-sounding to this day IMHO, my criteria for greatness, seemingly.

i don't remember the remix but those other two songs are solid.

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8. Wake Up Boo!
From: Wake Up!
Released: 1995
93 Points, 3 Votes, 1 Number One

Featuring:

CD1:

Wake Up Boo!
Janus
Blues For George Michael
Friendship Song

CD2:

Wake Up Boo! Music For Astronauts
And Tomorrow The World
The History Of Creation Parts 17 & 36.

i tried to listen to all the singles before this poll but was not able to. started from the beginning and only got through the Giant Steps singles. so i only remember these songs from Wake Up Boo and didn't make my ballot. wonder how it would have turned out if i did listen to everything again.

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7. Ride The Tiger
From: C’mon Kids
Released: 1996 (CRE248)
94 Points, 3 Votes

Featuring

CD1:

Ride The Tiger
Vote You
A Part I Know So Well
Everything Is Sorrow (Grantby Mix)

CD2:

Roadie
Safe At Home
C’mon Kids (Mekon Mix)

Excellent

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6. Boo Up! EP
From: Stand alone single and also on Learning To Walk
Released: 1991 (Rough Trade)
109 Points, 3 Votes, 1 Number One

Featuring:

Everybird
Sometime Soon She Said
Foster’s Van
Song For Up!

my number two so i'm happy with this ranking. also the highest of the three Rough Trade singles.

all three made this countdown and got votes.

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5. Wish I Was Skinny
From: Giant Steps
Released: 1993 (CRE169)
132 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One

Featuring:

Wish I Was Skinny
Peachy Keen
Furthur
Crow Eye.

This one is kind of the opposite of "I Hang Suspended" in my wee brain. Luv the title track beyond all rationality, but never got much mileage out of the 'B-sides'.

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4. Boo! Forever
From: Everything’s Alright Forever
Released: 1992 (CRE128)
135 Points, 5 Votes

Featuring:

Does This Hurt?
Boo! Forever
Buffalo Bill
Sunfly II: Walking With The Kings.

mistake corrected. 5 votes but no number one.

Some of my favourite B-sides on those singles. Peachy Keen, Roadie and Boo! Forever are all amazing songs.

Okay, Carr would be happier with that placing. :P

On the other hand, LOL...

@Martin_Carr: "There were a couple of things that made me cringe they were so bad. Adrenalin ep, some b-sides, first bc albums. Yikes."

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3. From The Bench At Belvedere
From: Stand alone single
Released: 1995 (CRE214)
142 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One

Featuring:

From the Bench at Belvidere
Hi Falutin’
Crushed
Almost Nearly There

my number 1. the bookends is what sets it apart.

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2. Adrenalin EP
From: Everything’s Alright Forever
Released: 1992 (CRE124)
144 Points, 5 Votes

Featuring:

Lazy Day
Vegas
Feels Like Tomorrow
Whiplashed

This is the moment I got on the wagon as a schoolkid. Not at all sure what aspects might be so conspicuously inferior, in Carr's estimation.

i don't get it either. i love those songs and i did vote for it but was number 7.

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1. Lazarus
From: Giant Steps
Released: 1992 (CRE137) (CRE187) (American - CSK6205)
160 Points, 5 Votes, 1 Number One

Featuring:

Original:

Lazarus
Let Me Be Your Faith
At The Sound Of Speed
Petroleum.

Remix singles:

Lazarus
(I Wanna Be) Touchdown Jesus
Lazarus (Secret Knowledge Mix)
Lazarus (Ultramarine Radio Mix)
Lazarus (Acoustic)
Lazarus (St. Etienne Mix)
Lazarus (Secret Knowledge Mix)
Lazarus (Ultramarine Radio Mix)
Lazarus (Augustus Pablo Mix)
Lazarus (12” Mix)

The Lazarus EP (American promo):

Lazarus (The Flood Remix, Edit}
(I Wanna Be) Touchdown Jesus
At The Sound Of Speed
Lazarus (Acoustic)
Peachy Keen (Acoustic)
Lazarus (The Flood Remix)

the original Lazarus is a deserving winner as i love that EP.

Martin is right about those first Brave Captain albums. They're not great.

Results so far:

Cover Songs:

8 Ballots received
6 Different Songs

Tomorrow (2 Votes)
There She Goes (2 Votes)

Boo! Faith
Alone Again Or
The Queen Is Dead
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

Singles/EP's:

7 Ballots received
15 Different Singles/EP's

Ranking, Song, Votes, Number 1's (if any):

1. Lazarus 160 - 5 - 1
2. Adrenalin EP 144 - 5
3. From the Bench At Belvidere 142 - 4 - 1
4. Boo! Forever 135 - 5
5. Wish I Was Skinny 132 - 4 - 1
6. Boo Up! EP 109 - 3 - 1
7. Ride The Tiger 94 - 3
8. Wake Up Boo! 93 - 3 - 1
9. I Hang Suspended 91 - 3 - 1
10. Kingsize 70 - 2 - 1
11. Every Heaven EP 69 - 2
12. Barney (...and Me) 66 - 2
13. What’s In the Box (See Whatcha Got) 59 - 2
14. Kaleidoscope EP 58 - 2
15. Find The Answer Within 56 - 2

that should have said under Singles/EP's:

Ranking, Single/EP, Points, Votes, Number Ones (if any)

Don't know if the songs will make it onto the main poll, so I'll take this opportunity to say I love all four tracks off Boo Up! (the last one, Song for Up, is the weakest, but the ending once the lyrics have finished is great). And I've been re-listening to 'Furthur' off 'Wish I Was Skinny' a lot these last two weeks.

I voted the Wake Up Boo EPs at number one. Bought the catchy radio single as a young fan but nothing could have prepared me for the B-sides - songs like Friendship Song and especially Blues For George Michael kind of affirmed a lot of musical wishes for me; like, these were songs tailor-made for my sensibilities. So when I eventually heard Giant Steps and realised it was chocka with music that sounded like these, I was head over heels.

which are the best BR remixes? I don't tend to listen to them much. I like the Justin Warfield(?) mix of Joel though.

It's in the ear of the beholder, really.

If you like the joel remix, I'd search out the Rodney King St Etienne remix, The High Llamas one of "Find the answer within", the Flood remix of "Lazarus" which is a bit difficult to find, um um um...

I'd not exactly 'avoid', but the Augustus Pablo remix of Laz is quite amusing, given that it's already got a lot of his dub stylings in already. Basically, some melodica, some occasional echo, and that's about it. Martin Carr was somewhat gutted, I believe.

Rodney King St Etienne remix, The High Llamas one of "Find the answer within",

Yes these are so great as well.

Kingsize was by far my #1 in the single/EP category, I just love each track on it. It makes me feel a bit sad listening to it, knowing that it was the swan song of The Boos, and that their best single was never even officially released so that only a handful of people have heard these songs.

Lazarus has a bit of an unfair advantage here as it includes the single, EP and the remixes, so there's a lot of good stuff in there. However, I never really cared about any of the remixes, and even the title track itself didn't make it into my top 10 tracks, so Lazarus ended up being a bit further down my top 7 singles/EPs.

I'm quite surprised that From The Bench At Belvidere is third on this poll! The title track and Almost Nearly There are obviously classics, but I've never really cared about Crushed and Hi Falutin, so I dropped this one from my top 7 altogether. Touchdown Jesus and that acoustic version of Peachy Keen are great though!

And even though Wake Up Boo! barely made it to my top 7, I'm glad that someone voted it at number one. Wake Up Boo! is pretty much the perfect pop song, and I don't really get all the hate (even by Boos fans) towards it. I guess it's just one of these "cool" things to hate. The b-sides of part 1 especially are good, although I'm not that keen on Janus and the other two probably go on for a bit too long.

Anyway, it's quite interesting that we all seemed to have different number ones in this category... it just shows what a quality band The Boos were, and how consistently good they were throughout their career!

I voted the Wake Up Boo EP #1 btw. Janus is one of the most forlorn little songs - not their best, but a succinct short story, a cousin to 4AM Conversation from the album. Friendship Song is typical Boos 'how to ruin a happy-clappy pop song in two easy steps' and I love it. Blues For George Michael and to a lesser extent ...And Tomorrow The World are, for me, the Boo Radleys aesthetic encapsulated. Plus I like the extended remix of Wake Up Boo!, a song which I've said a number of times is actually very much underrated in terms of lyrical content and much darker than it appears on the surface.

Albums:
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8. Eggman - First Fruits
released: May 27, 1996
82 Points, 3 Votes

i have a soft spot for the eggman album. lots of very sweet songs on there and super melodic.

Yay!

i did throw First Fruits some points but haven't listened to it in years.

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7. Learning To Walk
Released: Nov 29, 1993
128 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One

very, very surprised that this is not higher.

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6. Ichabod and I
Released: 1990 LP only (Action Records)
134 Points, 5 Votes

Full Results:

Cover Songs:

8 Ballots received
6 Different Songs:

Ranking, Votes, Song

1	2	Tomorrow
1	2	There She Goes
3	1	Boo! Faith
3	1	Alone Again Or
3	1	The Queen Is Dead
3	1	One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

Singles/EP's:

7 Ballots received
15 Different Singles/EP's:

Ranking, Points, Votes, Number Ones, Single/EP

1	160	5	1	Lazarus
2	144	5		Adrenalin EP
3	142	4	1	From the Bench At Belvidere
4	135	5		Boo! Forever
5	132	4	1	Wish I Was Skinny
6	109	3	1	Boo Up! EP
7	94	3		Ride The Tiger
8	93	3	1	Wake Up Boo!
9	91	3	1	 Hang Suspended
10	70	2	1	Kingsize
11	69	2		Every Heaven EP
12	66	2		Barney (...and Me)
13	59	2		What’s In the Box (See Whatcha Got)
14	58	2		Kaleidoscope EP
15	56	2		Find The Answer Within

Albums:

9 Ballots received
10 Different Albums:

Ranking, Points, Votes, Number Ones, Album

1	338	9	5	Giant Steps
2	281	9		Everything’s Alright Forever
3	263	8	2	Kingsize
4	258	8	1	C’mon Kids
5	243	8		Wake Up!
6	134	5		Ichabod and I
7	128	4	1	Learning To Walk
8	82	3		Eggman - First Fruits
9	28	1		Brave Captain Advertisements For Myself
10	24	1		Martin Carr - The Breaks

Songs:

21 Ballots received
98 Different Songs:

Ranking, Points, Votes, Number Ones, Song

1	641	19	6	Lazarus
2	455	15		I Hang Suspended
3	398	13		Butterfly McQueen
4	387	13		Wish I Was Skinny
5	374	11	1	From The Bench At Belvedere
6	362	12		New Brighton Promenade
7	348	11		Lazy Day
8	343	11	1	Kingsize
9	324	10		Reaching Out From Here
10	308	10		Firesky
11	306	10		I've Lost The Reason
12	294	9	1	Stuck On Amber
13	272	9		Spaniard
14	261	10		The Old Newsstand at Hamilton Square
15	260	10		Does This Hurt?
16	259	10		Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce) One Vote For: Rodney King (St. Etienne Remix)
17	246	9		Bullfrog Green
18	243	8		Fairfax Scene
19	241	9		Everything Is Sorrow
20	234	8		Twinside
21	228	8		Ride the Tiger
22	223	7		Put Your Arms Around Me and Tell Me Everything's Going to Be OK
23	221	8	1	Upon 9th and Fairchild
24	215	7		Four Saints
25	210	7	1	Smile Fades Fast
26	205	7		Memory Babe
27	199	7		Naomi
28	194	6		Foster's Van
29	189	7		Best Lose the Fear
30	187	7		Heaven's at the Bottom of This Glass
31	183	6		C’mon Kids
32	176	6		Sometime Soon She Said
33	170	6		Everybird
34	161	6		Let Me Be Your Faith
35	160	5		Wake Up Boo!
36	152	5	1	Song For Up!
37	151	4	1	Boo! Forever
38	150	5		Take The Time Around
39	145	5		Comb Your Hair
40	138	4		Joel
40	138	5		One Last Hurrah
42	134	4		If You Want It, Take It
43	132	4		Thinking of Ways
44	126	4		Friendship Song
45	123	4		Almost Nearly There
46	120	4	1	Kaleidoscope (One Vote for Ichabod & I version (#1))
47	115	4		Furthur
47	115	4		Song for the Morning to Sing 
49	108	4		Petroleum 
50	102	4		Barney (…and me) 
51	98	3		Eurostar 
52	93	3		Wilder
53	88	3		Leaves And Sand
53	88	3		What's in the Box? (See Whatcha Got)
55	86	3		Get on the Bus
55	86	3		Skyscraper
57	85	3		Swansong
58	83	3		Find the Answer Within 
58	83	3		The White Noise Revisited 
60	82	3		Peachy Keen
61	79	2	1	Blues for George Michael 
61	79	3		Jimmy Webb Is God
63	77	3		Room At The Top 
64	75	2		Vegas 
65	69	3		Blue Room In Archway 
66	68	3		Annie and Marnie 
67	67	2		Sparrow 
66	68	2		Tortoiseshell 
69	65	2		Vote You 
70	63	2		As Bound as Tomorrow
71	62	2		Roadie 
72	61	3		Safe at Home 
73	59	2		Oh Brother 
73	59	2		Paradise
75	58	2		Hi Falutin 
76	56	2		4AM Conversation
76	56	2		Catweazle 
76	56	2		Nothing To Do But Scare Myself
79	55	2		Charles Bukowski Is Dead 
79	55	2		Towards the Light
81	56	2		Bodenheim Jr 
82	51	2		Aldous
83	39	2		Melodies For The Deaf (Colours For The Blind) 
84	29	1		The Future Is Now 
84	29	1		High As Monkeys
84	29	1		Losing It (Song for Abigail) 
84	29	1		Song from the Blueroom 
84	29	1		The Finest Kiss
89	22	1		Spanish Lizards
90	20	1		Eleanor Everything
91	19	1		In a Galaxy Far, Far Away 
91	19	1		Meltin's Worm 
91	19	1		Superintendent
94	18	1		Crushed 
94	18	1		I Feel Nothing 
96	17	1		(I Wanna Be) Touchdown Jesus 
96	17	1		I Will Always Ask You Where You've Been Even Though I Know The Answer 
98	17	1		There She Goes

I lost my spreadsheet and had to do off of what I posted. Just editing and seeing the song titles again brought back a flood of memories. What a band!

Thanks for reposting all that. Yeah I might have to have a listening day