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

damn, should have caught that.

Released: Aug 14, 1996

getting the info off of Amazon and that was a re-released versions date.

A lot of people don't consider <b>Learning To Walk</b> as a proper album, so they may not have even included it on their list? I did include it, and I think it's a better album than Everything's Alright Forever. But while I really like a lot of the shoegazey stuff from the first three albums, it's their later albums (Giant Steps and everything after that) that I fell in love with...

Even Martin Carr himself claims to dislike Ichabod & I, but I think that there are some pretty fun songs on it. It was still the last one on my list though, and I would only recommend it for fans, but the album definitely has its moments. It's just the bad production that "ruins" it in my opinion. I'm not that surprised to see Wake Up! at #5 to be honest - I've seen a lot of people call Everything's Alright Forever their favourite Boos album so I had a feeling that it will be near the top, and even in my opinion Wake Up! is the weakest of their latter albums (but still awesome!)

I was hoping that at least C'mon Kids would finish above EAF, but oh well... Now, I'll be gutted if Kingsize is the next one!

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3. Kingsize
Released: Jan 19, 1999
263 Points, 8 Votes, 2 Number Ones

my number one!

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

it makes sense to me and actually surprised that it was ahead of C'mon Kids and Wake Up!. all the points are really close though.

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2. Everything’s Alright Forever
Released: Aug 11, 1992
281 Points, 9 Votes

and to the surprise to no one.

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1. Giant Steps
Released: Aug 31, 1993
338 Points, 9 Votes, 5 Number ones

i think ILM did a great job on the album side of things. not how i would order it but the order is probably spot on.

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

Albums:

9 Ballots received
10 Different Albums

Ranking, Album, Points, Votes, Number Ones (if any):

1. Giant Steps 338 Points, 9 Votes, 5 Number ones
2. Everything’s Alright Forever 281 Points, 9 Votes
3. Kingsize 263 Points, 8 Votes, 2 Number Ones
4. C’mon Kids 258 Points, 8 Votes, 1 Number One
5. Wake Up! 243 Points, 8 Votes
6. Ichabod and I 134 Points, 5 Votes
7. Learning To Walk 128 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One
8. Eggman - First Fruits 82 Points, 3 Votes

9. Brave Captain Advertisements For Myself 28 Points, 1 Vote
10. Martin Carr - The Breaks 24 Points, 1 Vote

now the real part of the poll starts.

going to do a Top 40.

i did run out of time so the artwork is just going to be from where the song comes from.

Tracks:
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we start with the only tie in the roll out part of tracks poll.

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41 (Tie). One Last Hurrah
From: C’mon Kids
Released: Aug 14, 1996
138 Points, 5 Votes

It would have been madness if anything other than Giant Steps had won the albums poll.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i-TpN4rEddE/VTqTQxSqELI/AAAAAAAAAdY/O4FQ_qNX2PE/w400-h398-no/Wake%2BUp%21%2Bm.jpg

41. (Tie). Joel
From: Wake Up!
Released: Oct 9, 1995
138 Points, 4 Votes

i thought Joel was a shoe in but it barely made it. was on my ballot.

can anyone start a Spotify of this?

These album release dates still look wrong to me - or maybe they were released later in the USA? I'm convinced I was listening to EAF in the summer term of my first year at university, which would make it June 92 at the latest. And I was sure some friends got me Kingsize as a Christmas present in 1998. Or am I just going mad?

i'm not sure, i usually use Wikipedia for that kind of stuff but they don't have it either. i did use the dates from Amazon UK but they could be wrong as well. Amazon list stuff two or three times sometimes, so i could have clicked the wrong one.

Wikipedia claims Aug 92, but that *is* wrong. Discogs says March 92: http://www.discogs.com/Boo-Radleys-Everythings-Alright-Forever/release/380812. This makes sense to me because I know I saw Boo Radleys and Pale Saints on a double-header tour in April 92 when they had both got new albums out ('In Ribbons' for Pale Saints).

and i also see that you are right about Kingsize that was released October 9, 1998 according to Wikipedia.

It would have been madness if anything other than Giant Steps had won the albums poll.

The bigger surprise for me is that no one voted Everything's Alright Forever as their number one. I assume that it must have been #2 for a lot of GS people. Someone will have to explain the magic of EAF to me some time, because to me it's their least unique album (apart from a few great songs). The cover art is fantastic though! (Probably my favourite piece of album art by any artist ever, in fact.)

Discogs is gonna be better. Wiki is probably best.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L0q-Ee7v9C0/VTqXqP6uHfI/AAAAAAAAAf0/n3tOXIODzJs/s400-no/Kingsize%2Bm.jpg

39. Comb Your Hair
From: Kingsize
Released: Oct 9, 1998
145 Points, 5 Votes

this one is a surprise, of all songs on Kingsize i would not think that this is one of them that would break into the Top 40.

I've always liked Comb Your Hair. A very cool pop tune that would not have been a bad choice for a single even.

Now that I think about it, it's strange that I only had four songs from Kingsize in my top 25, and it's still my favourite album. And yet, I feel that just about every track on the album could have made it on the list... It was so damn hard to decide which ones to leave out.

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38. Take The Time Around
From: Giant Steps
Released: Aug 31, 1993
150 Points, 5 Votes

Now THAT is a surprise... my favourite track from Giant Steps!

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37. Boo! Forever
From: Boo! Forever
Released: June 8, 1992
151 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One

yeah for the B-side making the poll.

also found the release date.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SOeJBOsthaQ/VTqod_sR-xI/AAAAAAAAAik/zt5npV2xj-w/s400-no/Boo%2BUp%21%2BEP%2Bm.jpg

36. Song For Up!
From: Boo Up! EP
Released: Sept 91
152, 5 Votes, 1 Number One

another B-side and one i voted for.

Wow. Would not have predicted that.

there are going to be a lot of surprises. even though i know the results i haven't studied it. so now that i'm seeing these b-sides make it i'm still sort of shocked.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8UFARmwpPEY/VTqssk82yII/AAAAAAAAAjU/kY396Nqk1T8/s400-no/Wake%2BUp%2BBoo%21%2Bpart%2B1%2Bm.jpg

35. Wake Up Boo!
From: Wake Up! and Single
Single Release Date: Feb 27, 1995
One Vote For: Wake Up Boo! Music For Astronauts
160 Points, 5 Votes

you knew it probably had to make it but you just didn't know where. this does seem low for this type of poll. i personally didn't vote for it.

Hmm, that's disappointing. Probably had to make it? Without Wake Up Boo! I doubt that I would ever had "discovered" The Boos, and even though I (and probably many others) played the song to death years ago and I don't listen to it that much anymore, it's still easily top 10 material for me. This one's straight from the textbook of perfectly written pop songs, it's no wonder that it was a huge hit.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_BPxGUU0W4Q/VTqykDfVn9I/AAAAAAAAAkI/Lx-rYlJuNL4/w400-h398-no/Lazarus%2Bm.jpg

34. Let Me Be Your Faith
From: Lazarus (B-Side)
Released: Nov 16, 1992
161 Points, 6 Votes

yeah, saying probably was the wrong thing to say but i did say that it seems low.

xpost

"Let Me Be Your Faith" did make my list.

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33. Everybird
From: Boo Up! EP (B-side)
Released: Sept 91
170 Points, 6 Votes

sorry, not a b-side. the actual single.

messed me up because of the title.

So many of the early EPS like that.

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32. Sometime Soon She Said
From: Boo Up! EP (B-side)
Released: Sept 91
176 Points, 6 Votes

lol at the juggernaut that is the Boo Up! EP.