I think they got rid of the bench, y'know...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wallasey,+United+Kingdom&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.176833,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wallasey,+Merseyside,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.424226,-3.05436&spn=0.004552,0.009645&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.424304,-3.05442&panoid=x8bLbokHbAZPxdEcSSD6Fw&cbp=12,185.85,,0,5
― Michael Jones, Friday, 21 May 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
No "I Want A Rainbow Nation" (never released on CD before)? No "The Queen Is Dead"? These will be fantastic releases for anyone discovering the Boos for the first time, but there isn't a single curiosity for people who loved them enough at the time to actually buy their records to get excited about.
― Ian Edmond, Friday, 21 May 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred/artists/booradleys.php
Kingsizecdmred467
PREORDER NOW! Released on 20/09/ 2010. The Boo Radleys are - for reasons that are hard to understand - a greatly underrated band. Formed in 1988 in Merseyside and their own way through the changeable music scene of the 90 s leaving many classic albums and singles and a couple of massive hits. Kingsize was the bands sixth and final album they split on its release not helping its sales. It is a great album and well worth discovering twelve years on. It is presented here with bonus tracks and an exclusive booklet.
1. Blue Room In Archway 2. The Old News Stand In Hamilton Square 3. Free Huey4. Monuments For A Dead Century 5. Heaven’s At The Bottom Of This Glass 6. Kingsize 7. High As Monkeys 8. Eurostar 9. Adieu Clo Clo 10. Jimmy Webb Is God 11. She Is Everywhere12. Comb Your Hair 13. Song From The Blueroom 14. The Future Is Now Bonus15. Spanish Lizards 16. Everything Falls Away 17. In A Galaxy Far, Far Away
― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link
shit, moving this to the right thread: The Boo Radleys, Classic or Dud?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there any other concept albums about hangovers?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 30 October 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Man, "Wake Up Boo" is such a fucking dark song. "For what could be the very last time" - what are you saying here, Martin?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 13:42 (one year ago) link
Why the heck is “Put Your Arms Around Me And Tell Me Everything’s Going To Be Fine” missing from that Kingsize reissue?
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
I know it was a US only track but it’s really excellent
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:36 (one year ago) link
Agreed and one of their best songs.
It's actually called "Put Your Arms Around Me and Tell Me Everything's Going to Be OK" and yes, where I got my username.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
I'm going to admit it here. I have listened to the new album a lot this year. It's pure AOR crap but with Sice singing it works for me.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
Not on the reissue IMO because Cherry Red has a tendency to lift from retail UK CD singles. It's possible whoever compiled didn't know it existed. C'Mon Kids bonus 7" tracks and Kingsize single promo tracks also get overlooked. I have a quite a few of their reissues and this appears to be a common theme
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:55 (one year ago) link
Marcello on WUB (and the glorious Wake Up! in general): http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-boo-radleys-wake-up.html
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 01:36 (one year ago) link
I thought this album was pretty shit at the time, after liking the previous 2 and the EPs. Sold it years ago. Still think It's Lulu was a terrible song for a single. Maybe it's worth another listen
― even the birds in the trees seemed to whisper "get fucked" (bovarism), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
It's Lulu is embarrassing trash imo, but the rest of the album is lovely Beatlesy melancho/psychedelia
Quite annoying the B sides from this era are missing from Spotify, and I'd love a deluxe reissue with those on, but here's an alternative tracklisting for Wake Up I made (It's Lulu swapped out for Bench at Belvedere)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nH15duwTKTYLvM23hC0aB?si=zwnly104QHifai02d_WOow&utm_source=copy-link
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 06:07 (one year ago) link
Love that Marcello write up. Interesting he mentions High & Dry at the end. One of my first property concerts as a teenager was the Boos on their Belvedere tour at Cambridge Corn Exchange, and I remember the venue piping High & Dry through the foyer on the way in and thinking momentarily that the Boos had already started playing
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 06:25 (one year ago) link
Heeeeeyyy what's that noise?? Do you rememberrrrr?? Do you remember??
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 09:11 (one year ago) link
*proper
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 09:52 (one year ago) link
I did buy the new Boo Radleys' album to help it make a mark in the album chart (failed..).
Played about half of it, it's nice but..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 11:20 (one year ago) link
I feel bad about this, but I just don't want to hear it.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
I'm ignoring it completely.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Would love to have Sice as therapist <3
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
It's like a beef chili without any chili in it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
a couple of months ago i found both cd singles for 'wake up boo!' in a charity shop bin.the second cd has a rather mad 9 minute track : 'music for astronauts'kicks off with the standard track and then morphs into a full on excess of timestamped baggy beats enhanced with acid squiggles and samples.i.e. it's rather wonderful, and something i did not expect.however, the final track on the ep, 'the history of creation parts 17 & 36' will never get listened to again.
― mark e, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
I still have never heard “blues for George Michael”, it’s supposed to be a super mental bside yeah?
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
does your ilx email work ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
Blues For George Michael is my favourite song by them
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
It's super mental
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
ta, mark!
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
"Blues for George Michael" didn't make my ballot when we did the Boo Radleys polls but a bunch of B-sides did make my ballot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCVEtWKPTw
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link