The Boo Radleys
Encyclopedia
Studio albums
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| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1990 | Ichabod and I Ichabod and I Ichabod and I is the debut album by The Boo Radleys, released in 1990 on the indie label Action Records. Steve Hewitt, the drummer for this album, would later join Placebo.-Track listing:...
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| 1992 | Everything's Alright Forever Everything's Alright Forever Everything's Alright Forever is the second album by English indie rock group The Boo Radleys, released in 1992.-Track listing:Early copies of the vinyl edition came with a free 7" single Sunfly.-The Boo Radleys:*Rob Cieka - drums, percussion... Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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| 1993 | Giant Steps Giant Steps (Boo Radleys album) Giant Steps is the third album by The Boo Radleys, released in 1993. The title is inspired by John Coltrane's album of the same name, and the record features an assortment of influences — their previous shoegazing sound backed by pop, reggae, noise pop and orchestral sounds.-Reception:NME and... Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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| 1995 | Wake Up!
Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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| 1996 | C'mon Kids C'mon Kids C'mon Kids is the fifth album by The Boo Radleys, it was released in September 1996. The album is considered to be purposely difficult and uncommercial. The band were said to have wanted to distance themselves from the commercial image they had cultivated because of the unexpected successes of the... Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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| 1998 | Kingsize
Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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Compilation albums
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| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1992 | Learning To Walk Learning to Walk (Boo Radleys album) Learning To Walk is a compilation album by UK indie band The Boo Radleys, released by Rough Trade Records in 1992.It is a collection of the bands first three EPs, Kaleidoscope , Every Heaven and Boo! Up , as well as two previously unreleased covers, "Alone Again Or" and "Boo! Faith".The cover of...
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| 2005 | Find the Way Out
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| 2007 | The Best of the Boo Radleys
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Extended plays
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| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1990 | Kaleidoscope
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| 1991 | Every Heaven
Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... |
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| Boo Up!
Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove... |
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| 1992 | Adrenalin
Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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| Does This Hurt / Boo! Forever
Creation Records Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were... |
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Singles
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| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
N.Z. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
US Alt Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
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| 1992 | "Lazarus" | Giant Steps | - | – | – | 30 |
| 1993 | "I Hang Suspended" | - | – | – | – | |
| "Wish I Was Skinny" | 75 | – | – | – | ||
| 1994 | "Barney (...and Me)" | 48 | – | – | 30 | |
| "Lazarus" (re-release) | 50 | – | – | – | ||
| 1995 | "Wake Up Boo!" | Wake Up! | 9 | 25 | 35 | – |
| "Find the Answer Within" | 37 | – | – | – | ||
| "It's Lulu" | 25 | – | – | – | ||
| "From the Bench at Belvidere" | — | 24 | – | – | – | |
| 1996 | "What's in the Box (See Whatcha Got)" | C'mon Kids | 25 | – | – | – |
| "C'mon Kids" | 18 | – | – | – | ||
| 1997 | "Ride the Tiger" | 38 | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | "Free Huey" | Kingsize | 54 | – | – | – |
| "Kingsize" (Cancelled) | – | – | – | – | ||
External links
- Official biography from the Boo Radleys website
- Archived reviews at NME.com
- Archived 1993 review of Giant Steps, from the NME
- Interview with Martin Carr marking the anniversary of Britpop
- Interview with Martin Carr from a Creation Records fansite
- Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (Black Session)
- Interview with Sice from Eardrums Music
- The Boo Radleys at WorldMusicDatabase