The Boo Radleys

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The Boo Radleys
General information
origin Wallasey , England
Genre (s) Britpop , Dream Pop
founding 1988
resolution 1999
Website www.booradleys.co.uk
Founding members
Simon "Sice" Rowbottom
guitar
 Martin Carr
Timothy Brown
Steve Hewitt (until?)
Last occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Simon "Sice" Rowbottom
guitar
 Martin Carr
bass
 Timothy Brown
Drums
 Rob Cieka (from?)

The Boo Radleys were a British rock band that existed between 1988 and 1999 and were assigned to the genres Shoegazing and later Britpop .

history

The Boo Radleys was founded in Wallasey , England in 1988 by Sice (actually Simon Rowbottom ) (vocals, guitar), Martin Carr (guitar), Timothy Brown (bass) and Steve Hewitt (drums). The name comes from the book Who Disturbs the Nightingale by Harper Lee ; Boo Radley is the name of a mysterious and feared person who, however, turns out to be a savior in the end. 1990 appeared to her debut album Ichabod and I , whose sound to the then-popular bands My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr. recalls. Although it was not a commercial success, Rough Trade Records became aware of her and signed her. At this point, drummer Steve Hewitt left the band and was replaced by Rob Cieka. Hewitt was later successful as the drummer for the band Placebo .

Immediately after the release of their EP Every Heaven in 1991, Rough Trade went bankrupt and the Boo Radleys were signed to Alan McGee's label Creation Records . The following albums Everything's Alright Forever (1992) and Giant Steps (1993) showed a development of the band away from the shoegazing style towards more sophisticated arrangements. The New Musical Express named Giant Steps album of the year 1993. Despite this recognition in the music press, commercial success failed to materialize.

That changed in 1995 with the release of their album Wake Up! and the single Wake Up Boo! which made it into the top ten of the UK charts . Because of their melodic sound, which was based on the Beatles , they were regarded as a Britpop band, which they rejected because they did not want to see themselves as part of a hype. In 1996 the follow-up album C'mon Kids was released , which included more experimental sounds. The album Kingsize , released in 1998, continued this development, now also including elements from soul , hip-hop and dance . Both albums received positive reviews from critics and the commercial success of Wake Up! but could not reach the band by far.

In 1999 the Boo Radleys broke up; Martin Carr then appeared solo as Brave Captain and released two solo albums under this name. Sice released a solo album under the name Egghead . In 2005 the best-of album Find the Way Out was released .

From 2009 songwriter Martin Carr released solo albums under his own name. On Ye Gods (and Little Fishes) in 2009, followed in 2014 The Breaks , which the Hamburg label Tapete Records was released.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1992 Everything's Alright Forever UK55 (1 week)
UK
1993 Giant steps UK17 (5 weeks)
UK
1995 Wake up! UK1
gold
gold

(23 weeks)UK
1996 C'mon kids UK20 (3 weeks)
UK
1998 Kingsize UK62 (1 week)
UK

More albums

  • 1990: Ichabod and I

Compilations

  • 1992: Learning to Walk (EP compilation)
  • 2005: Find the Way Out
  • 2007: The Best of the Boo Radleys

EPs

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1992 Boo! Forever UK67 (1 week)
UK
as a double A single Does This Hurt / Boo! Marketed Forever

More EPs

  • 1990: Kaleidoscope
  • 1991: Every Heaven
  • 1991: Boo Up!
  • 1992: adrenaline

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK
1992 Lazarus
Giant Steps 		- UK50 (3 weeks)
UK
Placed only after re-release in 1994
1993 Wish I Was Skinny
Giant Steps 		- UK75 (1 week)
UK
1994 Barney (... and Me)
Giant Steps 		- UK48 (2 weeks)
UK
1995 Wake Up Boo
Wake Up! 		DE65 (10 weeks)
DE 		UK9
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
Find the Answer Within
Wake Up! 		- UK37 (4 weeks)
UK
It's Lulu
Wake Up! 		- UK25 (2 weeks)
UK
From the bench at Belvidere
 - UK24 (2 weeks)
UK
1996 What's in the Box (See Whatcha Got)
C'mon Kids 		- UK25 (2 weeks)
UK
C'mon Kids
C'mon Kids 		- UK18 (2 weeks)
UK
1997 Ride the Tiger
C'mon Kids 		- UK38 (2 weeks)
UK
1998 Free Huey
Kingsize 		- UK54 (2 weeks)
UK

More singles

  • 1992: Lazy Day
  • 1992: Does this Hurt?
  • 1993: I Hang Suspended

swell

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE UK
  2. ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: UK

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