Giant Steps (Boo Radleys album)

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Giant Steps
Studio album by The Boo Radleys
Released	August 31, 1993
Recorded	February 1995–March 1995
Genre	Rock
Label	Creation
Producer(s)	Martin Carr
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link
The Boo Radleys chronology
Everything's Alright Forever (1992)	Giant Steps (1993)	Wake Up! (1995)

'Giant Steps' is the third album by The Boo Radleys, released in 1993. NMEand Select Magazine named it as album of the year. It reached the UK Top 20, but did not spawn a Top 40 single. The title is inspired by John Coltrane, and the album features an assortment of influences - their previous shoegazing sound backed by pop, reggae, noise-pop and orchestral sounds.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Hang Suspended"
2. 'Upon Ninth And Fairchild"
3. "Wish I Was Skinny"
4. "Leaves And Sand"
5. "Butterfly McQueen"
6. "Rodney King (Song For Lenny Bruce)"
7. "Thinking Of Ways"
8. "Barney (...And Me)"
9. "Spun Around"
10. "If You Want It, Take It"
11. "Best Lose The Fear"
12. "Take The Time Around"
13. "Lazarus"
14. 'One Is For"
15. "Run My Way Runaway"
16. "I've Lost The Reason"
17. "The White Noise Revisited"