Boces

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Boces
Boces cover
Studio album by Mercury Rev
Released June 1, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre Rock
Length 53:55
Label Beggars Banquet Records
Producer David Baker, Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Suzanne Thorpe, Jimy Chambers
Professional reviews
Mercury Rev chronology
Yerself Is Steam
(1991)		 Boces
(1993)		 See You on the Other Side
(1995)

Boces is the second album by Mercury Rev, released in 1993. The band has explained the title as being inspired by the name of the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services in New York State, a vocational school system in the band's home state.

During the tour (on Lollapalooza) for this album, the band were forced off the stage for being too loud and noisy; according to legend, their soundman was taken away in a headlock.

The video for "Something for Joey" features black and white images of children in spacesuits juxtaposed with phallic images of rockets, and a bizarre plot involving Mercury Rev playing the song on a spaceship filled with naked women, while Ron Jeremy and another porn star play a sex god and goddess, respectively. Apparently, the parents of the children in the black and white shots were not told what the other images would be in the video, and were extremely upset to find out, forcing the director to re-edit the original video.

Since the late 90s, Mercury Rev very rarely (if ever) perform songs from Boces, as the songs remind the band of the turbulent circumstances surrounding its recording.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Meth of a Rockette's Kick" – 10:29
  2. "Trickle Down" – 5:04
  3. "Bronx Cheer" – 2:49
  4. "Boys Peel Out" – 4:28
  5. "Downs Are Feminine Balloons" – 6:29
  6. "Something for Joey" – 4:06
  7. "Snorry Mouth" – 10:55
  8. "Hi-Speed Boats" – 4:00
  9. "Continuous Drunks and Blunders" – 0:48
  10. "Girlfren" – 4:41

[edit] Personnel

  • Jimy Chambers – Drumming, AtlasSweepstakes
  • Jonathan Donahue – Silver Pickup Guitar, Vocals between Ventolin hits
  • Grasshopper – Dither Guitar, Licorice Stick
  • Suzanne Thorpe – Rooster Tail Bass Flute, Chevron Fife
  • Dave Fridmann – Bass Explore, Exhaled band-with Magnetics
  • David Baker – Vocals
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