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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Sick Mouthy
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Format:Audio CD
3 and a half minutes is all it takes. Wake Up Boo! is one of the greatest pop songs of the last ten years, and anyone who disagrees is a curmudgeonly old fool, frankly, who must be too dull and old and po-faced to be seduced by it's perfectly Motown-tastic brass and breezy Autumn-morning chorus. But don't be fooled - there may well be loads of hooks and choruses on this LP, but it's still the Boos, and those hooks and choruses are still tied to psychedelic guitar abuse and deeply touching sentiment. If you think Wake Up Boo! is all this album, or indeed, the Boos, are about, then you are very much mistaken. Check out Wilder and Twinside. Sod it, just buy this album. And Giant Steps too. You bloody deserve it.
Format:Audio CD
Loved this album when it first came out. Very average now and has dated badly. Sounds rather trite and whimsical. You see hundreds of copies of this album in charity shops, so buy it there if you really have to.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album where the Boo Radleys realised their dreams of pop stardom...the Wake Up Boo! single went Top 10 and propelled this LP to number one...it all seems faintly unreal in retrospect.
The superficial cheeriness of Wake Up Boo! is not indicative of the rest of the LP; generally, the theme throughout is typically downbeat. The Boos always sounded best when they were simply wallowing in self-pity (try the brilliant Stuck On Amber for size) or, to coin a phrase, being experi-mental (e.g. the alarming change of tempo midway through Joel).
Unfortunately, Wake Up!'s highs are tempered by other less inspired moments - the attempts to replicate Wake Up Boo!'s blatantly radio-friendly sound on a number of other tracks, notably its follow-up singles Find The Answer Within and It's Lulu, are considerably less successful, while Charles Bukowski Is Dead is, frankly, a waste of time.
Overall, Wake Up! is both confused and confusing, unsure whether it wants to be one thing or another, and as such is probably the Boos' weakest.
The superficial cheeriness of Wake Up Boo! is not indicative of the rest of the LP; generally, the theme throughout is typically downbeat. The Boos always sounded best when they were simply wallowing in self-pity (try the brilliant Stuck On Amber for size) or, to coin a phrase, being experi-mental (e.g. the alarming change of tempo midway through Joel).
Unfortunately, Wake Up!'s highs are tempered by other less inspired moments - the attempts to replicate Wake Up Boo!'s blatantly radio-friendly sound on a number of other tracks, notably its follow-up singles Find The Answer Within and It's Lulu, are considerably less successful, while Charles Bukowski Is Dead is, frankly, a waste of time.
Overall, Wake Up! is both confused and confusing, unsure whether it wants to be one thing or another, and as such is probably the Boos' weakest.
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Based upon having heard only one song from this album (the title) and a slew of favourable (rave actually) reports as to the genuine credentials of this band as acid rockers par... Read more
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This isn't the Boo Radleys at their best, but it's not far off, and still deserving off five-stars. Billed as the Boo Radleys's 'pop' album, this probably caused some confusion for... Read more
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I wouldn't start from here if I were you
Having just returned to this album for a first listen in a couple of years, it has become apparent why it's the Boo Radleys album that I listen to least of them all. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005 by Mr. P. J. Snow
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