Dinked Archive Edition: A14

• Marble Coloured 2LP Vinyl (LP1 Pink & Black Marble / LP2 White & Black Marble) *
• Bonus 4 track Black Vinyl 12 *
• Art Print
• Dinked Archive Obi Strip *
• Dinked Archive Foil Sticker *
• Numbered Edition *
• Limited pressing of 1000 *

*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition

Tracklist:

LP 1

1. I Hang Suspended
2. Upon 9th & 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)

LP 2

1. Spun Around
2. If You Want It, Take It
3. Best Lose The Fear
4. Take The Time Around
5. Lazarus
6. One Is For
7. Run My Way Runway
8. I’ve Lost The Reason
9. The White Noise Revisited

Bonus 12

1. Lazarus (Saint Etienne Remix)
2. Lazurus (7 Version)
3. Rodney King (Saint Etienne Remix)
4. Peachy Keen

*Limited to 1 copy per customer/household, multiple orders will be cancelled without notice.

The Boo Radleys reveal a vinyl reissue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their nineties genre-hopping masterpiece Giant Steps.

NMEs 1993 Album Of The Year, named in the Top 20 of Pitchforks The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time and lauded as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, The Boo Radleys classic album, Giant Steps will be reissued, on special remastered vinyl almost 30 years to the day since its original release. The bands genre-ambiguous and widely-acclaimed masterpiece will become available to fans old and new.

Only the second of their five albums to be released on the legendary Creation Records, at a time when label mates including Slowdive, Teenage Fanclub and Ride were also casting long shadows across the indie landscape, pre-the Oasis hurricane making landfall at the label, Giant Steps broke into the canon of great, experimental rock albums soon after its release. Its first single, Lazarus, issued as a standalone release in November 1992, its blend of brass and guitar-squall and acutely introspective lyrics, gave a hint of what was to come and remains lodged in the bands most-loved and best-known songs. For the 2023 reissue, Lazarus 12 version appears on the all-formats track listing for the first time.

Recorded at Londons Protocol Studios, where Carr and Brown took on self-production duties with support from engineer, Andy Wilkinson, The Boo Radleys set about responding to their shared sense of dissatisfaction with their 1992 album, Everythings Alright Forever. Free to do as they please, they set about making a record of complete artistic freedom, bringing in reggae (Upon 9th And Fairchild), dance (Rodney King) and irresistible, warped indie pop (Barney And Me) influences into the studio and, without limitation, weaved them into the satisfyingly complex fabric of Giant Steps. Snapshot incidentals, intermissions and
between-radio-station static intro/outros added to the sense of unrestrained exploration.

Writing about the album, drummer, Cieka reflected on Giant Steps, stating: Creation loved it, people’s reactions seemed really positive. I do listen to it from time to time and still find great moments Id forgotten about. I think it stands up pretty well today. I’m always left feeling happy to have been a part of the record.