The Boo Radleys – Kingsize
Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
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Style: | Leftfield, Big Beat, Indie Rock, Britpop |
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Tracklist
| Blue Room In Archway | 4:27 | ||
| Old Newsstand At Hamilton Square | 4:33 | ||
| Free Huey | 3:07 | ||
| Monuments For A Dead Century | 5:57 | ||
| Heaven's At The Bottom Of This Glass | 2:15 | ||
| Kingsize | 4:41 | ||
| High As Monkeys | 6:21 | ||
| Eurostar | 3:54 | ||
| Put Your Arms Around Me And Tell Me Everything's Going To Be OK | 2:54 | ||
| Adieu Clo Clo | 4:10 | ||
| Jimmy Webb Is God | 3:36 | ||
| She Is Everywhere | 4:10 | ||
| Comb Your Hair | 3:51 | ||
| Song From The Blueroom | 4:07 | ||
| The Future Is Now | 7:14 |
Credits (28)
Andrew SkeetComposed By [Brass Parts], Directed By [Brass Parts]
The Boo RadleysComposed By [Brass Parts], Directed By [Brass Parts]- Andrew SkeetComposed By [String Parts], Directed By [String Parts]
- The Boo RadleysComposed By [String Parts], Directed By [String Parts]
- Paul ReedDesign
Richard WoodcraftEngineer [Assistant Master Rock Studios]
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15 versions
| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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 | Kingsize CD, Album | Creation Records – NR 2027, Never Records – NR 2027 | US | 1998 | US — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album | Creation Records – CRECD 228 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album | Double T Music – DTM 820811-2 | Benelux | 1998 | Benelux — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize 2×12", 45 RPM, Album | Creation Records – CRELP228 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | ||||
 | Kingsize CD, Album | Creation Records – ESCA 7384 | Japan | 1998 | Japan — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album | Creation Records – SCR 492530 2 | Europe | 1998 | Europe — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Promo | Creation Records – SAMPCD 5988 | Europe | 1998 | Europe — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Promo | Creation Records – CRECD228P | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album | Creation Records – 492652 2 | Australia | 1998 | Australia — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Promo | Creation Records – ESCA 7384 | Japan | 1998 | Japan — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Promo, Card Sleeve | Creation Records – CRECD228P | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize Minidisc, Album | Creation Records – CREMD228 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Kingsize Cassette, Album | Creation Records – C-CRE228 | UK | 1998 | UK — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Promo, Stereo, 3 Page Card Sleeve | Double T Music – none | Germany | 1998 | Germany — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Kingsize CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Expanded Edition | Cherry Red – CDMRED 467 | UK | 2010 | UK — 2010 | Recently Edited |
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Edited 6 years agoreferencing Kingsize (2×12", 45 RPM, Album) CRELP228
The sound quality on this is wide and open. Spins at 45 rpm and it certainly sounds like it. Smokes the cd version and doesn’t sound compressed at all. The music is also quite good. An underrated art pop album with what I think is their best pop song “heaven’s at the bottom of this glass” leading off side b. Song from the blue room is a barachian masterpiece and Kingsize is beautiful. Side d is perfect. Do not overlook this one. It may take more than one cursory spin so make the effort and I promise you that you will be rewarded
Edited 6 years agoCherry Red must've decided that this one was worth reissuing but that it wouldn't sell as well as their bigger albums ("Giant Steps", "Wake Up!"), so this only warranted a single-disc reissue. Which is a shame, really, there were more b-sides and remixes that should've be included, including a few scorching versions of "Free Huey" and the b-sides from the never-released "Kingsize" CD single.
Also, I hate to say this, but...I think the reason this album didn't do better when it was first released in 1998 was that the cover art and design were really bland and flat compared to all the great artwork of everything the Boos released before it. Oh well.
referencing Kingsize (CD, Album) CRECD 228
Sad Songs Are Easier to Play
"Feels so much colder, now you’re away, blue room in Archway. Searching all the places you could be and I can feel your ghost over me four walls ultra marine lock myself away blue room in Archway" - this album makes me feel blue too. The last effort by Boo Radleys is hopelessly progressive in the biggest way. They've put too much of everything into Kingsize and done all in king's scale. As a result some pieces of music are overcooked and at times just get stuck in listener's ears.
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