Giant Steps (The Boo Radleys album)
Giant Steps is the third album by The Boo Radleys, released in 1993. The title is inspired by John Coltrane's album of the same name, and the record features an assortment of influences — their previous shoegazing sound backed by pop, reggae, noise pop and orchestral sounds. Reception. "NME" and "Select" named it as album of the year, and it was ranked as #1 in Fanning's Fab Fifty for that year. It reached the UK Top 20, but did not spawn a Top 40 single. Reviewing the album's rerelease in 2008, Sic  Magazine wrote, "For 64 minutes they were the greatest band on the planet." The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In 2016, "Pitchfork" ranked the album at number 25 in its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time", with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing: The following year, "Pitchfork" also ranked it at number 40 on its list of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Track listing. All songs and lyrics written by Martin Carr. 2010 expanded edition. CD1 – "Giant Steps" CD2 – Bonus disc 1 CD3 – Bonus disc 2 Giant