Giant Steps is the third album

Album

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 by The Boo Radleys

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, released in 1993. The title is inspired by John Coltrane

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's album of the same name

Giant Steps

-Personnel:* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone* Tommy Flanagan — piano* Wynton Kelly — piano on "Naima"* Paul Chambers — bass* Art Taylor — drums* Jimmy Cobb — drums on "Naima"* Cedar Walton — piano on "Giant Steps' and Naima" alternate versions...

, and the record features an assortment of influences — their previous shoegazing

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 sound backed by pop

Pop music

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, reggae

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, noise pop

Noise pop

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 and orchestral sounds.

Reception

NME

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and Select named it as album of the 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."

Track listing

All songs and lyrics written by Martin Carr, with music by The Boo Radleys.

1. "I Hang Suspended" - 3:57
2. "Upon Ninth and Fairchild" - 4:50
3. "Wish I Was Skinny" - 3:37
4. "Leaves and Sand" - 4:25
5. "Butterfly McQueen" - 3:28
6. "Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce)" - 2:45
7. "Thinking of Ways" - 3:48
8. "Barney (...and Me)" - 4:42
9. "Spun Around" - 2:31
10. "If You Want It, Take It" - 2:47
11. "Best Lose the Fear" - 4:12
12. "Take the Time Around" - 4:07
13. "Lazarus" - 4:38
14. "One Is For" - 1:36
15. "Run My Way Runway" - 2:20
16. "I've Lost the Reason" - 5:17
17. "The White Noise Revisited" - 5:02

'Boo! Forever' EP

1. Does This Hurt
2. Boo! Forever
3. Buffalo Bill
4. Sunfly Ii: Walking With The Kings

'I Hang Suspended' B-Sides

1. Rodney King - St Etienne Remix
2. As Bound As Tomorrow
3. I Will Always Ask You Where You've Been Even Though I Know The Answer

Lazarus [Remixes]

1. Lazarus - 7" Version
2. Lazarus - Acoustic
3. (I Wanna Be) Touchdown Jesus
4. Lazarus - St Etienne Remix
5. Lazarus - Secret Knowledge Remix
6. Lazarus - Ultramarine Remix
7. Lazarus - Augustus Pablo Remix
8. Lazarus - 12" Version

The Boo Radleys

• Rob Cieka - drums, percussion
• Tim Brown - bass guitar, keyboards
• Sice - vocals
• Martin Carr - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Steve Kitchen - trumpet, flugel horn
• Lindsay Johnston - cello
• Jackie Toy - clarinet, bass clarinet
• Meriel Barham - vocals on "Rodney King" and "One Is For"
• Chris Moore - trumpet on "Lazarus"
• Margaret Fiedler - cello on "Lazarus"
• Keith Cameron - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Yvette Lacey - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Moose - handclaps on "Wish I Was Skinny", vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Kle - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Laurence - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Nick Addison - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Guy Fixsen - vocals on "The White Noise Revisitied"
• Russell - handclaps on "Wish I Was Skinny"

Production

• BOO! Productions (Martin Carr, Tim Brown & Andy Wilkinson) - production, remixing on "Lazarus"
• Kevin & Barry – mastering (at Townhouse Studios
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• Andy Wilkinson - engineering
• Giles Hall - assistant engineering
• Anjali Dutt - mixing (at Battery Studios, London)
• Sarah Bedingham - assistance
• Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder
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  - remixing on "Lazarus"
• Stephen A. Wood – sleeve art
• Designland Limited – layout