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Giant Steps is the third studio 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.
Giant Steps was awarded 9/10 by the UK music magazine NME, which stated, "It's an intentional masterpiece, a throw-everything-at-the-wall bric-a-brac of sounds, colours and stolen ideas. That The Boo Radleys (of all people!) have decided to accept their own challenge and create a record as diverse and boundary-bending as this is, at first ...
The Boo Radleys released their third studio album Giant Steps in 1993; it reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart.All three of its singles became hits on the UK Singles Chart, "I Wish I Was Skinny" at number 75, "Lazarus" at number 50 and "Barney and Me" at number 48.
After the breakup of the Boo Radleys, Carr launched a solo career, taking the name bravecaptain from a song by the U.S. rock band Firehose. His solo work has largely been more electronic based than his previous work, and mainly features himself on lead vocals, whereas in The Boo Radleys he rarely sang (despite writing the lyrics).
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Writing for Pitchfork Media, Robert Ham rated this release a 6.2 out of 10, writing that it "lacks the fuel and fire to elevate it from a good Britpop record into a great Boo Radleys record" and that some songs "are well-constructed and catchy" but "those tunes are never more than pleasantly vanilla".