Kingsize

[daleolivier]

What an amazing album. It fell off my CD rack the other day and into my arms out of the blue. Then I put on " Song from the blueroom" and thought.........how can this be so good ?........how can the lyrics relate so much ? Cos it's a Martin Carr song that's why.

"Spit on those who say
This is not the way
Let them die"

Martin Carr

"A view from a bridge helps decide if you should live through you life, take the easy way out or learn to fight it with your mind"

Dale Olivier
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"Sad Songs are easier to play "

[ciaranm]

Truly 'tis a mighty album, one of a few that I still play regularly.

[Monkey Boy]

I used to think it was the best Boo's album. I'm really into Giant Steps at the minute though.

[Kris]

It's not just the best Boo's album mate.

It's The Best Album.
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"fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive."

[mrfiresky]

as i listened to this album in the arms of my fantastic new girlfriend in bed in 98 i knew they were gonna split up. was just mind blowingly beautiful.

[Kris]

Anyone know they were gonna split up in advance?

I saw it coming after reading a "making of" piece in either NME or Melody Maker. There was just some kind of current running through the piece that didn't feel right at all.
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"fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive."

[Tommy BOO]

I didn't hear about the Boo's split up until summer 1999, that's when I got 'Kingsize'. I listened to it and it's one of the few albums that I've liked from the very first listen and I still love it, so I wanted to find more information about the band, I didn't honestly know much about the Boo's before I had a quick look on Internet one day... and found out that the Boo's had split up months before.
Anyway, "Kingsize" is a brilliant album, but I don't know if it's the best Boo Radleys album or not. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's not, but the best album of all time is always a Boo Radleys album!
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"Tommy Boo has played a pivotal role in my life. I've looked up to him since I was a kid and he has inspired every note of music I have ever written. The man is a fucking genius" -BC

[Melz]

The fact that it's so diverse and at the same time so constantly brilliant throughout makes Kingsize the best album ever for me.
And I didn't know they had split up until around the time when "Go With Yourself" was released.

Melz.
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"It's too beautiful to stay inside..."