Wake Up! (The Boo Radleys album)


Wake Up! is the fourth album by British alternative rock band The Boo Radleys, released by Creation Records in 1995.

Reception

Although the band had received critical acclaim with their previous album, Giant Steps, Wake Up! was their first true commercial success, reaching number one in the UK album charts. This was due in large part to two factors: the emergence of Britpop as a driving force in mid-1990s British music, and a Top 10 single, "Wake Up Boo!".
Two further singles were released from the album: "Find The Answer Within" and "It's Lulu". Both reached the UK Top 40 but were unable to repeat the popularity of "Wake Up Boo!".
"Wake Up Boo!" was ranked at number 67 on Spins "The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995" list.

Track listing

Original release

All songs written by Martin Carr.
  1. "Wake Up Boo!" - 3:37
  2. "Fairfax Scene" - 2:14
  3. "It's Lulu" - 3:04
  4. "Joel" - 6:10
  5. "Find the Answer Within" - 4:34
  6. "Reaching Out from Here" - 3:02
  7. "Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock" - 6:21
  8. "Stuck on Amber" - 5:24
  9. "Charles Bukowski Is Dead" - 2:39
  10. "4am Conversation" - 2:43
  11. "Twinside" - 4:45
  12. "Wilder" - 6:56

    2010 expanded edition

;CD1 - Wake Up!
;CD2 - First bonus disc
  1. "Janus"
  2. "Blues for George Michael"
  3. "Friendship Song"
  4. "Wake Up Boo! Music for Astronauts"
  5. "And Tomorrow the World"
  6. "The History of Creation "
  7. "Find the Answer Within "
  8. "The Only Word I Can Find"
  9. "Very Together"
  10. "Don't Take Your Gun to Town"
  11. "Wallpaper"
;CD3 - Second bonus disc
  1. "This Is Not About Me"
  2. "Reaching Out from Here "
  3. "Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'clock "
  4. "Joel "
  5. "Tambo"
  6. "Donkey"
  7. "From the Bench at Belvidere"
  8. "Hi Falutin"
  9. "Crushed"
  10. "Almost Nearly There"