GRRR! It's Betty Boo

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GRRR! It's Betty Boo
Betty Boo - GRRR! It's Betty Boo.jpg
Studio album by
Released12 October 1992 (1992-10-12)
Recorded1992
Genre
Length38:44
Label WEA
Producer
Betty Boo chronology
Boomania
(1990)
GRRR! It's Betty Boo
(1992)
Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
(1999)
Singles from GRRR! It's Betty Boo
  1. "Let Me Take You There"
    Released: 27 July 1992
  2. "I'm on My Way"
    Released: 21 September 1992
  3. "Hangover"
    Released: 29 March 1993

Grrr! It's Betty Boo is the second studio album by the English singer Betty Boo, released on 12 October 1992 via WEA Records. [1] This album failed to match the success of her debut studio album, Boomania (1990), stalling at No. 62 in the UK Albums Chart. [2] The album did however garner one hit single with "Let Me Take You There", which peaked at No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] Further singles from the album were "I'm on My Way", "Catch Me", "Thing Goin' On" and "Hangover". The record is dedicated to her father. The cover art is based on the iconic package of Tigra cigarettes. After this, Betty Boo retired from the music industry for several years.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Classic Pop Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 5/10 [5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
PopMatters 8/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Select 3/5 [10]

Writing for The Guardian in October 1992, Adam Sweeting thought that Grrr! contained "more than its fair share of garish artificial charm", surmising that although Boo's songs "hang on a fragile thread of absurdity", presenting critics with an easy target, "her kittenish raps – usually about boys and boy-trouble – bristle with winningly daft rhymes". [1] AllMusic's William Ruhlmann noted that "Boo raps through the verses and sings the choruses ... in an engaging enough manner, but she never threatens to be more than a cartoon". [3] Madonna praised the album in a 1994 interview with Q , describing it as "horribly ignored". [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alison Clarkson and John Coxon, except as noted.

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm on My Way"3:22
2."Thing Goin' On"
  • Clarkson
  • Coxon
  • McCauley
  • Larry Young
  • L. Logan
  • P. Saunders
3:41
3."Hangover" 3:49
4."Curly & Girly" 4:22
5."Wish You Were Here" 4:17
6."Let Me Take You There"
  • Clarkson
  • Coxon
  • Dawes
  • Sigman
3:58
7."Gave You the Boo" 4:00
8."Skin Tight"
3:38
9."Catch Me"
  • Clarkson
  • Myers
  • Ross
3:47
10."Close the Door" 3:38
2016 reissue – Disc 1 bonus tracks [12]
No.TitleLength
11."Jet Sex" (7" version) 
12."Platform Shoe Shuffle" (7" edit [a] ) 
13."I'm on My Way" (Tumpin' Dub) 
14."Let Me Take You There" (Ubiquity Mix) 
15."Hangover" (Sunday Morning Remix [b] ) 
16."Thing Goin' On" (MK radio remix [b] ) 
17."Catch Me" (12" version [b] ) 
2016 reissue – Disc 2 [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Take You There" (12" version [a] ) 
2."I'm on My Way" (The Batman and Robin Mix) 
3."Hangover" (12" mix [a] ) 
4."Thing Goin' On" (MK club mix [b] ) 
5."Catch Me" (original version [b] ) 
6."Jet Sex" (12" version) 
7."Platform Shoe Shuffle" (extended version) 
8."Let Me Take You There" (Away Mix) 
9."I'm on My Way" (Boo Choons) 
10."Hangover" (Saturday Night Remix) 
11."Catch Me" (London Underground Mix [a] [b] ) 
12."Thing Goin' On" (MK Underground Mix [b] ) 
13."Let Me Take You There" (Take U There Mix [a] ) 
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Previously unreleased on CD.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Previously unreleased in the UK.

Samples

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts) [13] 97
UK (Official Charts Company) [2] 62

References

  1. 1 2 Sweeting, Adam (16 October 1992). "Pop/rock". The Guardian . "G2" section, p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Betty Boo". The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Grrr! It's Betty Boo – Betty Boo". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  4. Earls, John (May–June 2025). "Betty Boo: Boomania / Grrr! It's". Classic Pop . No. 93. p. 97.
  5. Culp, Nancy (31 October 1992). "Betty Boo: GRRR! It's Betty Boo". NME . p. 34. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. Wood, Sam (24 November 1992). "Betty Boo: Grrr! It's Betty Boo (Sire/Reprise)". The Philadelphia Inquirer .
  7. Khan, Imran (21 April 2016). "Betty Boo: GRRR! It's Betty Boo". PopMatters . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  8. Marsh, Tim (November 1992). "Betty Boo: Grrr! It's Betty Boo". Q . No. 74.
  9. Elliott, Mark (May 2016). "Grrr! It's Betty Boo | Betty Boo". Record Collector . No. 453. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  10. Kirsch, Michele (November 1992). "Betty Boo: Grrr, It's Betty Boo". Select . No. 29. p. 77.
  11. Du Noyer, Paul (December 1994). "Music, Maestress, Please!". Q . No. 99. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Grrr! It's Betty Boo: Deluxe Edition". Cherry Red Records.
  13. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Betty Boo – GRRR! It's Betty Boo (album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 July 2017.