Learning to Walk | ||||
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Released | 1992 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 1990–1991 | |||
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Length | 58:33 | |||
Label | Rough Trade TPLP375CD (UK) | |||
Producer | 1-4 Rudi & The Boo Radleys, 5-8 & 10-13 Alan Moulder & The Boo Radleys, 9 Mike Robinson, 14 Dale Griffin | |||
The Boo Radleys chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [2] |
Trouser Press | (favorable) [3] |
Learning to Walk is a compilation album by UK indie band The Boo Radleys, released by Rough Trade Records in 1992.
It is a collection of the band's first three EPs, Kaleidoscope (1990), Every Heaven (1991) and Boo! Up (1991), as well as two previously unreleased covers, "Alone Again Or" and "Boo! Faith". The band's 1992 EP Adrenalin is not represented, as it was released on a separate record label.
The covers of "Alone Again Or" (originally by Love) and "Boo! Faith" (New Order's "True Faith", retitled) are taken from the band's second and third Peel Sessions, from 1991.
All tracks written by Martin Carr, except track 9 by Carr and Bryan MacLean and track 14 by The Boo Radleys and New Order.
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