Boces

For the New York State educational board known as BOCES, see Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.

Boces is the second album by Mercury Rev, released in 1993. It was their final album with frontman David Baker, who was asked to leave shortly after the supporting tour concluded.^[7] The title is derived from the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services system of vocational schools in New York.^[7]

Boces
Studio album by Mercury Rev
Released	June 1, 1993
Recorded	1992–1993
Genre	Neo-psychedelia, noise pop
Length	53:55
Label	Beggars Banquet (UK) Columbia (US)
Producer	Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev chronology
Yerself Is Steam (1991) Boces (1993) See You on the Other Side (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
NME	8/10[3]
Q	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Select	4/5[6]

During the tour (on Lollapalooza) for this album, the band were forced off the stage for being too loud.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Meth of a Rockette's Kick"	David Baker, Jimy Chambers, Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Sean Mackowiak, Suzanne Thorpe	10:29
2.	"Trickle Down"	Baker, Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe	5:04
3.	"Bronx Cheer"	Baker, Donahue, Fridmann	2:49
4.	"Boys Peel Out"	Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak	4:28
5.	"Downs Are Feminine Balloons"	Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe	6:29
6.	"Something for Joey"	Baker, Chambers, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe	4:06
7.	"Snorry Mouth"	Baker, Chambers, Donahue	10:55
8.	"Hi-Speed Boats"	Baker, Fridmann, Mackowiak	4:00
9.	"Continuous Drunks and Blunders"	Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak	0:48
10.	"Girlfren"	Baker, Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe	4:41

All tracks are written by Mercury Rev according to the liner notes; actual writing credits from the ASCAP Repertory are listed below.^[9]

Personnel

Mercury Rev

• Jimy Chambers – Drumming, AtlasSweepstakes
• Jonathan Donahue – Silver Pickup Guitar, Vocals between Ventolin hits
• Grasshopper – Dither Guitar, Licorice Stick
• Suzanne Thorpe – Rooster Tail Bass Flute, Chevron Fife
• Dave Fridmann – Bass Explore, Exhaled band-with Magnetics
• David Baker – Vocals

Additional musicians

• Julie Baker – violin
• C. Gavazzi – French horn
• Jim Burgess – trombone

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Boces – Mercury Rev". AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
2. Farber, Jim (July 9, 1993). "Boces". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
3. Cameron, Keith (May 29, 1993). "These Schoolish Things". NME. p. 32.
4. Snow, Mat (July 1993). "Mercury Rev: Boces". Q. No. 82. p. 98.
5. Kot, Greg (2004). "Mercury Rev". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 538. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
6. Perry, Andrew (July 1993). "Mercury Rev: Boces / Urge Overkill: Saturation". Select. No. 37. p. 93.
7. Jonathan Donahue 'The Mercury Rev Story' Interview by Iain McNay, retrieved 2023-03-18
8. "Jonathan Donahue (mercury Rev)". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20.
9. "ACE Repertory". ASCAP. Retrieved 7 September 2024.