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Giant Steps
The 556th greatest album of all time
Giant Steps, released by The Boo Radleys in 1993, blends indie rock and psychedelic textures with rock energy and electronic touches. The album pairs chiming, layered guitars and dense production with bright pop songwriting, occasional string arrangements and synth atmospheres, shifting between noisy, shoegaze-inspired passages and cleaner, hook-driven tracks. It is widely seen as the band’s major artistic leap that expanded the sonic palette of early 1990s British indie by combining experimental production with accessible melodies.
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