Boces

Infobox Album
Name = Boces
Type = Album
Artist = Mercury Rev


Released = June 1, 1993
Recorded = 1992-1993
Genre = Rock
Length = 53:55
Label = Beggars Banquet Records
Producer = David Baker, Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Suzanne Thorpe, Jimy Chambers
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tyz8b5f4bsqk link]
Last album = "Yerself Is Steam
(1991)
This album = "Boces"
(1993)
Next album = "See You on the Other Side"
(1995)

"Boces" is the second album by Mercury Rev, released in 1993. The band has explained the title as being inspired by the name of the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services in New York State, a vocational school system in the band's home state.

During the tour (on Lollapalooza) for this album, the band were forced off the stage for being too loud and noisy; according to legend, their soundman was taken away in a headlock.

The video for "Something for Joey" features black and white images of children in spacesuits juxtaposed with phallic images of rockets, and a bizarre plot involving Mercury Rev playing the song on a spaceship filled with naked women, while Ron Jeremy and another porn star play a sex god and goddess, respectively. Apparently, the parents of the children in the black and white shots were not told what the other images would be in the video, and were extremely upset to find out, forcing the director to re-edit the original video.Fact|date=September 2008

Since the late 90s, Mercury Rev have very rarely (if ever) performed songs from "Boces", as the songs remind the band of the turbulent circumstances surrounding its recording.

Track listing

# "Meth of a Rockette's Kick" – 10:29
# "Trickle Down" – 5:04
# "Bronx Cheer" – 2:49
# "Boys Peel Out" – 4:28
# "Downs Are Feminine Balloons" – 6:29
# "Something for Joey" – 4:06
# "Snorry Mouth" – 10:55
# "Hi-Speed Boats" – 4:00
# "Continuous Drunks and Blunders" – 0:48
# "Girlfren" – 4:41

All songs written by Mercury Rev.

Personnel

* 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