# Boces > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boces > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boces.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boces > Source revision: 1353076374 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the New York State educational board known as BOCES|Boards of Cooperative Educational Services}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Boces | type = studio | artist = [Mercury Rev](/source/Mercury_Rev) | cover = Bocesmercuryrev.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1993|6|1}} | recorded = 1992–1993 | venue = | studio = | genre = [Neo-psychedelia](/source/Neo-psychedelia), [noise pop](/source/noise_pop) | length = 53:55 | label = [Beggars Banquet](/source/Beggars_Banquet_Records) (UK)
[Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records) (US) | producer = Mercury Rev | prev_title = [Yerself Is Steam](/source/Yerself_Is_Steam) | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = [See You on the Other Side](/source/See_You_on_the_Other_Side_(Mercury_Rev_album)) | next_year = 1995 }} '''''Boces''''' is the second album by American indie rock band [Mercury Rev](/source/Mercury_Rev), released on June 1, 1993. It was their final album with original frontman [David Baker](/source/David_Baker_(singer)), who was asked to leave shortly after the supporting tour concluded.{{Citation |title=Jonathan Donahue 'The Mercury Rev Story' Interview by Iain McNay |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbr_lFcRLAo |access-date=2023-03-18 |language=en}} The title is derived from the [Boards of Cooperative Educational Services](/source/Boards_of_Cooperative_Educational_Services) (BOCES) system of [vocational school](/source/vocational_school)s in New York. During a performance at [Lollapalooza](/source/Lollapalooza) on the supporting tour, the band were forced off the stage for playing too loud.{{cite web|title=Jonathan Donahue (mercury Rev)|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jonathan-donahue-109-guide_festivals_us_09/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920113534/https://www.vice.com/print/jonathan-donahue-109-guide_festivals_us_09|url-status=live|archive-date=2016-09-20}} == Music == ''Boces'' contains music that has been characterized as "dreaming musing[s]" as well as "thrashy freakouts." Some of the material has been categorized as [jazz-pop](/source/jazz-pop). The album's instrumentation additionally incorporates [flutes](/source/Flute), [harps](/source/Harp), [brass](/source/Brass_instrument) and [choir](/source/choir). == Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boces-mw0000619099 |title=Boces – Mercury Rev |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=January 13, 2018 |last=Phares |first=Heather}} | rev2 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' | rev2score = B+{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/07/09/boces/ |title=Mercury Rev: Boces (Columbia) |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |issue=178 |date=July 9, 1993 |access-date=January 13, 2018 |last=Farber |first=Jim |page=50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507051115/https://ew.com/article/1993/07/09/boces/ |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |url-status=dead}} | rev3 = ''[NME](/source/NME)'' | rev3score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=These Schoolish Things |magazine=[NME](/source/NME) |date=May 29, 1993 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |page=32}} | rev4 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces |magazine=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine)) |issue=82 |date=July 1993 |last=Snow |first=Mat |author-link=Mat Snow |page=98}} | rev5 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Mercury Rev |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster) |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/538 538]}} | rev6 = ''[Select](/source/Select_(magazine))'' | rev6score = 4/5{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces / Urge Overkill: Saturation |magazine=[Select](/source/Select_(magazine)) |issue=37 |date=July 1993 |last=Perry |first=Andrew |page=93}} | rev7 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))'' | rev7score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=Magnum Opus |magazine=[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine)) |issue=330 |date=October 2024 |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |page=89}} }} Heather Phares of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) wrote that "With ''Boces'', Mercury Rev took everything that made ''[Yerself Is Steam](/source/Yerself_Is_Steam)'' such an impressive debut and made their second album even more so...Mercury Rev never released another album as joyfully, unselfconsciously creative as ''Boces''; after chief weirdo David Baker departed, the band pursued other fascinating directions, but this album remains one of the highest points of its career." ==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = | extra_column = | all_writing = Mercury Rev according to the liner notes; actual writing credits from the ASCAP Repertory are listed below.{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/performer/MERCURY%20REV |website=ASCAP |access-date=7 September 2024}} | title1 = Meth of a Rockette's Kick | writer1 = David Baker, Jimy Chambers, Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Sean Mackowiak, Suzanne Thorpe | length1 = 10:29 | title2 = Trickle Down | writer2 = Baker, Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe | length2 = 5:04 | title3 = Bronx Cheer | writer3 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann | length3 = 2:49 | title4 = Boys Peel Out | writer4 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak | length4 = 4:28 | title5 = Downs Are Feminine Balloons | writer5 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe | length5 = 6:29 | title6 = Something for Joey | writer6 = Baker, Chambers, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Snorry Mouth | writer7 = Baker, Chambers, Donahue | length7 = 10:55 | title8 = Hi-Speed Boats | writer8 = Baker, Fridmann, Mackowiak | length8 = 4:00 | title9 = Continuous Drunks and Blunders | writer9 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak | length9 = 0:48 | title10 = Girlfren | writer10 = Baker, Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe | length10 = 4:41 }} ==Personnel== ;Mercury Rev * Jimy Chambers – Drumming, AtlasSweepstakes * [Jonathan Donahue](/source/Jonathan_Donahue) – Silver Pickup Guitar, Vocals between [Ventolin](/source/Salbutamol) hits * [Grasshopper](/source/Grasshopper_(musician)) – Dither Guitar, Licorice Stick * Suzanne Thorpe – Rooster Tail [Bass Flute](/source/Bass_flute), Chevron [Fife](/source/Fife_(instrument)) * [Dave Fridmann](/source/Dave_Fridmann) – Bass Explore, Exhaled band-with Magnetics * [David Baker](/source/David_Baker_(singer)) – Vocals ;Additional musicians * Julie Baker – violin * C. Gavazzi – French horn * Jim Burgess – trombone ==References== {{reflist}} {{Mercury Rev}} {{Authority control}} Category:Mercury Rev albums Category:1993 albums Category:Albums produced by Dave Fridmann Category:Beggars Banquet Records albums Category:Columbia Records albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Boces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boces) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boces?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.