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{{for|the New York State educational board known as BOCES|Boards of Cooperative Educational Services}}
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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Namename = Boces
| Typetype = [[Album]]
| Artistartist = [[Mercury Rev]]
| Covercover = Bocesmercuryrev.jpg
| Releasedalt = [[June 1]], [[1993]] =
| Recordedreleased = 1992-June 1, 1993
| Genre recorded = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]1992–1993
| Lengthvenue = 53:55
| Labelstudio = [[Beggars Banquet Records]]
| genre = [[Neo-psychedelia]], [[noise pop]]
| Producer = David Baker, [[Jonathan Donahue]], [[Dave Fridmann]], [[Grasshopper (musician)|Grasshopper]], [[Suzanne Thorpe]], [[Jimy Chambers]]▼
| Reviewslength = 53:55
| label = [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] (UK) <br> [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (US)
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tyz8b5f4bsqk link]
| producer = Mercury Rev
| Lastprev_title album = ''[[Yerself Is Steam]]<br />(1991)
| This album = '''''Boces''''' <br /> (1993)
| prev_year = 1991
| Nextnext_title album = ''[[See You on the Other Side (Mercury Rev album)|See You on the Other Side]]'' <br /> (1995)
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boces-mw0000619099 |title=Boces – Mercury Rev |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 13, 2018 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/07/09/boces/ |title=Boces |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 9, 1993 |access-date=January 13, 2018 |last=Farber |first=Jim}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=These Schoolish Things |magazine=[[NME]] |date=May 29, 1993 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |page=32}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=82 |date=July 1993 |last=Snow |first=Mat |author-link=Mat Snow |page=98}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{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]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/538 538]}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev6score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces / Urge Overkill: Saturation |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=37 |date=July 1993 |last=Perry |first=Andrew |page=93}}</ref>
}}
'''''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 [[Board of Cooperative Educational Services|Boards of Cooperative Educational Services]] in [[New York|New York State]], a [[vocational school]] system in the band's home state.
 
'''''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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The title is derived from the [[Boards of Cooperative Educational Services]] system of [[Vocational school|vocational schools]] in New York.<ref name=":0" />
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.
 
During the tour (on [[Lollapalooza]]) for this album, the band were forced off the stage for being too loud.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonathan Donahue (mercury Rev)|url=https://www.vice.com/print/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=dead|archive-date=2016-09-20}}</ref>
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==
{{tracklist
# "Meth of a Rockette's Kick" – 10:29▼
| headline =
# "Trickle Down" – 5:04
| extra_column =
# "Bronx Cheer" – 2:49
| all_writing = Mercury Rev according to the liner notes; actual writing credits from the ASCAP Repertory are listed below.<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/performer/MERCURY%20REV |website=ASCAP |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
# "Boys Peel Out" – 4:28
▲#| title1 = "Meth of a Rockette's Kick" – 10:29
# "Downs Are Feminine Balloons" – 6:29▼
▲| Producer writer1 = David Baker, [[Jimy Chambers, Jonathan Donahue]], [[Dave Fridmann]], [[GrasshopperSean (musician)|Grasshopper]]Mackowiak, [[Suzanne Thorpe]], [[Jimy Chambers]]
# "Something for Joey" – 4:06▼
#| "Snorrylength1 Mouth" –= 10:5529
| title2 = Trickle Down
# "Hi-Speed Boats" – 4:00
| writer2 = Baker, Chambers, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe
# "Continuous Drunks and Blunders" – 0:48▼
| length2 = 5:04
# "Girlfren" – 4:41
| title3 = Bronx Cheer
 
| writer3 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann
All songs written by Mercury Rev.
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Boys Peel Out
| writer4 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak
| length4 = 4:28
▲#| title5 = "Downs Are Feminine Balloons" – 6:29
| writer5 = Baker, Donahue, Fridmann, Mackowiak, Thorpe
| length5 = 6:29
▲#| title6 = "Something for Joey" – 4:06
| 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" – 0:48
| 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]] – Silver Pickup Guitar, Vocals between Ventolin hits
* [[Grasshopper (musician)|Grasshopper]] – Dither Guitar, Licorice Stick
* [[Suzanne Thorpe]] – Rooster Tail Bass Flute, Chevron Fife
* [[Dave Fridmann]] – Bass Explore, Exhaled band-with Magnetics
* [[David Baker (singer)|David Baker]] – Vocals
 
;Additional musicians
* Julie Baker – violin
* C. Gavazzi – French horn
* Jim Burgess – trombone
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Mercury Rev}}
 
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[[Category:Mercury Rev albums]]
[[Category:1993 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Dave Fridmann]]
 
[[it:Boces]]
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