GRRR! It's Betty Boo

GRRR! It's Betty Boo
Studio album by Betty Boo
Released 12 October 1992
Recorded October, 1992
Genre Dance, pop
Length 38:44
Label WEA
Producer Betty Boo, John Coxon, Paul Myers, Dean Ross
Betty Boo chronology
Boomania
(1990)
GRRR! It's Betty Boo
(1992)
Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
(1999)
Singles from GRRR! It's Betty Boo
  1. "Let Me Take You There"
    Released: 27 July 1992
  2. "I'm On My Way"
    Released: 21 September 1992
  3. "Hangover"
    Released: 29 March 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian(Mixed)[2]

Grrr! It's Betty Boo is the second album by Betty Boo, released on 12 October 1992 via WEA Records.[2] This album failed to match the success of her debut, Boomania, stalling at No.62 in the UK Albums Chart. The album did however garner one hit single with "Let Me Take You There", which peaked at No.12 in the UK Singles Chart. Further singles from the album were "I'm On My Way" Catch Me, Thing Goin On and "Hangover". The record is dedicated to her father. The cover art is based on the iconic package of Tigra cigarettes. After this, Betty Boo retired from the music industry for several years.

Critical reception

Writing for The Guardian in October 1992, Adam Sweeting thought that the album contained "more than its fair share of garish artificial charm", surmising that although Boo's songs "hang on a thread of absurdity", presenting critics with an easy target, "her kittenish raps – usually about boys and boy-trouble – bristle with winningly daft rhymes".[2] Allmusic's William Ruhlmann noted that "Boo raps through the verses and sings the choruses (...) in an engaging enough manner, but she never threatens to be more than a cartoon".[1] Speaking to Q Magazine in 1994, Madonna made a surprising mention of this album by saying it was "sadly overlooked" and was keen to sign Betty Boo to her new record label, Maverick.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Alison Clarkson/John Coxon, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "I'm On My Way" (Alison Clarkson, John Coxon, John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:22
  2. "Thing Goin' On" (Alison Clarkson, John Coxon, McCauley, Larry Young, L. Logan, P. Saunders) – 3:41
  3. "Hangover" – 3:49
  4. "Curly & Girly" – 4:22
  5. "Wish You Were Here" – 4:17
  6. "Let Me Take You There" (Alison Clarkson, John Coxon, Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 3:58
  7. "Gave You The Boo" – 4:00
  8. "Skin Tight" (Alison Clarkson, Paul Myers, Dean Ross) – 3:38
  9. "Catch Me" (Alison Clarkson, Paul Myers, Dean Ross) – 3:47
  10. "Close The Door" – 3:38

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Review: Grrr! It's Betty Boo - Betty Boo". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Adam Sweeting. "Review: BETTY BOO - Grrr! It's Betty Boo". The Guardian 2. Guardian News and Media Limited (October 16, 1992): 6.
  3. Madonna interview, Q Magazine, October 1994
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