''Learning to Walk'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

by UK

indie Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media *Independent media, media free of influence by government or corporate interests *Indie art, fine arts made by artists independent of commer ...

band

The Boo Radleys The Boo Radleys are an English alternative rock band who were associated with the shoegazing and Britpop movements in the 1990s. They originally formed in Wallasey, England, in 1988, with singer/guitarist Simon "Sice" Rowbottom, guitarist/songwr ...

, released by

Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis, who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. It is currently run by co-managing directors Travis and Jeannette Lee and ...

in 1992. It is a collection of the band's first three

EPs An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

, ''Kaleidoscope'' (1990), ''Every Heaven'' (1991) and ''Boo! Up'' (1991), as well as two previously unreleased covers, "Alone Again Or" and "Boo! Faith". The band's 1992 EP ''Adrenalin'' is not represented, as it was released on a separate record label. The covers of "

Alone Again Or "Alone Again Or" is a song originally recorded in 1967 by the rock group Love (band), Love and written by band member Bryan MacLean. It appears on the album ''Forever Changes'', and was released as a single in the USA, UK, Australia, France and ...

" (originally by

Love Love is a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment (psychology), attachment to a person, animal, or thing. It is expressed in many forms, encompassing a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most su ...

) and "Boo! Faith" ( New Order's " True Faith", retitled) are taken from the band's second and third

Peel Sessions John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...

, from 1991.

Track listing

All tracks written by

Martin Carr Martin Carr (born 29 November 1968) is an English musician and writer who was the chief songwriter and lead guitarist with the band The Boo Radleys. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he was raised in Wallasey, England. Life and career Carr was born ...

, except track 9 by Carr and

Bryan MacLean Bryan Andrew MacLean (September 25, 1946 – December 25, 1998) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the influential rock band Love. His famous compositions for Love include "Alone Again Or", "Old Man ...

and track 14 by The Boo Radleys and New Order. #"Kaleidoscope" (EP version) #"How I Feel" #"Aldous" #"Swansong" #"The Finest Kiss" #"Tortoiseshell" #"Bluebird" #"Naomi" #"

" #"Everybird" #"Sometime Soon She Said" #"Foster's Van" #"Song for Up!" #" Boo! Faith" ;Notes *Tracks 1–4 from the ''Kaleidoscope'' EP *Tracks 5–8 from the ''Every Heaven'' EP *Track 9 from a Peel Session first broadcast April 1991 *Tracks 10–13 from the ''Boo Up! '' EP *Track 14 from a Peel Session first broadcast October 1991

References

{{Authority control The Boo Radleys albums 1992 compilation albums Rough Trade Records compilation albums