Betty Boo announces new album Boomerang
By Steve O'Brien | June 29, 2022
Betty Boo has announced details of her long awaited new album – her first in three decades.
Boomerang, the press release states, “is an invitation to the best all night house party, a ticket to a ride the love train, a blinding burst of sunshine at a rainy festival as your favourite band comes on. It is pop music done properly – eccentric, eclectic, surprising and electric. Written after a long period working as a songwriter for other artists, Boomerang sees Betty Boo find her own voice again to custom build an album brilliant enough to put her back at pop’s top table.”
The first new Betty Boo LP since 1992’s Grr! It’s Betty Boo, Boomerang boasts 12 tracks (including the singles Get Me To The Weekend and Shining Star) and features guest artists Chuck D and David Gray (and on a bonus track, Sophie Ellis-Bextor). As Betty herself says, “I’ve made the record I should have made when I was 25.”
As a thank you to fans, Betty Boo has made the title track Boomerang available on download and streaming platforms today.
The album goes on sale 14 October. Click here to pre-order.
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Boomerang tracklisting:
- Get Me To The Weekend
- Shining Star
- Miracle (featuring Chuck D)
- Right By Your Side (featuring David Gray)
- Boomerang
- Nobody Can Bring Me Down
- Stop Your Nonsense (Bubblegum Pop!)
- Never Too Late
- All I Wanna Do Is Dance
- 808
- Superstar
- Hell, Yeah
- Shining Star (featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) [bonus track]
Boomerang will be available in several formats from Betty Boo’s online shop.
- Collector’s item blue and pink cassette versions
- Limited edition gatefold pink vinyl (signed)
- Extremely limited numbered 12” test pressings (signed)
- Standard CD in a gatefold sleevefeaturing extra tracks not on the album
Shining Star (featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
S.O.S. (new song)
Bright Lights (new song)
Get Me To The Weekend (Extended Mix)
Right By Your Side (featuring David Gray) (Extended Mix)
Miracle (featuring Chuck D) (Extended Mix)
- Standard digital download (iTunes and download platforms) features the standard album plus 8 extra tracks, including the new 2022 recordings of Doin’ The Do and Where Are You Baby? The extra tracks are:
Shining Star (featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor)
S.O.S. (new song)
Bright Lights (new song)
Get Me To The Weekend (Extended Mix)
Right By Your Side (featuring David Gray) (Extended Mix)
Miracle (featuring Chuck D) (Extended Mix)
Doin’ The Do ’22
Where Are You Baby? ’22
This digital download version will be available to pre-order from July 15th.
Limited numbers of pink vinyl albums and standard CDs will be signed; every numbered test pressing will also be signed. Album bundles with multiple formats and t-shirts are available to pre-order from the official Betty Boo store now. Anybody ordering bundles before release will receive a 5 track album sampler with an artworked wallet featuring:
Get Me To The Weekend
Shining Star
Boomerang
Stop Your Nonsense (Bubblegum Pop!)
Nobody Can Bring Me Down
Steve O'Brien
Steve O’Brien is a writer who specialises in music, film and TV. He has written for magazines and websites such as SFX, The Guardian, Radio Times, Esquire, The New Statesman, Digital Spy, Empire, Yours Retro, The New Statesman and MusicRadar. He’s written books about Doctor Who and Buffy The Vampire Slayer and has even featured on a BBC4 documentary about Bergerac. Apart from his work on Classic Pop, he also edits CP’s sister magazine, Vintage Rock Presents.www.steveobrienwriter.com
