How I Learned to Love the Bootboys

How I Learned to Love the Bootboys is the fourth and final album by British alternative rock band The Auteurs. In 2014, British independent record label 3 Loop Music re-released the album as a 2CD Expanded Edition which included b-sides, rarities and live recordings.

How I Learned to Love the Bootboys
Studio album by
The Auteurs
Released5 July 1999
GenreAlternative rock, indie pop
Length35:15
LabelHut
ProducerLuke Haines, Pete Hofmann, Phil Vinall
The Auteurs chronology
After Murder Park
(1996)		 How I Learned to Love the Bootboys
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound7/10[2]
entertainment.ieFavourable[3]
Louder Than WarFavourable[4]
musicOMHFavourable[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Luke Haines, except where noted.[6]

Original CD/LP (CDHUT53/HUTLP53)
  1. "The Rubettes" (Luke Haines, John Moore, Bickerton, Waddington) - 3:27
  2. "1967" - 2:42
  3. "How I Learned to Love the Bootboys" - 3:05
  4. "Your Gang, Our Gang" - 1:46
  5. "Some Changes" - 3:19
  6. "School" - 2:58
  7. "Johnny and the Hurricanes" - 3:51
  8. "The South Will Rise Again" - 2:24
  9. "Asti Spumante" (Haines, S. Medway–Smith) - 3:27
  10. "Sick of Hari Krisna" - 2:51
  11. "Lights Out" - 2:10
  12. "Future Generation" - 3:11

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[6]

The Auteurs
Additional musicians
  • Chris Wyles – drums on "The Rubettes" and "1967"
  • Sarah Nixey – backing vocals on "The Rubettes"
  • John Moore – backing vocals on "The Rubettes"
  • Theresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle – cello
  • Bern Davis – cello
Production
  • Luke Haines – producer
  • Pete Hofmann – producer (except for "Johnny and the Hurricanes"), mixing
  • Phil Vinall – producer on "Johnny and the Hurricanes"
  • Rip – portrait photograph
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References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Tudor, Alexander (14 January 2009). "The Auteurs and their part in Britpop's downfall". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. entertainment.ie review
  4. Louder Than War review
  5. musicOMH review
  6. How I Learned to Love the Bootboys (Booklet). The Auteurs. Hut Recordings/Virgin. 1999. CDHUT53/7243 8 47577 2 4.CS1 maint: others (link)
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