Boces

{{for|the New York State educational board known as BOCES|Boards of Cooperative Educational Services}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Boces

| type = Album

| artist = Mercury Rev

| cover = Bocesmercuryrev.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1, 1993

| recorded = 1992–1993

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Neo-psychedelia, noise pop

| length = 53:55

| label = Beggars Banquet (UK)
Columbia (US)

| producer = Mercury Rev

| prev_title = Yerself Is Steam

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = See You on the Other Side

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{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}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B+{{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}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=These Schoolish Things |magazine=NME |date=May 29, 1993 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |page=32}}

| rev4 = Q

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces |magazine=Q |issue=82 |date=July 1993 |last=Snow |first=Mat |author-link=Mat Snow |page=98}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{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]}}

| rev6 = Select

| rev6score = 4/5{{cite magazine |title=Mercury Rev: Boces / Urge Overkill: Saturation |magazine=Select |issue=37 |date=July 1993 |last=Perry |first=Andrew |page=93}}

}}

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.{{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}} The title is derived from the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services system of vocational schools in New York.

During the tour (on Lollapalooza) for this album, the band were forced off the stage for being too loud.{{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}}