Hot Boxing
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| Released | July 5, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | August 1993 | |||
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| Genre | Pop punk, pop rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 41:30 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Play It Again Sam/Priority | |||
| Producer | Bob Mould | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[1] |
| Billboard | very favorable[2] |
| Robert Christgau | (neither)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable[4] |
| Sun Zoom Spark | favorable[5] |
Hot Boxing is the second studio album by Magnapop, released in 1994. "Lay It Down" and "Slowly, Slowly" were released as singles. Music videos were created for "Lay It Down", "Slowly, Slowly", and "Texas". Having Priority release the album was a radical departure from the label's earlier emphasis on rap.[6]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris.
- Side one
- "Slowly, Slowly" – 3:35
- "Texas" – 4:01
- "Lay It Down" – 2:59
- "Here It Comes" – 2:48
- "Piece of Cake" – 2:49
- "Free Mud" – 2:00
- "Leo" – 2:37
- Side two
- "The Crush" – 3:22
- "Ride" – 2:30
- "In the Way" – 2:32
- "Idiot Song" – 1:55
- "Get It Right" – 1:52
- "Emergency" – 4:00
- "Skinburns" – 4:24
- Special edition bonus tracks
- "Merry" (Acoustic) – 3:26
- "Pretty Awful" – 2:24
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Magnapop
- Linda Hopper – lead vocals
- David McNair – drums
- Ruthie Morris – guitar, backing vocals
- Shannon Mulvaney – bass guitar
- Production staff
- David Collins – remastering at A&M Studios
- Valerie Raimonde – design
- Ruth Leitman – art direction, photography
- Magnapop – production on "Merry" (Acoustic)
- Bob Mould – production
- Jim Wilson – engineering
Release history
[edit | edit source]The album was initially released on Priority Records in the United States and Play It Again Sam in the United Kingdom, with the Japanese edition published by King; the special edition with bonus tracks was published in The Netherlands by Play It Again Sam.
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | July 5, 1994 | Priority | Compact Disc | P2 53909 |
| cassette tape | P4 53909 | |||
| Europe | Play It Again Sam | Compact Disc | 450.0251.20 - BIAS 251 CD | |
| cassette tape | 450.0521.50 - BIAS 251 MC | |||
| The Netherlands | LP | 450.0251.10 - BIAS 251 LP | ||
| Japan | 1994 | King | Compact Disc | KICP-408 |
| The Netherlands | 1994 | Play It Again Sam | Compact Disc | 450.0251.26 - BIAS 251 CDX† |
| Spain | 1994 | Fonomusic | LP | 88.2210 |
†Special edition with bonus tracks
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official site Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Hot Boxing at AllMusic
- Hot BoxingLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Hot Boxing at Discogs
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