Hot Boxing

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Hot Boxing
A close-up on the face of a woman who is holding a cigarette in her right hand and exhaling smoke. The photos is tinted red and has "magnapop" written in blue along the top and "hot boxing" written in yellow toward the center.
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 5, 1994 (1994-07-05)
RecordedAugust 1993
Studio
Play It Again Sam/Priority
ProducerBob Mould
Magnapop chronology
Big Bright Cherry
(1994)
Hot Boxing
(1994)
Fire All Your Guns at Once
(1996)
Singles from Hot Boxing
  1. "Slowly, Slowly"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Lay It Down"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
Billboardvery favorable[2]
Robert Christgau(neither)[3]
Rolling Stonefavorable[4]
Sun Zoom Sparkfavorable[5]

Hot Boxing is the second studio album by

rap.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris.

Side one
  1. "Slowly, Slowly" – 3:35
  2. "Texas" – 4:01
  3. "Lay It Down" – 2:59
  4. "Here It Comes" – 2:48
  5. "Piece of Cake" – 2:49
  6. "Free Mud" – 2:00
  7. "Leo" – 2:37
Side two
  1. "The Crush" – 3:22
  2. "Ride" – 2:30
  3. "In the Way" – 2:32
  4. "Idiot Song" – 1:55
  5. "Get It Right" – 1:52
  6. "Emergency" – 4:00
  7. "Skinburns" – 4:24
Special edition bonus tracks
  1. "Merry" (Acoustic) – 3:26
  2. "Pretty Awful" – 2:24

Personnel

Magnapop
Production staff
  • David Collins –
    A&M Studios
  • Valerie Raimonde – design
  • art direction
    , photography
  • Magnapop – production on "Merry" (Acoustic)
  • Bob Mould – production
  • engineering

Release history

The album was initially released on

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
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

  1. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Magnapop". Robert Christgau.
  3. ^ Corio, Paul (1994-12-29). "Music reviews - Magnapop Hot Boxing". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-06-17.[dead link]
  4. ^ Sun Zoom Spark Volume 2, issue 3 (June 1994), review by Dermot Hack
  5. ISSN 0006-2510