| Balkan Beat Box | ||||
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| Released | September 20, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2004 | |||
| Genre | World music, electronica, funk, gypsy punk | |||
| Length | 53:50 | |||
| Label | Nana Disc [1] | |||
| Producer | Tamir Muskat | |||
| Balkan Beat Box chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
Balkan Beat Box is the self-titled debut album from the Israeli electronica-world fusion trio Balkan Beat Box. [4] [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cha Cha" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Bulgarian Chicks" (feat. Vlada Tomova & Kristin Espeland) | 5:52 |
| 3. | "Adir Adirim" (feat. Victoria Hanna) | 5:19 |
| 4. | "9/4 The Ladies" | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Shushan" (feat. Shushan) | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Ya Man" | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Gross" (feat. Boom Pam) | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Sunday Arak" (feat. Dana Leong) | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Hassan's Mimuna" (feat. Hassan Ben Jaffar) | 5:35 |
| 10. | "Meboli" (feat. Vlada Tomova) | 3:53 |
| 11. | "La Bush Resistance" (feat. Tomer Yosef) | 4:25 |
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