| Boot Party | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Dub Narcotic | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, dub | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | K Records [1] | |||
| Dub Narcotic Sound System chronology | ||||
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Boot Party is the first studio album by American alternative rock group Dub Narcotic Sound System. [2] [3] It was released on K Records in 1996.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | favorable [5] |
| Snoozer | favorable [6] |
Trouser Press wrote that "when not delving deep into the usual sorts of ambient studio trickery, the songs hit a ’60s R&B stride, bathing in the stoned soul picnic ambience with uplifting spirit." [2]
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