Hot Boxing

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Hot Boxing
Magnapop - Hot Boxing.jpg
Studio album by
Magnapop
ReleasedJuly 5, 1994 (1994-07-05)
RecordedAugust 1993
Studio
Genre Pop punk, pop rock, power pop
Length41:30
Language English
Label Play It Again Sam/Priority
Producer Bob 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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Billboard very favorable [2]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-neither.png [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]

Contents

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
  2. "The Crush" – 3:22
  3. "Ride" – 2:30
  4. "In the Way" – 2:32
  5. "Idiot Song" – 1:55
  6. "Get It Right" – 1:52
  7. "Emergency" – 4:00
  8. "Skinburns" – 4:24
Special edition bonus tracks
  2. "Merry" (Acoustic) – 3:26
  3. "Pretty Awful" – 2:24

Personnel

Magnapop
Production staff

Release history

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.

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United StatesJuly 5, 1994 Priority Compact Disc P2 53909
cassette tape P4 53909
Europe Play It Again Sam Compact Disc450.0251.20 - BIAS 251 CD
cassette tape450.0521.50 - BIAS 251 MC
The Netherlands LP 450.0251.10 - BIAS 251 LP
Japan1994 King Compact DiscKICP-408
The Netherlands1994Play It Again SamCompact Disc450.0251.26 - BIAS 251 CDX†
Spain1994 Fonomusic LP88.2210

†Special edition with bonus tracks

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References

  1. ↑ Demalon, Tom. "Magnapop > Hot Boxing". Allmusic . Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. ↑ Verna, Paul; Gillen, Marilyn A.; Cronin, Peter (1994-06-23), "Album Reviews", Billboard , vol. 106, no. 30, United States: Nielsen Business Media, Inc., p. 58, ISSN   0006-2510
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Magnapop". Robert Christgau.
  4. ↑ Corio, Paul (1994-12-29). "Music reviews - Magnapop Hot Boxing". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2009-06-17.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Sun Zoom Spark Volume 2, issue 3 (June 1994), review by Dermot Hack
  6. ↑ Morris, Chris (1994-07-30), "Declaration of Independents: Priority Goes Magnapop; BOC Remade", Billboard , vol. 106, no. 31, United States: Nielsen Business Media, Inc., p. 49, ISSN   0006-2510
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