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Hot Shit
QuasiHotShitCover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
RecordedNugget Brain, Portland, OR; The Devil's Workshop, Portland, OR
Genre Indie rock, lo-fi, indie pop
Length44:08
Label Touch & Go
Domino Recording Company (Europe)
Producer Quasi
Quasi chronology
The Sword of God
(2001)
Hot Shit
(2003)
When the Going Gets Dark
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Spin Magazine 7/10 [3]
Pitchfork Media 5.2/10 [4]
No Ripcord6/10 [5]

Hot Shit is the fifth studio album by indie rock band Quasi. It was released in 2003 on Touch and Go Records. Early copies as well as the European edition released by Domino Recording Company include a bonus CD entitled Live Shit. [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Sam Coomes except "Sunshine Sounds" and "White Devil's Dream," written by Janet Weiss and Coomes.

No.TitleLength
1."Hot Shit"4:31
2."Seven Years Gone"4:40
3."Good Time Rock N Roll"2:34
4."Master & Dog"4:11
5."Drunken Tears"3:23
6."Sunshine Sounds"7:10
7."Mama Tried"3:41
8."No One"5:07
9."White Devil's Dream"3:00
10."Good Times"3:47
11."Lullaby, Pt. 2"2:04

"Live Shit" bonus CD

This CD was included in early copies of the American Touch and Go Records release as well as (so far) all copies of the European Domino Recording Company release.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"3:18
2."When I'm Dead"1:55
3."Seal the Deal"4:05
4."Goblins & Trolls"2:56
5."Mama Tried"3:27
6."I Never Want to See You Again"3:43
7."Genetic Science"3:21
8."Under a Cloud"2:30
9."A Case of No Way Out"5:10
10."Our Happiness Is Guaranteed"3:15
11."Master & Dog"3:33
12."Nothing from Nothing"3:10
13."Good Time Rock N Roll"2:25
14."Sea Shanty"4:41
15."Sword of God"4:41
16."Birds"2:59
17."It's Raining"3:00
18."I Give Up"2:59
19."No One"4:27

Personnel

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