Hot Boxing

For the smoking practice, see Hotboxing.

Hot Boxing
Studio album by Magnapop
Released	July 5, 1994 (1994-07-05)
Recorded	August 1993
Studio	Pedernales Recording (Spicewood, Texas) Bosstown (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre	Pop punk, pop rock, power pop
Length	41:30
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
"Slowly, Slowly" Released: 1994 "Lay It Down" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Billboard	very favorable[2]
Robert Christgau	[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]

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

8. "The Crush" – 3:22
9. "Ride" – 2:30
10. "In the Way" – 2:32
11. "Idiot Song" – 1:55
12. "Get It Right" – 1:52
13. "Emergency" – 4:00
14. "Skinburns" – 4:24

Special edition bonus tracks

15. "Merry" (Acoustic) – 3:26
16. "Pretty Awful" – 2:24

Personnel

Magnapop

• Linda Hopper – lead vocals
• David McNair – drums
• Ruthie Morris – guitar, backing vocals
• Shannon Mulvaney – bass guitar

Production staff

• David Collins – remastering at A&M Studios
• Valerie Raimonde – design
• Ruth Leitman – art direction, photography
• Magnapop – production on "Merry" (Acoustic)
• Bob Mould – production
• Jim Wilson – engineering

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.

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. 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

External links

• Official site Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Hot Boxing at AllMusic
• Hot Boxing at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Hot Boxing at Discogs