Low Kick and Hard Bop

Low Kick and Hard Bop
Studio album by
Solex
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
Recorded2001
StudioStudio Aftrap, Amsterdam
GenreIndie rock
Length42:09
LabelMatador Records
ProducerSolex
Solex chronology
Pick Up
(1999) 		Low Kick and Hard Bop
(2001) 		The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork6.8/10[3]
PopMattersunfavorable[4]

Low Kick and Hard Bop is the third studio album by Solex.[2] It was released via Matador Records on September 11, 2001.[5]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "it's an evocative and wildly creative, but not immediately accessible collection."[2] Paul Cooper of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, saying, "While I'm not asking for a duet with Peaches or a remix by the Streets, I would appreciate a new facet to the customary lo-fi diamond boogaloo."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Solex

No.TitleLength
1."Low Kick and Hard Bop"3:12
2."Mere Imposters"2:23
3."Have You No Shame, Girl?"3:09
4."Not a Hoot!"2:49
5."Knee-high"2:41
6."Honey (Amsterdam Is Not L.A.!)"3:22
7."Shoot! Shoot!"3:08
8."Comely Row"3:22
9."Ease Up You Fundamentalists!"2:34
10."The Dot on the I Between the H and the T"2:36
11."Good Comrades Go to Heaven"3:39
12."Cayenne"2:08
13."Ololo"3:08
14."You Say Potato, I Say Aardappel"1:37
15."Look... No Fingerprints!"2:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Elisabeth Esselink – words, music, production, recording, mixing
  • Andrew Blick – trumpet (on "Knee-high")
  • Robert Lagendijk – Amsterdam-school of drum fills

References

  1. ^ a b "Low Kick And Hard Bop by Solex". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Phares, Heather. "Low Kick and Hard Bop - Solex". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cooper, Paul (June 3, 2002). "Solex: Low Kick and Hard Bop". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Varkentine, Ben (September 10, 2001). "Solex: Low Kick and Hard Bop". PopMatters. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Low Kick and Hard Bop". Matador Records. Retrieved October 31, 2017.