Hot Boxing Explained

Hot Boxing
Type:studio
Artist:Magnapop
Cover:Magnapop - Hot Boxing.jpg
Alt:A close-up on the face of a woman who is holding a cigarette in her right hand and exhaling smoke. The photos is tinted red and has "magnapop" written in blue along the top and "hot boxing" written in yellow toward the center.
Recorded:August 1993
Studio:
Genre:Pop punk, pop rock, power pop
Language:English
Label:Play It Again Sam/Priority
Producer:Bob Mould
Prev Title:Big Bright Cherry
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Fire All Your Guns at Once
Next Year:1996

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.

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
  1. "The Crush" – 3:22
  2. "Ride" – 2:30
  3. "In the Way" – 2:32
  4. "Idiot Song" – 1:55
  5. "Get It Right" – 1:52
  6. "Emergency" – 4:00
  7. "Skinburns" – 4:24
Special edition bonus tracks
  1. "Merry" (Acoustic) – 3:26
  2. "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 StatesPriorityCompact DiscP2 53909
cassette tapeP4 53909
EuropePlay It Again SamCompact Disc450.0251.20 - BIAS 251 CD
cassette tape450.0521.50 - BIAS 251 MC
The NetherlandsLP450.0251.10 - BIAS 251 LP
JapanKingCompact DiscKICP-408
The NetherlandsPlay It Again SamCompact Disc450.0251.26 - BIAS 251 CDX†
SpainFonomusicLP88.2210
†Special edition with bonus tracks

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