Scenes One Through Thirteen Explained

Scenes One Through Thirteen
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Hot Hot Heat
Cover:	ScenesOneThroughThirteen.jpg
Released:	2002
Genre:	Experimental rock Post-Hardcore
Length:	38:09
Label:	OHEV Records^[1]
Next Title:	Knock Knock Knock
Next Year:	2002

Scenes One Through Thirteen is a compilation of songs by Hot Hot Heat, released on OHEV Records on January 1, 2002.^[2] It catalogs every Hot Hot Heat single along with their other early releases, all recorded before the band was signed to Sub Pop in late 2001.

Tracks 1-8 were recorded by Colin Stewart and Josh Wells at the Hive.
Tracks 9-13 were recorded by Neil Cooke-Dallin at Keating X Road.

Track listing

1. "Keep My Name Out of Your Mouth"
2. "Word to Water"
3. "Haircut Economics"
4. "The Case That They Gave Me"
5. "Paco Pena"
6. "Circus Maximus"
7. "I Blew a Fuse in My Personality"
8. "Tokyo Vogue"
9. "Fashion Fight Pause"
10. "Spelling Live Backwards"
11. "Matador at the Door"
12. "Tourist in Your Own Town"
13. "You're Ruining It for Everyone"

Reception

Scenes One Through Thirteen received largely mixed reviews. Moreover, in a positive review of the band's 2005 album Elevator, Clayton Purdom of Cokemachineglow referred to the compilation as "embarrassing".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hot Hot Heat: Scenes One Through Thirteen. PopMatters Staff. September 9, 2002. PopMatters.
2. Web site: Hot Hot Heat: Albums. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050829234139/http://www.mtv.com:80/bands/az/hot_hot_heat/discography.jhtml. 2005-08-29. 2021-03-22. MTV.
3. Web site: Purdom. Clayton. Hot Hot Heat: Elevator Records. 2021-03-21. Cokemachineglow.