Hot Boxing

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

• 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.

†Special edition with bonus tracks

External links

• 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
• at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• at Discogs