Hot Boxing

For the smoking practice, see Hotboxing.
Hot Boxing
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.
Studio album by
Magnapop
ReleasedJuly 5, 1994 (1994-07-05)
RecordedAugust 1993
Studio
GenrePop punk, pop rock, power pop
Length41:30
LanguageEnglish
LabelPlay It Again Sam/Priority
ProducerBob Mould
Magnapop chronology
Big Bright Cherry
(1994) 		Hot Boxing
(1994) 		Fire All Your Guns at Once
(1996)
Singles from Hot Boxing
  1. "Slowly, Slowly"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Lay It Down"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboardvery favorable[2]
Robert Christgau(neither)[3]
Rolling Stonefavorable[4]
Sun Zoom Sparkfavorable[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]

  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