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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelEMI Music Distribution
EAN0724353379421
eBay Product ID (ePID)4052258805
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era2000s
FormatCD
Release Year2001
InstrumentPiano
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenrePop, Alternative, Rock, Electronic
StyleTrip-Hop, Electronica
TypeAlbum
ArtistThe Beta Band
Release TitleHot Shots II
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionEmi Operations/Ceva Logistics
Number of Tracks10
ReviewsRanked #43 in Nme's 50 "Albums of the Year 2001"., "...A Wonderfully Sprawling Masterwork...", 4 Stars Out of 5-"...Mighty Impressive....A Stride Towards True Excellence...", 8 out of 10 - "...A dizzy, magical voyage of self-discovery - concise where its predecessor was unfocused, immediate where the pop urge was once lacking...", 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...Focuses attention on their greatest strength: th emelodic self-harmonizing of guitarist/vocalist Steve Mason....a hypnotic tapestry of sounds...", 3 stars out of 5 - "...It's a heady, eclectic mix, and, like the best of the band's work, as satisfyin gas it is unique...", 7 out of 10 - "...Hotwires Dirty South jeep beats for a carriage ride through Middle Earth....HOT SHOTS II finds the Betas inventing vegan-bouce...", "...Harmonically dense sing-along mantras....but like true new-millenium hippies, they ask a lot of questions...perking up their ruminations with new-wavey synths and Keith Moon-style drum frenzies..." - Rating: B+