Becoming X

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Becoming X
Studio album by Sneaker Pimps
Released	August 19, 1996
Genre	Trip Hop
Length	52:40
Label	Clean Up
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Sneaker Pimps chronology
	Becoming X (1996)	Becoming Remixed (1998)

Becoming X is the debut album from Sneaker Pimps released in 1996. The album was successful in England, while "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar" would become hits in the US.

The album also marked the only appearance of Kelli Ali as a vocalist for the group, before she was asked to leave the band. Chris Corner became the band's vocalist for subsequent albums.

"How Do", the last track on Becoming X, is a cover of the song known as "Willow's Song" featured in the cult movie The Wicker Man (1973). Britt Ekland lip synched the song (completely naked) in the movie; Sneaker Pimps' version begins with a short sound clip from the movie, with Ekland's voice in it. It is in turn used in the movie Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes).

The album later spawned a remix album Becoming Remixed with DJs such as Paul Oakenfold remixing tracks from Becoming X.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Low Place Like Home" − 4:38
2. "Tesko Suicide" − 3:48
3. "6 Underground" − 4:06
4. "Becoming X" − 4:15
5. "Spin Spin Sugar" − 4:21
6. "Post-Modern Sleaze" − 5:21
7. "Waterbaby" − 4:12
8. "Roll On" − 4:28
9. "Wasted Early Sunday Morning" − 4:29
10. "Walking Zero" − 4:31
11. "How Do" − 5:03
12. "6 Underground" (Nellee Hooper Edit) − 3:54