Solex Vs. the Hitmeister

Solex Vs. the Hitmeister
Studio album by Solex
Released March 10, 1998
Recorded 1998 at home and at S.S.E., Weesp, the Netherlands
Genre Pop rock, College rock
Length 41:54
Label Matador Records
Producer Frans Hagenaars, Solex
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Solex chronology
Solex Vs. the Hitmeister
(1998)		 Pick Up
(1999)

Solex Vs. the Hitmeister is the first full-length album from Amsterdam-based artist Solex. It was released on March 10, 1998 on the Matador Records label. Every song title on the album has "Solex" in it, even if the lyrics of a given song do not reflect this.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Solex.

  1. "One Louder Solex" – 3:27
  2. "Solex Feels Lucky" – 3:46
  3. "Solex in a Slipshod Style" – 3:44
  4. "Waking Up With Solex" – 3:32
  5. "Solex's Snag" – 4:09
  6. "Rolex By Solex" – 2:46
  7. "There's a Solex On the Run" – 3:30
  8. "Solex All Licketysplit" – 2:24
  9. "Solex For a While" – 3:53
  10. "Some Solex" – 3:35
  11. "When Solex Just Stood There" – 3:24
  12. "Peppy Solex" – 3:44

Personnel

Performance

Gerard Atema:, clarinet
Elisabeth Esselink: Solex
Geert de Groot: guitar, piano, cello, bass, and melodica on quite a few songs
Jeroen Kramer: saxophone, clarinet
Robert Lagendijk: drums on quite a few songs, photograph and screaming on "Rolex By Solex"

Production

Frans Hagenaars: production, engineer, mixing
Flip Heurckmans: assistant engineer at Galaxy
Colette Sloots: graphic editor
Solex: production, mixing, music and words, sleeve design