Hot Shots II

Not to be confused with Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Hot Shots II
Studio album by The Beta Band
Released 7 July 2001 (Japan)
16 July 2001 (UK)
17 July 2001 (US)
Recorded 2001
Genre Electronic
Rock
Length 45:52
Label Toshiba-EMI TOCP 65723
Regal REG59CD (UK)
Astralwerks ASW 10446 (US)
Producer The Beta Band, Colin Emmanuel
The Beta Band chronology
The Beta Band
(1999)		 Hot Shots II
(2001)		 Heroes to Zeros
(2004)

Hot Shots II is The Beta Band's second studio album, released in July 2001.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(8.6/10)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Hot Shots II at number 118 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[4] The album is also included in the 2008 edition of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5] Kludge ranked it at number one on their list of top 10 albums of 2001.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Squares" – 3:46
  2. "Al Sharp" – 3:34
  3. "Human Being" – 4:31
  4. "Gone" – 3:41
  5. "Dragon" – 4:56
  6. "Broke" – 4:40
  7. "Quiet" – 4:49
  8. "Alleged" – 5:30
  9. "Life" – 3:50
  10. "Eclipse" – 6:35
  11. "Won" (Japan / U.S. bonus track) – 5:58

Notes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  4. ↑ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Perez, Arturo. "Top 10 Albums of 2001". Kludge. Archived from the original on July 22, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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