Becoming X | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sneaker Pimps
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  101 reviews
Sales Rank: 12154
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42587
UPC: 724384258726
EAN: 0724384258726
ASIN: B000000WCT
Publication Date: 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Low Place Like Home - Sneaker Pimps, Corner, Chris | | • | Tesko Suicide - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie | | • | 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie | | • | Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps, | | • | Spin Spin Sugar - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie | | • | Post-Modern Sleaze - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie | | • | Waterbaby - Sneaker Pimps, | | • | Roll On - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie | | • | Wasted Early Sunday Morning - Sneaker Pimps, | | • | Walking Zero - Sneaker Pimps, | | • | How Do - Sneaker Pimps, | | • | 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps, Howe, Leslie |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The U.K.-based Sneaker Pimps combine standard rock guitar parts with trip-hop beats and clear white-soul vocals, and, when strumming an acoustic guitar (as on the first single, "6 Underground"), the trio is virtually indistinguishable from Luscious Jackson. While using electronica's signifiers--jungle's rattle, trip-hop's dark churn, ambient's synth washes, hip-hop's samples--Sneaker Pimps never stray far from the comfy world of the pop song. Becoming X's opener, "Low Place Like Home," is only one step from Alanis, while the rousing closer is as breathy and sunny as the Cardigans. --Roni Sarig
Album Description
English version featuring different cover art.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 96 more reviews...
 old stuff August 15, 2008
Reak Kovacs (USA)
PIMPIN!!!! lol 6 under is the best! This is for the people who listend to them back in the day.
 "Becoming X" April 28, 2008
J-Lovely (Pasadena, CA United States)
I've had this cd forever but recently put it on my iPod and started listening to it again. I know there's so much debate about what "trip hop" really is - to me this album is definitely trip hop. It's dark and sexy but not too out there that you can't listen to it in the car. The songs are almost pop but the music really makes it work - the acoustic guitar and heavy bass beat on "Post-Modern Sleaze" is SO good. If you haven't heard this definitely give it a listen.
this is a really great, funky album, a must have in my opinion.... March 2, 2008
Melissa Palmer (ithaca, new york usa)
an ex boyfriend of mine got me into this band a couple of years ago, and since then i have had many copies of this particular cd, and recently i had to replace it yet again when it mysteriously dissapeared from my apartment.. its a great, funky cd and im very dissapointed that the original female lead singer left.. i just havent been able to get into their new male lead singer line up since, and highly doubt ill ever buy any other of their cds.. this album is very full of trippy, electronic sounding tracks, kind of reminds me a bit of progressive techno in a way.. my alltime favorite tracks on here of course are 6 underground, and tesko suicide, but all together, every track is great.. i love how the female singers voice sounds like shes begging, pleading in a coy, seductive manner, almost begging you not to put the cd away... anyway, you should really check this album out, great listening material... oh, one more thing, im not too big on the remix of 6 underground, the last track, its faster than the original version... i dont reccomend it.... but hey, im not everyone either.. deffintley check it out....
i would steal this all over again... July 6, 2007
Ben (Baltimore)
this is groundbreaking in my book. subverse and whimsical, sensual yet sonic. see also massive attack and imogen heap. slick stuff
Guilty Pleasure March 8, 2007
M. Spalding
Love this CD. Not the kind of music I normally go for, but some good tracks.
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