Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album)

Hot
Studio album by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Released	June 4, 1996
Recorded	October–November 1995
Genre	Jazz, swing revival
Label	Mammoth, Hollywood, PolyGram
Producer	Brian Paulson, Mike Napolitano
Squirrel Nut Zippers chronology
The Inevitable (1995) Hot (1996) Sold Out (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.5/10) [2]

Hot is the second studio album by Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1996.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Got My Own Thing Now"	Jimbo Mathus	2:30
2.	"Put a Lid on It"	Tom Maxwell	2:39
3.	"Memphis Exorcism"	Mathus	2:24
4.	"Twilight"	Maxwell	3:34
5.	"It Ain't You"	Mathus	3:08
6.	"Prince Nez"	Mathus	2:53
7.	"Hell"	Maxwell	3:12
8.	"Meant to Be"	Maxwell	3:11
9.	"Bad Businessman"	Mathus, Ken Mosher	3:48
10.	"Flight of the Passing Fancy"	Mathus, Mosher	3:52
11.	"Blue Angel"	Mathus, Mosher	4:35
12.	"The Interlocutor"	Mosher	2:47

Personnel

Band

• Jimbo Mathus – vocals, guitar, tenor banjo, piano
• Tom Maxwell – vocals, guitar, baritone saxophone, clarinet, resonator guitar, chandelier
• Ken Mosher – guitar, alto and baritone saxophone, baritone ukulele, vocals
• Chris Phillips – contraption kit, percussion, announcement
• Don Raleigh – string bass, gong
• Katharine Whalen – vocals, banjo, baritone ukulele
• Clay Walker – multimedia

Additional performers

• Duke Heitger – cornet
• Andrew Bird – violin

Cover versions

• The single "Hell" was covered by ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto on their 2010 album 99 Songs of Revolution: Volume 1.

References

1. Allmusic
2. Pitchfork Media