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- Hot
- - 185,005 plays
  - 30 favs
  - 7 shares
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Released 1997

The Interlocutor
05:20
9,994 plays

Hell
03:12
44,682 plays

Put a Lid on It
02:39
19,180 plays

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songs

- 1
- Got My Own Thing Now
- 02:30
- 16,263 plays

- 2
- Put a Lid on It
- 02:39
- 19,180 plays

- 3
- Memphis Exorcism
- 02:24
- 12,438 plays

- 4
- Twilight
- 03:34
- 11,715 plays

- 5
- It Ain't You
- 03:08
- 11,950 plays

- 6
- Prince Nez
- 02:53
- 12,994 plays

- 7
- Hell
- 03:12
- 44,682 plays

- 8
- Meant to Be
- 03:11
- 11,406 plays

- 9
- Bad Businessman
- 03:48
- 12,562 plays

- 10
- Flight of the Passing Fancy
- 03:52
- 10,483 plays

- 11
- Blue Angel
- 04:35
- 13,391 plays

- 12
- The Interlocutor
- 05:20
- 9,994 plays

album review

Squirrel Nut Zippers' second album, Hot, was one of the most surprising success stories of 1997. Like the group's debut, The Inevitable, Hot is comprised entirely of good-natured, if slightly tongue-in-cheek, postmodern big-band music. The band has nailed the sound of jump blues and swinging jazz, and if the Zippers don't have the chops of real big bands, they do have enthusiasm and a sense of humor. Of course, for purists of the genre, that collegiate sense of humor might make Hot a little unbearable, especially those instances when Katharine Whalen sounds uncannily like Billie Holiday, only without the substance. For those willing to overlook such things, they'll find Hot to be a good time, filled with songs nearly as infectious as the group's breakthrough hit, "Hell." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide