Low Kick and Hard Bop

Low Kick and Hard Bop is the third studio album by Solex.[2] It was released via Matador Records on September 11, 2001.[5]

Low Kick and Hard Bop
Studio album by Solex
Released	September 11, 2001
Recorded	2001
Studio	Studio Aftrap, Amsterdam
Genre	Indie rock
Length	42:09
Label	Matador Records
Producer	Solex
Solex chronology
Pick Up (1999) Low Kick and Hard Bop (2001) The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[3]
PopMatters	unfavorable[4]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "it's an evocative and wildly creative, but not immediately accessible collection."[2] Paul Cooper of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, saying, "While I'm not asking for a duet with Peaches or a remix by the Streets, I would appreciate a new facet to the customary lo-fi diamond boogaloo."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Solex.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Low Kick and Hard Bop"	3:12
2.	"Mere Imposters"	2:23
3.	"Have You No Shame, Girl?"	3:09
4.	"Not a Hoot!"	2:49
5.	"Knee-high"	2:41
6.	"Honey (Amsterdam Is Not L.A.!)"	3:22
7.	"Shoot! Shoot!"	3:08
8.	"Comely Row"	3:22
9.	"Ease Up You Fundamentalists!"	2:34
10.	"The Dot on the I Between the H and the T"	2:36
11.	"Good Comrades Go to Heaven"	3:39
12.	"Cayenne"	2:08
13.	"Ololo"	3:08
14.	"You Say Potato, I Say Aardappel"	1:37
15.	"Look... No Fingerprints!"	2:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Elisabeth Esselink – words, music, production, recording, mixing
• Andrew Blick – trumpet (on "Knee-high")
• Robert Lagendijk – Amsterdam-school of drum fills

References

1. "Low Kick And Hard Bop by Solex". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
2. Phares, Heather. "Low Kick and Hard Bop - Solex". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
3. Cooper, Paul (June 3, 2002). "Solex: Low Kick and Hard Bop". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
4. Varkentine, Ben (September 10, 2001). "Solex: Low Kick and Hard Bop". PopMatters. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
5. "Low Kick and Hard Bop". Matador Records. Retrieved October 31, 2017.

External links

• Low Kick and Hard Bop at Discogs (list of releases)