Boot Party

{{Infobox album

| name = Boot Party

| type = studio

| artist = Dub Narcotic Sound System

| cover = Boot Party.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1996

| recorded = Dub Narcotic

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| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, dub

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=16}}

| label = K Records{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gC5PBAAAQBAJ&q=Boot+Party+dub+narcotic+sound+system&pg=PT231|title=Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music|first=Mark|last=Baumgarten|date=July 10, 2012|publisher=Sasquatch Books|isbn=9781570617966|via=Google Books}}

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| prev_year =

| next_title = Out of Your Mind

| next_year = 1998

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Boot Party is the first studio album by American alternative rock group Dub Narcotic Sound System.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/dub-narcotic-sound-system/|title=Dub Narcotic Sound System|website=Trouser Press}}{{cite magazine |last1=Bonner |first1=Michael |title=Albums — Boot Party by Dub Narcotic Sound System |magazine=Melody Maker |date=Jul 6, 1996 |volume=73 |issue=27 |page=45}} It was released on K Records in 1996.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/boot-party-mw0000184178|title=Boot Party - Dub Narcotic Sound System|work=AllMusic|first=Jessica|last=Jernigan|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}

|rev2 = CMJ New Music Monthly

|rev2score = favorable{{cite journal|first=Douglas|last=Wolk|title=Dub Narcotic Sound System / Boot Party / K|journal=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=August 1996|page=13}}

|rev3 = Snoozer

|rev3score = favorable{{cite journal|first=Ryota|last=Kato|title=Punk to Funk! Disc 36|journal=Snoozer|publisher=Little More|date=December 1999|page=34|language=Japanese}}

}}

Trouser Press wrote that "when not delving deep into the usual sorts of ambient studio trickery, the songs hit a ’60s R&B stride, bathing in the stoned soul picnic ambience with uplifting spirit."

Track listing

"Test Pattern" - 1:36
"Monkey Hips and Rice" - 4:17
"Ship to Shore" - 5:24
"Super Dub Narcotic" - 5:04
"Afi Tione" - 3:05
"Shake a Puddin" - 5:29
"King Harvester" - 0:56
“Robotica" - 4:49
"Bunny Echo" - 3:30
"Boot Party" - 8:06

Personnel

Larry Butler - drums
Lindy Coyne - guitar
Calvin Johnson - melodica
Lois Maffeo - voice
Todd Ranslow - bass
Jen Smith - voice
Brian Weber - guitar, organ
DJ Sayeed - turntables

References

External links

{{Discogs master|64820|Boot Party}}

Category:1996 debut albums

Category:K Records albums