Becoming X

Infobox Album | Name = Becoming X
Type = Album
Artist = Sneaker Pimps


Released = August 19 1996
June 8 1997 Limited Edition
Recorded =
Genre = Downtempo
Electronica
Dub
Producer = Jim Abbiss, Line of Flight, Peter Collins, Flood
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39kbu3qhan1k~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21846-becoming-x link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sneakerpimps/albums/album/118951/review/5942250/becoming_x link]
Last album =
This album = "Becoming X"
(1996)
Next album = "Becoming Remixed"
(1998)

"Becoming X" is the debut album from Sneaker Pimps released in 1996. The album was successful in England, while "6 Underground" and "Spin Spin Sugar" would become hits in the US.

The album also marked the only appearance of Kelli Ali as a vocalist for the group, before she was asked to leave the band. Chris Corner became the band's vocalist for subsequent albums.

"How Do", the last track on "Becoming X", is a cover of the song known as "Willow's Song" featured in the movie "The Wicker Man" (1973). Britt Ekland lip synched the song (completely naked) in the movie; Sneaker Pimps' version begins with a short sound clip from the movie, with Ekland's voice in it. It is in turn used in the movie "Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)". Most recently, "How Do" was used during an intimate scene in the 2005 Eli Roth movie, "Hostel".

The album later spawned a remix album "Becoming Remixed" with DJs such as Paul Oakenfold remixing tracks from "Becoming X".

Fueled by the hit "6 Underground", the album spent 23 consecutive weeks on the US Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks by Corner/Howe/Pickering unless otherwise noted.

#"Low Place Like Home" − 4:38
#"Tesko Suicide" − 3:48
#"6 Underground" − 4:06
#"Becoming X" − 4:15
#"Spin Spin Sugar" − 4:21
#"Post-Modern Sleaze" − 5:21
#"Waterbaby" − 4:12
#"Roll On" − 4:28
#"Wasted Early Sunday Morning" − 4:29
#"Walking Zero" − 4:31
#"How Do" − 5:03
#"6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)" − 3:54 (Bonus Track on US edition)

Limited Edition

#"Low Place Like Home" − 4:38
#"Tesko Suicide" − 3:48
#"6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)" − 3:48
#"Becoming X" − 4:15
#"Spin Spin Sugar (Radio Mix)" − 3:34
#"Post-Modern Sleaze (Video Mix)" − 3:29
#"Waterbaby" − 4:12
#"Roll On" − 4:28
#"Wasted Early Sunday Morning" − 4:29
#"Walking Zero" − 4:31
#"How Do" − 5:03

amples

'Waterbaby' sampled David Sylvian's 'Let The Happiness In'

'How Do' sampled the Britt Eckland vocal audio from the film 'The Wicker Man'

Credits

*Kelli Dayton - vocals
*Chris Corner - guitars
*Liam Howe - keyboards
*Joe Wilson - bass
*Dave Westlake - drumming
*Jim Abbiss, C. Goddard, Flood, Oggy, Luke Gifford - engineering
*Mark "Spike" Stent, Flood, Jim Abbiss, Line of Flight, Nellee Hooper, Luke Gifford - mixing
*Andy Wright, Marius De Vries - additional programming and keyboards