Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X [Remastered LP Limited Edition] (1996/2008)

Becoming X is one of the most engaging byproducts of post-Portishead trip-hop. While the Sneaker Pimps don't have the doomed romanticism of Portishead or the nasty experimental tendencies of Tricky, they have a cool sense of pop hooks and an edgier guitar attack than their predecessors. "Tesko Suicide" moves along with jagged guitars and rhythms, while "6 Underground" is coolly detached postmodern soul. Becoming X creates an airy, urban atmosphere, and while the record begins to unravel toward the end, it is an exciting, entrancing listen.

Remastered directly from the original master tapes and pressed on 45-RPM heavy-weight 200-gram virgin vinyl audiophile discs.

Limited to 1,000 individually-numbered copies.

The track listing pressed on vinyl is actually the same as the "Limited Edition" CD reissue of the album from 1997. The back of the jacket, the record labels, and the liner notes of this release, however, do not reflect this, but instead show all original album tracks without remixes.