Scenes One Through Thirteen [Original recording reissued]

Hot Hot Heat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Ohev
• ASIN: B00007L1JD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Keep My Name Out of Your Mouth

2. Word to Water

3. Haircut Economics

4. The Case That They Gave Me

5. Paco Pena

6. Circus Maximus

7. I Blew a Fuse in My Personality

8. Tokyo Vogue

9. Fashion Fight Pause

10. Spelling Live Backwards

11. Matador at the Door

12. Tourist in Your Own Town

13. You're Ruining It for Everyone

Editorial Reviews

2001 debut album from the Victoria, British Columbia No-Wave Post Punk. 13 tracks in all. Ohev Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars huh?, April 8, 2003

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"lifeuntildeath" (BOSTON.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scenes One Through Thirteen (Audio CD)

this may not be what youre expecting if you're well versed with hot hot heat's later works on sub pop, make up the breakdown and knock knock knock.

this album is a compilation of their early 7"s and other odds and ends.

Scenes one through Thirteen shows hot hot heat at a point in their careers where their direction was totally different. A chaotic rollercoaster ride through keyboards, tight rhythm, and distorted bass. This is before steve bays, keyboardist took over singing duties, and thus, the singing style is quite different, yet still fitting. Vocals are a combination of the confident whine hot hot heat fans are used to, and an abraisive scream, certainly a sign of their earlier hardcore influences.

if you dont like hot hot heats recent works, i would suggest checking this out anyway. fans of the locust, and the vss should definitely check out this cd.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, check it out with an open mind, November 23, 2005

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Zen Station "http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~so... (The Graceful Swans of Never) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scenes One Through Thirteen (Audio CD)

It seems like there's two kinds of Hot Hot Heat fans: Those who think the stuff with the original lead singer and the guitarless band was the only great stuff and everything else was a sellout, and others who thought that this was garbage recorded in a dumpster because the quality wasn't up to snuff with later Hot Hot Heat stuff. Consider me neither of those. I think all of their stuff is pretty good, even if arguably this is a different Heat than you know now.

This was not put in order of the release, but it's put in a sequence that makes it easiest for people's ears. It includes their two EP's and the split one with Red Light Sting. Tracks 9-12 are all the first EP, although in a somewhat jumbled order. Poor recording quality, although it shows that Hot Hot Heat were even trend-setters in 2000, when the debut EP was released. All of those have a sense of melody. Even on here it shows that Steve Bays was great just as a keyboardist, and I really like the rhythms of the drums as well. Even if it is not for everybody, if "Breakdown" had you dancing, the material here will too. The tracks with yelling are somewhat less digestable since there's no real guitar for some, but I feel like this was kind of an inventive sound. This is noisy punk without guitars and in celebration of the keyboard, with good musicianship. The first two EP's were released on the record label which has Death from Above 1979's current output, Ache, which makes perfect sense. But what Heat did is always the most fun. The potential shown here is really interesting. Matt Mardik didn't really make the band drastically different, as his voice also had a nasal edge at times.

In the end, even if you hate it, a band called VCR owes this Hot Hot Heat incarnation a thankyou note. It's got the wit of "Breakdown" and "Knock" as well as more energy than the other records combined -- a bold statement coming from as big a HHH fan as me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Early Collection - A Gradual Process, August 28, 2005

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Kylie (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scenes One Through Thirteen (Audio CD)

This early collection (along with the split EP Ache) shows how much Hot Hot Heat has grown and changed. They started out as a punk/screamo band with a little edge (the keyboards were a nice touch). They survived the loss of their singer Matt Marnik and the gain of guitarist Dante DeCaro (a change from their usually guitar-less music). And with Steve Bays taking over vocals and keeping his role as keyboaridst they warped from loud garage punk into a mix of danceable pop/rock. After Knock Knock Knock and Make Up The Breakdown (both noticeably different sounds with the same lineup) came Elevator. With the loss of DeCaro and the new addition - guitarist Luke Paquin - they had another sound in store for us.
This CD is obviously not recorded well, but still a nice of compilation of the early works of Hot Hot Heat. And with each new CD we are able to see them try out different sounds. Try buying the timeline. It won't let you down.