B/E/A/T/B/O/X

B/E/A/T/B/O/X is the second studio album by American electronic music duo Glass Candy, released in November 2007 by Italians Do It Better. The album received two limited-edition vinyl pressings in 2008, both including a bonus 7″ (featuring the previously unreleased tracks "High B" and "The Gate"), and one of them pressed on pink vinyl. A new blue vinyl edition was released in April 2010, including the same bonus 7".[7]

B/E/A/T/B/O/X
Studio album by
Glass Candy
ReleasedNovember 6, 2007 (2007-11-06)
RecordedSummer – fall 2007; Suite 304
(Portland, Oregon)[1]
GenreSynthpop, Italo disco
Length41:11
LabelItalians Do It Better
ProducerJohnny Jewel
Glass Candy chronology
Love Love Love
(2003)		 B/E/A/T/B/O/X
(2007)		 Deep Gems
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Drowned in Sound9/10[3]
eMusic[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media8.1/10[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Glass Candy, except where noted.

  1. "Introduction" – 1:29
  2. "Beatific" – 4:20
  3. "Etheric Device" – 3:13
  4. "Candy Castle" – 5:27
  5. "Rolling Down the Hills" – 3:29
  6. "Life After Sundown" – 6:18
  7. "Computer Love" (Kraftwerk) – 7:05
  8. "Last Nite I Met a Costume" – 3:51
  9. "Digital Versicolor" – 5:59

Personnel

Credits for B/E/A/T/B/O/X adapted from liner notes.[1]

  • Ida No – vocals
  • Johnny Jewel – drum programming, production, synthesizer

Release history
Country Date Label Format
United States November 6, 2007[8] Italians Do It Better Digital download
November 12, 2007[3] CD

References
  1. B/E/A/T/B/O/X (CD liner notes). Glass Candy. Italians Do It Better. 2007. IDIB003CD.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Hoffman, K. Ross. "B/E/A/T/B/O/X – Glass Candy". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
  3. McNally, Patrick (January 24, 2008). "Glass Candy – B/E/A/T/B/O/X". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  4. Burns, Todd. "Glass Candy, Beat Box". eMusic. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  5. Elan, Priya (August 27, 2008). "Glass Candy". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
  6. Gaerig, Andrew (December 3, 2007). "Glass Candy: B/E/A/T/B/O/X". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 10, 2008.
  7. "Glass Candy's B/E/A/T/B/O/X: limited blue vinyl". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. April 21, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  8. "B/E/A/T/B/O/X by Glass Candy". iTunes Store US. Apple. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.


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