One critically- lauded debut album, a certified club hit ("6 Underground") and a Nellee Hooper remix later, the Sneaker Pimps qualify for a full- length remix album a la Paula Abdul's Shut Up and Dance. The difference between Dancing Dwarfgirl and the Pimps is that the Pimps have style, talent, a foxy lead vocalist, and a bunch of electronic demi-gods scratchin' it up.

Becoming RemiXed is a damn good example of what a remix album should be. See, anyone can sell a few copies of a remix album, but it takes some genuine public interest and a little star power to really pull it off. With mixes by Armand Van Helden, Reprazent, Paul Oakenfold among others, any club- goer's gonna be interested.

When taken as seperate tracks, RemiXed is all you could hope for. They've covered all the bases; there's a track here for every kind of party. But I was a little disappointed by the lack of variety in the songs the artists chose to mix. I was really interested what some different versions of "Low Place Like Home" or "Wasted Early Sunday Morning" might sound like. Instead, you get two mixes of "Spin Spin Sugar" and two mixes of "6 Underground" and three (count 'em!) of "Post-Modern Sleaze" (a song with one of the worst lyrics of all time-- "She's wet and wild"). But while the mixes are top shelf-- Oakenfold's "Roll On" is especially infectious-- you sure get tired of hearing the same songs over and over again. I'll settle for the debut, thanks.

-Ryan Schreiber