<!-- FAIR USE of Ld Hotloser.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hotloser.jpg for rationale --> {{Infobox album | name = Hot Loser | type = studio | artist = Veal | cover = Hotloser.jpg | released = {{start date|1996}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = | producer = | year = 1996 | next_title = Tilt O'Whirl | next_year = 1999 }} '''''Hot Loser''''' is Veal's first album. The album was released in 1996 in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Andrew |title=Vancouver indie band Veal defying commercial pop |page=B6 |newspaper=Nanaimo Daily News |date=July 8, 2000}}</ref>
Critical reception was generally positive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Mike |title=Guitarist gets his fill with Veal |newspaper=Times Colonist |date=March 3, 2000 |page=D6 }}</ref> The album received a mixed review from Allmusic's Gary Hill, who wrote, "At their best, they come across as a new version of Camper Van Beethoven or Cracker."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Gary |title=Hot Loser |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hot-loser-mw0000064862 |website=Allmusic |access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref> Darren Gawle of ''Drop-D'' magazine also wrote a mixed review.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gawle |first1=Darren |title=Hot Loser: Veal |journal=Drop-D Magazine |date=March 14, 1998 |volume=2:40 |issue=89 |url=https://dropd.com/issue/89/CD/Veal/ |access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
In 2023, the album was made available on streaming services, corresponding to a reunion tour for Veal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doole |first1=Kerry |title=Music News Digest, Dec. 14, 2023 |url=https://ca.billboard.com/music-news-digest-dec-14-2023-the-tragically-hip-and-jake-gold-honoured-by-war-child |website=Billboard.com |date=December 12, 2023 |access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
== Track listing == #"Sugar Pants" (3:17) #"Mexico Texaco" (4:15) #"Hot Loser, Part 1" (2:23) #"Cauchemar" (2:59) #"In Bed With the Pope" (2:54) #"Down Again" (4:40) #"Cheesecake" (6:01) #"Nails & Snails" (4:00) #"Two Heads" (3:24) #"Almond Joy" (4:29) #"Girlfriend" (3:19) #"Apple" (0:54)
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