Goofy, bouncy, and completely unhinged in the best possible way. Hamsterball's 2004 soundtrack is what happens when someone writes music for rolling hamsters through obstacle courses and commits to the bit fully. "Salt Lick-a-delic" is funky in a way that has no business being this catchy, "Ninja Hamster" goes hard with this sneaky groove, and "Bad Pellet Trip" sounds exactly like its name suggests.
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Psychedelic rodent energy. "Hamster Nation" and "Gerbil Groove" keep the party rolling with mid-2000s electronica that feels like a Flash game golden age time capsule. "Cascade Carnival" picks up the pace right when you need it.
Then "Master of Hamsters" hits and you realize someone wrote a final boss theme for a hamster ball game. Respect. The track list reads like a comedy album. "Impossibru!" as a level name in 2004. If you ever rolled a plastic ball across a living room floor and imagined it was an extreme sport, this soundtrack understood you perfectly.