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A bit too squeaky clean for my electronic music taste. Hot Chip plays it very safe without going too crazy or experimenting with anything new. It makes for a few fun dances songs but quite a few are too slow for dancing and too upbeat to be ballads. 6/10
I think I prefer their first album. It's good but because of the repetitiveness of some of the best it becomes a bit of a slog towards the end.
3.75
I kind of liked Hot Chip in their heyday and went to see them in 2010. I wasn't really into them in an album sense, so I wasn't much into this. It's the vocal style that puts me off listening again - the music is great otherwise.
I don't like it as much as some of the other technos but it's OK
Hot Chip is undeniably one of the better indie/dance groups to emerge in the 2000s. Flutes is a great song and Joe Goddard has one of the smoothest, sweetest voices in all of Indiedom. If this album also featured Crap Kraft Dinner or Atomic Bomb (the William Onyeabor x Hot Chip collab) it would have gotten an extra star from me, but as it stands its still a pretty solid album.
Yeah, I mean... It's alright. Better than 90% of the electronic albums on this list. In fact, the first half is really good. But there's some BS on the back half that took the score down a few notches. Not bad overall, though.
It was alright. Some parts I liked, but not a lot of the album grabbed my attention. Not a lot to say. I liked the vocals. My favourite songs were Don't Deny Your Heart and Now There Is Nothing.
Pretty good UK dance electronica.
It's poppier than I thought it would be from an electronic album. Really really brings the energy. A couple of the songs reminds me of Denise Williams, which is a good thing. Interesting to listen to, but probably not too many times.
Starts really strong for me... Motion Sickness is definitely my favorite on this album. There's lots of other potential here... a danceable, electronic album that has occasional daft punk shades. Unfortunately, there's nothing that catches me as much as the first track and it blends together.
More low-key than their earlier efforts, but still some high moments to enjoy.
Whenever I see something is classified as "electronic music" I get a little scared that it's going to be a bunch of long, repetitious songs with no words. Fortunately this was a little different. They're actual songs, although there is definitely some repetition, some inorganic feeling to them, and it's a bit too long. But it's not bad. Still don't love it, but I also don't mind it. 2.5 stars rounding to 3.
This album was fine, danceable fun with an 80s sensibility. I am less a fan of the vocals, which range from just tolerable to just plain bad. Fave Songs: How Do You Do?, Look at Where We Are, Ends of the Earth, Motion Sickness, Now There Is Nothing
This was the very definition of innocuous music. Many different flavours, but all of them were really vanilla once the sprinkles fell off. I heard Heaven 17, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, even a bit of Reverend and the Makers as I listened. Nothing new, nothing really exciting, just pleasant and abstract reimagining of music that already existed. I kind of liked Flutes, but only because it stood out as being a bit different from the rest of the album. Synth Pop/ 80s-retro, no way can I see this as having any Dance music influences. Very middle of the road 3 stars because I didn't hate it but it didn't really do much for me.
very meh. as a band they've got enough for a really banging live set, but it never seems to have transposed in to album format.
HOND
The songs are good, but that’s it. They are just good.
Didn’t grab me.
Pop con sintetizadores. Ni fu ni fa.
Not my thing but it was poppy and easy
This was an interesting album. Shocked I’ve never listened to this band before since they’re pretty much in my moderne wheel house of indie and chill. The electronic mix was like taking the 90s club sounds but making it fun and adding lyrics. Which improves it immensely. A lot of 90s club music would be awesome with singing later over similar to this. This was a solid add to the collection and I’d revisit it. Now to listen to the rest of their discography to see how it stacks up. 7.3/10
Ikke det beste albumet fra 2012, laaangt ifra, og jeg digger ikke stemmen, men bra albumdramaturgi
Soild 2010s electronic album, deserves its place on this list.
Meh.
Jag vill så gärna hata men de va actually helt heat
Pop con sintetizadores. Ni fu ni fa.
Synth-popalternative danceindietronica suave. Bien.
Fun and dancey, but also rather forgettable. It came and went without much impression on me.
Fun and dancey, I'd probably want a little bit more substance to pump it up a notch, but definitely a fun time.
well, this is awkward… I like some of these songs. I like other Hot Chip songs too, so yeah guess Im the odd man out here haha.
I like hot chip a lot but this isn’t a great album.
I generally like Hot Chip, though an entire album starts to feel repetitive.
This was fine, but never held my attention. It's a busy day, so it's not like this one had no competition. I have to rate these albums by how much they demanded my attention when I'm also trying not to lose my job. That's a steep hill. I'd be okay with this in the background again, but I'd probably rather put on a film score or something.
I thought I’d never heard Hot Chip before, but then my partner mentioned that she likes Ready For The Floor by them and I realised I know that song. It’s not on this album, but at least I can say I’m not going in completely unaware of the band! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Motion Sickness, How Do You Do I felt that this album started off very strong, but then my attention started to waver as it continued on. Perhaps the songs all sound slightly too similar, or perhaps the songs that I found catchiest were simply at the beginning. I did enjoy the overall sound - in my imagination, this is what it might sound like if a bunch of software engineers decided to form a band. Overall, I would say I enjoyed it, but I’m not sure that I’ll be returning to listen again.
Good
Fun album
I liked this a lot. Except some of the singing. One of the vocalists kind of grates on me. But the record is good!
Well, my six year old approved. Not sure whether that’s good, or bad…
I don't know why but this album slip into an old iPod of mine and because of that I've listen to this one more than I should.
This was alright. At points it sounded dated, but at other times it was fine. "Flutes" was actually decent.
Just chill, vibing and at times, such a retro sounding album. Really enjoyed this one, 3. T3B 1. Motion Sickness 2. How Do You Do? 3. Let Me Be Him
In Our Heads is the fifth album by English electronic music (synthpop) band Hot Chip. Critical reviews were generally positive, calling this album the band's best so far. It was a fun, upbeat, and danceable album that has infectious grooves from start to finish. The talented vocals by Alexis Taylor were amazing too. However, I may be biased because I like electronic dance music. Great EDM album!
I enjoyed this and found a lot of the songs very catch!
Ist ok, irgendwie teilweise unplugged elektronische Musik
Faithless but no where near as good. Has some real solid 5 star songs but also alot of fluff
A fine album, only a few better songs, nothing that brings it up more than a 6/10 and that's where it lives in the cracks of ok land.
a kind of bloated and slightly less catchy version of LCD Soundsystem, but some good beats overall 3.5/5
It’s a great Hot Chip album. It’s a good album otherwise.
Ik rond het naar boven af, omdat het best prettige muziek was om tijdens het werk aan te hebben staan.
Ik vind dit wel verfrissend. Niet briljant, maar prima voor tussendoor.
Poppy and catchy, I dig it but don't love it. Close 4
I mean, i like hot chip, I’ve seen them live, and the music is good. But the album falls into irrelevance at large points.
i liked it
Lackluster
It's good. It's not as good as some earlier Hot Chip albums, as it lacks some of their weirder lyrical content - this feels a bit more tasteful and grown up, by which I mean a bit more boring! Still good though.
This seems to just be another 2010s indie album-because it is. Seriously, none of these bands are very good, and they're certainly not worth hearing before you die. Berlin-era Bowie was made once, it doesn't need to be recreated by a group of amateurs with synths trying in vain to imitate their idol. Another disposable album that shouldn't be on the list.
This album matches the album cover perfectly.. it has this sort of pop -art, modernism thing going on that feels very calculated but to me totally lacks soul. Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood for this when I put it on, but I felt like I had to choke this down one song at a time. I appreciate that my taste is totally subjective and I don't feel that is is truly bad in any way, but it totally failed to make any sort of positive connection with me.
I feel like I’ve mentioned this in a past review, but the only club I actually enjoyed going to when I was in university had indie music nights where they would play music like this. It was always on a Tuesday or something, so it was never all that busy. Just a handful of hipsters barely dancing while drinking PBR. Honestly, it still sounds better than going to an actual club today, but I don’t exactly miss those nights.
I thought I would like this but the dance beats were too much and the music never went anywhere interesting. I’m sure they were singing about anything interesting either. Sure they slowed it down but it still kind of sounded the same.
2.5 stars I remember this time period of music. Electro pop with an indie vibe to it. It was one of the two types of hipster music at the time, the other being Stomp-Clap "Hey!" music. Never listened to this band before, but I think LCD Soundsytem does it better than them tbh.Theres some good songs on here but theres also some crap Motion Sickness: Dig the vibe. Its very "of the era". There were a ton of indie dance pop bands around 2010. How Do you Do?: fun Dont Deny Your Heart: its fine. least favorite so far. ("wrong"-Morgan from the future) Look at Where We Are: Might be fun to listen to this one with a good system and/or good headphones. Enjoyed it. These Chains: 10 seconds in and I hate it. Brunch-spot-that-plays-the-music-way-too-fucking-loud ass music. Night and Day: They seem to be leaning more into the electro/dance side as the album goes on. This is another that's not my cup of tea. Flutes: Hey! Back to good songs! Now There Is Nothing: Interesting little groove. Dont love it but dont hate it. Its fine. Ends of the Earth: fine Let Me Be Him: idk man. Seems like the singer with the deeper voice is reserved for songs that are bad. like this is fine i guess, but its not something i will ever put on myself Always Been Your Love:
Dette er kødd, sant? Dette må være en parodi på 80-talls-syntpop...
Okay for what it was. Not for me.
Hmm, nah, doesn't do it for me
Weirdly simple. After what felt like 40 minutes I realized I was only on the 3rd track.
Al Doyle was simultaneously in Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem (and he lived with Alex Horne at uni), busy guy! I really like the album cover but I'm fairly neutral on the music and I wasn't a big fan of the vocals. Favourite song: Now There Is Nothing Least: Ends Of The Earth
Ok, but nkt a single track was memorable
A little bit bland. Quite predictable electronics and awful vocals
This album is kinda like pumpkin pie for me—I enjoyed the first bite and get why people might like it, but I was sick of it by the end.
Not that I hated the album, but why was it on this list? Totally unremarkable, I could’ve died without listening to this album.
Another surprise, but not nearly as pleasant as Kiwanuka. Why exactly is this album on the list? I'm reminded of tap water.
Hot Chip är sympatiska t.o.m. rätt kul. Men jag pallar inte mer än 1-2 låtar åt gången, absolut max 3. Tror aldrig jag tagit mig igenom ett HC album från början till slut, så heller icke nu. Det är som en princesstårta med knäck och rn godisskål bredvid, en mastig sockercbock. Varje spår för sig är bra men ihop too much Svag tvåa
Kul då. Har åldrats dåligt. Hade varit bättre instrumentalt.
Lättviktig pop. Det här ger mig ingenting. Svag tvåa.
Mid
Had some bops at the beginning, but I lost interest the longer it went on. That said, really interesting to hear this sort of sound from the 2010s that I easily could have placed in the 80s or 90s.
Seemed reasonably interesting at first but then the same problem as all electronic music, the repetitive loops get, well, repetitive and boring.
Not that hot
Ik vond het wel leuk, maar niet heel memorabel.
Exceptionally mid. Maybe fun at times, but I thought this was so uninteresting for the most part. Does not belong on here.
melodic indie is not for me
Mais um disquinho insignificante.
45
I hate electronica, which this record leans pretty heavy into. The record does operate more on the level of “songs” as opposed to “soundscapes” or dance tracks, but it still kinda sucks. The music itself does nothing for me, but the singer's singing also drives me up a wall; not because it's particularly abrasive but because it lacks any real character beyond being subtly feminine...I guess I'm saying that Hot Chip sings like a daggum pussy. 5/10
Very peppy drek.
of montreal adjacent but flatter, less fun, less interesting
Ganska tråkigt
Har inte haft så kul.
Inte riktigt för mig men inte direkt dåligt.
This was a mess. It sounded like a modern take on 80’s new wave. When it was good, it was good and really worked, but when it was bad, it was terrible.
Ooof, the band photo didn’t do these guys any justice, that’s for sure. Here I was thinking they were going to be EMO and 20 seconds in I feel like it’ll be the Pet Shop Boys instead. Rats This is a well done album, sound wise The vocals are a wee bit cheesy. The music can sound a tad bit corny I can see how some people would like this. This could also be another one of those bands that makes their money in the remix category. I feel like some of these songs could be salvaged with the right remix. Until then. I don’t like it but that’s not what completely matters here. It’ll do
++: How Do You Do?, Don't Deny Your Hearts, Flutes, Always Been Your Love +: Night & Day, Now There Is Nothing +-: Motion Sickness, These Chains, Ends of the Earth -: Look at Where We Are, Let Me Be Him 5,4/10
2.7 got old after a whilr
okay
Each song, It seemed like each song was in a video game, but then the singing started and I skipped to the next.
Probably pretty good music if you’re into this kind of stuff. Not my style
No el mejor disco de Hot Chip tbh
cool electronica but it got worse with every song, the first one is the best
I struggled with this. Halfway through I figured I’d give it a 3, but it actually took a downward turn for me from there. I guess this is one of the few so far where I’m pretty far below the global average.
Annoying
So lame. Falls just sort of being a 1. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Listening to this album feels like a circle of toddlers grouped together drooling on their Duplo Lego blocks, atop a color-blocked and faded rug. While nothing is noticeably offensive or harsh on the ears, nothing else is particularly impressive or memorable about this album. The stained-glass-like album cover is visually interesting and does a good job of representing the soundscape of the album. The instruments and progression feel very sanitized and clinical, and combined with the unimpactful vocals, each song was a drag to get through. Put together, I was left feeling bored and sleepy throughout the runtime, with no memorable or standout tracks to point at. I did not latch onto anything in particular, and I was disappointed by the end of its runtime. Actively listening to the project I would struggle to pick out any specific element that impresses me. I would not call it outright bad, though, just definitely not my flavor. I do not foresee myself revisiting this album, but I could actually see in the future my tastes shifting and this being my jam.
There was nothing to this album. Songs that I forgot as soon as they were over. I wouldn't call it bad just meaningless which is the best compliment I can muster. Maybe I expected something joyous or fun, this was neither.
This was just boring. A dance band trying to do grown up music without using guitars - they shouldn't have bothered
I’ve always found hot chip incredibly boring
Happy go lucky tunes, up and coming
I have never heard of them. Electronic music. No real instruments. The male vocalist is not good. The female vocalist is good. I guess it is music you can dance to. No song really stands out. Lots of the songs sound the same. Not very good. Two stars.
I haven’t liked what I’ve heard in the radio and this didn’t change my mind.
80s synth pop, but it feels like the life has been drained out of it and it just becomes...meh. I don't think having the voice bound between your ears, and the strange voice effects (see "Look At Where We Are") contributes to it in any positive way, either.
this was vaguely familiar and i’m not sure why. it was okay in parts
I found this album to just be boring. I don't want to be bored listening to music. Favorite Track - Ends of the Earth Least Favorite Track - Don't Deny Your Heart ⭐️⭐️
"English Electronic," shows up on this list quite often, dont you think?
her?
Could see this being fine in the right setting, but it was a bit boring and long. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
Bland, inoffensive, and totally unmemorable: not qualities that make for an album you must hear before you die. There were faint whispers of hooks here and there but they're like a more modern and boring version of the Pet Shop Boys.
The electronic elements definitely added some interest, but it’s still early 2010s indie which is categorically not good.
This is silly indie synthpop. It can be fun, it can be tiring, it can be useless.
Ah ok, so this is what Hot Chip sounds like (and why I have no memory of it despite inevitably having heard them at some point). There are bits that are good here and there, and I like electronica as a genre quite a lot, so I have no problem with it from that angle. But this record isn't very surprising or interesting to me. Maybe I would prefer their earlier stuff? Wikipedia says they're influenced by Roxy Music and Royal Trux, which I'm kind of baffled by on the basis of this album alone. 2 stars
This one really didn't feel like anything special, I'm afraid.
It's a vibe. Upbeat, poppy, dancey. The lyrics make no sense.
Don’t know this band and this album. Another English band Im unfamiliar with. Synthy indie dance pop/rock. Very 80s-90s inspired electronic dance music. It’s fun. I don’t dislike it. Not sure I would really choose to listen to much of it again. But there are some songs that are less dance heavy I enjoyed. Look At Where We Are is great. As a whole, this feels like elevated pop music, with some heavy synth use. Weird one to rate. I like a lot of it, but kind of doesn’t stand out after a while. There’s certainly a defined sound here and it’s pretty interesting. Somewhere between a 2 and 3. Not my typical music, but it’s fun. One thing for me though, is this essential? Doesn’t seem like a must listen. Something from the early 2010s getting on this list but not a single Vampire Weekend album? The choices of music from 2000s-2010s is sometimes confusing.
It was fine as background music until it really started to piss me off
Been meaning to listen to this one. Hot chip. Lie. Bisexual. Etc. Ok interesting sound. They kinda sound like that parody of 80s European music trying sound English. It's interesting. I'm not sure how I feel. Some gems but a lot of slop as well methinks. Yeah not all that. Favourite: Motion Sickness Least favourite: How Do You Do?
Saw electronica and expected a headache. Wasn't nearly as bad as I was anticipating. There was nothing here that grabbed my attention. Seemed to lose me pretty early during my listens. Felt this was kind of a slow and pretty boring. Wasn't anything obnoxious, like most electronica shit, but just nothing here that would bring me back to this album. 2
This is a pretty uninteresting synthpop record that comes across as a rather wannabe Pet Shop Boys. I didn't fine the music or vocals particularly engaging. Not something I'd bother to play again.
Mostly harmless. Instantly forgettable but not offensive.
New and never - new band, but never listen to again
Average. You can die without hearing this.
Didn't really catch my attention and went on really long.
Man ... the guy who made this list must have played a ton of GTA! Just because a song makes it on one of the most popular video games ever made, doesn't make it a great album. This one started out fine, but then I grew tired of it quickly.
I do not like this genre
2 - not the best
While listening the first song, thought ok, interesting synth-pop? But then it got south rather quick with the quirkyness and had to push through.
I don’t know what to say about this album.
I enjoyed the first song, the rest is bland forgettable stuff.
Review - Very surprised to see this here. It's not a bad album, but it's also not very good and not very interesting. The songs I remember from this band aren't here, and I didn't hear anything that stopped me in my tracks. Their songwriting is based around slowly building up with more and more layers, so I often found songs got good in the last 30+40 seconds which got tiring. I don't know if people need to hear a Hot Chip album, and if they do I doubt it's this one. Rating - 5/10 Need to hear? NO
593/1001 2026.04.15
Some pleasant sounds here and there, but I'm not into this genre at all.
I love hot chip so I was pleased to get to listen to this. It’s not one I’ve listened to before I don’t think and wasn’t my favourite although I did really enjoy ‘flutes’. I think as a band they deserve to be on here but not this album.
This made me want to listen to Erasure. So I did. 2.5
Hmm
Not my scene
Shit chip more like
once again an album which has no meaning on this list
Blind album and artist. I thought the synth melodies were kinda cool but can't carry the album as a whole.
ugh
Highlights: Motion Sickness and Flutes
Pretty bad
Nope
One of those albums I should enjoy more, I typically enjoy albums that heavily use electronic components and blend it with indie rock. I heard moments that reminded me of LCD Soundsystem but without the same level of energy, other times where I was thinking Chromeo but not nearly as fun or smooth. It just never clicked for me and the mixing felt flat and the energy never felt to be anywhere near the level it needs to be. Also, often times the lyrics took me out of it with how lame they were, “Girl, let’s swing it, come on. I don’t got no ABBA, I don’t play no gabba, I like Zap not Zappa, so please quit your jobber jabber” ok dude… I thought I was being overly critical so I listened again and yea, this just isn’t good. 2 stars
No private session used for Spotify. Electronic music isn't normally my thing. I generally only like it there is something really interesting going on musically, there isn't anything going on that is interesting. It's bland as English cuisine. AI could have written all this crap, but it probably would have come up with more interesting lyrics. Excessive use of the word "baby" try using one of the computers you used to create this pile and look up synonyms for that word.
Dull. Sounds like the latest Kyle Sandilands discovery. I guess it’s good to make sure your skip button works. 1.5.
I've always had the thought that they spent too long listening to OMD. When they are good they are great such as Over and Over and Motion Sickness on this record. Other than that it is a bit samey. Pleasant but nothing exciting.
Once again, not a genre I really like or listen to. I don't hate this but it doesn't do a lot for me. I don't really consider this album or even this band "essential" listening, but maybe I'm just not British enough. I did actually see part of these guys' set at Bonnaroo but I remember almost nothing about it or them. In my defense, it was nearly 20 years ago. I liked "Look At Where We Are" OK, probably because it has discernible guitars. This would get 2.5 from me. It was OK.
The vibe is dance pop synth 80s, not the worst album I’ve ever heard, but I won’t listen to it again unless I have to
The microwave popcorn of music. Not very good and leaves you wishing for better popcorn.
idk what this is man
groovy but tortured
2.25. It isn’t as repetitive as some of the other synt/electronica on this list so far but it also doesn’t really feel like anything at all
This is enjoyable... but is the band friends with the author of the 1001 project?! Why is this here? "Enjoyable" isn't enough to be considered an albums I must listen to before I die. For reference, In Our Heads received *generally* positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 40 reviews. This is hardly high praise. And in England, their home country, this album only made it to #14 on the charts. Not that charts are everything (see The Velvet Underground as a counterexample) but in general, they usually say something worthwhile. I see that this was the #1 dance album in multiple countries, including the US. Maybe that's why it's here? But even as far as dance music goes, it's not special. It's good, but not great. It's enjoyable, but it doesn't belong here. 2 stars.
(3/7) music for retail shopping in a store that sells weird clothes
This album is fine, though it doesn't even include their banger "Over and Over". It's electronic music for people who are a tad scared to tackle anything that might be a bit more challenging. Fair enough, nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing on here that you need to hear before you die. There are hooks but nothing special; it's all easily digestible. No need for this to be on the list. Best Tracks: Motion Sickness; Look At Where We Are; Flutes
It was ok.
This album is soooo 2012 (I don't think it's in a good way).
It was fine. Nothing I ever need to hear again. There’s much better Indie Rock music out there. It was kind of boring.
i dont mind it too much!
Now this is some synth noodling
Nope
Safe and squeaky clean. Sometimes to a fault. I'm not mad at any part of this album, but I'm certainly not inspired, moved, or overly impressed. What does frustrate me is the context of this albums addition, and the omission of a whole genres worth of music. In the states, EDM and electro-pop we're absolutely running wild at the time of this albums release. Like, 2012 specifically was a generational year. Yet there's just none of that on here. It was such a distinct sound and period of time, it was so pervasive at least in the states, surely it was around the world too. Sadly I will not remember a song from this project. They're all one homogenized safety blanket. Put it on in a department store and go next 2/5 I'd rather listen to aged, dated, cheesy music from 2012 that had some real intensity to it
Wow that was boring! No way this belongs on this list.
The Good: We get hot chips with dip… we hope! The Bad: The chips are bland… The Ugly: The mold on the dip… Never heard of this band before, probably because I am no big fan of EDM and when this album came out I was more busy with other things… Reading the commentaries, I have to agree that this album might have made a little more impact had it been released 30 years sooner… hence the mold on the dip… what? I have to explain my stupid humor now too? Anyway, never going to listen to this again, though I did have to play the first two songs again to see if, maybe, I was going to change my mind as to what score I would give this album… 2* for not sucking massively
I don't want to say that this album does NOT belong on a list of 1001 albums I had to hear before I die, because what I've discovered as I have passed the 500 album mark is that after a a certain point (my own guess would be about 200), the selection process becomes so random and/or subjective that blindfolding 800 or so monkeys and having them stick pins into a gigantic list of every album ever released is likely to produce results just as valid as what appears on the actual list. If you listen to the tracks on YouTube, there are a couple of pretty interesting videos at least.
What 5 years without new Daft Punk did to a motherfucker
Eat hot chip and lie
hello??
I'm not sure I like electronic rock more than I like normal electronic music. In our increasingly digital world it feels like everything is being made with machines, computers, etc. Am I a cumurdgeon? I suppose.
Nice upbeat sound, and music. Thanks for the introduction.
I find most synth-pop pretty thin but take out the vocals and this could be fucking hold music.
Opener was a really great song that I thought would set the tone. It's clear that these guys don't do ballads really well. The lyrics were kind of distractingly bad, as well. The entire thing is pretty generic following that opener, too. I didn't hate what I was listening to but was very unimpressed.
2.5
Early millennial synth pop.
1 stern
Cool instrumentation hampered by a samey, uninteresting vocal performance that is very much a product of its time. This particular subcategory of the über broad “alternative” genre feels very much not for me. And of course they’re fucking British. I dunno. It’s like trying to be Daft Punk, Passion Pit, Two Door Cinema Club, and The xx all at once. I don’t feel convinced. It doesn’t weave any of those threads particularly well, but I could see the appeal for people who want alt music that sounds sort of like soft house music.
Accidentally had Repeat turned on so it cycled through about 1.5x times. I wasn’t bothered by this, so that’s good. But I also didn’t notice that I’d literally just listened to it so that’s less good.
Dit is echt een sound die alleen maar door upperclass Britse gasten in 2006 gemaakt kan worden. Beetje nikszeggend. Vraag me af waar de keuze voor dit album in deze lijst op gebaseerd is. Niet gebaseerd in ieder geval.
Somehow vermoeiend om naar te luisteren. Zangstem is niet fijn om te horen. Deze band klinkt als een ongeïnspireerde samenkomst van al hun invloeden
Luisterbare popliedjes in een Britse indie-elektronica jas. Niet heel exciting, maar ook zeker niet slecht. Betere vocals hadden misschien wel geholpen. Edit: dit duurt echt een kwartier langer dan het had moeten duren. En dan zijn er ook nog dotan-achtige gang vocals achterop de plaat. -1
The British slant to this entire list is wearing on me. "One of Britain's most beloved electronic bands..." is how the write up begins. I've tried them in the past, just never stuck. The album has a ton of listens on Spotify, with the weakest song still getting over 1.5M listens. It's all pleasant but it all kind of sounds the same. Nothing groundbreaking, no radio hits (in the US at least), VERY average vocals, it sounds a bit dated 15 yrs later (sounds late 90's), decent beats but just nothing special. "Don't Deny Your Heart" and "These Chains" blow. "Look At Where We Are" (18M listens) is nice, mellow, but I'll likely never listen to it again. "Night And Day" was just annoying. "Flutes" is the 'hit' at 29M listens - again, very average, I didn't enjoy the 7 minutes of overkill though. "Now There Is Nothing" is a painfully bad McCartney imitation. I was tired at the end of the final song, it was a struggle to get through. Try Deathcab For Cutie if you want drone vocals with more of a hook and less reliance on keyboard melody's that gets looped until you can't take it anymore. 2 stars and that's generous. I'm glad I don't live in England and am forced to listen to all these average bands who everyone loves but actually suck.
Nope
meh, always been your love was alright
98/1001 First listen. Nothing is catching my ear on this one. Unremarkable. Unmemorable. 4/10
“Look at Where We Are” and “Flute” stand out, but the rest didn’t hit as hard. Disc 2 of the Expanded Edition clicked more for me.
Not my bag
I am done with these types of albums being on this list. These types of bands do not seem to have real musical talent.
Rather baffling
These little wankers have nothing important to say, nothing important to contribute musically, and frankly just wasted 56 minutes of my life. This was kinda just trash.
so this came out in 2012? huh, could have fooled me-sounds like early 80's techno. boring.
eh... I feel like this sounded very generic with not a lot of real hooks or substance. I forgot I was even listening to this in the middle. 2/5
Pass.
It wasn't a bad album, but I can't say much about it, as I have no opinion about this synth pop album. It was kind of background music, simplistic and forgettable. The album cover is really nice.
Definition of meh
they suck
Not for me, dog Flutes and How Do You Do? are all-timers but there's so many skips... how did this make the list?
Motion Sickness ✅✅
no thanks
Warm, lightly playful electronic grooves built from rubbery synth lines, soft-focus keyboard chords, crisp programmed drums, and woven-in, lightly processed vocals that melt into the textures move this synth-pop/electro-pop album like a neon sign flickering in the evening heat—bright and inviting at first glance, but most likely broken and uninviting.
Not sure why this one’s on the list.
I did be my best. I don’t like electronic music
Not really up my alley, but is an easy background listen and is genuinely a pretty smooth sounding album
I laughed when I saw this was my album today. Hot Chip, really? Why is there so much bad electronica on this list? There is nothing new or innovative going on here. I remember thinking Night & Day was okay when it came out, but it hasn't aged well.
Can't tell whether I'm bored or just indifferent to this band. I don't enjoy a fair amount of albums on this list but at least I kind of understand why they are here. I don't understand why this is here.
This has a few very good tracks but A LOT of filler. In particular, the slower songs really drag and add nothing to the album. Somewhere in here there's a snappy, upbeat 35 minute indie/electronica album, but unfortunately the bloat was not cut out. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing
Just not my sort of thing. Hard to understand why this has been included in the 1001
*2012. Synth pop/electronica. *Strange, like a combo of house music with alternative. *Too electronic for me, but some cool underlying music if you take out the weird sounds and synth. RATING - 5/10
Unremarkable in every way.
mid
You know when I started this thing I figured I would get some amazing records. I thought I would get some long forgotten gem from the 60s or 70s that some DJ sampled in the 90s. Or perhaps a lost classic country artist with a tragic tale. Sadly, no. They're giving me shit like this and Kanye West and Ryan Adams. I sincerely mean no offense to those artists, but in 100+ years of recorded music I expect more essential listening than something from 12 years ago. These have all been good albums, just not ones that I needed to hear before I die. So, Hot Chip. This is not my thing. I'm sure it's a good album for people who are into this kind of music. I'm not. Not really. I dunno, maybe I am and I just didn't like this album. Bottom line, it's fine. Just not for me.
I only know Hot Chip from their singles This was a bit of a disappointment as it was a lot less playful and a lot more pedestrian than something like over and over or Ready for the Floor
Who are Hot Chip? After that album, I'm not really sure. Properly inoffensive, decently-made, electronica/pop. Didn't really stir any emotion from me. Hadn't noticed the album had looped back, and gone well beyond, the beginning. In Our Heads - more like, Not In My Head. Right?
Not a bad album by any means, I do like Hot Chip - but there is absolutely no way this is a essential album that you MUST hear.
Just indifferent.
Well, that was a bland and boring experience. I wonder why the author chose to include this album in the 1001. It's certainly hard to see why I really needed to listen to it, but since I did, I know enough to limit the number of stars to just two.
the synth going on in track 2 is kinda crazy fun (I really liked motion sickness) I do hear the 2012 energy but the synth makes it sound older. in "look at where we are " i lowkey thought it was Laufey (I really don't know why), but no it was a man. (I do like it though). track 5 sounds like the opening of a charli xcx beat. not really a fan of this one. track 6 is also weird and sexual and I don't like track 7 either. "now there is nothing" is kind of a older 60s (beatles??) melody and I do like it better and it's different from tracks 5-7 and more like the opening tracks. The overly synth-y stuff is not my cup of tea :/ "let me be him" is better fs but I kept wanting to skip in songs and 56 minutes is too long for this type of album. "always been your love" is also another melody I like more because it's less synth heavy and I like the duet. probably rate it like a 6/10 or like 2/5. not bad but probably wouldnt listen to more than the 3 songs I liked...
pet shop boys for the terminally straight
I’d be lying if I said this didn’t have me nostalgic for the early 2010s. However it also reminded me of some bad genre mashing that happened at the time.
FIFA core
Listenable but not my thing.
First two songs seemed mildly interesting but ultimately forgettable. From there things got more memorable, but in the wrong way. Anyone listening to music in the 1980s would recognize how derivative this music is, so I can’t even give credit for inventiveness. This is really mediocre stuff overall. I’ve been able to see why nearly every album I’ve gotten is on this list. This one is a mystery to me.
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New Order called and would like their whole deal back. Scritti Politti is on line two.
too old-fashioned for my taste, though it came out in 2019 it sounds like pop from 1980s, not in a good way
Oh boy. Another unknown British group from the early 2000’s… what a surprise.
I try to listen to every song on all the albums I listen to but I had to skip multiple songs off of this. This is just boring. Glass Animals and The Knife did it better. 0 reason this should have been included. Only reason I’m giving it 2 stars instead of one is that it’s not offensively bad.
not much for this... listened to it yesterday and already kinda forgot it...
Kann mich schon jetzt gar nicht mehr daran erinnern. Keine Ahnung, war wohl ok.
Listened Before? N The sheer amount of 2000 and later British electronic music on this list is uncalled for. That being said, this one isn't terrible. At least the songs are (mostly) reasonably short and have coherent lyrics. Not sure why it belongs here though. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Don't Deny Your Heart
+production +dreamlike +cool to hear how they make a beat from scratch +a lot do songs are walking the fine line between being too busy and being unique which is impressive -some songs are overproduced -lyrics -repetitive
sad robot music
I’ve heard worse
Kinda reminds me of New Order. Liked some of the songs. I definitely feel like the five star rating system is limiting me here because I like this more than other records I have given a 2 but less than most of my 3s.
Not a band I am familiar with. They gotta sound, but not one that grabs me.
Hot chip sucks.
Left me thinking does the world need another Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. I think probably not. It's not offensive, just a bit bland.
Marge, I’m confused. Is this a good album or a crappy album? It’s an album. That’s enough. 2.5⭐️
Started out new and fresh but got tiresome after a while.
Just another electropop album for background music in restrooms of clubs
/biggest goddamn eyeroll you've ever seen /wanking motion /weary sigh
Mwa mwa some good songs but not my favorite
Tepid fast fast shopping music.
They sound like a Great Value Erasure or Yazoo. I'm not hearing anything new or interesting. Pitchfork: 8.0 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Flutes
Not for me
Middlin electro pop from a band that does not belong on the list. I hope it’s not the last album that I hear before I die.
Cover 6 Electronic? Pop? It sounds very 80s and 90s R&B and pop boy band influenced. Despite they're having four members, it sounds pretty simplistic. Probably could have gotten away with just two members. It's not that bad really. It's like boiled chicken. Or unseasoned... anything. I don't hate it, but why? I guess I just don't care.
Hot Chip: the food = delicious Hot Chip: the band = unsatisfying
Bit repetitive
Cool. More recent UK techno. 2/5
..very poppy- not for me despite the fact I like electronic sounds
Hipster Cafe music
This isn't my thing, and it just doesn't do anything for me.
I thought this was going to be Metronomy, but it was slightly more pop than them, without such catchy tunes. I thought it was the the band that puts more effort into the music videos than the music, but that was OK GO! It wasn't unpleasant, but it just sounded like generic café background music really.
I always thought Hot Chip were a comedy band, no idea where I got that from. This album feels like it was made for gyms and exercise classes. "Let's sweat, let's sweat... come on ladies, keep moving, it's only your fat crying!"
I do not like Hot Chip. I do not like tinny synth. I do not like the vocals. I did not like this style of eighties music and i appreciate bad attempts to revisit it even less. That all said there has been much worse than this on the list, so it would feel harsh to give it 1/5
Meh, just electronic music from the 2010's. Electronic got pretty mellow in the 2010's and became more mainstream and really started adding lyrics. I like the lyrics and I like the mellow. But this doesn't grab me or make me feel it is different, unique or pushing anything. Then you add the length of some of the songs...it just felt like we were repeating over and over this mellow vibe that didn't really enhance songs, just made them drag. Its just kind of there. I have had some way worse 2's but this just doesn't make me interested in this band at all.
I guess it is ok, just not my favorite type of music.
Exactly the sort of electronica I don't like - it's lazy and weak. Some good sound design doesn't fix the lameness of the songs and the singing.
not bad
not to my taste. also, a lot of the songs sounded too similar
There are some fun songs on here but not enough to go back to this album. 4/10
not interesting at all, very flat, fits a very primitive taste, "always been your love" is not that bad.
The vocals didn't work for me.
I'm beginning to feel very dubious of the "experts" who selected these 1001 albums.
It was mostly fine, but that’s about all I’ve got
I didn't hate it, but I don't think I particularly liked it, either. No idea why this is on the list.
I think if this album came out 3 years earlier, it would have been big. Unfortunately, it’s just a worse version of MGMT with everything else bad about indie-electronic pop of the time. Foster the People’s debut album isn’t on this god-awful list but this random-ass, no impact having, generic album is?
Groupe inconnu. Musique d'ambiance pas désagréable, mais peu intéressante. Les morceaux sont longs et répétitifs. J'ai quand même apprécié 'Night and Day' (le riff m'a fait donné envie d'écouter plus attentivement), ce qui évite à cet album la note minimale. Pas de seconde écoute pour moi. =>2/5
Highlight: Flutes In a nutshell: Copy-paste Gotta hand it to Hot Chip for being sonically consistent on here. But it is lacking something that earlier albums like One Life Stand and The Warning had. What’s the word…Magnetism? Rizz? Allure? Overall: 3/10
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Gar nicht so hot dieser Chip.
Electronica isn't really my thing, but this wasn't as bad as some others I've had to listen to for this list
Was bored. High two?
Zu britisch und intensiv
I liked this whole album while walking and running. It surprised me.
Virkelig neget synth
Not really my thing, but not awful.
Nothing special but each song did start out differently. Wasn't the same sound throughout.
Just not a fan of synth-pop. Decently put together but not for me.
Decently listenable. Parts reminded me of what a Club Med might play during a guest pool party/limbo contest. You can dig it with enough rum punch.
This definitely suffered from me listening to it right after megadeath. Seemed pretty boring.
Strong 2012 energy.If I was a 30+ year old dude on a party in the suburbs of London in my hot H&M costume, maybe I’d enjoy it, but not now.
This is a chill album, but it's so inoffensive I couldn't fully get in to it. I felt like the group was afraid to actually do anything interesting and step outside the box here. So the end result is a lot of the same from start to finish
Mid
I’m all good for a Hot Chip in a mix but a whole album is a bit much and longer album length didn’t help. Still a fun listen just won’t be rushing back
it was fine, wasnt great wasnt bad. wont listen again.
Oh boy, it's time for another 2010s album. The entire album has the same manufactured electronic beat, and it often feels like listening to the same song over, and over. It definitely has its fun moments, but at the end of the day, it's a 2010s album. Favorite Track: "Now There Is Nothing".
It's not offensive, or grinding, or jarring, or even bad in anyway. It's just nothingness really. It's like a bland Erasure - and I actually quite like Erasure in small doses. I could imagine this is on a semi-permanent rotation in some hipster coffee-shop in Hoxton or the like. I made it all the way through so it is 2 stars.
I don’t know why, but I tried too hard to like this. But, I’m left with the same ambivalence as I feel whenever I’ve come across them before. I’m mildly entertained for about 10 minutes then quickly lose interest.
I have this issue with Hot Chip where the first song I heard from them is their big hit single, and then I feel like the entire rest of their discography just doesn't really sound like that. Also, it's frustrating to me when I hear dance music for the first time where they used what I think are female vocals and I go to listen to the group and it was just that I was bamboozled and/or sometimes they used female vocal samples for one (1) song and the rest of their music doesn't.
Suenan muy bien, los conocía y es interesante esa música de baile machacona que suena a electrónica, pero es alógica. Me guardo en favoritos "Ends of the Earth" y le doy 2 estrellas porque tampoco es que sea una locura de álbum.
Post-2000s Brit synth-pop—now that’s something I wanted to be excited about. I’ve definitely heard worse, but nothing really grabbed me, and I lost interest halfway through listening.
Didn't like the lead singer's voice. Most of the music felt generic. There were a couple of tracks that hit a good groove.
No. I really struggled with this one. Songs are way too long. Nothing interesting happens. It is like electronica mixed with indie. Modern, over produced trash. I mean, it's not bad, but I just....don't care..... Favourite songs: Flutes, Motion Sickness Least favorite songs: I don't know....it all sounded like the same over produced shit to me... 2/5