In Our Heads

Some songs are fine, others a bit too meh. Nothing really grabbed me

I've never quite gelled with Hot Chip's sound, though it contains most of the elements I'd typically be into. Something just doesn't quite work for me. But it was a decent listen at least for the first half.

Elektronische Musik. Klingt alles gleich.

It’s microwave meal music, gives you the calories and claims to be real meal but is actually beige paste. Music that the health and safety police have gotten to and in the 21st century passed as safe with all the sharp edges safely removed. It’s dull, featureless and plain tiresome. Is this the height of music that needs to be heard in 2010s? It’s not bad it’s not good it’s straight down the middle washed out. It does nothing, new, existing or anything. Does it really need to be heard, why? I Accept I'm not a connoisseur of music from this time but is this really the best it had to represent it, What does it offer, what?, bland, unimaginative and middle of the road bedroom pop. 2 Star,

Owl City did it better

It’s ok. Like yesterday an instrumental would be nice

"Look at Where We Are" and "Now There Is Nothing" are solid. I can do without the rest. 2.5/5

Another day, another boring album that according to this list I have to listen to before I die. Pass. Just so much more boring electro-pop that is better suited to backing music in a some expensive club; the kind that I dislike and never go to anymore and didn't like it when I did when I was younger. At least it's not some nails on the chalkboard random punk group that happened to be the shitty starting group of some moderately famous lead man or guitarist. But it's like Sabrina Carpenter: plastic, tastes like cardboard, and fake. Next album please. I think...

Hard to rate this one. Bounces all over the place. Motion Sickness starts it out, it's annoying and repetitive. As are Don't Deny Your Heart, Night And Day, Flutes, and Let Me Be Him. How Do You Do, Now There Is Nothing, Ends Of The Earth, and Always Been Your Love are ok. These Chains is pretty good. And then there's Look At Where We Are. If Hot Chip stopped making electronica and moved to RnB, they're crush it. This was fun and smooth, great song. Overall the album is hard to give a single number to, but with so much to slog through to get to the good parts, I had to go with a 2. Best song: Look At Where We Are

Hummm. Not much original here. Kind of like the Pet Shop Boys? Maybe? Not very interesting.

So there's of course a difference between music you don't necessarily like and music you can appreciate for its influence and progression - but what about an act like this? It's not *bad* in any way, and actually kinda boppy in some moments but for 2012 - isn't this just re-repackaged Pet Shop Boys or even a lighter New Order? Sure it's kind of nice at times, but I didn't really remember anything after I was done other than the music being almost entirely emotionless and completely vapid insipid nothingness to the lyrics. Which all may be the point. I don't know... I don't want to gatekeep and state "oh if it's not influential or entirely original then why is it here" because we'd have a list of about 75 albums but as roughly the 823rd mostly-unknown British album on the list I'd be feeling more generous if these guys were, say, Albanian or Thai or somewhere else not exposed to oh EVERY 80s SYNTH BAND EVER. Ehhh I tried again and made it through about 5 songs and then really got tired of it. If you really really miss or like the 80s (and who doesn't ...) and emo/synthy/pop Benneton turtle neck pastel styles, skinny belts, and reliving The Breakfast Club this is your perfect jam. No judgement at all. 5/10 2 stars.

Was it 1 track for 53 minutes?

Nothing impressive. Not bad but not something I'd chose to listen to again.

Not my thing. A couple of songs by the end did intrigue me more than the others. Still, would not listen again

Pleasant but nothing memorable

Somewhat fun and certainly bouncy, but mostly trifling, despite the alleged ballast of Eastern mysticism.

Combo of the worst parts of 80s synth with early 2000s indie. Absolutely hated the vocals.

This is kind of nice pop, it's fine, but I'm not totally sure what it's for. It's this odd mix of melancholy, slightly monotone vocals with upbeat disco. Relative to the other monotone-vocals bands from that time like The National (it truly was a genre back then, maybe two genres if you distinguish the ironic-monotone from the that's-what-my-voice-sounds-like monotone), it's just not quite brilliant enough to be really noteworthy. And obviously if you actually want to dance you'd never put this on, it's strictly a pantomime of actual dance music. "The Warning" came out when I was in college and I listened to it quite a bit at the time. By 2012 I'd kind of moved on though, so never listened to this. I think there was better stuff made at that time (although this is when it started drying up) and I probably wouldn't put it on again.

There is nothing especially revolutionary on In Our Heads. I've heard Kraftwerk and Human League already so in fact I could have died without having heard Hot Chip.

Ihan on vekkulia musisointia, mutta en toiste lähtisi kuuntelemaan.

Boring insipid Synth-Pop Dance music.

This is #day203 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... I feel nothing when listening to this album. Aside from boredom and irritation, maybe. So, we're back to square one, not understanding how stuff like this makes it to the list... Some valueless, bland bleep-bloop mess. It's criminally long to boot. I'm being generous and giving it a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day204.

Its some cool dance music. It isn't my thing, but it is a nice change of pace. It's upbeat, it's electronic. It would keep people moving at a club. I did a smidge of research on the book, and I am a bit concerned and a bit disappointed that this list is super white, super 65-75 based. I had been giving them credit for a wide variety of music. I will be curious to see where it goes.

Not horrible at all, just a bit boring and safe. I can’t imagine ever wanting to play this again, so it’s a 2.

Boring and bland electronic pop. 2/5

What a horrendously bland album. I can’t believe they’d had 5 albums by 2012. It sounds exactly the same as anything else I’d heard by them.

I expected more based on their Spotify bio.

When I read the Wikipedia entry for this album, I was pretty sure I wouldn't like it........I was right.

really did not feel like I needed to listen to this before I died

More house and dance. Meh.

boring

For the first time in a while I seem to have lost my review. I didn't have a lot written so it's not a big loss. It feels apt that this is from a group called Hot Chip given how much it cools off and gets kinda stale over time. I suppose this one is lost on me in terms of both a majority of its songs as well as its significance & cultural impact. A majority of the wikipedia summary for this thing talks more about the ways it was distributed more than anything. Highlights: Don't Deny Your Heart

Maso

Dancefloor music from 2012.

Wanky

Broke millennial version of the Chemical Brothers

I understand *why* this is on the list - it has that English new wave feeling that the author can't seem to get enough of, but it doesn't belong on any kind of "best of" list anywhere.

I don't think this should be on the list but it isn't incompetent. Not coming back but it could've been worse.

Parts of this felt like Of Montreal. But it got grating very quickly.

If this album was food, it would be vanilla ice cream. Not the fancy homemade one with real Madagascar vanilla, but the 1.5 pound-a-tub supermarket variety. Do I enjoy such ice cream? Well yes, even bad ice cream is good! But it won't win any Michelin stars. In the same vain, this album doesn't sound bad. Very inoffensive electronic-based songs. But if you told be this was AI generated I'd believe it. It's just very bland, I can see no reason to play this record either for a critical listen or as background music. If this was made in the 1960's I could see why it ended up in the list, but in the 2010's? I'll give it a 2*; a 1* would be if it met all of the above but also sounded bad.

More like reheated chips. Fairly unremarkable retreads of 80's synth bands a la New Order, Erasure, Depeche Mode et al, only not quite as good and emptier. Still, it was pleasantly inoffensive music to listen to while weeding the greenhouse. And I discovered where thosev sneaky chickens had been laying their eggs recently. Unfortunately they were well past their use-by date, a lot like Hot Chip.

Something about this feels oddly soulless. There are some nice overlapping instruments, particularly involving string instruments and synths, but it's very artificial. Even the singing feels kind of empty. I'm also not a big fan of the melodies here, which are at once slow-moving and very difficult to catch onto properly. The chords are kind of weird and don't make it easy for the (vocal) melody to be catchy or singable – at least, upon a first listen. Maybe the music on In Our Heads ages like wine upon relistening, but I doubt I'll be giving it that second chance. The music wasn't entirely bad. There were a few musical ideas that caught my attention, particularly in the tracks Motion Sickness, These Chains, and Flutes. (Phoebe Bridgers pulled off the former much more convincingly though.) There are some fun guitar and synths arpeggios in these tracks that are significantly better-sounding with the wacky chord progressions than the singing generally was. The track Night And Day is almost nightclub-esque, although it has a heavy retro/80s vibe that separates it from the more 2000s-esque remainder of the album. 2/5 Key tracks: Flutes, Motion Sickness, Night And Day

First time listening to this. Kind of boring.

Má své okamžiky, jinak hudba k nakupování, jako album, nezáživné

Maybe it's because this album is fairly new compared to most of this list, but it already feels dated. It came out when bands like Alt-J, Foster The People, and Two Door Cinema Club were at their peak, and honestly, I'd rather listen to their music. In Our Heads feels like generic hipster (and I mean the original millennial hipster) electro-pop. I want to be clear. I don't think this album is bad, but there were much better albums in this genre to pick. Best Songs: Flutes, Night And Day, Worst Songs: Look At Where We Are, These Chains

Hot Load of Shit more like

#356. This one is tiresome and a bit difficult to get through. 2/5: no

It was ok, but gave me no reason to listen to it ever again.

Some of the songs have an OK hook, all the songs go on longer than I'd have liked. Overall not for me at all

Repetitive English nonsense, trying to be "cool" and "out-there", but sounding like what a suburban accountant thinks dance music sounds like

This bored me. Definitely not my cup of tea.

I sincerely hope that when they said "eat hot chip and lie" they weren't talking about this one, because it really isn't all that good. Many of the songs on here have interesting concepts they delve into but ultimately fall just short of retaining that interesting nature. Songs like Don't Deny Your Heart with it's very 80s influence totally clash with These Chains' and Night and Day's synth-pop style. Much of this sounds like baby's first synth-pop. Highlights were Don't Deny Your Heart and Flutes

I have heard of this band but had never listened to them until now. I found this to be a relatively bland indietronica album. The light synths and at times delicate vocals made this fade into the background for me. The drums also don’t pack enough of a punch to energize everything else. Favorite track was Flutes.

Insultingly bland

Night and Day sucks.

Я ебал это слушать честно говоря. Выдохся ближе к второй сотне.

Great start- I really enjoyed the metric modulation / rhythmic ambiguity that started track 1, it was a fun way of keeping me on my toes and questioning where the "1" was, and I was hoping for more of it throughout the song but never got it. I feel like I didn't mind the song (and following songs) being on in the background and bopping around, but these tracks really feel like they lack substance. There's just something missing, or they are just short of doing something that really impresses me. I almost want it to be instrumental because when the synths take lead parts my ears start to perk up and listen more intently. Listening to this makes me feel like I'm hearing some watered down LCD Soundsystem. It's really that got early 2010's college synth indie sound that was so prevalent then, but unfortunately this sounds kind of forgettable compared to the bigger acts from that time period. "Flutes" was cool, it's got some fun rhythms in there and doesn't feel like it's in a rush to go somewhere, which I really appreciate from this kind of music. It's the idea of a band saying "yea we have all of this fun bottled up energy that you are going to want and you're going to want to move to, but you're going to have to wait to get it." Man the vocals pull me out of it though. All of the mystery is ripped out of the track by the end. I might like this more if I listen at some other point but right now I am frustrated that it was close to something that I would really like but whenever it had a chance to go in a direction that I didn't want, they took that chance.

p933. 2012. 2 stars. Insipid Brit electro pop. Well done of its kind, but totally unremarkable, and it definitely outstays its welcome. Not essential listening.

A few tracks have that daft punk quality where they repetitive yet catchy. But all together their sound just isn't original to me. If this album came out in the 90s I would be more impressed. Also, every song was WAY too long. Maybe it's a European thing.

This is a combination of mostly dance/electronic tracks you could hear at a party and the music that plays 24/7 at gyms. I liked the few indie-y songs with the switchups more Standout: Now There Is Nothing

it's electronica but it's not kid rock 1.5 stars

Boring

Electronic dance music. Boring. Stand-out: Now There Is Nothing

Not unpleasant, just nondescript. I wouldn't recognise any of this if I ever heard it again.

One of those ones where I can't criticize, but is 100% not for me.

Boring… Is it actually composed tracks? IT sounds more like a DJ-electronic lounge set

I liked a few songs on here. Maybe I'll listen to this again to see if I like it more or less.

More Brit electro pop. This did nothing for me but I guess there’s an audience for it being that there’s so much of it on this list.

Hot Chip's 2012 release "In Our Heads" offers a mixed bag of electro-pop tunes that fail to fully captivate. While the British group's signature blend of danceable beats and quirky synths is present, the album lacks the consistent spark of their earlier work. Standout tracks like "Motion Sickness" and "Flutes" showcase the band's ability to craft catchy, layered electronic compositions. However, much of the album feels formulaic and lacks the innovation fans might expect. The production is polished, but at times, this comes at the expense of the raw energy that made Hot Chip's previous efforts so compelling. Lyrically, the album touches on themes of love and relationships, but often in a way that feels disconnected or overly abstract. While die-hard fans may find moments to appreciate, "In Our Heads" ultimately fails to leave a lasting impression, resulting in a middling entry in Hot Chip's discography.

You can add "alternative dance" to the list of genres I have zero interest in.

i don’t think this album was Bad by any means but i just didn’t really vibe with any of it

boring

It's exactly this kind of bland, middle of the road indietronica that made the 2010's so musically forgettable.

Look At Where We Are These Chains Let Me Be Him Little too much techno feel and wasn’t a fan of the out of key singing here and there. Not too shabby tho. Has some catchy tunes and dancing vibes to it

Not for me. Not my type of thing as it is but found it not very memorable and a bit dull.

I really tried with Hot Chip. Their single and video “I Feel Better” was really fun and stupid (and also not on this album). But I haven’t enjoyed anything else I’ve heard from them. It’s got all the right ingredients but it just doesn’t work for me. To quote Pablo Francisco “I love spaghetti but it’s got shit on it!”

Maybe I'm just not in the mood for it this morning, but I'm not feeling this album. Just background noise, and nothing I would wish on anyone else as an album they "must hear before they die." 2/5

decent but wont seek out again

2.5 stars - meh

not my thing.

This wasn’t bad, wasn’t good. It was just there.

Mischung aus Synth-Pop, Dance und Indie. Aber keine Gute. Gefällt mir gar nicht.

This sort of trendy cool electro indie isn't really my thing. Still enjoyed listening to this though

I haven't heard of this band so I didn't know what to expect, but I kinda expected dance (judging by the cover). I'm not a big fan of dance music, but this has something else It's a fun listen sans dancing, but I tired of it by the end.

# 205 : It was like listening to nothing, I don't love it. I don't hate it, it is ok if kind of dull. Nothing stood out and I wouldn't go back to these guys voluntarily

Melko joutavaa

I took time off from this listening project to have emergency abdominal surgery, and I'm wondering if my exploding gall bladder was surreptitiously helping me postpone listening to this album. It was released in 2012, but it sounds like mid-80s. Voices are nice, instruments and computers are well played, and production is as clean as can be, but it really doesn't do much for me. DON'T DENY YOUR HEART is an okay song (I wonder what it would sound like in another genre); if you found yourself drunk on a crowded dance floor, it'd be a great song. I guess that's what most of the album is designed for, so I can't fault it for fulfilling its destiny. I bet it gets a lot of play at weddings and reunions in the UK. The slow song, LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, sounds vaguely like a throwaway song by 10cc. I'd rather be listening to 10cc. Overall, it's neither good nor bad, but it's way too long, so I give it ⭐⭐. ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 48 🎧 LPs left to review: 953 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 11 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 16 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 12

Zurück in die 80er, Pet Shop Boys Feeling... aber nur kurz, auf Dauer zu eintönig. Schade.

I was prepared to hate this just based on the genre, but I didn't mind the instrumental part at all. If I'm being fair, a lot of the backing tracks sounded like they could have been popular songs on the radio when this came out and even today - as long as someone else was writing and recording the vocals. That's where they lost me. There were a few songs that sounded like they could be Justin Timberlake or Bruno Mars tracks - but instead of selling them to artists like that who could have done something with them, these guys wrote weird lyrics and sung them poorly.

A bit distracted in the office but didn't grab me.

At times I sorta enjoyed the chill indietronic sound, but probably more of the time I was bored Favorite track?: “Now there is Nothing” I know I would’ve rated this lower 2 years ago Torn between 2 and 2.5

Not really my thing to be honest

They have far better albums than this one, in my opinion.

ehh...2/5

Sounds like it was made in the 80s. That's not a compliment. Also, the singer's voice is annoying. Blah.

Becoming disillusioned with this project. Most of the albums have been crap. There have been several that I would have given negative ratings for if I could have. This particular one isn't horrid but it's not a group that I would listen to again.

Just don’t rate hot chip at all, album isn’t cohesive and their Melodie’s don’t slap

First couple of songs sound experimental Next few George Michael -esque Some beegees and some Beatles influence The George Michael tracks save it

A bit boring but I at least managed to listen through it.

It is nice, but it doens´t fulfill me. Trivial. It sounds nice, but I forget it as soon as I stop listening.

This felt a little too optimistic for my natural pessimistic outlook. Why are you so fucking happy? The tweeness got on my tits. I can't work out what the point is. What's the message? Where are you going with this? Back to bed...

Why does it take 90 seconds in the first track for the singing to begin? Then another 40 second break why, just sing your song and move on. Tbh they do most in most of the songs. Each song they could have save a minimum of 30 seconds Realy didn't like the track flutes. It was just a really boring album, but definitely not the worse album on here. And I like the album art

It didn’t do a lot for me. I found the music interesting but didn’t care for the vocals and they kinda ruined a few songs for me. It wasn’t bad though, just not great.

Oh how I wanted to like this. I’m a fan of several songs off Coming on Strong and keep hearing about how much these guys have grown. I keep trying and its just not for me. The opening track got me excited and I added that to a playlist. Then they lost me and never got me back. Its not bad, but its just not for me. Not sure why. Glad I tried this album (I had a similar reaction the The Warning) but sadly, not my jam(s).

I am pretty unfamiliar with this era of indie rock. At the time I was just "getting into" music; you know that phase where you listen to all the standard critically acclaimed stuff. I don't see this album ever becoming one of those; I found it quite forgettable.

Not for me, 1 song I did get a little down with, the rest I was just waiting to end. Will I listen to again: 0%

Pleasant, nothing profound for me. 2/5

hot chip's in our heads is definitely influenced by the eighties synth trend. unlike many artists who try to be inspired by musicians of past decades and become a cookie cutter copy devoid of creativity, i felt an originality in hot chip's style. however, i couldn't help but find myself extremely bored. sure, they put music together, but at what cost? the beats were good, but the lyrics? no. the instrumentation? no. whatever, at least i crossed this one off my list.

eh.

Load of old tosh

uhh not the biggest fan of dance/electronic music so this was not very fun, to be honest i wouldn't even dance to this. this feels like video game music that is super annoying.

So and so.

I like some earlier Hot Chip, but I found this effort mildly annoying, and question its place on the list. If we're talking albums from 2012, I'd nominate either Tame Impala's "Lonerism" or Death Grips' "The Money Store" to take its place. Hell, I'd even take Grimes' "Visions" over this.

I thought I liked this band. I was following them on Spotify. I did not enjoy this album. If I wanted pure dance, I would listen to Underworld, and if I wanted synthpop I would go with Passion Put, as both are better than this. Something about this just rubs me the wrong way, even though it's a genre and sound I would normally be into. Oh well.

Som moderninho meio chato

Generic sounding 2010 pop. The bits that sound like LCD soundsystem are good but I rather listen to LCD…

Nah, not for me. I like my dance music to be more towards the euphoric trance genre, not this approach. Not giving it a 1 because it's not objectively bad, just I don't like it.

its ok...not blown away..sounds like a number of other bands so not sure why this is a "must" listen. Rating: meh

Dance music - no thanks!!!

Hot Chip offer nice, polite electronic pop music. Maybe too nice. The music sounds dated - reminiscent of 80's synth-pop - and harmless. Not one song sticks out from the rest; each merges with the others to form one continuous stream of excessive synthetic pleasantness.

blech. Brit synth-pop that is all saccharine, no sugar.

Cliche and saccharine songwriting. Somewhat interesting and varied production that occasionally leans too heavily into reheated new wave. Vocal performances are a bit mediocre. Nothing here to really make me interested in checking out any more of their discography.

The music varies from "nothing special" to "rather annoying".

This was okay, but it's not for me. 2.5 stars.

Not a huge fan of this one to be honest.

I don't listen to a lot of electronic music so I'm always glad when this project serves up something in that arena to me. There are some decent tracks on this album and I can appreciate the artistry in what they're doing here. I don't feel compelled to come back to it or explore their other music, though -- just a matter of personal preference, that's all.

So what kinda album. Doesn’t offend

It was okay, too electronic for me.

I'm having a really hard time deciding how much I like or dislike this album. It's not bad, but not great? For that, it gets a rating right in the middle 2.5

I've really enjoyed other Hot Chip music, like some of the tracks on the album "The Warning" but this doesn't do much for me at all. The vast majority of the music and lyrics feel so hollow, this isn't helped with the lyrics being so forward in the mix. Nothing connects with me on this album, even the few tracks I thought were okay. I don't really see how this electronic album stuck out to anyone enough to include it on the list. I don't necessarily hate anything on the album, I just find it boring and unneeded. Standout Tracks: Look At Where We Are, Let Me Be Him

Ow gawd, come on, was soll das sein? Die Beatles mit Elektrogefrickel? Hätte eigentlich was werden können, wurde dann aber nichts, vor allem zu lang!

New one for me. Best tracks: Look at Where We Are, Night and Day, 2.5

Another album that makes you question this list.

ugh I remember these guys. Bland, English wuss-pop. The early 2010s were full of this utter shite. Of COURSE Dimery likes it. How does he just continually have an ear for the lamest musical trends of each era? 2/5.

thirty years late

Thought I would like this more than I did

Not sure why this is on this list. It is not awful. It is just there. Sounds like indie music at points but it isn't fully blown indie music.

Jaunty enough, but the equivalent of listening to an ice cream van drive past your house over and over again.

Bit too hipster for my taste.

I actually liked this more than I thought I would, but that’s not saying a whole lot.

Didn't do much for me to be honest

Some good songs but not really my style. I liked the single "Don't deny your heart" as it is more electro-funky.

Al 2006 sonaven molt frescos i eres un plaer estiuenc de primer ordre. Al 2012, quan 'In Our Heads' va ser publicat, ja havien perdut gran part de la seva màgia. Indietronica solvent, però sense punch diferencial. 'Motion Sickness' continua sent un dels seus millors temes, això sí

Bland, sterile baby food music for soft lads.

Was a fine album, enjoyed ‘let me be him’, furled me through a good a workout. Nothing necessarily wrong with it just fairly uninteresting and didn’t do it for me. 2.5

I never really noticed what a dull year 2012 was for music but this is very strong evidence. Boring as fuck. Fiona Apple's the Idler Wheel was released that year, stick that in. David Byrne and St Vincent Love This Giant, that was a cracker, and she's been completely ignored in this book for whatever reason. At least it wasn't Jake Bugg.

This hasn't aged well and I don't have time for this

I'm not saying there's no room in my heart for electro pop. One of Hot Chip's "Fans also like" in spotify is LCD Soundsystem, who I really enjoy. But this.... not so much.

Seriously irritating.

bleh

I like some of Hot Chip's earlier songs (from The Warning and Made in the Dark), but after two listens of the album, it doesn't really do much for me. The production is quite good, but I don't think the songwriting measures up. The only memorable song to me is Night & Day, which is memorable in the most annoying way! The singer's voice really grates after a while.

Niks an

Ken een ander plaatje van Hot Chip, maar daar waren maar een paar tracks leuk van. Bij deze geldt eigenlijk een beetje hetzelfde.

I didn't want this in my head.

From the band name on down, it's all annoying. But you can (mostly) dance to it. HOT CHIP In Our Heads earns two stars.

Admittedly I couldn’t finish it

A collection of very skippable songs

Missade hot chip när de var stora och tur var väl det

Envelope to my head. Coldplay mixed with Arctic Monkeys. Alright, let's tear into this bad boy. Classic Johnny Carson quote "Let's tear into this bad boy." You couldn't stop him from saying it. Who could forget that night where they had to tie him down and gag him during that interview with Madonna. He just couldn't stop himself. OCD is a real sickness. Sorry CarNak, somehow you didn't predict British white boys pretending to be funky. I think people listen to music with zero context. The question that billows through their empty heads like a tumbleweed through a ghost town, is "Rhythm make dance" and then if yes, we can nod and grunt our approval. Look at the year this came out. Look at a picture of the people producing it. Peely-wally British DORKS churning out attempted club hits and co-opting R & B for some reason in two thousand bloody twelve? By 2012, mainstream music was completely dead and my word, is this ever a festering boil on that disease-ridden corpse. Also, didn't this book come out in 2005? Happy that the author re-opened his book to append this tumour onto it. Happy Monday everyone. Rise and Grind. Remember that life is like a sandwich; no matter which way ya flip it, the bread comes first - Unknown Instagram prophet 0 HIGHLIGHTS: Never again

Pure shite

ass i literally can't listen to this

Two albums exactly like this so I'm copy pasting the review from the last one. Had to turn it off 30 minutes in. There's this certain genre of music that boils down to "we found this 5 second long bit that we really like. We like it so much that we think you should listen to it for 6 minutes." I sat through one daft punk album on this site and I won't be doing anything even remotely similar again. Not for me.

Motion sickness - 3 How do you do? - 2 Don't deny your heart - 1 Look at where we are - 2 These chains - 2 Night & day - 3 Flutes - 1 Now there is nothing - 2 Ends of the earth - 1 Let me be him - 1 Always been your love - 1

Corny and outdated sounded like a background music for an club music of the 80s

I hated this way more than I ever expected based on the one or two songs of theirs I knew before.

Thought it was one long song. An album full of nothingness’s

Ritmo electrónico. No es lo mío

Annoyingly white bread generic. There’s absolutely no reason to replicate shitty 80s music 20 years later.

takes me back to moving back to la and working in a lab where we'd listen to kcrw in the morning and id always dread npr news ending and jason bentley playing his set of total dogwater music. i gave this an honest listen because i dont know id he played anything off this album in particular, so there was nothing traumatizing in this for me. but it all sounded like this. he also played the same vampire weekend song like every day that summer. but i dont think we'll look back on this time and remember this band, feels like a premature call on the list writer's part

Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Dislike - Motion Sickness is ok. How Do You Do? has a good opening groove but I really don't like it once it gets going. I'm only a few tracks in and I really don't think this album is doing anything for me. Each song starts with an element that I don't mind and then manages to twist it into something I don't like. An album with some potential but not enjoyable for me.

Abysmal nothingness. Is this really the best of the 2010s?

Really bad.

not my vibe, kind of annoying 1/5

the first verse of track 2 is the worst moment yet on this sometimes rotten website. can't stop listening to it.

Middling synthpop that no one has to listen to before they die. It's not even on 'overrated' levels of recognizability (a la MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, Kings of Leon's Only by the Night, any Daft Punk/Taylor Swift album, etc). Since this is seemingly *English* pop, I hope my perspective is overly American, and perhaps this is to someone across the pond as Only by the Night was to me - rash-inducing horror. Only then, do I suppose, it merits being on this list.

Sjukt å få to 1'ere på rad...

Clearly this album is triggering some nausea-inducing reflex that goes beyond rational response for me so I'll just note that all I hear is the worst of programmed synth boppy schlock like someone hit the funk preset on a 70's Yamaha home piano and a group of generic church choir members dropped over to add some soulless soul to these insipid lyrics, and just as I'm thinking is this a Christian rock band? the lyric on cue drops "A church is not for praying it's for celebrating the life that bleeds through the pain" and I take a second look at the album cover - stained glass, right?? And all I can hear is vague happy church band make-me-live-again messages in the rest of it, which I realize is totally inaccurate rationally, but too much chocolate over the Easter weekend maybe, and hey, even if it was Christian music what's wrong with that other than in this case all of the above? I'll give it a second listening in a year or two - if time's healed my ears and I'm hearing a 5 I'll make the edit. Barf.

Not a fan

Toed the line of awful

"Hey lets start an 80's band but try really hard to miss the 80s vibe" this band, prolly

Didn't think much of it. A bit electro, but not in a cool way. More of a plinky-plonky way.

Irgendwie ist hier die the Police review doppelt eingepackt worden. Daher hab Edith für mich kurz angemacht. Kann mich aber nicht mehr an die ursprüngliche review erinnern und auch an keine Textzeile. Sagt aber eigentlich alles über das Album. Völlig an mir vorbeigezogen und nix hängen geblieben. Notabable Textzeile

Die 80s waren doch 80s genug - warum kalte Suppe nochmal aufwärmen? Die Synthesizer, die! Erinnert mich alles an "Pop Goes My Heart" aus dem Film mit Hugh Grant (this is not a compliment).

The kind of album you hear at the Millennial Burger Joint (TM). It's glorified elevator music at best which isn't a bad thing. Making small talk on your way up to the 6th floor needs a backing track and what better artist to do that than Hot Chip. Milk and crumpets with any seasoning kept far far away. I genuinely got so bored listening to this album that I had to take a break multiple times in order to actually digest this coconut water puddle of an album. Genuinely one of the most uninteresting albums I've ever listened to. 1/10

There was a lot of great music being made in 2010. No idea why this pablum is on the list.

My spice tolerance is pretty good so how hot could this chip be?

I think at this point (700 albums in and probably a couple dozen British electronic albums), all Brit pop/electronic will get one star. I’ll try them, at least briefly, but honestly, I have yet to find one even bearable. This one is no different. No worse, but no better, either.

Ehh not a fan at all. Just boring and uninspiring

No

Motion Sickness Night and Day Flutes

Herranjestas olipa lapanen levy. vähän niinku tylsä pet shop boys. 1/5

Like a cross between landfill indie and yacht rock whatever this is deserves an even more derogatory genre name. It’s this sort of stuff that made watching Grey’s Anatomy so hard to watch. I keep getting visions of Ellen Pompeo emoting in a rainstorm while this bloke witters on (That’s the genre name - it’s ABC Soundsystem) Night and Day is a bit of a banger, though. (Lest you think I only wanna dance my favorite Hot Chip song is Made in the Dark.) If it wasn’t for the grating effect of his voice it would be too featherweight to make any impact at all. The only reason to hear this before I die is as a warning that this might be playing in purgatory and I need to up my karma points sharp-ish in order to skip the waiting room.

Abysmal album. Represents everything that is wrong with modern music. I don't know who convinced some vocalists that if then sound bored to death, it will convey a kind of sadness in their singing - it doesn't. I personally blame Joy Division here. This album combines pop music with electronic, and somehow takes the worst parts of both of them. It's like if Daft Punk had an inverted child. Melodies never resolve and go anywhere, samples and beats are so repetitive and uninspired. Vocals would better non-existent. "Don't deny your heart" had some flashes of decency, but sadly it's the only one. It's and album that is only listenable when on drugs or highly intoxicated otherwise. And even then it's not a good listen. You can safely skip this one.

It was both boring and too irritating to listen to. Impressive.

I like the album design more than the music, which is sort of ok... ish. The pattern repeats itself, both the cover and music.

Not my cup of tea

below average on heart/substance in a peak moment of genre recycling that was incredibly low on heart/substance. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Driving this one down to the Millennial Culture Dump at the edge of town. They make me pay extra to drop it off

I assume Hot Chip is cockney for an explosive bowel movement, because this a real turd.

Not for me

Sounds just like the electronic music I hated in the 80s.

Instantly forgettable.

I was genuinely excited to see this band come up and was well up for something poppy and and fun. What a disappointment.

Dull as dishwater, tepid and annoying. Hot Chip is not for me. Back to Blood Orange - Essex Honey. That suits me much better at the moment.

This is too bad.

Why is this here?

No melodies, no hooks, no feeling, flat lyrics, robotic rhythms... I'm curious to read the positive reviews to hear what people like about this.

Negative

This is just terrible. Hey we should love each other set to a bunch of beeps and boops. How about no. Seriously the entire album beeps and boops. I swear it's a casio preset!

Dreadful tuneless casio keyboard waffle. All that washed over me as i listened was a palpable rage. If this is the future of music we need to start reintroducing some form of musical gulags. Not a single second of this is worthwhile. Music for those who wear scarves indoors.

Pithy lyrics, overly produced crap couldn't make it through. Awful.

1. motion - 1 2. do - 1 3. heart - 1 4. uuhere - 1.5 5. chainz - 1 6. night - 1 7. flutez - 1.5 8. nothing - 1 9. earth - 1 10. him - 1 11. love - 1.5

Don't get the appeal at all, just felt repetitive don't like the vocals on any of the songs

Pants

Nope

I listened to it. I felt nothing positive or negative. I listened 3 times to the whole album and each time it was like listening to it for the first time and each time I was unmoved. If I ever listen to the album again it will be like listening to it for the first time ever. Honestly have no idea how it’s considered a top 1000 albums If you lined every album ever created in order of interesting-ness, this would be right in the fucking middle.

Dit is van 2012??? klinkt als hetgeen men zelfs niet op een jaren 80 plaat wou zetten...

Bad

Utter dross. It sounds like a couple of guys found GarageBand for the first time.

Listening to computers make music leaves me feeling less human. These vocals make me embarrassed to be human. 250 years ago they had Mozart. We have Hot Chip.

Not for me.

If you order New Order on wish.

Слишком попсово. А то что, электронщина, ещё и ужасно

There was nothing here for me. It felt so soulless, devoid of any feeling. It wasn't even fun pop. It was just synthy, drum-machiney emptiness.

Glossy but empty millennial synth pop, bright and breezy upbeat stuff that draws heavily on 80s New Wave and disco styles, sounds and rhythms. Sounds mostly like corny sitcom theme song music in the end. Gets very bad when the dancey synths dial back and they turn into sincere guitar crooners like indie Ed Sheeran (look at where we are) or into an ersatz neosoul space jazz Odyssey (now there is nothing) - awful. A byproduct of accelerating cycles of nostalgia, at its best this is fun dance music that's a great artifact of the late peak hipster moment, because of how affected, winkingly unoriginal and ultimately disposable it is.

Horrible

dopey so-2010s-it-hurts lion king electronic junk. 2 stars but minus 1 for having the gall to talk shit on Zappa when they're making MGMT music for guys who spend all their time at concerts trying to talk to girls aged 18 and lower

Bland and devoid of emotion from start to finish, presented with a smug tongue-in-cheek delivery which irritates on every level - like a load of old woodwork teachers with 808s and Korgs trying to prove they can get down with the kids, but (wait for it) maybe they are also mocking the kids a bit too. How very clever. I cannot imagine why this album would ever warrant being on this list, yet here it is...

Very shit. Pedestrian rhythms. Dull songwriting. Unimaginative overall.

point2.

Weird and boring at the same time, bad combo

Not only is this bad but it’s uninteresting the whole time. 1.36

hate this shit

Μαλακια

Boring and bland. Singer was awful. No edge or interesting musical experiments. 80s backwash isn't a vibe. People back then hated New Wave! Why do we need more of it three decades removed? This should not be on the list.

Sounds great in the club. Well....this isn't even that great for a club. Sounds like shite on my home speaker.

If Babyshambles are landfill indie then I guess this is post-landfill indie. One is the sound of iPod commercials and one is the sound of having a UX design job at Apple eight years later. Like the landfill has been paved over and there's a Starbucks with a mural painted on the side of it now and this is what's playing in it. Really bad and just really resigned and flaccid sounding, it's millennial muzak.

Didn't really like this at all.

Hot Chip? More like Hot Garbage. 11 forgettable songs.

I could not be fucked to listen to the entirety of most of the tracks on this album. If any of them suddenly became magnificent in the last 30 seconds to a minute I wouldn’t know because I very quickly became tired of each of these tracks and skipped just to get this shit over with. I don’t know if I’ve ever been so bored by electronic music. Uninteresting wanker music with an annoying tool whining over the top. I was baffled as to how these nerds were so acclaimed when there are so many more notable electronic acts out there that could take this spot before I saw those dread words: Per Spotify: “Hot Chip’s position as one of BRITAINS most beloved electronic bands is now firmly and magnificently set in stone” RETARDED MANGLEMOUTH AUSTERITY CHILD COAL DUST BREATHING IMPERIALISTS PLAGUING US WITH THEIR NEXT WAVE OF GLOBAL TERROR: MUSIC CRITICS. The worst part is there is so much good electronic and EDM more specifically to come out of the British scene that is totally snubbed critically because it’s made for 19 year old Londoners to overheat and die taking ecstasy in a warehouse.

(Scratching his head) Yeah - it’s electro-poppy. Is it memorable? Nah. I did not find it offensive. That said, I won’t listen again.

I can’t.

What in the flat earther!? Some danceable tracks, and I probably did in 2012 without knowing. This needs more body. Doesn't leave a lasting impression. I didn't like this.

Garbage vapid electro-indie pop. Who buys this shit?

Garbage.

I really, really try to give all of these albums a chance and sometimes that leads me to forcing myself to listen to music that is just not enjoyable (to me), but I still power through and give each song a chance, in full, on the album to give me something. I was not able to do that with this album. There were several songs where I skipped to the next one after a minute or two, which is the first time I can remember in a long time where I did that. Musically, it's not bad - there's some decent beats and riffs and layers and whatnot, but once the singer starts singing, the whole song falls apart - it's like a knee jerk reaction to find the "next" button. I usually wait to read other reviews until I've finished an album so I don't taint my own view, but admit that I jumped the gun a bit on this one and took a peek - very surprised to see this have so many 5 star ratings and an average over 3. Just goes to show how diverse all of our musical tastes are....thank God this one is over, though.

Don't like this guys voice

meh.

Did not care for it.

sounds like disco to me

Not my style

pass

I listened to half of this. The song I got to, “flutes” seemed to have a good groove, but overall it was bland - musical wallpaper or background noise. I was surprised, again, that 1001 albums is suggesting an album by an artist but without that artists most popular song/s on it. Is this supposed to be the hipster“deep cut” that’s better than the obvious choice? Because it just seemed boring.

Thoughts before listening: Another album that feels like the editors were grasping at strings to get modern bands on their list. I remember these guys making end of year best album lists, but they have not proven to stand the test of time like the albums on this list from the 50s - 90s. There certainly are some albums from the 00s and 10s that have become modern classics, but this isn't one of them. I am expecting this to be British electronic inspired indie rock with some catchy songs, but ultimately not something that I would consider one of the 1,001 albums you have to hear. Review: This sounds like the 80s music I don't like. Its extremely poppy without any edge to the music at all. Pretty boring and I am finding myself skipping most songs. Even the 2 songs with 10 million + listens on Spotify are just saccharine poppy disco sounding indie rock. I thought these guys were more of a dance punk type band i.e. LCD Soundsystem, but they are not. This just isn't for me.

There is a non-zero amount of broken glass I would rather eat than ever listen to this album again. They’ve effectively combined the worst aspect of 80s synth driven music, disco, and middling vocals to make something less interesting than an old school elevator selection.

Mind numbingly boooooooooorrrriiinnnggg. Or in short... its ceap! These guys churned out some half decent stuff in previous singles, but not in this album. Such a load of nothingness that should never have been created let alone submitted to a list of albums you need to hear.

booo, hated it

NO! Fuck off!

Boooo! Shite.

Ugh.

Wasn't feeling it, didn't finish. Just was not feeling it. I guess I like my chips cold? Unless they're warm tortillas or California Highway Patrol officers, specifically on motorcycles, specifically in the 1970s.

Fuck right off with this.

eletronica

I really liked the first song, it was great, then after that it sounded like I was in a club, not great. I has to skip "Now there is nothing" as the sound effects bothered me

I reckon I've hit the barrier trying to think of nice things to say about sub-par music masquerading as anything other than a pastiche of some other, better bands. Why innovate when you can copy and hope the listener is too young to remember the 90s. This doesn't deserve to be here.