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Hot ChipMade in the Dark74 Based on 6 reviews 2008 Ranking: #109 / 187
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- Out at the Pictures
- Shake a Fist
- Ready for the Floor
- Bendable Poseable
- We're Looking for a Lot of Love
- Touch Too Much
- Made in the Dark
- One Pure Thought
- Hold On
- Wrestlers
- Don't Dance
- Whistle for Will
- In the Privacy of Our Love
The received wisdom on London's Hot Chip is that they're equal opportunity funsters who'll pinch from any old genre in the name of a grin. But after the potent combination of "Over and Over", "Boy From School", and all the attendant remixes increased their festival bill font size by about 20 points, there was good reason to believe that the London quintet's next record might find them rectifying their cartoonish pop into something sleeker and more streaml ined. They might have, for instance, decided to expand on the soul and R&B influences that occasionally pepper their music; or to smoothen the undanceable rumples of their creaky, short-circuited pop with a few well-placed blasts of minimal techno; or maybe, to topple their previous output with an even more dazzling pastiche of color, candy, and complexity.
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| PopMatters: | 90 | |
| All Music: | 80 | |
| Drowned in Sound: | 70 | |
| musicOMH: | 70 | |
| Pitchfork: | 70 | |
| Tiny Mix Tapes: | 70 |
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A defining feature of the album is the strong presence of romantic ballads. The ballad "Made in the Dark" was described as "sublime" by one critic, although not all the ballads received universal praise. Alexis Taylor, the main contributor to the lyrics, stated that he was proud of the album lyrically and felt that feelings of love and happiness, partly the result of his recent marriage, had contributed to the album's romantic tone.
Critics stated that songs such as "Ready for the Floor" and "Bendable Poseable" were reminiscent of their previous release, The Warning. The style of the album was not considered as big a leap forward as the changes evident between Coming on Strong (2004) to The Warning (2006). It was said that Hot Chip had honed their music by using quirks of their musical style to make more accomplished music, however, some critics felt that the album lacked focus, containing too many varied elements; it was described as "loveable but flawed".
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