Music CD - Hot Chip: Made In the Dark

	Music CD: Made In the Dark Artist: Hot Chip List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $9.54 Your Save: $ 5.44 ( 36% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Astralwerks
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Tracks: 1. Out At The Pictures 2. Shake A Fist 3. Ready For The Floor 4. Bendable Poseable 5. We're Looking For A Lot Of Love 6. Touch Too Much 7. Made In The Dark 8. One Pure Thought 9. Hold On 10. Wrestlers 11. Don't Dance 12. Whistle For Will 13. In The Privacy Of Our Love
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099951809423 Label: Astralwerks Manufacturer: Astralwerks Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Astralwerks Release Date: 2008-02-05 Studio: Astralwerks
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: dig it! Comment: probably not a cd that everyone will appreciate, but one that i really dig. this cd will get ya movin and has punchy lyrics and infectious songs. i swear that my dog loves "ready for the floor". good stuff. Customer Rating: Summary: ...And That Must Be Why There Speakers Were Turned Off.. Comment: ...While making the majority of this album. It was "made in the dark" & they couldn't see the damn power button on the speakers. In all seriousness though, this album is nothing compared to their previous effort "The Warning". Most of this album is just noise generated from a computer with only a few exceptions. "Hey, but it's art man"! No it's not, seriously, it's a bunch of guys who got a big head after releasing their 1st album & apparently raced through a 2nd album to make some more cash before their 15 minutes run dry. Those few exceptions mentioned earlier being "Shake A Fist", the title track "Made In The Dark" & "One Pure Thought" are okay, but not worth even the $7.99 Amazon is asking for it. The same crowd that dig this album are the same artsy weirdos that wear women's jeans & got into "LCD Soundsystem" just cause it was the weirdest thing around at the time. Aside from the 3 tracks listed, there's not one track worth a repeat listen, & even the 3 listed above wouldn't warrant more than maybe a couple more listens at best. I wouldn't ever dig out the album just to listen to those couple of tracks, put it that way. I was a big fan of their 1st album, with hits like "Over & Over" I had high hopes for their future work. If this is the best they can do, I won't be around for the next one. Check out "MGMT", "The Whip" or even their 1st album "The Warning" for some good Alternative Electro stuff, skip this one though, you'll probably be dissapointed (unless you're an artsy weirdo :P). Customer Rating: Summary: hot chip is simply amazing Comment: there is no other way to describe this cd other than "just plain awesome" if you need a little bit of funkiness in your day than this is the cd for you! it made me want to jump out of seat and hit the dance floor. brilliant Customer Rating: Summary: Made in the Dark... well if so i couldn't tell Comment: though the album is named Made in the Dark (as is one of the best down-tempo tracks i've heard in recent years) you'd never be able to tell if it were (actually made in the dark that is). with the apparent attention to detail, creativity, and all around fantastic workmanship this album is in my spot light. having both slower more personal songs (In The Privacy Of Our Love) and silly anthems (wrestlers) not to mention the great dance tracks! this album would make a great addition to not only veterans of electro-dance and tech music's arsenal but to the light listener's as well. Customer Rating: Summary: Juxtapose Comment: ****1/2 I love Hot Chip. By both evoking the past and looking toward the future in their music, this group has managed to create a truly unique sound. (In this way, they're almost like a musical second cousin to Amy Winehouse.) The warm vocals, harmonies and pop songwriting sometimes recall groups like the Beach Boys. However, these classic elements are juxtaposed with state-of-the-art production that has more in common with innovative electronica by the likes of Daft Punk or Aphex Twin. The two distinct styles sometimes blend smoothly and seamlessly, and sometimes completely battle with each other, adding a dynamic tension to the music. Just when you think the songs have gone too far on the side of electronic noise with tracks like "Shake A Fist" or "Bendable Poseable", Hot Chip will hit the listener with a completely tender, mellow ballad like "Made In The Dark" or "In The Privacy Of Our Love." The whole album is just so playful, soulful and surprising. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Hot Chip have always been the sort of band happy to flaunt their intelligence, but the smartest trick they pull on Made in the Dark is to show a little wisdom, too. 2006's The Warning was a fine record, albeit one sometimes difficult to take seriously thanks to its taste for pop pastiche--here's the Prince track, there's a 2-step garage track--or the occasional ironic wisecrack. On their third album, though, it's satisfying to report Hot Chip sound like no one but themselves. That is, shuffling, synthesizer-smeared electro-pop with a gooey emotional core and, in the shape of Alexis Taylor, one of the greatest white-boy soul voices since that of his hero, Green Gartside of Scritti Politti. "Ready for the Floor" sounds halfway between Detroit techno and the soundtrack to a Nintendo RPG, Taylor's clear, honest vocal reaching out hopefully: "I'm hoping by chance/You might take this dance," while the album's title track is a slow piano ballad that finds him laid blue over the ruins of a love affair. There is mischief, too, of course: take "Wrestlers," a dinky R&B track where the group show off their knowledge of wrestling slang. Even when they're ready to rumble, though, Hot Chip show off the sort of emotion and elation we've rarely seen since the glory days of New Order, and that's high praise indeed. --Louis Pattison