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8.5
76008
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Thrusts Hot Chip into the limelight as arguably the finest British pop group we have had for quite sometime
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8.5
76306
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
The universe may be illogical, but Hot Chip has never sounded more purposeful
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8.5
76474
8.5 |
Spectrum Culture
It almost recalibrates the entire dance rock movement to a more cultivated level. It certainly sets another new standard for Hot Chip as certified pop outsiders, at the very least, and after six albums, you can’t ask for much more
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8.3
76259
8.3 |
A.V. Club
A record for the wee hours of the disco, for the party that’s starting to get intimate, where the wild times have died off but no one’s ready to go home—at least, not alone
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8.0
76267
8.0 |
All Music
A potent reminder that when it comes to life and music, you can't have a future without a past; on Why Make Sense?, Hot Chip explore both in confident and exciting ways
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8.0
76159
8.0 |
The FT
The band continue to interpolate emotional life into electronic music with songs that are less frenetic
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8.0
76164
8.0 |
Exclaim
A consistently engaging album by a band that has successfully reinvigorated their sound
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8.0
76245
8.0 |
Digital Spy
In refusing to follow the script on album number six, Hot Chip have only strengthened their status as a British pop institution
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8.0
76248
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
For now, they keep their reputation as one of the most reliable groups going. Next time they could be the best. They’re probably a lot closer than you think
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8.0
76301
8.0 |
The 405
Six albums in, Hot Chip are still making stunning pop records filled with a barrage of dancefloor wonders that are packed with heart and soul
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8.0
76011
8.0 |
NME
Stripped back to basics and muttering against the machines, they've never come on so strong
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8.0
76012
8.0 |
The Music
Hot Chip have something for your mind, your body and your soul
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8.0
76013
8.0 |
Mojo
The logical progression for a band who knows exactly what they are doing. Print edition only
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8.0
76014
8.0 |
Q
This sixth album adds extra bump and grind to Hot Chip’s tender themes. Print edition only
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8.0
76015
8.0 |
Uncut
Restoring funk to its maximalist glory following years of sublimation from bedroom musicians. Print edition only
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8.0
76096
8.0 |
NOW
Sees them refining their fraught, existential balladry but dials back the multi-layered club beats in exchange for a live-band feel that trains a brighter spotlight on Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard's songwriting chop
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8.0
76126
8.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s no mistaking the quality of Hot Chip’s affecting dance anthems
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8.0
76130
8.0 |
The Guardian
It’s another classy effort from an increasingly great band
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8.0
76170
8.0 |
DIY
The sound of a band still exploring
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8.0
76205
8.0 |
The Observer
Finds the London indie house outfit more or less as they always have been, with only minor aesthetic variations disrupting the dulcet flow of their electronic pop
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8.0
76210
8.0 |
musicOMH
In revealing some of their insecurities, Hot Chip have reminded both themselves and us of their importance and relevance, and have made a record of both sense and sensibility
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7.5
76046
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Hot Chip don’t outdo themselves here, but they know how to get the work done exactly the way you like it
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7.5
76167
7.5 |
Under The Radar
As sloppy as it is polished, with conflicting ideas pushed up against each other, with a design that brings the picture as a whole into focus. It doesn't have to make sense. It only has to make you dance
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7.3
76282
7.3 |
Pitchfork
Why Make Sense? is probably the fourth-best Hot Chip album. But that’s not necessarily a knock, because their fourth-best album is still a very good album
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7.0
76324
7.0 |
Beardfood
This is an Alexis Taylor special, with heartfelt lyrical odes and pained relations
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7.0
76360
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
While their sixth record is an engaging, peppy and accomplished piece, there’s little to distinguish it from their recent previous work
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7.0
77164
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
"Machines are great, but best when they come to life," Alexis Taylor sings on the wistful "Huarache Lights." Here, they do
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7.0
79500
7.0 |
Earbuddy
Like many dance albums, Why Make Sense?’s first half is far better than its latter half, but the infectious glee of the first half puts this solidly in the green
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7.0
76009
7.0 |
FasterLouder
Why Make Sense? allows for the band to be interesting, to be relevant and – perhaps the most important of them all – to be them
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7.0
76010
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
It'll still be a while before any Vocoder-voiced automatons or younger, Nike-clad upstarts can do the job better than Hot Chip
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7.0
76030
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A glorious barrage of danceable rhythms, expensive-sounding vintage synthesisers, touching falsetto and the production it deserves – so bright sounding it would make Jeff Lynne proud
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7.0
76214
7.0 |
PopMatters
So long as the world keeps refusing to make sense, so too will Hot Chip
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6.0
76222
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Hot Chip are often caught halfway between the kitchen and the designated dancefloor
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6.0
76137
6.0 |
The Irish Times
The surprises are few and far between, but ardent fans won’t be too bothered by more of the same
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6.0
76253
6.0 |
Time Out
Even if Hot Chip aren’t as white-hot as they once were, they’ve delivered a really enjoyable album of eclectic modern pop
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5.8
76047
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
There are precious few surprises sprinkled among the synths on Why Make Sense? The album doesn’t take nearly enough risks
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