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It's like listening to early New Order records for the first time, waiting for the next one with a little bit of excited anticipation to see what's going to happen next with every new song.
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A highly entertaining album, and perfect for blasting during hot summer days.
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Alternative PressHot Chip strip down their influences, reworking scores of sound into new, distinctly original machinations. [Aug 2006, p.222]
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Their second album continues in a similarly delicious vein, melding wonky electronics, pillow-soft soul and lyrics that manage to weave strange violence into gorgeous soul songs.
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In the end, Hot Chip leave us frustrated, which makes sense since this is an album about frustration.
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In terms of wide-ranging savvy, fizzing enthusiasm and the sheer brilliance of its dance-pop tunes, "The Warning" is shaping-up to be the "Demon Days" of 2006.
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'The Warning' will claim your souls and break your hearts.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe quintet's refined funk tweaks the genre-busting dance rock of classic Prince and New Order with a modern, synth-happy sheen. [16 Jun 2006, p.77]
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Not once does a song sound ripped off or unoriginal. What Hot Chip have done is to create a new landscape of electronica.
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It's far too early to say whether they will reach the same lofty heights, but there's something of New Order in Hot Chip. There's the same mix of art school-meets-working man demeanour, an unabashed acknowledgement of the debt popular music owes to clubland and a wry lyrical conceit.
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They are very good at making sleepy, hapless trip-pop sprayed with whimsy.
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Paste MagazineHot Chip is that rare band able to seamlessly meld its disparate elements. [Sep 2006, p.82]
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As far as improvements go, The Warning isn't so much a triumph as it is a reach in the right direction.
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'The Warning' is a splendid combination of braindance and footdance.
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The Warning shows us a Hot Chip both familiar and unexpectedly progressive.
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With The Warning, the band again forces listeners to drop the safety of labeling and comparisons with other bands.
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SpinHere, [Hot Chip] beefs up the rhythms and tones down the indie-geek shtick. [Jul 2006, p.84]
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The fact that Hot Chip can take all these conflicting moods, string them together, and make of them a satisfying whole is testament to their understanding of the classic rubric of the pop album—an identifiable, unique sound that has enough room to allow for variety and enough consistency to keep the listener's attention.
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[A] fantastic collection of nu-dance.
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Imagine the Postal Service, but far more danceable and quirkily experimental.
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UncutWith The Warning, they've willed themselves beyond bathos by sincerely embracing their English art-pop sensibilities. [Jun 2006, p.103]
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Under The RadarThe band has a uniquely emotional sound within their electric labyrinth playground. [#14]
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UrbSplendid. [Jun 2006, p.111]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 50 out of 56
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Mixed: 4 out of 56
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Negative: 2 out of 56
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Jan 16, 2012
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WillSep 25, 2007
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LouiseS.Aug 25, 2007Really catchy songs and solid production.