A Bath Full of Ecstasy
by Hot Chip
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 21, 2019
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
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  1. rudsat
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    Great, as usual! I need more time to check details, but feels great as previous works.
  2. Fen_Fen
    Jun 22, 2019
    8
    A surprise to see show up in my news feed, and an even greater joy to my ears.
  3. Betabuild
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    Great return to form, a perfect middle ground of the last album and earlier efforts.
  4. ccrowe87
    Jun 27, 2019
    9
    Really great stuff from Hot Chip as always. This album is even more danceable than their past stuff. At times some songs risk being a little repetitive, but that's never been something these guys shy away from. They do each track justice, giving it all the attention and love it needs, which makes the album feel much more fleshed out than a glance at the tracklist may lead you to believe.Really great stuff from Hot Chip as always. This album is even more danceable than their past stuff. At times some songs risk being a little repetitive, but that's never been something these guys shy away from. They do each track justice, giving it all the attention and love it needs, which makes the album feel much more fleshed out than a glance at the tracklist may lead you to believe. "Spell" is my new jam, can't stop listening to it!… Expand

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#79 Best Album of 2019
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#96 Most Shared Album of 2019

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Dusted Magazine
    Oct 7, 2019
    80
    Maybe it takes a band of Hot Chip’s experience and sonic skill to have both pain and love that are as hard-won and effecting as it is on A Bath Full of Ecstasy; expanding their palette or not, big stars or not, it’s a joy to have them back.
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  2. Resident Advisor
    Jul 2, 2019
    72
    Tracks like "Hungry Child" and "No God" are huge, highly focussed anthems that would boss a festival stage. For all of the album's welcome contradictions, however, this focus does hold it back a little. ... But at the right time, in the right company or on the right dance floor, it's a powerful high that also has a message.
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  3. The Quietus
    Jun 28, 2019
    80
    The sonic backdrop is richer, more luscious and colourful, whilst rhythms that once would twitch are now more confident and loose.
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