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With the absence of dance rhythms, though, the album could use some more grit than it has.
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I guess whether or not Elevator is worth picking up for you depends on just what you want from Hot Hot Heat. If you liked Make Up the Breakdown, still like it, and want more of the Hot Hot Heat you've come to know and love, then knock that rating up another .5 or so and walk briskly to the nearest record store to buy it.
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UncutThe emphasis tends to be on hooks, not heart. [May 2005, p.100]
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While it's far from being truly bad, Elevator is a disappointment, and a perplexing one: everything seems to be more or less in the right place, but still doesn't quite fit together.
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MojoThere are so many tricks twirling for your attention that the effect is a little like wearing all your clothes at once. [Jun 2005, p.100]
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The songs here are resolutely pop, almost bubblegum, and though they're sometimes buoyant, hyperkinetic, even fun, they have almost no depth or resonance to them.
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Hot Hot Heat sound like they're playing scared and playing it safe, and in doing so fall through the cracks between their established fans and their imagined ones.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with the kind of music Hot Hot Heat makes. Nevertheless, bands have done it better.
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One battering, no-big impression album.
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Decidedly unremarkable.
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Elevator suggests the band isn't willing to take risks now that they've got a big-label home.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 31
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Mixed: 3 out of 31
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Negative: 3 out of 31
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AshlieW.Aug 3, 2007
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AndyMar 23, 2007
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MeganSJul 25, 2006