In Our Heads
by Hot Chip
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 40
  3. Negative: 1 out of 40
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  1. Under The Radar
    Jul 9, 2012
    60
    You've got the soundtrack to a fun night out...but little more. [Jun 2012, p.147]
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  2. Sputnikmusic
    Jun 28, 2012
    60
    The main problem with In Our Heads is its musical anonymity.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jun 14, 2012
    60
    Tasteful and perfectly executed, but workmanlike.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Jun 13, 2012
    50
    Hot Chip is built primarily on good beats and a sweet, devil-may-care sass, neither of which the groups seems interested in delivering on In Our Heads.
  6. The Quietus
    Jun 12, 2012
    50
    Three good tracks [songs, "Motion Sickness," "Ends of the Earth," and "Flutes,"] do not an album make - and, unfortunately, this is the sum of the worthwhile moments on In Our Heads. Elsewhere the album is pure drudgery, remarkable only in its dullness.
  7. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Jun 11, 2012
    50
    In Our Heads seems acutely lacking in personality, meaning or the ability to evoke, in your head, anything other than a vague urge to dance.
  8. Clash Music
    Jun 11, 2012
    50
    ["Night and Day" and "Flutes"] are glimmers of liveliness on an otherwise decedent record.

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 59
  3. Negative: 1 out of 59
  1. ECD80
    Jun 13, 2012
    8
    Hot Chip's new album In Our Heads is, if i could sum it up with one word - INFECTIOUS! :)) The band is definitely having their ScissorHot Chip's new album In Our Heads is, if i could sum it up with one word - INFECTIOUS! :)) The band is definitely having their Scissor Sister's Night Work moment. The album has some of the most queer, hilarious, energetic electro-funk I have ever had the pleasure of hearing! It's alt-dance bliss in places! In Our Heads is brilliantly cohesive as well, and is by far the bands first album I can listen to straight through over and over again. If you have heard anything by this band and liked it - GET THIS ALBUM NOW!!! (8 out of 10) Key Tracks: Motion Sickness, Don't Deny Your Heart, These Chains, Night & Day, Flutes, Let Me Be Him… Full Review »
  2. WeAreTheFilter
    Jul 1, 2012
    9
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  3. Manik_Music
    Jun 18, 2012
    9
    Electro-brit poppers Hot Chip have produced a expertly crafted fifth album. If the group wasn
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