| One Life Stand (Digipack) | 
| Artist: Hot Chip
Label: EMI Music
Category: Music
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,844
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.8 x 0.2
EAN: 5099960750020
ASIN: B002W6Z7C6
Release Date: February 1, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Thieves In The Night | | • | Hand Me Down Your Love | | • | I Feel Better | | • | One Life Stand | | • | Brothers | | • | Slush | | • | Alley Cats | | • | We Have Love | | • | Keep Quiet | | • | Take It In |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Hot Chip's last couple of albums--2006's The Warning and 2008's Made In The Dark--brimmed with the quintet's quirky brand of Prince-like soul, down and dirty hip hop and infectious disco-funk, spawning singles like "Over and Over", "Ready For The Floor" and the wonderful "Boy From School". On One Life Stand, Alexis Taylor and co. have fought against some of their more excitable tendencies and produced an album that's a bit less wild at heart but ultimately more coherent and satisfying. As the exuberant "Thieves In The Night", plangent piano and potent drums of "Hand Me Down Your Love" and pounding title track show, Hot Chip's destination is still very much the dancefloor. There are a couple of slower, more somber tracks-–"Brothers", for example, and "Slush", a brave but successful 6/8 ballad-–but they soon get back to the party with "Alley Cats", the vibrant "We Have Love" and the euphoric finale "Take Me In". In many ways One Life Stand is the perfect electronic pop album. Its mix of colourful songwriting and intelligent lyrics combined with catchy hooks and a continued quest for a rump-shaking good time place Hot Chip at the very top of their game. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews:
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Sublime May 16, 2010
Lendrick (London)
One of the great pleasure of music is the way something can leap out of nowhere and hook straight into you brain. Watching Later one might with usual low expectations when Hot Chip appeard and played 'I Feel Better' by half way through I was hooked and by the next day had downloaded the album. Weeks later it's still getting regular plays.
Took my a little while to make the connection with the wonderful My Computers Vulnerabilia, Hot Chip don't have their wild eclecticism but make up for that in stronger memorable hooks.
I'm not normally a huge dance / eloctopop fan but once in a while something just hits the spot, and this album does it for me, uplifting yet melancholy - it going to be one of the soundtracks of my summer.
"yes i love technology but not as much as you you see..." April 21, 2010
blodwynswayze
But yes I love technology. Always and forever!" Napoleon Dynamite's older brother and his band produce a good album of heart on sleeve "loving" electro. Title track is especially good - goose bump inducing in this reviewer. Last two songs are a bit damp mind.
 Dull and wet April 13, 2010
Mark (London)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sorry to interrupt the love-in that's broken out here, but this album is just, well, dull and wet. Liked The Warning, read the reviews here (damn you, Amazon reviewers!) so got this, but it lacks bite, witters on, and is just plain boring. If you like early New Order, listen to early New order, and if you like 80s disco, go to it. Nothing to detain you here!
 Simply there best to date. More of this please!!!! April 9, 2010
A. J. Fisher
Love this album. Builds on their previous efforts. Now they are on the right track, More of this please.
A lovely discovery April 8, 2010
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shepherd (Bucks UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I hadn't discovered Hot Chip before this album - I was intrigued by the reviews I'd seen in Metro/Evening Standard and took a chance. It's a delight - I'm listening to it at the moment. Every time I listen to it I hear something new and interesting. Tremendous fun and entertaining - lyrics are witty, touching, observant, and the music is full of interesting melodies, harmonies and rhythms - it's uplifting and life-affirming. Interesting use of instruments - I would never have expected steel drums to be so delicate. The album is on my computer, MP3 player, USB stick in my car and I'm listening to the CD on the home cinema - ie, it's everywhere! I'll have to get their back catalogue now.
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