| Coming on Strong | 
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Sales Rank: 74353
Category: Music
Artist: Hot Chip
Publisher: Astralwerks
Studio: Astralwerks
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
Label: Astralwerks
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 48102
UPC: 094634810227
EAN: 0094634810227
ASIN: B000BY86WE
Release Date: November 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Take Care | | • | The Beach Party | | • | Keep Fallin' | | • | Playboy | | • | Crap Kraft Dinner | | • | Down With Prince | | • | Bad Luck | | • | You Ride, We Ride, In My Ride | | • | Shining Escalade | | • | Baby Said | | • | One One One | | • | A-B-C | | • | Hittin Skittles | | • | From Drummer to Driver |
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Album Description
Newly signed to Astralwerks and DFA, Hot Chip is London's twisted electronic pop up & coming band whose influences range from the The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young and Prince to Ween, Madlib and Devo. Coming On Strong is like a 21st Century electronic version of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes, having recorded in a murky home studio and brimming with the pleasures of domestic life: eating, sleeping, loving, drunkeness and heartache. The 80s loom large in Hot Chip, with songs like "Take Care" and "Down With Prince" which features a disjointed funk that would make the Purple one smile. US release includes 3 bonus tracks.
Amazon.com
Are Hot Chip another postmodern buzz band from England making happy-go-lucky pogo-pop as fast as they can before it becomes passe? Thankfully, the answer is hell, no. Not only is there a span of five years between their first EP and their debut, but Hot Chip may in fact be seen as an update of the Beta Band at their loosest and best. A loungey, electropop sheen covers much of the music, but more than anything, Hot Chip displays an omnivorous approach to the entirety of alt, ?60s pop and electronic music history. Their songs are infectious, silly and often weirdly beautiful. The hilarious "A-B-C," for instance, is a big pimpin' in the basement tune that crosses acoustic guitars with retro bleeps and will easily appeal to fans of Ween. A London-based group with singer-songwriters Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard at the core, Hot Chip's mixture of textured, smart, lo-fi groove with actual humor is incredibly rare, and great. ?Mike McGonigal
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 album cover rip? April 6, 2006
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
has anyone noticed how the album cover looks strikingly like the album cover for that other brit band, Hi-fi , stars of the cctv . interesting. by the way both albums are good.
The first half gets all the stars March 26, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Think of it as an amazing EP. Other reviewers have got it right - this album is unclassifiable, and amazing -- for about 7 songs. In fact, I'm not positive about anything about this album. It is that unsettling. Imagine Paul McCartney getting brain-damaged and haunted by Beck's Midinite Vultures, with only a cheap keyboard to keep him company. Maybe. I am having a hard time even forming an opinion of these guys, which is usually an indicator that they are doing something very good.
 Close, no cigar March 22, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I LIKE Hot Chip's remixes, but this debut album is, truth be told, a bit of a letdown after the slow trickle of singles and 12"s that have been flowing that past few years - all build-up, no climax - nice production sheen and some cool electro noodles, but they're still in search of...er...um...actual SONGS you can wrap your head and ears around. Still the JUSTUS KOHNCKE remix of OVER AND OVER on import is a nice stuff, in a "White Horse" by Laidback sorta way.
Fun March 9, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Won't make you re-think your life - but can make you laugh or relax. Fun.
happy music for a depressing day February 6, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i can't quite figure these guys out... are they a downer band or are they upbeat jokesters? hot chip is the exact center point between dreary radiohead and hip-bucking Beck, and, yes, it is as weird as that sounds. "playboy" is without question the standout track and is one of the very best/weirdest pop songs i've heard in many years. most of the album is incredible , tho there are moments where i wanna rip the keyboard out of their hands... oh well... but most of the album grows like a fungus over repeated spins so it's rewarding as time goes on.
this record would sound great thumpin' at a summertime party or alone in your room with your headphones as you curse the entire world and everyone in it. one of the more unique listening experiences i've had in a while.
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