Elevator (Hot Hot Heat album)

Elevator
Studio album by Hot Hot Heat
Released	April 4, 2005
Recorded	Summer 2004
Studio	Sound City (Los Angeles), Larrabee East (Hollywood Hills)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	37:47
Label	Sire
Producer	Dave Sardy
Hot Hot Heat chronology
Make Up the Breakdown (2002) Elevator (2005) Happiness Ltd. (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
PopMatters	[3]
Pitchfork Media	(5.3/10) [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Absolutepunk.net	(8/10) [6]
Spin	[7]
Stylus Magazine	C [8]

Elevator is Hot Hot Heat's second studio album, released on April 4, 2005 internationally and a day later on April 5 in the United States, with an April 25 release in the UK. It ranked #57 in Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. ^[9]

It is the band's last album to feature original guitarist Dante DeCaro, who left after the recording of this album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:17
2.	"Running Out of Time"	2:45
3.	"Goodnight Goodnight"	2:10
4.	"Ladies and Gentleman"	2:55
5.	"You Owe Me an IOU"	3:04
6.	"No Jokes - Fact"	0:39
7.	"Jingle Jangle"	3:55
8.	"Pickin' It Up"	2:34
9.	"Island of the Honest Man"	3:02
10.	"Middle of Nowhere"	4:01
11.	"Dirty Mouth"	2:44
12.	"Soldier in a Box"	3:05
13.	"Four Seconds of Noise"	0:04
14.	"Shame on You"	2:45
15.	"Elevator"	3:47

Both the back cover of the album and the liner notes list the songs in reverse order. Thus, the track numbers appear as they would in an elevator, with 1 at the bottom, 15 at the top, and a missing thirteenth track, like a missing thirteenth floor button in an elevator. The album's cover does not list track 13, listing 12 then 14. There is a track 13 on the album, sometimes titled "Four Seconds of Noise", which is merely the final four seconds of the ending guitar riff from "Soldier in a Box".

Track 5 "You Owe Me an IOU" is featured in the soundtrack of MVP Baseball 2005. Track 8 "Pickin' It Up" was used in the soundtrack of Madden NFL 06 and SSX on Tour. ^[10]

Personnel

Hot Hot Heat

• Steve Bays – vocals, piano, organ
• Paul Hawley – drums, percussion, guitar (tracks 5, 6, & 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 11 & 15)
• Dante DeCaro – guitars
• Dustin Hawthorne – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• D. Sardy – producer, mixing, additional percussion and guitar
• Greg Gordon – engineer
• Ryan Castle – editing
• Warren Huart – editing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Craig Aaronson – A&R
• Rebel Waltz, Inc. – management
• Stephen Walker – artwork, art direction, design
• Phil Knott – artwork, design, photography
• John Hobbs – artwork, design

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Canadian Albums Chart	29
2005	Billboard 200	34

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"Goodnight, Goodnight"	Modern Rock Tracks	27
2005	"Middle of Nowhere"	Modern Rock Tracks	23

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Hot Hot Heat: Elevator > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
2. Blender review Archived November 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. Cober-Lake, Justin (5 April 2005). "Hot Hot Heat: Elevator". PopMatters.com.
4. Mitchum, Rob (3 April 2005). "Hot Hot Heat: Elevator". Pitchfork Media.
5. Hoard, Christian (7 April 2005). "Hot Hot Heat: Elevator". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31.
6. Press, Garett (28 November 2005). "Hot Hot Heat - Elevator". AbsolutePunk.net.
7. Hermes, Will. "Hot Hot Heat, 'Elevator'". SPIN Media LLC. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
8. Powell, Mike (5 April 2005). "Hot Hot Heat: Elevator". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2006-12-31.
9. "Top 100 Editors' Picks". Amazon.com. p. 3. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
10. The Music of SSX On Tour - IGN , retrieved 2020-07-08