Make Up the Breakdown

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Make Up the Breakdown
Hot Hot Heat Make Up the Breakdown.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002
Recorded2002
Genre
Length32:00
Label Sub Pop
Producer Hot Hot Heat,
Jack Endino
Hot Hot Heat chronology
Knock Knock Knock
(2002)
Make Up the Breakdown
(2002)
Elevator
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 9/10 [7]
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]

Make Up the Breakdown is the debut album by Hot Hot Heat, following the release of the Knock Knock Knock EP. It was released on October 8, 2002. It was ranked the 20th best album of the year on Pitchfork 's Top 50 Albums of 2002. [12]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Naked in the City Again"3:13
2."No, Not Now"2:34
3."Get In or Get Out"2:52
4."Bandages"3:35
5."Oh, Goddamnit"2:31
6."Aveda"2:51
7."This Town"3:11
8."Talk to Me, Dance with Me"2:49
9."Save Us S.O.S."3:47
10."In Cairo"4:54

Personnel

Charts

Album

Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
2003Heatseekers8
2003The Billboard 200146
2004Top Heatseekers3
2004Top Independent Albums5

Singles

Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
2003"Bandages"Modern Rock Tracks19
2003"Talk to Me, Dance with Me"Modern Rock Tracks33

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