Make Up the Breakdown

Make Up the Breakdown
Studio album by Hot Hot Heat
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Art punk, indie rock, new wave
Length	32:00
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	9/10[6]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	8/10[10]

Make Up the Breakdown is the debut mass-produced 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 Media's Top 50 Albums of 2002.^[11]

Track listing

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

• Hot Hot Heat – producer
  • Dante DeCaro – guitar
  • Steve Bays – keyboards, vocals
  • Dustin Hawthorne – bass guitar
  • Paul Hawley – drums
• Craig Aaronson – A&R
• Ed Brooks – mastering
• Jack Endino – producer, engineer, mixing
• John Goodmanson – mixing
• Patrick Hawley
• Tony Kiewel – A&R
• Jesse LeDoux – design
• Brian Tamborello – photography
• Christopher Walla – engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Singles

Billboard (North America)

References

1. ↑ "Reviews for Make Up The Breakdown by Hot Hot Heat". Metacritic. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Make Up the Breakdown – Hot Hot Heat". AllMusic. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
3. ↑ Young, Jon (December 2002). "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Blender (12): 143. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2016. 
4. ↑ "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Entertainment Weekly: 14. November 2002. 
5. ↑ "Nice try, Faith, but go back to the studio". Los Angeles Times. October 13, 2002. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
6. ↑ Johns, Darren. "Hot Hot Heat : Make Up The Breakdown". NME. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
7. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (November 10, 2002). "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
8. ↑ "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Q (201): 109. April 2003. 
9. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (December 12, 2002). "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up The Breakdown". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 27, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
10. ↑ Pappademas, Alex (December 2002). "Hot Hot Heat, 'Make Up the Breakdown' (Sub Pop)". Spin. 18 (12): 138. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
11. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2002". Pitchfork Media. 1 January 2003.