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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Thieves In The Night |
| 2. Hand Me Down Your Love |
| 3. I Feel Better |
| 4. One Life Stand |
| 5. Brothers |
| 6. Slush |
| 7. Alley Cats |
| 8. We Have Love |
| 9. Keep Quiet |
| 10. Take It In |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Brothers (Short Film) [DVD] |
| 2. One Pure Thought (Live in Brixton 2008) [DVD] |
| 3. Alley Cats (Live in Brixton 2008) [DVD] |
| 4. No Fit State (Live in Brixton 2008) [DVD] |
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Album Description
Limited deluxe CD/DVD edition includes bonus DVD. 2010 album from one of the most exuberantly inventive and acclaimed bands around today. Hot Chip have built a devoted fanbase with their soulfully eclectic records and incendiary live shows. Hotly-anticipated by fans and media alike, One Life Stand is the band's most boldly accomplished record yet, at once offbeat and anthemic, cerebral and danceable. Features the single 'One Life Stand'.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great, aural, enjoyable album.,
By Joel_The_Dapper (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Life Stand (Digi) (Audio CD)
"Their fourth album is not quite the copper-bottomed, hit-packed classic foreshadowed by their last but one, 2006's The Warning.But "One Life Stand" is a really great electronic album about love. Clubbing has always been more about pulling than avowals of affection like the deeply old-fashioned "Slush" - a waltz-time digital duet in which Hot Chip admit: "Now we are older/ There's more that we must do". But Hot Chip have effectively hitched the rhythms and textures more often attuned to lust to a higher emotional calling. One track, at the very least, stands shoulder to shoulder with "Over and Over", Hot Chip's breakout anthem. The title track is soppier than a puppy and harder than a limpet to dislodge. "I only wanna be your one life stand," swoons Taylor in his little-boy-lost voice. "Tell me, do you stand by your man?". "Hand Me Down Your Love", meanwhile, is a nagging neo-house track in which a couple appear to retrieve their emotions from a loft space. "Hand me down your love," urge the lyrics. "Open up my love..." The live drums are just one instance of several on "One Life Stand" where Hot Chip have used instruments as a surprise counterpoint to their exquisitely detailed digital progressions. So much electronic music affects a stony froideur. Hot Chip, by contrast, have made a great big aural hug of a record."- Kitty Empire
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4.3 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hot Chip - One Life Stand,
By Andrew Vice - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Life Stand (Digi) (Audio CD)
I started listening to Hot Chip shortly after The Warning came out, in 2006, and I fell in love with the band's knack for writing catchy, melodic, and danceable tunes. The album had a brilliant balance of hard and fast dance tracks and slower, smoother ballads and pop songs. When Made in the Dark came out in early 2008, I was disappointed with the direction the band had taken, eschewing their melodic inklings for a more dance-oriented album, filling in the gaps with some meager attempts at '70s R&B and soul. Alas, the dance tunes lacked the punch of brilliant songs like "Over and Over," and I sort of put Hot Chip on the proverbial shelf, somewhat forgetting about them, until of course I read about the impending release of One Life Stand.Like clockwork, Hot Chip are set to release another album in their two year cycle, and One Life Stand can certainly serve as fitting company to the excellent The Warning. It seems that this time around, Hot Chip have again learned how to love melody, and have worked it in throughout the record, creating captivating hooks and little ear worms that you'll have stuck in your head for weeks, if not months. The chillout bridge and triumphant harmonized chorus of the title track soars well above and beyond Made in the Dark, and it's at this point that it becomes obvious that Hot Chip have done it again. The songs are more tightly composed and the styles more varied on this effort, and I for one am very pleased with the restraint shown by the band on this go. I am once again in the thrall of Hot Chip, and looking forward to their next album in February of 2012. Other album highlight include the brilliant closer, "Take It In" and the beautiful fraternal-love-touting "Brothers." Another great record for 2010. Damn, this is a good year. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still one Hot Chip!,
By Nse Ette - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: One Life Stand (Digi) (Audio CD)
"One Life Stand" is UK dance quintet Hot Chip's 4th album and it is filled with swirling synths, catchy melodies, and angelic falsettos. Opening cut "Thieves in the Night" is deliriously euphoric, while "Hand Me Down Your Love" sets sweeping strings to a Motown-style beat. Title track "One Life Stand" is dark & chiming at the same time, while "Alley Cats" and the floaty Pet Shop boys-style "Take It In" are more sombre.The bouncy "We Have Love" was apparently inspired by Donna Summer's "I Feel Love", while the pulsing "Brothers" (a paean to looking out for each other) starts off ballad-like. Of the upbeat numbers, "I Feel Better" is the stand-out, trance-like and hypnotic with icy synth-strings and bouncy beat perfectly offsetting the warbled falsetto. My favourite. The ballads are a revelation themselves; "Keep Quiet" and especially the Doo Wop-style piano ballad "Slush" with densely layered harmonies. Clever and beautiful! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chiiiill,
By Dan Bradley "nadhexison" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: One Life Stand (Digi) (Audio CD)
This is my favorite working band right now. The rhythms are amazing. This album fits right in with the rest of their repertoire. It's a bit mellower than the last two. Not my absolute favorite (that would be The Warning), but "One Life Stand" and "Take It In" are worth the price of admission.
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