Make Up the Breakdown
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Make Up the Breakdown is the debut mass-produced album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...

, 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.

Track listing

  1. "Naked in the City Again" – 3:13
  2. "No, Not Now
    No, Not Now
    "No, Not Now" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Hot Hot Heat and is taken from their first album, Make Up the Breakdown. The song was released in the UK as the second single from the album on July 28, 2003. It reached number 38 in the UK Singles Chart....

    " – 2:34
  3. "Get In or Get Out" – 2:52
  4. "Bandages
    Bandages (song)
    "Bandages" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Hot Hot Heat and is from their first album, Make Up the Breakdown. The song was released in the UK and US as the first single from Make Up the Breakdown on March 23, 2003. It reached number 25 in the UK. It was released as downloadable content for...

    " – 3:35
  5. "Oh, Goddamnit" – 2:31
  6. "Aveda" – 2:51
  7. "This Town" – 3:11
  8. "Talk to Me, Dance with Me
    Talk to Me, Dance with Me
    "Talk to Me, Dance with Me" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Hot Hot Heat from their first album, Make Up the Breakdown. The song was released in the U.S. as the third single from the album on November 3, 2003. It reached number 33 on the Alternative Songs chart.-CD1:# Talk to Me, Dance with...

    " – 2:49
  9. "Save Us S.O.S." – 3:47
  10. "In Cairo" – 4:54

Personnel

  • Hot Hot Heat – producer
    • Dante DeCaro
      Dante DeCaro
      Dante DeCaro of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is the former guitarist/songwriter of the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. His inventive guitar parts were considered a crucial part of Hot Hot Heat's success with their first major label album Make Up The Breakdown...

        – guitar
      Guitar
      The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    • Steve Bays – keyboards
      Keyboard instrument
      A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

      , vocals
      Singing
      Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    • Dustin Hawthorne – bass guitar
      Bass guitar
      The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    • Paul Hawley – drums
      Drum kit
      A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • 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

Album

Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
2003 Heatseekers 8
2003 The Billboard 200 146
2004 Top Heatseekers 3
2004 Top Independent Albums 5

Singles

Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
2003 "Bandages" Modern Rock Tracks 19
2003 "Talk to Me, Dance with Me" Modern Rock Tracks 33
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