Make Up the Breakdown

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Make Up the Breakdown
Studio album by Hot Hot Heat
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Alternative
Length	32:00
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Hot Hot Heat, Jack Endino
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.7/10) link Stylus Magazine (A-) link Stylus Magazine (A) link
Hot Hot Heat chronology
Knock Knock Knock (2002) Make Up the Breakdown (2002) Elevator (2005)

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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

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

[edit] 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

v • d • e Hot Hot Heat Steve Bays | Paul Hawley | Dustin Hawthorne | Luke Paquin Former members Matthew Marnik | Dante DeCaro Studio albums Hot Hot Heat Split the Red Light Sting (2000) | Scenes One Through Thirteen (2001) | Make Up the Breakdown (2002) | Elevator (2005) | Happiness Ltd. (2007) EPs 4 Song 7" (1999) | 3 Song 7" (2001) | Knock Knock Knock (2002) Singles "Bandages" (2003) | "No, Not Now" (2003) | "Talk to Me, Dance with Me" (2003) | "Island of the Honest Man" (2005) | "Goodnight Goodnight" (2005) | "Middle of Nowhere" (2005) | "Christmas Day In the Sun" (2005) | "Give Up?" (2007) | "Let Me In" (2007) | "Harmonicas & Tambourines" (2007)