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)Knock Knock Knock2002 Make Up the Breakdown (2002) Elevator (2005)Elevator2005

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	9/10[7]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	8/10[11]

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.^[12]

Track listing

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. ↑ "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Entertainment Weekly: 14. November 2002. 
4. ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (March 28, 2003). "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". The Guardian. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
5. ↑ Bronson, Kevin (October 13, 2002). "Hot Hot Heat 'Make Up the Breakdown' SubPop". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
6. ↑ "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Mojo (113): 98. April 2003. 
7. ↑ Johns, Darren. "Hot Hot Heat : Make Up The Breakdown". NME. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
8. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (November 10, 2002). "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
9. ↑ "Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown". Q (201): 109. April 2003. 
10. ↑ 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. 
11. ↑ Pappademas, Alex (December 2002). "Hot Hot Heat, 'Make Up the Breakdown' (Sub Pop)". Spin. 18 (12): 138. Retrieved June 26, 2016. 
12. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2002". Pitchfork Media. 1 January 2003.