Why Make Sense?

by Hot Chip

Why Make Sense? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 May 2015
  • Label: Domino
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:28:54
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Emma Smith, The Elysian Quartet, Rob Smoughton, Leo Taylor, Sarah Jones, Nick Dewey, Posdnuos

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Infusing their trademark nerd-disco sound with live instrumentation and warm R&B textures, the London quintet delivers a tight, remarkably consistent sixth album. The production heavily incorporates vintage synthesizers and elements of Chicago house, serving as a dynamic foundation for Alexis Taylor's tender, vulnerable vocal delivery. Notably, the physical release utilized an algorithm to generate over 130,000 unique color variations of the cover art.

Genres

Descriptors: leftfield, rhythmic, melodic, atmospheric, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Huarache Lights (5:29)
  2. Love Is The Future (4:31)
  3. Cry For You (4:18)
  4. Started Right (3:43)
  5. White Wine and Fried Chicken (3:00)
  6. Dark Night (5:27)
  7. Easy To Get (5:10)
  8. Need You Now (4:45)
  9. So Much Further To Go (3:12)
  10. Why Make Sense? (5:14)
  11. Burning Up - Separate EP (4:10)
  12. Separate - Separate EP (4:24)
  13. Move With Me - Separate EP (3:48)
  14. Re-harmonize - Separate EP (6:24)
  15. Dancing In The Dark (6:32)
  16. Cry For You - RAK Version (4:36)
  17. Huarache Lights - Soulwax Remix (5:43)
  18. Huarache Lights - A/JUS/TED Remix (8:21)

Credits

  • Nick Relph - artwork
  • Sarah Jones - drums, vocals, drums, synth
  • Rob Smoughton - synth, drums, guitar, synth, vocals, synth
  • Bruce Gray - written-by [sample]
  • Bruce Hawes - written-by [sample]
  • Green Gartside - arranged by [string arrangement]
  • Emma Smith - strings, strings [elysian quartet]
  • Posdnuos - vocals

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