Make Up The Breakdown
by Hot Hot Heat
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Make Up The Breakdown is ranked as the best album by Hot Hot Heat.
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Make Up The Breakdown track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Make Up The Breakdown rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 25 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 2002 | 59/93 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 28 Music Albums of 2002 | 18/28 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2002 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2002 | 56/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 70 Music Albums of 2002 | 54/70 | 1 |
| 2025 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | jonny5244 | Top 37 Music Albums of 2002 | 28/37 | 1 |
| 2025 | juanr1096 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2002 | 80/98 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 70 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 116 | |||
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Make Up The Breakdown ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 20:45 | PapaShiz86 | 11,823 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 07:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,486 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 18:23 | markl73 | 645 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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pedro1976 02/27/2024 20:42 in What album are you listening to right now?Make Up The Breakdown comments
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ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2011 16:02 | #21253
Anybody remember when Hot Hot Heat was supposed to save music? Well, it's been nearly ten years now and pretty much all they have to show for themselves is Bandages, and that's if you're feeling kind. At best they're a poor man's Modest Mouse doing new wave. At worst it's Talking Heads without the fun, which makes everything just a bunch of gibberish and indie moxie. Massively over-hyped back in the day (and I'm guilty too) but I suppose it's not too hard to stand out when your rivals are OK Go, Louis XIV, and All-American Rejects.
Decent album. "No, Not Now" and "Bandages" are pretty catchy-
Found this randomly in my iTunes, great album!
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