In Our Heads
by Hot Chip
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Hot Chip bestography
In Our Heads is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Hot Chip on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Hot Chip is The Warning which is ranked number 2336 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 697.
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In Our Heads track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In Our Heads rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | joathome | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 44/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 601-700 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  katerpillar | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 55/100 | 45 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2012 | 25/49 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 78 Music Albums of 2012 | 68/78 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 154 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 618 | |||
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In Our Heads ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 13:56 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 02:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,500 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 16:21 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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In Our Heads forum mentions
neilgee 09/10/2025 08:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 10/02/2019 03:44 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 12/20/2012 16:04 in End of year charts 2012View all forum mentions
In Our Heads comments
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Hot Chip have finally delivered on the promise of their earlier output with an album that is pure electronic pop at its very best. Key tracks: Motion Sickness; Flutes; Ends of the Earth; Let Me Be Him.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2013 19:04 | #59835 | TOP COMMENT
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Hot chip is back experimenting with their sound a bit to varied results. I love their extended jam "flutes" and like the added female vocals on a couple tracks, but some experimentation seems to extend outside their comfort zone a bit. It's not to a detrimental effect though. I like the female vocals. I like the out-front guitar on "". I like the additional backing chant vocal on "let me be him". I like the Midi Rain FX in "these chains". I guess it feels like this album could've used a little more studio play to refine all of these elements before release. Not on par with their last 2 stellar albums (both in their year's top 2), but on par with "the warning" and stylistically diverse (for dance music) like "made in the dark". Keyword = growth. This album further cements their status as one of my top 5 favorite current artists (along with radiohead, the decemberists, kanye west and the arcade fire) and is yet another sh|t-hot album (although i prefer "one life stand" and "made in the dark").
Mophos 11/16/2013 18:27 | #92942 | TOP COMMENT
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Half of the record is kick ass, the rest of the songs are just fillers. Too bad, this could have been one of my favourite in 2012 otherwise.
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/22/2016 15:27 | #171662 | TOP COMMENT
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This album, and this band, was introduced to me by a then-girlfriend who loved the sexy, hedonistic joyride that is listening to these songs. What I appreciate most, though, is that listening to Hot Chip--and even dancing myself sweaty to Hot Chip--there is much more going on than mere mindless electronic escapism. Here Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, and company imbue their positivity with an almost spiritual significance, as on the fantastic dance anthem "Flutes," where they remind us, "One day you might realize / That you might need to open your eyes." And when I do, I'll understand how much there is to celebrate.
Disappointing. Coming from someone that's liked every previous album.
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