Made In The Dark
by Hot Chip

Made In The Dark by Hot Chip
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-02-04
Overall rank: 3,721st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 106 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (53rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (635th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,721st)

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Hot Chip bestography

Made In The Dark is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Hot Chip on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hot Chip is The Warning which is ranked number 2328 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 699.

Hot Chip album bestography « Higher ranked (2,925th)
One Life Stand
This album (3,721st)
Made In The Dark
Lower ranked (6,558th) »
Why Make Sense?

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Made In The Dark track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Made In The Dark rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,721st | 2000s rank: 635th | 2008 rank: 53rd
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2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 200830/502
2026cicadelicFimoculous Best Albums 200835/35 -
2026 paladisiac21st century top albums 001-10059/100 -
2026 katerpillarTop 100 Greatest Music Albums48/10052
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200839/1003
2026 katerpillarTop 31 Music Albums of the 2000s10/3114
2026cicadelicAll Music Guide Albums of the Year 2008 Pop New Releases27/64 -
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200874/1001
2026 paladisiac#1 singles per year since 198425/42 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200858/1002
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200844/1003
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200895/1000
2026cicadelicThe Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist 200829/50 -
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200865/1002
2026cicadelicCultureDeluxe Best Albums 200835/50 -
2025MaxStorm98Top 49 Music Albums of 200839/491
2025 katerpillarTop 4 Music Albums of 20081/45
2025WallerandTop 59 Music Albums of 200827/593
2025MrumpTop 16 Music Albums of 200810/162
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 115
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 399
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Made In The Dark ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 106 votes)
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06/09/2026 21:31 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,85870/100
 
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02/01/2025 03:10 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,24773/100

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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 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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85/100
From 06/16/2021 14:59 | #270713 | TOP COMMENT
Good album, most songs are good and some have very nice twists, none of the songs are outright bad.
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From 07/02/2013 18:46 | #80276 | TOP COMMENT
Danceable emotional pop. Very well crafted. Still I feel it's dated but it hit me at the time.
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From 12/09/2011 18:39 | #32506 | TOP COMMENT
The music is witty, poppy and danceable. Hot chip bring their own style with these immediately-infectious tunes. i had a good inclination this new album would blow that one away upon hearing lead single "ready for the floor", which just builds with brilliance. "one pure thought" was my other top favorite of theirs with its false-slow-build and shuffling beat. Nice backing vocals. "shake a fist" is a powerful pissed off pop rant featuring grungy synths with a bridge that reminds me of 90s techno gem "two little boys" with some arcade FX to boot.
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