Why Make Sense?
by Hot Chip

Why Make Sense? by Hot Chip
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-05-19
Overall rank: 6,580th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (137th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (1,233rd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,580th)

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Hot Chip bestography

Why Make Sense? is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Hot Chip on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hot Chip is The Warning which is ranked number 2332 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 698.

Hot Chip album bestography « Higher ranked (3,727th)
Made In The Dark
This album (6,580th)
Why Make Sense?
Lower ranked (11,388th) »
A Bath Full Of Ecstasy

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Why Make Sense? rankings

Why Make Sense? rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,580th | 2010s rank: 1,233rd | 2015 rank: 137th  Overall chart history
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Why Make Sense? ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 81 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.


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35/100
I was disappointed with this album , expected much better after they amazing previous albums!
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80/100
It's very good, but still disappoints compared to their previous efforts.
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80/100
A spotty Hot Chip album is still a pleasant album but there are too many tracks which are really forgettable.
A few tracks are still worth listening
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85/100
Nothing ground breaking here. Just a comforting cup of Hot Chip with some hip-hop sprinkles.
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