One Life Stand
by Hot Chip

One Life Stand by Hot Chip
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-02-09
Overall rank: 2,937th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 168 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (488th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,937th)

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Hot Chip bestography

One Life Stand is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Hot Chip on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hot Chip is The Warning which is ranked number 2432 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 649.

Hot Chip album bestography « Higher ranked (2,616th)
In Our Heads
This album (2,937th)
One Life Stand
Lower ranked (3,960th) »
Made In The Dark

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One Life Stand track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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One Life Stand rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,937th | 2010s rank: 488th | 2010 rank: 44th
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2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201053/1002
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201026/1004
2026 paladisiac21st century top albums 001-10011/100 -
2026JorbaaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s77/1005
2026 paladisiacmy CURRENT favorite artists45/100 -
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 79 Music Albums of 201029/793
2026Cheboygan74Top 28 Music Albums of 201022/281
2026 baystateoftheartTop 100 Music Albums of 201077/1001
2026joathomeTop 63 Music Albums of 201023/633
2026 katerpillarTop 99 Greatest Music Albums28/9972
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2025matterhornriderTop 30 Music Albums of 201020/302
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 135
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 519
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One Life Stand ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 168 votes)
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65/100
 
03/10/2026 10:36 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,26682/100
 
70/100
 
01/25/2026 23:21 jbonilla84  Ratings distribution  24159/100
 
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12/31/2025 17:22 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54665/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:31 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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10/11/2025 02:45 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,66879/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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40/100
From 07/12/2015 20:08 | #145614
Not bad
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From 07/11/2013 23:33 | #81133
Some really nice tunes... it's not a Made in the Dark, though.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 01/03/2012 19:54 | #34317
This is a family-oriented album in the sense that a lot of songs deal with love of family ("brothers"), friends, family pets ("alley cats") and lovers ("one life stand"). It's a very positive-sounding album, as best stated on their great closing track "take it in": "my heart has flown to you just like a dove / it can fly ... please take my heart and keep it close to you / take it in ...". Recommended if you like: pet shop boys, lcd soundsystem, !!!, phoenix.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/30/2011 18:37 | #22477
I remember last year I listened to this a few times, and then at the end of the year I went to go pull out the singles I wanted, and it turned out it was my fifth most listened to album in 2010. How did this happen? I barely even remember listening to it. But then I went through the songs and found that I really enjoyed over half the tracks. I think it snuck up on me because this is a much more mellow outing than their previous album, which literally told you to put your headphones on in the second track and then made love to your ears for the next hour. This is just as enjoyable, but way more relaxing. Outside of the title track, the other standouts are Thieves in the Night, Brothers, and Take It In. Also of note is the music video for I Feel Better. Seriously, what in the blue hell? Anyway, enjoyable album - thumbs way up.
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From 09/19/2010 23:43 | #15221
great great album that everyone should attempt. at least twice.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 04/18/2010 14:49 | #10730
I enjoyed listening to it but despite all compliments like consistency, bravery of shifting music style or mellow songs, the conclusive point is that there isn't any big deal about the album.
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50/100
From 02/07/2010 00:53 | #8881
Soul sucking zombie disco music.
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