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| | Hot Hot Heat : Elevator - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
 | | That album was also a model of economy, packing a huge amount of ideas and energy into a svelte 10-song tracklisting. |
 | | Elevator, Hot Hot Heat's Sire Records debut, is also pretty speedy, burning through 15 tracks in just under 38 minutes, but its fast pace doesn't hide the fact that its songs just aren't as interesting as they could be (and especially in comparison to Make Up the Breakdown). |
 | | Elevator improves on its second half, where a string of moody, almost-ballads like "Middle of Nowhere," "Dirty Mouth," "Soldier in a Box" and the title track bring some much-needed edge and focus, though it comes almost too late. |
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