Elevator (album)

Elevator
Studio album by Hot Hot Heat
Released	April 4, 2005 (International) April 5, 2005 (U.S.) April 25 2005 (UK)
Recorded	Mid-2004
Genre	Alternative
Length	37:47
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Dave Sardy
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link PopMatters (6/10) link Pitchfork Media (5.3/10) link Rolling Stone link Absolutepunk.net (8/10) link Stylus Magazine (C) link
Hot Hot Heat chronology
Make Up the Breakdown (2002) Elevator (2005) Happiness Ltd. (2007)

Elevator is Hot Hot Heat's second studio album, released on April 4, 2005 (see 2005 in music) internationally and a day later in the United States.

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 0:17
2. "Running Out of Time" – 2:45
3. "Goodnight Goodnight" – 2:10
4. "Ladies and Gentlemen" – 2:55
5. "You Owe Me an IOU" – 3:04
6. "No Jokes - Fact" – 0:39
7. "Jingle Jangle" – 3:55
8. "Pickin' It Up" – 2:34
9. "Island of the Honest Man" – 3:02
10. "Middle of Nowhere" – 4:01
11. "Dirty Mouth" – 2:44
12. "Soldier in a Box" – 3:05
13. "Four Seconds Of Noise" – 0:04
14. "Shame on You" – 2:45
15. "Elevator" – 3:47

Personnel

• Craig Aaronson – A&R
• Steve Bays – organ, piano, vocals, group member
• Ryan Castle – editing
• Dante DeCaro – guitar, group member
• Greg Gordon – engineer
• Paul Hawley – acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, drums, group member
• Dustin Hawthorne – bass, group member
• John Hobbs – artwork, design
• Warren Huart – editing
• Phil Knott – artwork, design, photography
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• D. Sardy – guitar, percussion, producer, mixing
• Stephen Walker – artwork, art direction, design

Charts

Album

Singles

Miscellanea

• On the back of the album cover where the list of tracks of the album is, it does not list track 13, listing 12 then 14. The reason for this is most likely because of Triskaidekaphobia, the superstition that 13 is unlucky, found in some elevators which do not have a button for the 13th story of the building. However, there is a track 13 on the album, sometimes titled "Four Seconds of Noise," which is merely the final four seconds of the ending guitar riff from "Soldier in a Box."
• In addition, both on the back cover of the album and inside its liner notes, the songs are listed in reverse order. Thus, the track numbers appear as they would in an elevator, with 1 at the bottom and 15 at the top.
• This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.
• The song "You Owe Me an IOU" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game MVP Baseball 2005 by EA Sports.