I Created Disco
File:C HARRIS Disco.jpg
Studio album by Calvin Harris
Released 15 June 2007 (2007-06-15)
Recorded 2006–07; Calvinharrisbeats Studio
(Dumfries, Scotland)
Genre Electropop, electro house, electroclash, nu-disco, synthpop
Length 55:23
Label Fly Eye, Columbia
Producer Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris chronology
I Created Disco
(2007)
Ready for the Weekend
(2009)
Singles from I Created Disco
  1. "Vegas"
    Released: 29 January 2007
  2. "Acceptable in the 80s"
    Released: 12 March 2007
  3. "The Girls"
    Released: 4 June 2007
  4. "Merrymaking at My Place"
    Released: 20 August 2007
  5. "Colours"
    Released: 5 November 2007

I Created Disco is the debut album by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris. It was released in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2007 by Fly Eye Records and Columbia Records, preceded by the singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", which reached numbers ten and three on the UK Singles Chart, respectively. The album debuted and peaked at number eight on the UK Albums Chart for the week of 24 June 2007, with first-week sales of 14,000 copies. On 23 May 2008, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies.

Contents

Writing and recording [link]

Writing and recording for I Created Disco started in 2006 when Harris moved back to his hometown of Dumfries, Scotland after living in London for two years. All recording and producing for the album took place on an Amiga computer with audio tracker OctaMED in Harris's home studio, called Calvinharrisbeats Studio. All fourteen tracks on the album were written, produced and performed solely by Harris.

Promotion [link]

Preceding the release of the album, Columbia released two singles, "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", and Harris and his band was the supporting artist for both Faithless and Groove Armada on their live arena tours in spring 2007. The album cover was also used to promote the fourth generation iPod Nano in yellow.

Critical reception [link]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (59/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 3/5 stars[2]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[3]
BBC Music (favourable)[4]
Billboard (favourable)[5]
Drowned in Sound (1/10)[6]
The Guardian 1/5 stars[7]
NME (7/10)[8]
Pitchfork Media (3.7/10)[9]
PopMatters (4/10)[10]
Stylus Magazine (B)[11]
Yahoo! Music 6/10 stars[12]

I Created Disco received mixed to average reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 17 reviews.[1]

Track listing [link]

All songs written and composed by Calvin Harris. 

No. Title Length
1. "Merrymaking at My Place"   4:09
2. "Colours"   4:01
3. "This Is the Industry"   3:56
4. "The Girls"   5:15
5. "Acceptable in the 80s"   5:32
6. "Neon Rocks"   3:48
7. "Traffic Cops"   0:54
8. "Vegas"   5:41
9. "I Created Disco"   4:07
10. "Disco Heat"   4:30
11. "Vault Character"   0:08
12. "Certified"   4:06
13. "Love Souvenir"   4:18
14. "Electro Man"   4:58

Personnel [link]

Charts [link]

Weekly charts [link]

Chart (2007) Peak
position
European Top 100 Albums[18] 32
Irish Albums Chart[19] 34
UK Albums Chart[20] 8
US Top Electronic Albums[21] 19
Chart (2008) Peak
position
French Albums Chart[22] 95

Certifications [link]

Country Certification
United Kingdom Gold[23]

Release history [link]

Country Release date Label
Ireland 15 June 2007[24] Fly Eye Records, Columbia Records
United Kingdom 18 June 2007[25]
Japan 27 June 2007[16] Sony Music
Australia 6 July 2007[26] Red Label
United States 4 September 2007[27] Almost Gold Recordings
Benelux 13 January 2008[28] [PIAS] Recordings
France 4 February 2008[17] Cinq 7, Wagram Music
Germany 18 April 2008[29] Ministry of Sound

References [link]

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Vegas (Vegas album)

Vegas is a one-off collaborative album between British solo-artist Terry Hall - formerly of the 2 Tone and ska revival band The Specials - with Dave Stewart formerly of Eurythmics. The duo working with Eurythmics assistants engineer and drummer Olle Romo and engineer Manu Guiot recorded under the group name Vegas. Vegas includes the singles "Possessed", "She" and "Walk into the Wind". Of the three only "Possessed" charted in the UK Top 40. Receiving positive reviews the album was released on CD, Cassette and vinyl LP by the major record label RCA/BMG in October 1992, but failed to chart. The album has since been deleted.

The album was written by Hall and Stewart with the exception of the musical standard "She". No performer credits are provided, Allmusic speculates that Vegas is almost certainly a Dave Stewart production. Dave Stewart likely was responsible for the lion's share of the musical backing with assistance from Romo and Guiot and Hall contributing his vocal.

Following the album's commercial failure the group split. Hall subsequently launched a solo-career, releasing Home in 1994. Stewart also returned to solo-work, releasing Greetings from the Gutter in 1994. The pair re-united in 1997 to support Bob Dylan during his Never Ending Tour for a pair of concerts in Japan.

Vegas (song)

"Vegas" is the fourth single by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the fourth and final single to be released from their debut album Smart in March 1994 (see 1994 in British music). The single peaked at #33 on the UK Singles Chart.

The single version, also used in the video, is a completely re-recorded version of the song originally featured on the album. This version features saxophone credited to Morgan C. Hoax- an anagram of Graham Coxon from Blur who recorded his contribution after Sleeper supported Blur on tour.

Track listing

  • 7" SLEEP 008T
  • "Vegas (Single Version)" (Louise Wener)
  • "Hymn to Her" (Meg Keene)
  • 12" SLEEP 008T / CD SLEEP 008CD
  • "Vegas (Single Version)"
  • "Hymn to Her" (Meg Keene)
  • "It's Wrong of You to Breed" (Andy MacLure, Diid Osman, John Stewart, Wener)
  • "Close" (Stewart)
  • Personnel

  • Diid Osman - Bass
  • Andy MacLure - Drums
  • Jon Stewart - Guitar
  • Louise Wener - Vocals, Guitar
  • Morgan C. Hoax - Saxophone
  • Caroline Dale - Strings
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