I Created Disco | ||||
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Studio album by Calvin Harris | ||||
Released | 15 June 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006–07; Calvinharrisbeats Studio (Dumfries, Scotland) |
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Genre | Electropop, electro house, electroclash, nu-disco, synthpop | |||
Length | 55:23 | |||
Label | Fly Eye, Columbia | |||
Producer | Calvin Harris | |||
Calvin Harris chronology | ||||
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Singles from I Created Disco | ||||
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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.
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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.
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.
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (59/100)[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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BBC Music | (favourable)[4] |
Billboard | (favourable)[5] |
Drowned in Sound | (1/10)[6] |
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NME | (7/10)[8] |
Pitchfork Media | (3.7/10)[9] |
PopMatters | (4/10)[10] |
Stylus Magazine | (B)[11] |
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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]
All songs written and composed by Calvin Harris.
No. | Title | Length | |
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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 |
UK and Australian iTunes bonus track[13][14] | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
15. | "We're All the Same" | 3:56 |
Italian iTunes bonus tracks[15] | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
15. | "Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix) | 7:11 | ||||||||
16. | "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) | 8:04 | ||||||||
17. | "Merrymaking at My Place" (Deadmau5 Remix) | 5:28 |
Japanese bonus tracks[16] | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
15. | "Rock N Roll Attitude" | 3:19 | ||||||||
16. | "Love for You" | 3:52 | ||||||||
17. | "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) | 8:03 | ||||||||
18. | "Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix) | 7:16 |
French bonus CD[17] | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
1. | "Rock N Roll Attitude" | 3:19 | ||||||||
2. | "We Are All the Same" | 3:56 | ||||||||
3. | "Love for You" | 3:52 | ||||||||
4. | "Merrymaking at My Place" (Mr Oizo Remix) | 3:29 | ||||||||
5. | "Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix) | 7:16 | ||||||||
6. | "The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix) | 8:03 | ||||||||
7. | "The Girls" (Acoustic Version) | 3:30 |
Weekly charts [link]
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Certifications [link]
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Country | Release date | Label |
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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 |
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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.
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