I Created Disco

Occupation

  • Songwriting, vocals, production: Calvin Harris
  • Mastering: Guy Davie

I Created Disco ( German: " I created disco " ) is the debut album by Scottish musician Calvin Harris. It was released on 18 June 2007 in his native Britain, in Germany less than a year later on 21 April 2008.

I Created Disco was awarded in the UK for sales of 100,000 copies with gold.

Background

Calvin Harris began writing the first songs when he moved back to his hometown Dumfried in Scotland, after he had two years of living in London. All recordings and the production took on an Amiga computer in Harris own studio, "the Calvin Harris Beats Studio " instead.

Stylistically, the album high, sometimes deep vocals is strongly influenced by the use of synthesizers, as well as Harris ' times marked.

Promotion

Prior to the publication of two singles were released. Firstly Acceptable in the 80's, a tribute to the style and culture of the eighties, on the other The Girls, a song that is about a man who thinks he's irresistible. In Germany, Harris was known primarily by the fact that his song was played Acceptable in the 80's in advertising casting show Germany's Next Top Model. It reached # 30 in the German single charts.

Title list

All songs were written by Calvin Harris and produced.

1 Merrymaking at My Place ( 4:10 ) 2 Colours ( 4:02 ) 3 This Is the Industry ( 3:56 ) 4 The Girls ( 3:52 ) 5 Acceptable in the 80's ( 5:33 ) 6 Neon Rocks ( 3:46 ) 7 Traffic Cops ( 0:55 ) 8 Vegas ( 5:42 ) 9 I Created Disco ( 4:08 )

10 Disco Heat ( 4:31 ) 11 Vault Character ( 0:08 ) 12 Certified ( 4:08 ) 13 Love Souvenir ( 4:20 ) 14 Electro Man ( 4:58 ) Bonus Tracks:

  • Rock N Roll Attitude ( 3:19 )
  • We Are All the Same ( 3:56 )
  • Love for You ( 3:52 )

Total playing time: 55:23

→ Note: The tracks 7, 11, 12 and 13 are instrumentals.

Reception

Cathrin Hauswald of Laut.de was enthusiastic:

" Calvin Harris turns out to be soulful gaudy lollipop. Colorful, that the sound walls shake, pop sweet and above all: As you can ever lick it. Will read, listen forever. "

Even Daniel Leckert of CDStarts.de praised the work:

" Many of the songs [ ... ] heat up the atmosphere and are highly danceable. So you quickly takes a liking to the Gameboy sounds and urgent beats, which, however, sometimes challenging food is set before from the synth - fundus. "

Chart positions

On June 30, 2007 I Created Disco debuted at number 8 in the UK album charts, where it stayed a week and then dropped to 21. Overall, it was 30 weeks in the charts.

Singles

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