Calvin Harris - I Created Disco - 2014 Electro Pop Disco Ltd Numbered Yellow Vinyl - Sealed 180 Grm 2LP
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
Label: Music On Vinyl
Cat#: MOVLP1185
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Yellow, 180 Gram
180 gram audiophile vinyl
Insert
First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on yellow vinyl
Country: Europe
Released: 07 Oct 2014
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, House, Electro, Disco
Tracklist
A1 Merrymaking At My Place
A2 Colours
A3 This Is The Industry
B1 The Girls
B2 Acceptable In The 80s
B3 Neon Rocks
C1 Vegas
C2 I Created Disco
C3 Disco Heat
D1 Certified
D2 Love Souvenir
D3 Electric Man
2007 debut album from Scottish Electronic artist Calvin Harris. The album, a mix of Electro infused dance tracks and sees Harris take influence from the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk and in particular, early '80s Electro. 14 tracks including the singles 'Acceptable In The 80s' and 'The Girls'. RCA.
"I Created Disco" is the debut from Scottish dance singer/producer Calvin Harris. The album has already had two big hits in the UK; the nostalgic "Acceptable in the 80s" (#10) and the ode to all types of girls worldwide, "The girls" (#3).
Its an album with an eighties sheen that shamelessly courts fans of Groove Armada, Daft Punk, and even LCD Soundsystem, but unlike other producer-turned-singers, he eschews guest vocalists and does the singing himself.
"Merry Making at my Place" has a groovy bassline, chorus sung in falsetto, and repetitive hedonistic lyrics. A clear standout which wouldn't sound out of place on a Groove Armada record.
Title track "I created disco" is an instrumental (bar a few spoken words midway) with a fuzzy bassline, and loads of electronic effects. "Certified" is another instrumental with woozy effects. Brilliant!!
Other standouts are "Disco Heat", the Giorgio Moroder-like "Electro man" (a relaxed vocal delivery over pulsing hypnotic synths and beats), and the lone ballad, the dreamy plodding instrumental "Love souvenir".
You can't blame Calvin Harris for wanting to have a good time, and with I CREATED DISCO, he has his disco and eats it too. It's silly fun -- the funk bass and simple breaks of "Merrymaking At My Place" exemplify this or the slow groove of "Neon Rocks" -- but that's not to say that it's not catchy. And for the boast of creating disco, I'd say 80s electro would be more appropriate. "The Girls," an ode to the fairer sex, is doused in electro like it's cheap cologne, while "Acceptable in the 80s" is an ode to a whole decade. You could argue that the tracks are pretty much the same -- and they are -- but this is a drawback. But a fun drawback! Harris' disaffected lyrics seem pitch-perfect to echo the 80s ennui, even as the kick drum goes into a dancefloor frenzy on "Disco Heat." When Harris slows it down for "Love Souvenir," you have to admire the romance and the sleazy existing on the same plane. And the final track, "Electro Man," is just a blast of fun.
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
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Calvin Harris - Merrymaking At My Place
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Calvin Harris - Disco Heat
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Calvin Harris - The Girls
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Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80's
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Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80's LIVE
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| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Format | 2LP, 180 Gram |
| Label | Music On Vinyl |
| Color | Yellow |
