1999 (Cassius album)

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1999
Cassius 1999.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 January 1999 (1999-01-25)
Recorded1998
Genre French house
Length66:21
Label Virgin
Producer
  • Philippe Zdar
  • Boombass
Cassius chronology
1999
(1999)
Au Rêve
(2002)
Singles from 1999
  1. "Cassius 1999"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Feeling for You"
    Released: 1999
  3. "La Mouche"
    Released: 1999

1999 is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Cassius, released on 25 January 1999 by Virgin Records.

Contents

Background

The album was written and produced by Cassius members Philippe Zdar and Boombass.

1999 reached number 28 in the UK Albums Chart. [1] As of September 2006 the album has shipped 260,000 units worldwide according to their label. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 4.8/10 [4]

John Bush of AllMusic qualified the album as "A sleek and intelligent dance record", [3] while James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork wrote: "Maybe I need some coke to truly delight in the seething vacancy of 1999, but I'm pretty sure that it's clearly not happening." [4]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Zdar and Boombass; additional writers noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cassius 1999" 3:45
2."Feeling for You"
  • Burden
  • Williams
  • Wright
4:37
3."Crazy Legs" 4:06
4."La Mouche" 4:40
5."Chase" 1:58
6."Foxxy"Hutch6:07
7."Planetz" 2:46
8."Hey Babe" 4:24
9."Mister Eveready" 6:06
10."Nulife"
  • Richards
  • Haggatt
  • Siders
  • Brown
  • Jones
6:31
11."Interlude" 1:22
12."Somebody" 4:55
13."Club Soixante Quinze" 5:21
14."Supa Crush" 4:43
15."Invisible" 1:09
16."Cassius 99 Remix" (radio edit)3:32
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
17."Foxxy" (DJ Tool Remix)7:23
18."Club 73"3:57
19."La Mouche" (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)8:58
20."Feeling For You" (Reveries Digitales Dreamix / Short Remix)5:16
21."Feeling For You" (Cambridge Circus Mix by DJ Mehdi)6:36

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 82
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 49
UK Albums (OCC) [1] 28

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  2. Pichevin, Aymeric (16 September 2006). "Teen Spirit". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "1999 – Cassius | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 Wisdom, James P. (26 January 1999). "Cassius: 1999 | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 52.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Cassius – 1999" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Cassius – 1999" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.
  9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Cassius – 1999". Hung Medien.