Atmosphere (Kaskade album)

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Atmosphere
Kaskade - atmosphere.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2013
Recorded2012–13
Genre Dance, progressive house, deep house
Length51:35
Label Ultra Records
Producer Ryan Raddon, Finn Bjarnson, John Hancock, Project 46, Swanky Tunes, Benjamin Curtis, Mark Phillips
Kaskade albums chronology
Fire & Ice
(2011)
Atmosphere
(2013)
Automatic
(2015)
Singles from Atmosphere
  1. "No One Knows Who We Are"
    Released: December 24, 2012
  2. "Atmosphere"
    Released: June 10, 2013
  3. "Last Chance"
    Released: November 22, 2013

Atmosphere is the eighth studio album of American house DJ and electronic dance music producer Kaskade. It was released in the United States and Canada on September 10, 2013, through Ultra Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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NOW Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 6/10 [6]
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The album shares similar success with his previous studio album Fire & Ice . It became Kaskade's second No. 1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [8] It also made its debut at No. 16 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as number 7 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. Atmosphere earned Kaskade his second Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2014.

The album received mixed reviews from mainstream critics. Metacritic rated Atmosphere an average score of 62 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally positive reviews". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Raddon and Finn Bjarnson, except for tracks 3, 7 and 11.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Last Chance" (with Project 46) (vocals by Stef Lang)Ryan Henderson, Tman "Thomas" Shaw, Andrew Allen Raddon, Bjarnson, Project 464:18
2."Why Ask Why" (with Late Night Alumni) Becky Jean Williams, John Lee Hancock Raddon, Bjarnson, Hancock4:35
3."MIA to LAS"Ryan RaddonRaddon3:31
4."No One Knows Who We Are" (Kaskade's Atmosphere Mix)
(with Swanky Tunes featuring Lights)
Lights, Vadim, Dmitry, StanislavKaskade, Swanky Tunes4:34
5."Feeling the Night" (featuring Becky Jean Williams) Raddon4:14
6."Take Your Mind Off" Raddon, Bjarnson3:42
7."LAX to JFK"Ryan RaddonRaddon3:07
8."Atmosphere" Nate Pyfer, McKay StevensRaddon, Bjarnson3:51
9."Missing You" (with School of Seven Bells)Pyfer, Alejandra de la Deheza, Benjamin Curtis Curtis 3:51
10."Something Something" (with Zip Zip Through The Night)Mark PhillipsRaddon, Bjarnson, Phillips4:51
11."SFO to ORD"Ryan RaddonRaddon3:43
12."Floating" (featuring Haley) Raddon, Bjarnson3:42
13."How It Is" (featuring Debra Fotheringham) Raddon, Bjarnson3:36
Total length:51:35
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Atmosphere" (Kaskade Redux Edit)4:40
15."Atmosphere" (video)4:04

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Discogs. [9]

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 16
US Dance/Electronic Albums [11] 1
US Digital Albums [12] 7

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
September 10, 2013 Ultra Records CD, digital download

References

  1. 1 2 "Reviews for Atmosphere by Kaskade". Metacritic . CBS Interactive.
  2. Jeffries, David. "Atmosphere – Kaskade". AllMusic . All Media Network.
  3. Brown, August (September 11, 2013). "Album review: Kaskade's dreamy, orchestral 'Atmosphere'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.
  4. Prevatt, Mike (September 11, 2013). "CD review: Kaskade's 'Atmosphere'". Las Vegas Weekly .
  5. Boles, Benjamin (October 3, 2013). "Kaskade – Atmosphere (Ultra)". NOW . 33 (4).
  6. Faulkner, Brent (October 18, 2013). "Kaskade: Atmosphere". PopMatters.
  7. Dolan, Jon (September 10, 2013). "Kaskade, 'Atmosphere'". Rolling Stone . Wenner Media.
  8. Murray, Gordon (September 19, 2013). "Kaskade's 'Atmosphere' Heats Up Dance Charts". billboard.com. Billboard.
  9. See external links
  10. "Kaskade – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 28, 2013.
  11. "Kaskade – Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 28, 2013.
  12. "Kaskade – Chart history: Digital Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 3, 2015.