I Created Disco

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I Created Disco
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco.png
Studio album by
Calvin Harris
Released15 June 2007 (2007-06-15)
Recorded2006–2007
StudioCalvinharrisbeats (Dumfries, Scotland)
Genre
Length55:23
Label
Producer Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris chronology
I Created Disco
(2007)		 Ready for the Weekend
(2009)
Singles from I Created Disco
  1. "Acceptable in the 80s"
    Released: 12 March 2007
  2. "The Girls"
    Released: 4 June 2007
  3. "Merrymaking at My Place"
    Released: 20 August 2007

I Created Disco is the debut studio album by Scottish musician Calvin Harris, released on 15 June 2007 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", which reached numbers 10 and three on the UK Singles Chart, respectively. The album debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 16,121 copies. [3] On 23 May 2008, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [4] I Created Disco had sold 223,845 copies in the United Kingdom by November 2014. [5]

Contents

Writing and recording

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 OctaMED, [6] a music tracker, in Harris' home studio, called Calvinharrisbeats Studio. All 14 tracks on the album were written, produced and performed solely by Harris.

Promotion

Preceding the release of the album, Columbia released two singles, "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls". Harris and his band supported both Faithless and Groove Armada on their live arena tours in the second quarter of 2007. The album cover was also used to promote the fourth generation iPod Nano in yellow.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Drowned in Sound 1/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 7/10 [11]
Pitchfork 3.7/10 [12]
PopMatters 4/10 [13]
Stylus Magazine B [14]
Under the Radar 6/10 [15]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]

I Created Disco received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 59, based on 17 reviews. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Calvin Harris

No.TitleLength
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 Store bonus track [17] [18]
No.TitleLength
15."We're All the Same"3:56
Italian iTunes Store bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleLength
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 edition bonus tracks [20]
No.TitleLength
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 edition bonus disc [21]
No.TitleLength
1."Rock 'n Roll Attitude"3:19
2."We're 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

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Created Disco. [22]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold230,000 [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelRef.
Ireland15 June 2007 [33]
United Kingdom18 June 2007 [34]
Japan27 June 2007 Sony [20]
Australia6 July 2007Red Label [35]
United States4 September 2007 Almost Gold [36]
Benelux13 January 2008 PIAS [37]
France4 February 2008
 [21]
Germany18 April 2008 Ministry of Sound [38]

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