Idol Tryouts

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Compilation album by Ghostly International
Released 2003
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre Electronic / dance
Label Ghostly International
Ghostly International chronology
Disco Nouveau
(2002) Disco Nouveau2002
Idol Tryouts
(2003)
Idol Tryouts 2
(2006) Idol Tryouts 22006
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Idol Tryouts is the second various artists compilation album released by Michigan-based label Ghostly International. Unlike the label's previous sampler Disco Nouveau , Idol Tryouts contains music solely from artists signed to Ghostly International. Musical genres represented here span techno, electro, electroclash and tech house.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Michigan State of the United States of America

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". With a population of about 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.

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Idol Tryouts track listing

  1. Dabrye "Making It Pay"
  2. Charles Mainer "At the Bottle"
  3. Midwest Product "Laundry"
  4. Midwest Product "A Genuine Display"
  5. Kill Memory Crash "Get Out"
  6. Matthew Dear "Some New Depression"
  7. Kiln "Ero"
  8. Dykehouse "Map Ref. 41° N 93° W"
  9. Osborne "Daylight (Radio)"
  10. James Cotton "Help Me Think of One"
  11. Outputmessage "Bernard's Song"
  12. Dabrye 73.3 "Prefuse 73 Megamix"

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