Loopified

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Loopified
Dirty Loops - Loopified (2014, US version album cover).jpg
US and European Album Cover
Studio album by
Released19 May 2014
Genre Jazz fusion, pop rock [1]
Length52:48 [2]
Label Verve
Dirty Loops chronology
Loopified
(2014)
Phoenix
(2020)
Alternative cover
Loopified 2014 Japanese Album Art.jpg
Japan Album Cover

Loopified is the debut album by Swedish band Dirty Loops. It was released in Japan on April 16, in the UK on May 19, and in the US August 19, 2014. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jonah Nilsson, Henrik Linder, Aron Mellergard & Andreas Carlsson except covers as listed..

No.TitleLength
1."Hit Me"3:31
2."Sexy Girls"3:29
3."Sayonara Love"4:14
4."Wake Me Up (Avicii Cover)"3:26
5."Die For You"3:17
6."It Hurts"4:34
7."Lost in You"3:43
8."Take on the World"4:30
9."Accidentally in Love"3:43
10."The Way She Walks"4:11
11."Crash and Burn Delight"4:09
12."Roller Coaster (Justin Bieber Cover)"3:34
13."Automatic (Utada Hikaru Cover)"4:11
14."Got Me Going"3:08
Total length:53:40

American release

The American release omitted the last two songs and included three covers that the band posted as videos on YouTube before the album was produced:

No.TitleLength
13."Circus (Britney Spears Cover)"3:45
14."Rolling In The Deep (Adele Cover)"2:51
15."Baby (Justin Bieber Cover)"2:45
Total length:55:42

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Loopified liner notes [4]

Dirty Loops
Additional personnel

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References

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