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]
I Created Disco | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 15 June 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
Studio | Calvinharrisbeats (Dumfries, Scotland) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 55:23 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer | Calvin Harris | |||
Calvin Harris chronology | ||||
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Singles from I Created Disco | ||||
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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.
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.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 59/100[7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Blender | [8] |
Drowned in Sound | 1/10[9] |
The Guardian | [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 | [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]
All tracks are written by Calvin Harris
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "We're All the Same" | 3:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Created Disco.[22]
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[4] | Gold | 230,000[5] |
Region | Date | Label | Ref. |
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Ireland | 15 June 2007 | [33] | |
United Kingdom | 18 June 2007 | [34] | |
Japan | 27 June 2007 | Sony | [20] |
Australia | 6 July 2007 | Red Label | [35] |
United States | 4 September 2007 | Almost Gold | [36] |
Benelux | 13 January 2008 | PIAS | [37] |
France | 4 February 2008 |
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Germany | 18 April 2008 | Ministry of Sound | [38] |
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