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I Created Disco

EMAILPRINTby Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris reviews
59
5.8 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Album Info

Label: Almost Gold

Release Date: 04 September 2007

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Electronic, Dance

Summary

The debut album for the Scottish-born musician, who most recently worked on Kylie Minogue's comeback album.

What The Critics Said

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90

Lost At Sea

I Created Disco is not only the title of Harris' full-length debut, it's also the title of a track on the album that threatens to depose Justice from their perch on high.

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80

Billboard

I Created Disco feels renegade, and that's what makes it more than irresistibly fun synth-pop.

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80

Boston Globe

The bulk of the record follows suit, with straightforward club songs, none too obtuse.

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80

Vibe

His is an intrepid sound, taut and gorgeous. [Oct 2007, p.92]

75

Stylus Magazine

I Created Disco is a fun and mostly very listenable pop record which satisfies the modest ambitions it sets for itself.

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70

Urb

Throw in some straight, viscerally melodic vocals and a few cool, smart, electro-pop and digi-funk sing-alongs and you have a classic four-song EP--if not an entire album. [Sep/Oct 2007, p.129]

70

Blender

This is an indie rocker introducing great disco to a bunch of beer drinkers. [Nov 2007, p.150]

70

New Musical Express

Harris has distilled all of the synth-popping, amp-busting sounds of electroclash and disco-punk into a complete set of proper pop uppers.

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60

Dot Music

Calvin Harris does nothing out of the ordinary, but still, he does it well.

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60

All Music Guide

Harris doesn't need to sing--his electronic noises from the keyboard are quite sufficient.

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60

Under The Radar

Good times are to be had, but don't go looking for anything deep. [Summer 2007, p.90]

45

Prefix Magazine

Harris's frivolous humor loses its charm when the music falls flat.

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40

Playlouder

The problem is that I Created Disco goes on for nearly an hour and barely changes tack once.

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40

PopMatters

Overall I Created Disco is just a pretty confection, good for transient enjoyment at best.

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37

Pitchfork

Harris reduces pop's limitless possibilities to one-joke self-parody, his youth his most distinguishing characteristic, an unremembered yesterday always more vibrant than today.

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20

The Guardian

I Created Disco is witless and forever tripping over its own feet.

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10

Drowned In Sound

Leave this to collect dust in the bargain bin. Or, better still, the bins out the back of HMV.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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