Idealism (album)

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Idealism

Studio album by Digitalism
Released	9 May 2007 Toshiba EMI 21 May 2007 (Kitsuné/Virgin) 5 June 2007 (United States, Astralwerks)
Genre	Dance-punk
Label	Kitsuné Music/Virgin
Professional reviews
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Idealism is the debut album from German electro duo Digitalism. It was released on 9 May 2007 on Toshiba EMI in Japan as Digitalism (デジタル主義, Dejitaru Shugi^?) and 21 May, 2007 on Kitsuné Music/Virgin. In the United States, it was released on 5 June 2007 on Astralwerks.

Five of the album's fifteen tracks - "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo" - have been previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples the 1979 The Cure song "Fire In Cairo".

The CD comes with a special code to download seven additional tracks on the internet. The bonus tracks are only available in at a bitrate of 128kbit/s.

"Idealistic" was used by Rockstar Games in the announcement trailer for their upcoming video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles [1]

"Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including 2007 Pontiac commercial and a Virgin Mobile commercial, and will be featured in Need For Speed: ProStreet and FIFA 08.