Nothing But The Beat | ||||
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Studio album by David Guetta | ||||
Released | August 26, 2011 | |||
Recorded | Gum Prod Studio and Catfield Studio, (Paris, France); Piano Music Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands); Can Rocas Studio, (Ibiza, Spain) |
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Genre | House, dance-pop | |||
Length | 41:44 (Disc 1) 46:46 (Disc 2) 46:28 (Disc 3) |
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Label | Virgin, EMI | |||
Producer | Eivan "Ricco" Bj (exec.), David Guetta, Sandy Vee, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer, Black Raw, Afrojack, Avicii | |||
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Singles from Nothing But the Beat | ||||
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Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta. The album was released on August 26, 2011 through Virgin Records (EMI). Released as a double album, the first disc features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop and pop world such as Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J and Sia Furler. Also making appearances are will.i.am and Akon, both of whom previously collaborated with Guetta on his fourth album, One Love. In comparison, the second disc features purely instrumental tracks.[1][2] The album is also Guetta's first album that does not feature long-time collaborator Chris Willis on vocals. Critical reviews of the album were mixed. The album also spawned two US Hot 100 top 20, "Where Them Girls At" and "Without You", making his third and fourth top 20 singles respectively. Also, the latter claimed Guetta's third top 10, following "Club Can't Handle Me" (2010) and "Sexy Bitch" (2009). on November 30, 2011, the album received a Nomination for Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. The typeface used on the album cover and throughout the album artwork is ARGN which was released through HypeForType and YouWorkForThem by Greg Ponchak.[3]
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (60/100)[14] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
BBC Music | (favourable)[15] |
Digital Spy | [16] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B-)[17] |
The Guardian | [18] |
The Observer | [19] |
Rolling Stone | [20] |
Spin | [21] |
The Daily Telegraph | [22] |
Us Weekly | [23] |
Virgin Music | (favourable)[24] |
This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. |
Nothing but the Beat received mixed or average reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews.[14] David Jeffries wrote for Allmusic that "Nothing But the Beat offers the same experience as one of Guetta’s numerous remix sets, but declared that "something’s missing, something along the lines of When Love Takes Over."[25] In the same vein, Al Fox wrote for BBC Music that "Whether you could go so far as to call Guetta an auteur might be pushing it, but it's a cohesive effort, if not quite a work of art."[15] Entertainment Weekly's Mikael Wood praised the tracks "Night of Your Life" and "Titanium" but felt that "the album feels colder than its sweat factor suggests."[17] In an almost neutral review, Jon Dolan wrote for Rolling Stone that the album "shows how good he is at making Eurohouse's thumping trounce and jet-engine synth whoosh feel like natural elements in the hip-hop, R&B and even rock continuum.[20]
Ally Carnwath wrote a negative review for The Observer, rating it 1 out of 5 stars, writing that the album's collaborations "struggle to impose any distinctive personality on the overall mood of relentless rictus-grin-inducing euphoria."[19] Tom Ewing from The Guardian criticized Guetta for making "tiring dancefloor fillers" and concluded that "Nothing But the Beat may sound like a one-man hit parade, but it also takes its title far too literally."[18] Eric Henderson wrote negatively for Slant Magazine that (...) "His sound may be the most influential force in pop music today, but he's paradoxically been artistically overshadowed by imitators and innovators alike, all of whom demonstrate a better understanding of power pop's legacy (Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory"), dance-floor dynamics (Rihanna's "S&M"), and ridiculous self-awareness (LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem").[26]
Disc 1: Vocal album[27] | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
1. | "Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) | Tramar Dillard, Onika Maraj, Juan Silinas, Oscar Silinas, Jared Cotter, Michael Caren, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Sandy Vee | David Guetta, Sandy Wilhelm | 3:30 | |||||
2. | "Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris) | Taio Cruz, Christopher Bridges, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer, Black Raw* | 3:12 | |||||
3. | "Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj) | Ester Dean, Onika Maraj | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Black Raw* | 3:19 | |||||
4. | "Sweat" (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta) | Calvin Broadus, Cheri Williams, Derek Jenkins, Dwayne Richardson, Cassio Ware, David Singer-Vine, Niles Hollowell-Dhar, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:16 | |||||
5. | "Without You" (featuring Usher) | Usher Raymond IV, Taio Cruz, Matthias Bell, Rico Love, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer, Black Raw* | 3:28 | |||||
6. | "Nothing Really Matters" (featuring Will.i.am) | Will.i.am, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer, Pierre-Luc Rioux | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:39 | |||||
7. | "I Can Only Imagine" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne) | Christopher Brown, Dwayne Carter, Jacob Luttrell, Nasri Atweh, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer, Black Raw* | 3:29 | |||||
8. | "Crank It Up" (featuring Akon) | Aliaune Thiam, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:12 | |||||
9. | "I Just Wanna F." (David Guetta and Afrojack featuring Timbaland and Dev) | Jacob Luttrell, Amy Kaup, Jessica Sarangay, David Singer-Vine, Niles Hollowell-Dhar, David Guetta, Nick van de Wall | David Guetta, Nick van de Wall | 3:23 | |||||
10. | "Night of Your Life" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) | Crystal Johnson, Anthony Preston, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | 3:41 | |||||
11. | "Repeat" (featuring Jessie J) | Jessica Cornish, The Invisible Men, Ali Tennant, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:26 | |||||
12. | "Titanium" (featuring Sia) | Sia Furler, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Nick van de Wall | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Nick van de Wall | 4:05 | |||||
Total length:
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41:44 |
iTunes Store bonus track[28] | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
13. | "I'm a Machine" (featuring Cri$tyle) | Crystal Nicole Johnson, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 3:34 |
Australian CD bonus track[29] | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
13. | "Where Them Girls At" (Afrojack Remix) | Tramar Dillard, Onika Maraj, Juan Silinas, Oscar Silinas, Jared Cotter, Michael Caren, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Sandy Vee, Nick van de Wall | David Guetta, Sandy Wilhelm, Nick van de Wall | 6:24 |
Disc 2: Electronic album[27] | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
1. | "The Alphabeat" (non U.S. album track) | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Black Raw* | 4:29 | |||||
2. | "Lunar" (David Guetta and Afrojack) | David Guetta, Nick van de Wall, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Nick van de Wall | 5:16 | |||||
3. | "Sunshine" (David Guetta and Avicii) | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Tim Bergling | David Guetta, Tim Bergling, Giorgio Tuinfort | 6:01 | |||||
4. | "Little Bad Girl (Instrumental Edit)" (non U.S. album track) | Taio Cruz, Christopher Bridges, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | 4:02 | |||||
5. | "Metro Music" (non U.S. album track) | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | 4:13 | |||||
6. | "Toy Story" | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | 3:44 | |||||
7. | "The Future" (David Guetta and Afrojack) | David Guetta, Nick van de Wall | David Guetta, Nick van de Wall | 4:16 | |||||
8. | "Dreams" (non U.S. album track) | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer, Giorgio Tuinfort | 4:48 | |||||
9. | "Paris" | David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer | David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer | 4:40 | |||||
10. | "Glasgow" | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort | David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Black Raw* | 5:13 | |||||
Total length:
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46:46 |
Disc 3: Party Mix[30] | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Where Them Girls At" (featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj) (Nicky Romero & Sidney Samson Remix) [Party Mix]) | 4:18 | |||||||
2. | "Turn Me On" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (Sidney Samson Remix) | 5:15 | |||||||
3. | "Sweat" (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta) (David Guetta & Afrojack Dub Remix) [Party Mix]) | 6:03 | |||||||
4. | "Paris" | 4:03 | |||||||
5. | "Without You" (featuring Usher) (Nicky Romero Remix) [Party Mix]) | 4:15 | |||||||
6. | "Little Bad Girl" (featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris) (New Club Edit) [Party Mix]) | 4:14 | |||||||
7. | "The Future" (David Guetta and Afrojack [Party Mix]) | 3:56 | |||||||
8. | "Titanium" (featuring Sia [Party Mix]) | 4:00 | |||||||
9. | "Sunshine" (David Guetta and Avicii [Party Mix]) | 5:30 | |||||||
10. | "Lunar" (David Guetta and Afrojack [Party Mix]) | 4:50 | |||||||
Total length:
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46:28 |
(*) denotes additional production
Country | Date | Format | Label | Edition |
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Australia[28][29] | August 26, 2011 | CD, digital download | EMI Music | Standard edition |
Germany[65][66][67] | LP, CD, digital download | |||
Ireland[68] | CD, digital download | |||
India[69] | CD | |||
Netherlands[70][71] | LP, CD, digital download | |||
United Kingdom[72] | August 29, 2011 | CD | Positiva Records | |
Denmark[73] | EMI Music | |||
Canada[74] | ||||
Poland[75] | LP, CD | |||
France[76][77] | Virgin Records, EMI Music | |||
Italy[78][79] | August 30, 2011 | EMI Music | ||
United States[80] | CD | Astralwerks | Standard edition (US version) | |
Brazil[81] | August 31, 2011 | EMI Music | Standard edition | |
Germany[30] | November 25, 2011 | Deluxe Edition | ||
United Kingdom[82] | November 28, 2011 | Positiva Records | ||
Denmark[83] | November 30, 2011 | EMI Music |
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