Good Times (Kim Dotcom album)

Good Times
Studio album by Kim Dotcom
Released 20 January 2014
Recorded Roundhead Studios, Auckland
Genre Electronic dance music
Length 60:45
Label Kimpire Music
Producer Kim Dotcom

Good Times is a studio album recorded by Finnish–German entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

Background and recording

Good Times was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, New Zealand, and was begun in 2011.[1] Dotcom said that he played the album to American hip hop producer Swizz Beatz, who enjoyed it.[2]

Composition

Good Times is an electronic dance music (EDM) album, exploring a variety of subgenres, including trance and drum and bass, and features hip hop influences and synth sounds.[3][4] It contains completely positive themes.[5] Vicki Anderson of The Press compared Dotcom's vocals on the album to those of German electronic music band Kraftwerk.[6]

Release and promotion

Good Times was released worldwide by his independent record label Kimpire Music on 20 January 2014.[1] Dotcom performed at Rhythm & Vines on 31 December 2013; the set was filmed, and music videos for "Amazing", "Party Amplifier" and "Change Your Life" have been released.[2][6]

Reception

Chris Schulz of The New Zealand Herald called the album "a musical mess" and rated it one star out of five.[3] Gizmodo's Jack Tomlin criticised the album for being overproduced; he wrote that if it is meant by Dotcom to be a satirical take on contemporary EDM, then it is excellent.[4] David Farrier from 3 News described the album as "not as bad as you'd expect".[5]

Good Times entered the New Zealand Albums Chart dated 27 January 2014 at number twenty. The following week it moved up to number seventeen.[7] The week after that, it reached number eight. [8]

Track listing

Good Times
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Amazing" (featuring Laughton Kora)
 3:39
2. "Good Times" (featuring Ilati)
  3:19
3. "Dance Dance Dance"  
 3:45
4. "Keeps Getting Better" (featuring Ilati)
 3:30
5. "Change Your Life" (featuring Laughton Kora)
  • Deryk Mitchell
  • Jazelle Paris
 3:15
6. "Universe" (featuring Amari)
  • Jazelle Paris
  • Gerrell King
 3:35
7. "Little Bit of Me" (featuring Tiki Taane)
 3:27
8. "Party Electricity" (featuring Amari)
 3:33
9. "Wunderbar" (Interlude)
 1:25
10. "To Be With You" (featuring Ilati)
  • Deryk Mitchell
  • Jazelle Paris
  • Kim Dotcom
  • Joshua Walker
 4:32
11. "Good Life" (featuring Printz Board)
 4:32
12. "Party Amplifier" (featuring Printz Board)
 3:49
13. "Take Me Away" (featuring Mona Dotcom)
 3:34
14. "Beathoven" (Interlude)   2:13
15. "Fireworks" (featuring Ilati)
  • Jazelle Paris
  • Gerrell King
  • Joshua Walker
 6:36
16. "Live My Life"  
 3:27
17. "Beathoven Slow"     3:11
Total length:
 01:00:45

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dotcom, Kim (20 January 2014). "Kim Dotcom. – Good Times Out Worldwide" (Press release). Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kim Dotcom 'Change Your Life' video premiere". 3 News (MediaWorks New Zealand). 20 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schulz, Chris (23 January 2014). "Album review: Kim Dotcom, Good Times". The New Zealand Herald (APN News & Media). Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tomlin, Jack (21 January 2014). "Kim Dotcom Good Times Album Review: What A Mess". Gizmodo. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kim Dotcom's Good Times – is it any good?". 3 News (MediaWorks New Zealand). 21 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Anderson, Vicki (24 January 2014). "Kim Dotcom, the party starter". The Press (Fairfax New Zealand). Archived from the original on 24 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.