Kryptonite (album)

Kryptonite
Studio album by DJ Fresh
Released 16 August 2010
Recorded 2007–10
Genre
Length 45:34
Label
Producer Dan Stein
DJ Fresh chronology

Escape from Planet Monday
(2006)
Kryptonite
(2010)
Nextlevelism
(2012)
Singles from Kryptonite
  1. "Heavyweight" / "Fantasia"
    Released: 7 September 2009 (Promo)
  2. "Hypercaine"
    Released: 5 October 2009
  3. "Gold Dust"
    Released: 2 August 2010
  4. "Talkbox" / "Acid Rain"
    Released: 16 August 2010 (Promo)
  5. "Lassitude"
    Released: 28 October 2010

Kryptonite is the second album from British based producer DJ Fresh. The album primarily features drum & bass tracks, featuring drum and bass group Sigma and vocalists Stamina MC, Koko, Valkyrie and Ce'Cile. The album has been pushed back various times, each time with a new track or an old track removed. Tracks removed from Kryptonite are "Spaceface", a drum and bass tune removed due to Fresh losing parts of the song itself, Fresh has confirmed that he doesn't know "what's going on" with "Lazer Squad", "Off World" was put onto a 12" with "Direct Order" by The Funktion, "Cylon" became the flip to Lassitude, and "X-Project" (VIP mix) has been removed for an unknown reason. There was a mispress of the Talkbox promo vinyl which had "Acid Rain" on the flipside rather than the intended song, "Fight". Due to the public reception to the preference over Acid Rain than to Fight, it (Acid Rain) was made the official flipside rather than Fight.

A minimix was released on 9 June, which can be found on Fresh's MySpace.[1]

Track list

All songs written and composed by Dan Stein.

No. Title Length
1. "Talkbox"   4:41
2. "Lassitude" (with Sigma featuring Koko) 3:11
3. "Kryptonite"   5:11
4. "Gold Dust" (featuring Ce'cile) 3:11
5. "Acid Rain"   5:44
6. "Hypercaine" (featuring Stamina MC & Koko) 3:24
7. "Starfall" (featuring Valkyrie) 5:35
8. "Chacruna"   4:39
9. "Fight!" (featuring Valkyrie) 4:51
10. "Heavyweight"   5:07
Total length:
45:34

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
BBC (Positive)[3]
musicOMH [4]

Kryptonite has received generally positive reviews.

BBC commented that the album was "not as harsh as his work in Bad Company," and had the synopsis of "sticks to a tried-and-tested drum’n’bass sound, but an undeniably bouncy affair."[5]

Musicomh rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars, and commented that "this is a high tempo stormer you should not be without."[6]

Charts

On 28 August, the album debuted on the UK Dance Albums Chart, at a current peak of 4.

Charts (2010) Peak
position
UK Dance Albums Chart 4
Charts (2011) Peak
position
UK Dance Albums Chart[7] 39

References

  1. Official Fresh MySpace. MySpace (9 June 2010). Retrieved on 16 August 2010.
  2. "2009-10-17 Top 40 Dance Singles Archive". Official Charts. 2009-10-17. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  3. BBC review
  4. musicOMH review
  5. "Review of Fresh - Kryptonite". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  6. "DJ Fresh - Kryptonite". musicomh.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  7. "Dance Albums Top 40 - 3rd March 2012 | Top 40". Official Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-27.