Melody A.M.

Studio album by Röyksopp

Released

3 September 2001

Genre

Length

45:58

Label

Wall of Sound

Producer

Röyksopp
Ole J. Mjøs

Röyksopp chronology

Melody A.M.
(2001)

The Understanding
(2005)

Singles from Melody A.M.

"So Easy"
Released: 1999
"Eple"
Released: July 2001
"Poor Leno"
Released: 28 May 2001
"Remind Me"
Released: 1 July 2002
"Sparks"
Released: 23 June 2003

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	positive^[3]
BBC Music	positive^[4]
Billboard	positive^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[6]
NME	8/10^[7]
Pitchfork Media	7.8/10^[8]
PopMatters	positive^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Stylus Magazine	B−^[11]

Melody A.M. is the debut studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 3 September 2001 by Wall of Sound. Songs from this album have been used in television adverts and computer games; "Remind Me" was formally featured in an advertisement for GEICO Insurance in one of their popular Caveman ads, while "Eple" was licensed by Apple and used as the introduction music for the Mac OS X v10.3 setup assistant. The Silicone Soul remix of "Poor Leno" was featured in the soundtrack to the 2003 snowboarding video game SSX 3. So Easy was the soundtrack of T-Mobile's launch advert featuring the face of a baby appearing around places in a city.

On 21 November 2007 the album was included on The Guardian‍ 's series of the 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die.^[12] It is also listed in a similar selection, called 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, in a series of books by Quintessence Editions. On 24 November 2009, Melody A.M. was named the best Norwegian album of the decade by Norway's largest newspaper, Verdens Gang.^[13]

As of 2005, the album had sold 750,000 copies worldwide,^[14] including 454,271 in the United Kingdom alone.^[15]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Röyksopp, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So Easy"	Röyksopp Burt Bacharach Hal David	3:44
2.	"Eple" (some versions contain a "hidden track" of talking in the pregap)		3:36
3.	"Sparks"	Röyksopp Anneli Drecker	5:23
4.	"In Space"		3:30
5.	"Poor Leno"	Röyksopp Erlend Øye	3:57
6.	"A Higher Place"		4:31
7.	"Röyksopp's Night Out"		7:30
8.	"Remind Me"	Röyksopp Øye	3:39
9.	"She's So"	Röyksopp Peter Thomas	5:23
10.	"40 Years Back\Come"	Röyksopp Michael Manring	4:45

European limited edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poor Leno" (Jakatta Radio Mix)	3:51
2.	"Poor Leno" (Silicone Soul's Hypno House Dub)	8:09
3.	"Remind Me" (Someone Else's Radio Remix)	4:03
4.	"Eple" (video)	3:38
5.	"Poor Leno" (video)	3:57
6.	"Remind Me" (video)	4:05

US special edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Remind Me" (Someone Else's Mix)	3:36
2.	"Poor Leno" (Röyksopp's Istanbul Forever Take)	5:35
3.	"Remind Me" (Ernest St. Laurent Moonfish Mix)	6:56
4.	"Poor Leno" (Silicone Soul's Hypno House Dub)	8:09
5.	"Poor Leno" (video)	3:57
6.	"Remind Me" (video)	4:05
7.	"Eple" (video)	3:38

Japanese special edition bonus disc^[16]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Go"	7:19
2.	"Poor Leno" (Jakatta Radio Mix)	3:35
3.	"Poor Leno" (Silicone Soul's Hypno House Dub)	8:11
4.	"Remind Me" (Someone Else's Radio Remix)	4:04
5.	"Eple" (Fatboy Slim Remix)	5:48
6.	"Eple" (Shakedown Remix)	6:43
7.	"Eple" (Black Strobe Remix)	6:10
8.	"Sparks" (Roni Size Remix)	5:29
9.	"Sparks" (Murk Downtown Miami Mix)	8:22
10.	"Poor Leno" (video)	4:01
11.	"Remind Me" (video)	4:12
12.	"Eple" (video)	3:39

Notes

"So Easy" contains a sample from "Blue on Blue" by Gals and Pals.^[17]
"A Higher Place" contains a sample from "Freedom" by Tyrrel Corporation.^[17]
"She's So" contains a sample from "Love in Space" by Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra.^[17]
"40 Years Back\Come" contains a sample from "Red Right Returning" by Michael Manring.^[17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Melody A.M.^[17]

Röyksopp – arrangement, production
Anneli Drecker – vocals ("Sparks")
Jo Hillier – A&R
Rune Lindbæk – extra input ("A Higher Place", "40 Years Back\Come")
Ole J. Mjøs – co-production ("A Higher Place")
Erlend Øye – vocals ("Poor Leno", "Remind Me")
Marte Rognerud – inner sleeve photography
Ole Vegard "05" Skauge – bass ("A Higher Place")
Sølve Sundsbø – cover photography
Tom Hingston Studio – design

Charts

Chart (2001–03)	Peak position
Australian Alternative Albums Chart^[18]	21
Belgian Alternative Albums Chart (Flanders)^[19]	26
Dutch Albums Chart^[20]	69
European Top 100 Albums^[21]	36
French Albums Chart^[22]	84
Irish Albums Chart^[23]	18
Japanese Albums Chart^[24]	211
Norwegian Albums Chart^[25]	1
Swedish Albums Chart^[26]	50
UK Albums Chart^[27]	9
US Top Electronic Albums^[28]	18

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[29]	Platinum	50,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)^[30]	Platinum	454,271^[15]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Edition	Label
Germany^[31]	3 September 2001	Standard	Parlophone
Italy^[32]	14 September 2001		EMI
United Kingdom^[33]	8 October 2001		Wall of Sound
France^[34]	9 October 2001		Labels
Australia^[35]	4 March 2002		EMI
Japan^[36]	5 June 2002		EMI
United Kingdom^[37]	12 August 2002	Standard (re-release)	Wall of Sound
United States^[38]^[39]	15 October 2002	Standard special	Astralwerks
Japan^[16]	18 June 2003	Special	EMI

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Röyksopp

Svein Berge Torbjørn Brundtland

Studio albums	Melody A.M. The Understanding Junior Senior The Inevitable End

Compilation albums	Back to Mine: Röyksopp Late Night Tales: Röyksopp

Extended plays	Röyksopp's Night Out Do It Again (with Robyn)

Singles	"So Easy" "Eple" "Poor Leno" "Remind Me" "Sparks" "Only This Moment" "Curves" "49 Percent" "What Else Is There?" "Beautiful Day Without You" "Happy Up Here" "The Girl and the Robot" "This Must Be It" "The Drug" "Forsaken Cowboy" "Running to the Sea" "Something in My Heart" "Twenty Thirteen" "Do It Again" "Sayit" "Monument" "Monument (T.I.E Version)" "Skulls" "Sordid Affair"

Related articles	Discography Erlend Øye