Automatic (Kaskade album)

Automatic

Studio album by Kaskade

Released

September 25, 2015

Recorded

2014–2015

Genre

Length

53:11

Label

Warner Bros.
Arkade

Kaskade albums chronology

Atmosphere
(2013)

Automatic
(2015)

Singles from Automatic

"A Little More"
Released: December 10, 2014
"Never Sleep Alone"
Released: April 6, 2015
"Disarm You"
Released: July 24, 2015
"We Don't Stop"
Released: August 21, 2015
"Whatever"
Released: February 12, 2016

Automatic is the 2015 ninth studio album of the American house DJ and electronic music producer Kaskade. It was released on September 25, 2015 through Warner Bros. Records & Arkade. Album is available worldwide on iTunes.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
PopMatters	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]

David Jeffries give 4 stars out of 5 for the best album ever and said, A master when delivering a sultry or dreamy beat, Chicago producer Kaskade seemed an unlikely candidate for 2015 dance releases, since banging future house and towering EDM dominated the clubs. Also consider the compiling of his 2014 singles set I Remember and he's got every right to sit out a season while waiting for cooler beats to prevail, but Automatic is the man's most purposeful album in years and with only a few concessions to what's poppin' in the clubs. For instance: there's an EDM break in the New Order-ish opener "We Don't Stop" that sounds entirely 2015, plus the bleeps and the tranced-out then hyped-up song structure of "A Little More" with Sansa and John Dahlbäck is identifiably post-Avicii. Besides those touches, this is the smooth, yet willing to explore, sound of Kaskade that harks back to his days on Om Records, including the extended hypno-house breaks that push "Breaking Up" with Scott Shepard into highlight status. "Where Are You Now" with Tamra Keenan reimagines the retired genre of microhouse as a more pop-aimed and mystical category in the Om tradition, then "Phoenix" with Sasha Sloan is further proof this producer can still work wonders with an echoing piano, a wistful vocalist, plus a simple house beat. "Day Trippin'" with Estelle broadens the horizons with some disco and giddy love song lyrics, then "Whatever" with Kolaj closes the album with flavors that are more indie than EDM. The well-built Automatic bounces between the popular and the underground house sound without ever fully submitting to either, and that's where Kaskade first made his name. Consider this LP a welcome return to form.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"We Don't Stop"	Kenneth Nathaniel Pyfer	Ryan Raddon Finn Bjarnson	4:15
2.	"Us" (with CID)	Julia Karlsson Anton Rundberg	Raddon Bjarnson Carlos Cid	3:15
3.	"Mercy" (with Galantis)		Raddon Bjarnson Christian Karlsson Linus Eklöw	4:02
4.	"Tear Down these Walls" (featuring Tamra Keenan)		Raddon Bjarnson	4:05
5.	"Phoenix" (featuring Sasha Sloan)		Raddon Bjarnson Cody Tarpley	3:35
6.	"Disarm You" (featuring Ilsey)	Ilsey Juber Jeremy Coleman	Raddon Bjarnson Nathaniel Motte	3:41
7.	"Never Sleep Alone" (featuring Tess Comrie)	Pyfer	Raddon Bjarnson	3:44
8.	"Day Trippin'" (featuring Estelle)	Thomas Troelsen Andreas Schuller Raddon Finn Bjarnson Bonnie McKee	Raddon Troelsen Axident	3:12
9.	"Promise" (featuring K. Flay)		Raddon Bjarnson	3:35
10.	"Breaking Up" (featuring Scott Shepard)		Raddon Bjarnson	4:46
11.	"A Little More" (featuring Sansa with John Dahlbäck)		Raddon Bjarnson John Dahlbäck	3:53
12.	"Papercuts" (with Two Nations)		Raddon Bjarnson	3:08
13.	"Where Are You Now" (featuring Tamra Keenan)		Raddon Bjarnson	3:56
14.	"Whatever" (featuring KOLAJ)		Raddon Bjarnson Michael McGarity	4:03
Total length:				53:11

Chart performance

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[8]	25
US Dance/Electronic Albums^[9]	2
US US Digital^[10]	11

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Canada European Union United States United Kingdom	September 25, 2015	Ultra Records	CD, digital download

References

↑ "iTunes: Kaskade - Automatic (USA)". Retrieved 2015-08-24.
↑ "iTunes: Kaskade - Automatic (UK)". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
↑ "iTunes: Kaskade - Automatic (Canada)". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
↑ "iTunes: Kaskade - Automatic (Europe)". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
↑ Jeffries, David. "Automatic – Kaskade". AllMusic. All Media Network.
↑ Faulkner, Brent (September 28, 2015). "Kaskade: Automatic". PopMatters.
↑ Dolan, Jon (September 25, 2015). "Kaskade, 'Automatic'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media.
↑ "Kaskade - Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 12, 2015.
↑ "Kaskade - Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 12, 2015.
↑ "Kaskade – Chart history: Digital Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 3, 2015.

External links

"Automatic – Kaskade". AllMusic.
Automatic (Kaskade album) at Discogs (list of releases)
Automatic (Kaskade album) at Discogs

Kaskade

Discography Awards

Studio albums	It's You, It's Me In the Moment The Calm Love Mysterious Strobelite Seduction Dynasty Fire & Ice Atmosphere Automatic

Compilation albums	Here & Now dance.love

Singles	"Be Still" "4 AM" "Move for Me" "I Remember" "Angel on My Shoulder" "Step One Two" "Dynasty" "Fire in Your New Shoes" "Don't Stop Dancing" "Only You" "Eyes" "Turn It Down" "Room for Happiness" "Lick It" "Llove" "No One Knows Who We Are" "Atmosphere" "Last Chance" "A Little More" "Never Sleep Alone" "Disarm You" "We Don't Stop"

Featured singles	"Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)" "All You"

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