I Created Disco

I Created Disco
Studio album by Calvin Harris
Released 15 June 2007 (2007-06-15)
Recorded 2006–07
Studio Calvinharrisbeats Studio (Dumfries, Scotland)
Genre
Length 55:23
Label
Producer Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris chronology
I Created Disco
(2007)		 Ready for the Weekend
(2009)
Singles from I Created Disco
  1. "Acceptable in the 80s"
    Released: 12 March 2007
  2. "The Girls"
    Released: 4 June 2007
  3. "Merrymaking at My Place"
    Released: 20 August 2007

I Created Disco is the debut studio album by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris, released on 15 June 2007 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", which reached numbers ten and three on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.

The album debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 16,121 copies.[1] On 23 May 2008, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[2] I Created Disco had sold 223,845 copies in the United Kingdom by November 2014.[3]

Writing and recording

Writing and recording for I Created Disco started in 2006 when Harris moved back to his hometown of Dumfries, Scotland, after living in London for two years. All recording and producing for the album took place on an Amiga computer with audio tracker OctaMED[4] in Harris's home studio, called Calvinharrisbeats Studio. All fourteen tracks on the album were written, produced and performed solely by Harris.

Promotion

Preceding the release of the album, Columbia released two singles, "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", and Harris and his band supported both Faithless and Groove Armada on their live arena tours in the second quarter of 2007. The album cover was also used to promote the fourth generation iPod Nano in yellow.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
BBC Musicfavourable[7]
Billboardfavourable[8]
Drowned in Sound1/10[9]
The Guardian[10]
NME7/10[11]
Pitchfork Media3.7/10[12]
PopMatters4/10[13]
Stylus MagazineB[14]
Yahoo! Music[15]

I Created Disco received mixed 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 59, based on 17 reviews.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Calvin Harris. 

No. Title Length
1. "Merrymaking at My Place"   4:09
2. "Colours"   4:01
3. "This Is the Industry"   3:56
4. "The Girls"   5:15
5. "Acceptable in the 80s"   5:32
6. "Neon Rocks"   3:48
7. "Traffic Cops"   0:54
8. "Vegas"   5:41
9. "I Created Disco"   4:07
10. "Disco Heat"   4:30
11. "Vault Character"   0:08
12. "Certified"   4:06
13. "Love Souvenir"   4:18
14. "Electro Man"   4:58

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Created Disco.[21]

Charts

Chart (2007–08) Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums Chart[22] 11
European Top 100 Albums[23] 32
French Albums Chart[24] 95
Irish Albums Chart[25] 34
Scottish Albums Chart[26] 6
UK Albums Chart[27] 8
UK Dance Albums Chart[28] 1
US Top Electronic Albums[29] 19

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[2] Gold 223,845[3]

Release history

Region Date Label Ref.
Ireland 15 June 2007
[30]
United Kingdom 18 June 2007 [31]
Japan 27 June 2007 Sony [19]
Australia 6 July 2007 Red Label [32]
United States 4 September 2007 Almost Gold [33]
Benelux 13 January 2008 [PIAS] [34]
France 4 February 2008
[20]
Germany 18 April 2008 Ministry of Sound [35]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Alan (25 June 2007). "White Stripes top albums chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "British album certifications – Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". British Phonographic Industry. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2014. Enter I Created Disco in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  3. 1 2 Jones, Alan (10 November 2014). "Official Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran pips Calvin Harris to No.1 on albums". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 2 December 2014. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Interview: Calvin Harris on software, hardware and hit-making". MusicRadar. Future. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 "I Created Disco – Calvin Harris". CBS Interactive. Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Mawer, Sharon. "I Created Disco – Calvin Harris". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Lou (7 June 2007). "Review of Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". BBC Music. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  8. ↑ Mason, Kerri. "I Created Disco". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Diver, Mike (8 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  10. ↑ Costa, Maddy (8 June 2007). "Calvin Harris, I Created Disco". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Naylor, Tony (13 June 2007). "Calvin Harris". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  12. ↑ Hogan, Marc (1 November 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  13. ↑ Raper, Dan (5 September 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  14. ↑ Brown, Ally (29 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
  15. ↑ Mackay, Emily (19 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – 'I Created Disco'". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  16. ↑ "I Created Disco by Calvin Harris". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  17. ↑ "I Created Disco by Calvin Harris". iTunes Store (AU). Apple. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  18. ↑ "I Created Disco di Calvin Harris" (in Italian). iTunes Store (IT). Apple. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  19. 1 2 "I Created Disco : Calvin Harris". HMV Japan. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  20. 1 2 "I created disco – Calvin Harris – CD album" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  21. ↑ I Created Disco (CD liner notes). Calvin Harris. Columbia Records. 2007. 88697078242.
  22. ↑ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 23rd July 2007" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 15. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  25. ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 21 June 2007". Chart-Track. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  26. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 24–30 June 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 24–30 June 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 1–7 July 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "Calvin Harris – Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  30. ↑ "I Created Disco – Calvin Harris (CD)". HMV Ireland. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  31. ↑ "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". HMV. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  32. ↑ "I Created Disco – Harris, Calvin". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  33. ↑ "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". Amazon.com. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  34. ↑ "I Created Disco (2008) | Calvin Harris" (in Dutch). 7digital (NL). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  35. ↑ "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco" (in German). Ministry of Sound. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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