Customer Reviews

I Created Disco

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Track list for the CD is as follows:

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


"I created disco" is the debut from Scottish dance singer/producer Calvin Harris. The album has already had two big hits in the UK; the nostalgic "Acceptable in the 80s" (#10) and the ode to all types of girls worldwide, "The girls" (#3).

Its an album with an eighties sheen that shamelessly courts fans of Groove Armada, Daft Punk, and even LCD Soundsystem, but unlike other producer-turned-singers, he eschews guest vocalists and does the singing himself.

"Merry making at my place" has a groovy bassline, chorus sung in falsetto, and repetitive hedonistic lyrics. A clear standout which wouldn't sound out of place on a Groove Armada CD.

Title track "I created disco" is an instrumental (bar a few spoken words midway) with a fuzzy bassline, and loads of electronic effects. "Certified" is another instrumental with woozy effects. Brilliant!!

Other standouts are "Disco heat", the Giorgio Moroder-like "Electro man" (a relaxed vocal delivery over pulsing hypnotic synths and beats), and the lone ballad, the dreamy plodding instrumental "Love souvenir".

Harris has already been named as a possible producer for Kylie Minogue's new CD, so I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from him.

like electro? how about disco? buy this cd if you answered yes to either... or if you just want a disc of awesome jams

You can't blame Calvin Harris for wanting to have a good time, and with I CREATED DISCO, he has his disco and eats it too. It's silly fun -- the funk bass and simple breaks of "Merrymaking At My Place" exemplify this or the slow groove of "Neon Rocks" -- but that's not to say that it's not catchy. And for the boast of creating disco, I'd say 80s electro would be more appropriate. "The Girls," an ode to the fairer sex, is doused in electro like it's cheap cologne, while "Acceptable in the 80s" is an ode to a whole decade. You could argue that the tracks are pretty much the same -- and they are -- but this is a drawback. But a fun drawback! Harris' disaffected lyrics seem pitch-perfect to echo the 80s ennui, even as the kick drum goes into a dancefloor frenzy on "Disco Heat." When Harris slows it down for "Love Souvenir," you have to admire the romance and the sleazy existing on the same plane. And the final track, "Electro Man," is just a blast of fun. Hey, why not?

This guy is creative,cool, and funny. There is no one else out there like him. I hope his style catches on, but more importantly, I hope he does another album. No one-hit wonder here. The entire album is great. Very cool stuff!!!!

Calvin Harris is definitely one creative dude. I have yet to hear anything like this guy. The beats are catchy, dissonant, electro and with somewhat of an 80's flare. I played this at a party last weekend and it was a huge hit. I must warn this music would scare most people. The lyrics are a bit weird as is his singing which can sound completely ridiculous and laughable "<chorus> It was acceptable in the 80's, it was acceptable at the ti-i-ime" (sung in a very high pitch). Gotta love it.

A publicist gave me a copy of this CD recently since I write freelance about music and the arts. I started listening to it a bit over a week ago and I've been playing it repeatedly since then, over and over. I especially love the songs "Vegas," "I Created Disco," and "Acceptable in the 80s." Harris is cool man and his sounds are danceable and very now. People walk by my office and ask who is playing. He's coming back to the States (he's Scottish) for Coachella in April and I'm hoping he'll stop in NYC. Check him out!

Calvin Harris, red hot it-producer of the moment, comes up with his debut effort and draws influences from Daft Punk, The LCD Soundsystem, Kraftwerk and a whole lot of 80's music to create his own electroclash songs.

Complete with retro hooks, bleeps and the yesteryear glitz, Harris cleverly wraps them in electronic music to give them a somewhat familiar yet futuristic sound. Where some songs sound suspiciously ripoffs (title track) of Mylo, more original compositions like the inane The Girls, the retro Acceptable in the 80s and the fabulous party anthem Vegas are certainly accomplished tracks in their own right. Most of the tracks are accompanied by a male vocal (presumably his).

At age 23, Harris might not have created disco but has certainly created one of the better records of 2007.

Who care's what people say, I love this album. Calvin's voice is just so... he just make's me melt ^^

Not sure how to categorize this... there are so many facets of "techno" nowadays.

It's definitely really poppy, with elements of funk and disco. For me, certain tracks stood out more than others and they didn't all tie in together as one like, say, a Chemical Brothers album might provide. Though the Chemical Brothers do incorporate a lot of funk into their sound, I would not compare the two or recommend purchasing them together (as amazon is currently offering). It's not exactly an original sound, but I would probably most compare Calvin to Cassius... of the music that I am familiar with.

Not as energetic as Prodigy, not as electro as Chemical Bros., not as catchy as Daft Punk. It all has a similar sound and feel throughout the album. Lots of repetition and loops (which most of electro is, but more so here) I can't complain, I like the broad spectrum of techno, and it definitely has a couple great tracks... so... it was alright. It would have to have more redeeming factors for me to give it even an 'average' rating.

Maybe it's the type of thing you'd hear at a trendy UK night club. Though I'm not from the UK so who knows.