Album · 2007
Idealism
by Digitalism
Idealism is a 2007 electronic album by Digitalism. It runs 15 tracks across 53 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 4 ratings.
Your rating
- 4.5 /5
- 4 ratings
- 70 /100
- 9 critics
- 15
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
- 130 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
4 ratings · avg 4.5
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Reviews
1 review
- 4.0
pogo, idealistic, i want i want, zdarlight. that's the record and those four are untouchable. the jupiter/cairo interlude business is where i start hunting for the skip button and i've yet to meet anyone who defends it. it also dates to 2007 harder than the justice album somehow does, all that crunched-guitar electro, but zdarlight still sounds enormous. half a great album.
Critics
9 publications
- Montreal Mirror9.5/10
- URB4.5/5
- AllMusic4/5
- NME8/10
- The Guardian4/5
- Spin6/10
- Stylus MagazineC
- Pitchfork5.2/10
- PopMatters3/10
- Metacriticaggregate76/100
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Tracklist
15 tracks · 53 min
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About
Idealism is the debut album by German electronic duo Digitalism. It was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by EMI Music Japan as Digitalism (デジタル主義 Dejitaru Shugi?) and on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné and Virgin Records. In the United States, it was released on 5 June 2007 on Astralwerks. Five of the album's fifteen tracks-"Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo"-were previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples the The Cure's 1979 song "Fire in Cairo". The CD comes with a special code to download seven additional tracks on the Internet. The bonus tracks are only available at a bitrate of 128kbit/s. "Idealistic" was used by Rockstar Games in the announcement trailer for their upcoming video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. It is also currently used in a commercial for Airness on French TV. "Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including a 2007 Pontiac commercial and a Virgin Mobile commercial, and was featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet and FIFA 08. A sample of "Idealistic" is used by American radio call-in programme Loveline at the beginning of each segment prior to going on air.
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"Zdarlight" is used in a BMW X1 commercial.
In brief
- Is Idealism good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Idealism 4.5/5 from 4 ratings.
- When was Idealism released?
- Idealism was released in 2007.
- How many tracks are on Idealism?
- Idealism has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is Idealism?
- Idealism is catalogued under Electronic.
- What BPM is Idealism?
- Idealism runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Idealism?
- Listeners of Idealism also rate Oi Oi Oi by Boys Noize, Stade 2 by Mr. Oizo, Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles.
- Who produced Idealism?
- Digitalism produced 1 of the 15 tracks on Idealism.
- Who wrote the songs on Idealism?
- Idealism was written by Alex Burnett, Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi.
Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Alex BurnettJens “Jence” Moelleİsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi
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