Released 30 January 2012 Length 48:30 Artist Django Django Label Because Music | Recorded 2011 Producer Django Django Release date 30 January 2012 Genres Art rock, Neo-psychedelia | |
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Django django introduction
Django Django is the debut album by British art rock band Django Django. The album was released on 30 January 2012 in the United Kingdom via Because Music, and charted on the UK Albums Chart at #33.
Contents
- Django django introduction
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Hi Djinx Django Django Remixed
- Songs
- References
The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Music Prize. It was certified gold by the UPFI in 2012, and then platinum in 2013.
Critical reception
Django Django holds a score of 80 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The Guardian reviewer Michael Hann praised the album's "top-notch" songwriting and "updated psychedelia that beguiles and delights", concluding that "surely this debut won't be topped in 2012".
The album was listed at number 26 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, with the magazine writing: "Drummer-producer David Maclean is the MVP, building trippy tracks around indelible grooves."
The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Track listing
- "Introduction" – 2:12
- "Hail Bop" – 4:03
- "Default" – 3:07
- "Firewater" – 4:49
- "Waveforms" – 4:26
- "Zumm Zumm" – 5:19
- "Hand of Man" – 2:36
- "Love's Dart" – 3.49
- "WOR" – 4:49
- "Storm" – 3:14
- "Life's a Beach" – 3:05
- "Skies Over Cairo" – 3:32
- "Silver Rays" – 3.50
Personnel
Hi Djinx! Django Django Remixed
Hi Djinx! Django Django Remixed is a remix album with the same exact track listing as Django Django excluding the introduction. It was given away for free with purchase of the original album in certain stores as well as being sold as a download and CD. Remixers include Tom Furse, Adrian Sherwood, and Steve Mason.
Songs
1Hail Bop [Django's Bail Hop edit]5:11
2Default [Tom Furse remix]3:24
3Firewater [Nick McCarthy Drunk remix]3:36