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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 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.

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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

  1. "Introduction" – 2:12
  2. "Hail Bop" – 4:03
  3. "Default" – 3:07
  4. "Firewater" – 4:49
  5. "Waveforms" – 4:26
  6. "Zumm Zumm" – 5:19
  7. "Hand of Man" – 2:36
  8. "Love's Dart" – 3.49
  9. "WOR" – 4:49
  10. "Storm" – 3:14
  11. "Life's a Beach" – 3:05
  12. "Skies Over Cairo" – 3:32
  13. "Silver Rays" – 3.50

Personnel

  • Dave Maclean – Drums, Percussion, Samples
  • Vincent Neff – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars
  • Jim Nixon – Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar
  • Tommy Grace – Synthesizers, Keyboards

    • 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

    References

    Django Django (album) Wikipedia
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