I Created Disco

"Acceptable in the 80s"
I Created Disco
Studio album by Calvin Harris
Released	15 June 2007
Recorded	2006–2007
Studio	Calvinharrisbeats, Dumfries, Scotland
Genre	Electronic dance[1]; dance-pop[2];
Length	55:23
Label	Fly Eye; Columbia;
Producer	Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris chronology
Calvin Harris studio album chronology
Singles from I Created Disco
	"Acceptable in the 80s"; Released: 12 March 2007; "The Girls"; Released: 4 June 2007; "Merrymaking at My Place"; Released: 20 August 2007;

I Created Disco is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-musician Calvin Harris. It was released on 15 June 2007 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", which reached numbers 10 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.[3] On 23 May 2008, it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[4] I Created Disco had sold 223,845 copies in the United Kingdom by November 2014.[5]

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[6] in Harris's home studio, called Calvinharrisbeats Studio. All 14 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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	Favourable[8]
Billboard	Favourable[9]
Drowned in Sound	1/10[10]
The Guardian	[11]
NME	7/10[12]
Pitchfork	3.7/10[13]
PopMatters	4/10[14]
Stylus Magazine	B[15]
Yahoo! Music	[16]

I Created Disco received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 59, based on 17 reviews.[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written 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

UK and Australian iTunes Store bonus track[17][18]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"We're All the Same"	3:56

Italian iTunes Store bonus tracks[19]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix)	7:11
16.	"The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)	8:04
17.	"Merrymaking at My Place" (Deadmau5 Remix)	5:28

Japanese edition bonus tracks[20]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Rock 'n Roll Attitude"	3:19
16.	"Love for You"	3:52
17.	"The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)	8:03
18.	"Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix)	7:16

French edition bonus disc[21]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rock 'n Roll Attitude"	3:19
2.	"We're All the Same"	3:56
3.	"Love for You"	3:52
4.	"Merrymaking at My Place" (Mr Oizo Remix)	3:29
5.	"Acceptable in the 80s" (Tom Neville Remix)	7:16
6.	"The Girls" (Groove Armada Remix)	8:03
7.	"The Girls" (Acoustic Version)	3:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Created Disco.[22]

Calvin Harris – vocals, arrangement, instruments, production
Guy Davie – mastering
Joanne Morris – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[23]	11
European Albums (Billboard)[24]	32
French Albums (SNEP)[25]	95
Irish Albums (IRMA)[26]	34
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	8
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[29]	1
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[30]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)[31]	199

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4]	Gold	230,000[5]

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Ireland	15 June 2007	Fly Eye Columbia	[32]
United Kingdom	18 June 2007	Fly Eye Columbia	[33]
Japan	27 June 2007	Sony	[20]
Australia	6 July 2007	Red Label	[34]
United States	4 September 2007	Almost Gold	[35]
Benelux	13 January 2008	PIAS	[36]
France	4 February 2008	Cinq 7 Wagram	[21]
Germany	18 April 2008	Ministry of Sound	[37]

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[Mawer-1] Mawer, Sharon. "I Created Disco – Calvin Harris". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[2] Bush, John. "Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[3] Jones, Alan (25 June 2007). "White Stripes top albums chart". Music Week. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[bpi-4] "British album certifications – Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". British Phonographic Industry. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2014. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type I Created Disco in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[UKsales-5] BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra's Stories (Media notes). BBC Radio 1. 18 July 2017.

[6] "Interview: Calvin Harris on software, hardware and hit-making". MusicRadar. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[MC-7] "I Created Disco – Calvin Harris". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[8] Thomas, Lou (7 June 2007). "Review of Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". BBC Music. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[9] Mason, Kerri. "I Created Disco". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[10] Diver, Mike (8 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

[11] Costa, Maddy (8 June 2007). "Calvin Harris, I Created Disco". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[12] Naylor, Tony (13 June 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". NME. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2007.

[13] Hogan, Marc (1 November 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 November 2007.

[14] Raper, Dan (5 September 2007). "Calvin Harris: I Created Disco". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[15] Brown, Ally (29 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

[16] Mackay, Emily (19 June 2007). "Calvin Harris – 'I Created Disco'". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[17] "I Created Disco by Calvin Harris". iTunes Store. United Kingdom. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

[18] "I Created Disco by Calvin Harris". iTunes Store. Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

[19] "I Created Disco di Calvin Harris". iTunes Store (in Italian). Italy. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

[hmv.co.jp-20] "I Created Disco : Calvin Harris". HMV Japan. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[fnac-21] "I created disco – Calvin Harris – CD album" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[22] I Created Disco (liner notes). Calvin Harris. Columbia Records. 2007. 88697078242.CS1 maint: others (link)

[23] "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 23rd July 2007" (PDF). The ARIA Report (907): 15. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[24] "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. 7 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[ac_France_Calvin_Harris-25] "Lescharts.com – Calvin Harris – I Created Disco". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[ac_Ireland2_Calvin_Harris-26] "Irish-charts.com – Discography Calvin Harris". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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[ac_UK2_-28] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[ac_UKDance_-29] "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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Calvin Harris
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	I Created Disco Ready for the Weekend 18 Months Motion Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
EPs	Normani x Calvin Harris
I Created Disco (2007)	"Acceptable in the 80s" "The Girls" "Merrymaking at My Place"
Ready for the Weekend (2009)	"I'm Not Alone" "Ready for the Weekend" "Flashback" "You Used to Hold Me"
18 Months (2012)	"Bounce" "Feel So Close" "Let's Go" "We'll Be Coming Back" "Sweet Nothing" "Iron" "Drinking from the Bottle" "I Need Your Love" "Thinking About You"
Motion (2014)	"Under Control" "Summer" "Blame" "Slow Acid" "Outside" "Open Wide" "Pray to God"
Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (2017)	"Slide" "Heatstroke" "Rollin" "Feels" "Faking It"
Featured singles	"Dance wiv Me" "We Found Love" (music video) "Off the Record"
Remixes	"Spectrum (Say My Name)" "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat" "The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)"
Other songs	"Stillness in Time" "How Deep Is Your Love" "This Is What You Came For" "Hype" "My Way" "Nuh Ready Nuh Ready" "One Kiss" "Promises" "I Found You" "Giant" "Over Now"