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Junior is an album from Norwegian duo Röyksopp, made available for listening on their website March 13, 2009[1] and generally released on March 23, 2009.[2][3] The album has been described as a mix between the styles of the two previous studio albums, Melody A.M. and The Understanding, and features Robyn, Lykke Li, Karin Dreijer Andersson and Anneli Drecker.[4]
Röyksopp premiered the first song from the album, "Happy Up Here", on January 9, 2009 on BBC Radio 1. The first single was "The Girl and the Robot", a song featuring Swedish singer Robyn.[5] "This Must Be It" is scheduled to be released on October 26, 2009.[6]
"It's What I Want" will be included as a part of the official FIFA 10 soundtrack. "Röyksopp Forever" was also used in the background of the Flashforward Channel 5 promos during September 2009 and used as backing music on The X Factor 2009 in live shows.
Reception
Initial critical response to Junior was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 74, based on 21 reviews.[7] The album was ranked #30 in Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Albums of 2009.[8]
Track listing
- "Happy Up Here" – 2:44
- "The Girl and the Robot" – 4:28
- "Vision One" – 4:59
- "This Must Be It" – 4:41
- "Röyksopp Forever" – 4:59
- "Miss It So Much" – 5:01
- "Tricky Tricky" – 5:59
- "You Don't Have a Clue" – 4:33
- "Silver Cruiser" – 4:36
- "True to Life" – 5:50
- "It's What I Want" – 3:06
Bonus tracks
- "Were You Ever Wanted" – 5:37 (Japanese bonus track)[9]
- "Across the Graveyard" - 4:23 (iTunes bonus track)[10]
Samples
- "Happy Up Here" samples "Do That Stuff" (G.Clinton, G.Shider, B.Worrell) as performed by Parliament.
- "Vision One" is an English language version of Röyksopp's remix of Eri Nobuchika's "Sing a Song"[11], (S-I.Osawa, Y.Chiba).
- "Vision One" contains a bassline similar from Steve Wonder's "Too High" from the album "Innervisions".
- "Röyksopp Forever" samples "Suites for My Lady" (D.Foster, T.Lewis) as performed by Skylark
Personnel
- Svein Berge - synth, vocals (tracks 1, 11)
- Torbjørn Brundtland - synth, vocals (tracks 1, 11)
- Robyn - vocals (track 2)
- Anneli Drecker - vocals (track 3, 8, 10, 13)
- Karin Dreijer Andersson - vocals (track 4, 7)
- Lykke Li - vocals (track 6, 12)
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position[12] |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 1 |
| Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders) | 10 |
| Denmark Albums Chart | 17 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 18 |
| UK Albums Chart[13] | 21 |
| Sweden Albums Chart | 25 |
| ARIA Albums Chart[14] | 28 |
| German Albums Chart | 35 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 43 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 45 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 50 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 65 |
| France Albums Chart | 70 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[15] | 126 |
| U.S. Top Electronic Albums[16] | 4 |
| U.S. Top Heatseekers | 2 |
References
- ^ http://royksopp.com/music/junior
- ^ "Röyksopp announce new album details". NME. January 5, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ^ "New album 'Junior' out March 2009". Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ^ Jessica Suarez (January 5, 2009). "Röyksopp - Progress Report". Stereogum. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ^ http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3470&Itemid=279
- ^ http://royksopp.com/next-royksopp-single-announced/
- ^ "Röyksopp:Junior (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ "The Top 50 Albums of 2009". Pitchfork. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCP-66869
- ^ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=307111768&s=143457
- ^ Miller, Jr., Neil. "REVIEW: Royksopp - Junior". UR Chicago. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ http://acharts.us/album/42706
- ^ Top 40 Albums
- ^ [1]
- ^ Billboard.com
- ^ Billboard.com