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With the hypnotic and bright Grammy-nominated track "Levels," Swedish EDM DJ/producer Tim Bergling aka Avicii unleashed a global dance hit the size of "Beachball," "Blue Monday," "Starships," and maybe even "The Hokey Pokey." If the masses leave the dancefloor, "Levels" brings them back with sunshine and light, but Avicii's debut album is a sharp left turn, kicking off with the acoustic guitar strum of "Wake Me Up," a pleasant, well-written heritage pop track where "I Need a Dollar" vocalist Aloe Blacc gets thrown in a synthetic Mumford & Sons surrounding for something very non-"Levels." It's a strange jumble that works, but even more surprising is the seductive "Addicted to You," where Oklahoma singer/songwriter Audra Mae gets sultry on a song co-written by country and pop legend Mac Davis, and don't wonder long about how the results ended up sounding so Nina Simone, because the curve balls keep coming. Adam Lambert reins in his glam tactics on the Nile Rodgers-assisted "Lay Me Down" for a disco and Daft Punk swerve, while the kinetic down-on-the-farm "Shame on Me" offers a knee-slapping, EDM-meets-country rave-up that threatens to go hambone with a solo on the spoons. Country music and bluegrass keep winding their way into the album, and while it rarely smacks of a gimmick, these rustic numbers often evolve into EDM around their drum machine-introducing choruses, as if True was a remix album commission Avicii picked up while vacationing in Appalachia. In the end, it's an admirable and interesting effort where the highs offset the lows, but those with molly in hand and dancing shoes on feet should just cool their jets and get ready to sit a spell.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Cheney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aloe Blacc, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Einziger, Engineer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Dyer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, ComposerLyricist - Michael Aaron Einziger, ComposerLyricist - Kyle Vandekerkhoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Vincent Pontare, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Salem Al Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Tyminski, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Dixon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Cheney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Pontare, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Veronica Maggio, ComposerLyricist - Salem Al Fakir, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Audra Mae, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Cheney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mac Davis, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Joshua Krajcik, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jonas Knutsson, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Ronni Vindahl, ComposerLyricist - Mø, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Marie Ørsted, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, Producer, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, ComposerLyricist - Chris Cheney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aloe Blacc, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Einziger, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Erica Driscoll, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Driscoll, ComposerLyricist - Blondfire, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Dyer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Audra Mae, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Cheney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Sterling Fox, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Dyer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Adam Lambert, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - NILE RODGERS, Producer, Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - KING, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Russell Graham, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Vandekerkhoff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Shanahan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer - Linnea Henriksson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Antony Hegarty, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Avicii, MainArtist - Tim Bergling, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ash Pournouri, ComposerLyricist - Angelo Caputo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
Album review
With the hypnotic and bright Grammy-nominated track "Levels," Swedish EDM DJ/producer Tim Bergling aka Avicii unleashed a global dance hit the size of "Beachball," "Blue Monday," "Starships," and maybe even "The Hokey Pokey." If the masses leave the dancefloor, "Levels" brings them back with sunshine and light, but Avicii's debut album is a sharp left turn, kicking off with the acoustic guitar strum of "Wake Me Up," a pleasant, well-written heritage pop track where "I Need a Dollar" vocalist Aloe Blacc gets thrown in a synthetic Mumford & Sons surrounding for something very non-"Levels." It's a strange jumble that works, but even more surprising is the seductive "Addicted to You," where Oklahoma singer/songwriter Audra Mae gets sultry on a song co-written by country and pop legend Mac Davis, and don't wonder long about how the results ended up sounding so Nina Simone, because the curve balls keep coming. Adam Lambert reins in his glam tactics on the Nile Rodgers-assisted "Lay Me Down" for a disco and Daft Punk swerve, while the kinetic down-on-the-farm "Shame on Me" offers a knee-slapping, EDM-meets-country rave-up that threatens to go hambone with a solo on the spoons. Country music and bluegrass keep winding their way into the album, and while it rarely smacks of a gimmick, these rustic numbers often evolve into EDM around their drum machine-introducing choruses, as if True was a remix album commission Avicii picked up while vacationing in Appalachia. In the end, it's an admirable and interesting effort where the highs offset the lows, but those with molly in hand and dancing shoes on feet should just cool their jets and get ready to sit a spell.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:51
- Main artists: Avicii
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music AB
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 2013 Avicii Music AB ℗ 2013 Avicii Music AB
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