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First Album (Miss Kittin & The Hacker album)

2001 studio album by Miss Kittin & The Hacker

First Album is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker, released in 2001. It includes the tracks "1982" and "Frank Sinatra", two anthems of the late-1990s electroclash scene that had been first released on the EP Champagne (1998).[1][2]

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Critical reception

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The album received generally favorable reviews. It earned a collective score of 68 out of 100 from Metacritic.[4] Adam Bregman from Allmusic commented, "This French-Swiss duo pumps out retro-'80s-style disco beats and silly lyrics, creating a fun, goofy, ironic vibe [...] They seem to be trying to reach over and above that generally stale genre, and they mostly succeed."[5]

Fact placed First Album at number 92 on its "100 best: Albums of the Decade" list.[6] Mixer placed First Album at number five on its "Best Albums of 2002" list.[7] Muzik placed it at number 15 on its list of the "Top 30 Albums of 2001".[8] Resident Advisor ranked the album number 94 on its list of the "Top 100 albums of the 2000s".[9]

Commercial performance

Despite not charting, First Album sold over 50,000 copies worldwide.[10]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Miss Kittin; all music is composed by The Hacker

Personnel

References

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    "First Album Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
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    Bregman, Adam (2001). "First Album - Miss Kittin & The Hacker". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
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    Foxx, Trilby (2009). "100 best: Albums of the Decade - FACT magazine: music and art". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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    "Best Albums of 2002". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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    "Rocklist.net...Muzik End Of Year Lists..." Rocklist.net. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
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    "RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
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    "RA: The Hacker biography". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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