Kryptonite (album)
| Kryptonite | ||||
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| Studio album by DJ Fresh | ||||
| Released | 16 August 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–10 | |||
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| Length | 45:34 | |||
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| Producer | Dan Stein | |||
| DJ Fresh chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Kryptonite | ||||
Kryptonite is the second album from British based producer DJ Fresh. The album primarily features drum and bass tracks, featuring drum and bass group Sigma and vocalists Stamina MC, Koko, Valkyrie and Ce'Cile. The album has been pushed back various times, each time with a new track or an old track removed. Tracks removed from Kryptonite are "Spaceface", a drum and bass tune removed due to Fresh losing parts of the song itself, Fresh has confirmed that he doesn't know "what's going on" with "Lazer Squad", "Off World" was put onto a 12" with "Direct Order" by The Funktion, "Cylon" became the flip to Lassitude, and "X-Project" (VIP mix) has been removed for an unknown reason. There was a mispress of the Talkbox promo vinyl which had "Acid Rain" on the flipside rather than the intended song, "Fight". Due to the public reception to the preference over Acid Rain than to Fight, it (Acid Rain) was made the official flipside rather than Fight.
A minimix was released on 9 June, which can be found on Fresh's MySpace.[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Dan Stein.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Talkbox" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Lassitude" (with Sigma featuring Koko) | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Kryptonite" | 5:11 |
| 4. | "Gold Dust" (featuring Ce'cile) | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Acid Rain" | 5:44 |
| 6. | "Hypercaine" (featuring Stamina MC and Koko) | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Starfall" (featuring Valkyrie) | 5:35 |
| 8. | "Chacruna" | 4:39 |
| 9. | "Fight!" (featuring Valkyrie) | 4:51 |
| 10. | "Heavyweight" | 5:07 |
Total length: |
45:34 | |
Singles
- "Heavyweight" was released as the first single from the album. It was released on 7 September 2009 as a promotional single.
- "Hypercaine" was released as the album's second single. It was released on 5 October 2009 and peaked #12 on the UK Dance Chart.[2]
- "Gold Dust" is the album's third single, released on 2 August 2010. It is the album's most successful single charting on the UK Dance Chart at #6 and the UK Singles Chart at #24.
- "Lassitude" was released on 28 November 2010 as the last single from the album. It peaked 98 on the UK Singles Chart and #11 on the UK Dance Chart.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BBC | (Positive)[3] |
| musicOMH |   [4] |
Kryptonite has received generally positive reviews.
BBC commented that the album was "not as harsh as his work in Bad Company," and had the synopsis of "sticks to a tried-and-tested drum’n’bass sound, but an undeniably bouncy affair."[5]
Musicomh rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars, and commented that "this is a high tempo stormer you should not be without."[6]
Charts
On 28 August, the album debuted on the UK Dance Albums Chart, at a current peak of 4.
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Dance Albums Chart | 4 |
| Charts (2011) | Peak position |
| UK Dance Albums Chart[7] | 39 |
References
- ↑ Official Fresh MySpace. MySpace (9 June 2010). Retrieved on 16 August 2010.
- ↑ "2009-10-17 Top 40 Dance Singles Archive". Official Charts. 2009-10-17. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ↑ "BBC - Music - Review of DJ Fresh - Kryptonite". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ musicOMH review
- ↑ "Review of Fresh - Kryptonite". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ↑ "DJ Fresh - Kryptonite". musicomh.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ↑ "Dance Albums Top 40 - 3rd March 2012 | Top 40". Official Charts. Retrieved 2012-02-27.