Album

The Upper Cuts

Alan Braxe And Friends

2005 · Electronic, Hip Hop

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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The Upper Cuts by Alan Braxe And Friends

The Upper Cuts is an Electronic album by Alan Braxe And Friends, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.

About

Alongside Daft Punk’s <i>Discovery</i>, the tracks compiled on <i>The Upper Cuts</i> constitute history’s cleanest specimens of late-’90s and early-2000s French house. Where the Chicago and Detroit artists who influenced them were in important ways extensions of gospel and funk, Alan Braxe and Fred Falke’s sound took the Eurocentric luxuries of ABBA and English synth-pop and brought them into a new context, conjuring fantasies of flying cars (“Rubicon”) and cybernetic playfriends without a mean line of code in their bodies (Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You”). And in the same way the rawer end of American house served as an analog to ’80s punk, the compact sweetness of the music here made house feel familiar to indie audiences in ways that changed 2000s indie pop, whether through artists like Annie (featured here) and Robyn or the full-band hybrids of LCD Soundsystem and Phoenix.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Most Wanted (Remastered 2023)6:31
  2. 2In Love with You (Remastered 2023)4:14
  3. 3Music Sounds Better with You (Radio Edit)4:22
  4. 4Intro (Remastered 2023)4:53
  5. 5At Night (Alan Braxe Remix [Remastered 2023])6:26
  6. 6Love Lost (Remastered 2023)5:51
  7. 7Palladium (Remastered 2023)6:13
  8. 8Arena (Remastered 2023)3:41
  9. 9Rubicon (Remastered 2023)6:15
  10. 10Penthouse Serenade (Remastered 2023)4:03
  11. 11Chrystal City (Remastered 2023)4:03
  12. 12Voices (Remastered 2023)3:40
  13. 13Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix [Remastered 2023])2:03
  14. 14One More Chance (Redux [Remastered 2023])3:15
  15. 15True Love (Remastered 2023)2:32
  16. 16Never Coming Back3:23
  17. 17You'll Stay in My Heart ((Instrumental) Remastered 2023)3:31

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • House
  • synthetic
  • euphoric
  • club

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • AnnieFEATURING
  • K.I.D.
  • SaëBASS, GUITAR
  • Terra DevaVOCALS
  • The Jets
  • The SpimesFEATURING

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 8 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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