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| Released | 25 January 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | French house | |||
| Length | 66:21 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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1999 is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Cassius, released on 25 January 1999 by Virgin Records.
The album was written and produced by Cassius members Philippe Zdar and Boombass.
1999 reached number 28 in the UK Albums Chart. [1] As of September 2006 the album has shipped 260,000 units worldwide according to their label. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 4.8/10 [4] |
John Bush of AllMusic qualified the album as "A sleek and intelligent dance record", [3] while James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork wrote: "Maybe I need some coke to truly delight in the seething vacancy of 1999, but I'm pretty sure that it's clearly not happening." [4]
All tracks are written by Zdar and Boombass; additional writers noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cassius 1999" | 3:45 | |
| 2. | "Feeling for You" |
| 4:37 |
| 3. | "Crazy Legs" | 4:06 | |
| 4. | "La Mouche" | 4:40 | |
| 5. | "Chase" | 1:58 | |
| 6. | "Foxxy" | Hutch | 6:07 |
| 7. | "Planetz" | 2:46 | |
| 8. | "Hey Babe" | 4:24 | |
| 9. | "Mister Eveready" | 6:06 | |
| 10. | "Nulife" |
| 6:31 |
| 11. | "Interlude" | 1:22 | |
| 12. | "Somebody" | 4:55 | |
| 13. | "Club Soixante Quinze" | 5:21 | |
| 14. | "Supa Crush" | 4:43 | |
| 15. | "Invisible" | 1:09 | |
| 16. | "Cassius 99 Remix" (radio edit) | 3:32 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Foxxy" (DJ Tool Remix) | 7:23 |
| 18. | "Club 73" | 3:57 |
| 19. | "La Mouche" (DJ Falcon Metal Mix) | 8:58 |
| 20. | "Feeling For You" (Reveries Digitales Dreamix / Short Remix) | 5:16 |
| 21. | "Feeling For You" (Cambridge Circus Mix by DJ Mehdi) | 6:36 |
Sample credits
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 76 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] | 22 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] | 82 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [8] | 11 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] | 30 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 49 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [1] | 28 |
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