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Calvin Harris

Ready for the Weekend

Dancefloor-friendly follow-up to his gold-selling debut, I Created Disco, from the Scottish producer and singer

ADM rating[?]: 5.0
Label: Columbia
UK Release date: 17/08/2009

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7.0 3558
7.0 | NME

The populist music-for-the-people philosophy embodied at the core of Harris’ anthem-heavy new record ... is something to be cherished right now.
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6.0 3549
6.0 | Daily Telegraph

Misguided attempts to widen his palette with a couple of instrumentals suggest Harris should forget about art and stick with the charts
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6.0 3550
6.0 | The Scotsman

The whole escapade is blatantly derivative, but Harris deserves kudos for expertly pushing all the right buttons.
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6.0 3551
6.0 | Scotland on Sunday

This is truly modern pop music for the reality talent show age, big, brassy, and especially in the case of every lyric in every song, stunningly vacuous.
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6.0 3552
6.0 | The Observer

The appeal of late 90s candyfloss synths and housey piano riffs quickly wanes
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6.0 3553
6.0 | Evening Standard

This is music for getting ready to go out, heading out and being out — a good time that is forgotten the following morning.
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4.0 3554
4.0 | The Independent

The main characteristic [the tracks] all share – apart from some of the worst lyrics ever set to music – is their forgetable secondhand tone.
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4.0 3555
4.0 | The List

Teeth rotting stuff.
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4.0 3556
4.0 | The Times

A joyless bid for dancefloor dominion.
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4.0 3548
4.0 | The Guardian

When Ready for the Weekend is over, it vanishes, leaving no discernable trace: like the music that inspired it, it's as if it never happened
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3.0 3557
3.0 | The Quietus

You have to wonder why so much of this album plays down to Harris' limitations given that its most redeeming moments suggest reserves of excellence that lie curiously untapped.
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1. The Rain N/A

2. Ready for the Weekend N/A

3. Stars Come Out N/A

4. You Used to Hold Me N/A

5. Blue N/A

6. I'm Not Alone (Radio Edit) N/A

7. Flashback N/A

8. Worst Day N/A

9. Relax N/A

10. Limits N/A

11. Burns Night N/A

12. Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La N/A

13. Dance Wiv Me (Extended Mix) N/A

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Ready for the Weekend

7.0 | NME

6.0 | Daily Telegraph

6.0 | The Scotsman

6.0 | Scotland on Sunday

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6.0 | Evening Standard

4.0 | The Independent

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