I Love You Dude is the second studio album by German electronic music duo Digitalism, released on 15 June 2011 by V2 Records. The song "Forrest Gump" was co-written by Julian Casablancas of the Strokes.[14]

I Love You Dude
Studio album by
Released15 June 2011 (2011-06-15)
Genre
Length37:39
LabelV2
Producer
  • Jens Moelle
  • İsmail Tüfekçi
Digitalism chronology
Idealism
(2007)
I Love You Dude
(2011)
Mirage
(2016)
Singles from I Love You Dude
  1. "2 Hearts"
    Released: 15 April 2011[1]
  2. "Circles"
    Released: 11 November 2011[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
BBC Musicfavourable[5]
Clash5/10[6]
Drowned in Sound7/10[7]
The Guardian[8]
musicOMH[9]
NME6/10[10]
Now2/5[11]
Pitchfork4.4/10[12]
Slant Magazine[13]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi, except where noted

I Love You Dude track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stratosphere" 3:00
2."2 Hearts"
  • Moelle
  • Tüfekçi
  • Alexander Burnett
3:56
3."Circles"
  • Moelle
  • Tüfekçi
  • Cornelius Ulrich
3:48
4."Blitz" 4:17
5."Forrest Gump"
3:33
6."Reeperbahn" 3:52
7."Antibiotics" 3:58
8."Just Gazin'"
  • Moelle
  • Tüfekçi
  • Cäthe
  • Ulrich
3:31
9."Miami Showdown" 3:25
10."Encore" 4:19
Total length:37:39
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Harrison Fjord"6:11
12."Silenz"4:48
13."Blade"5:50
14."Sleepwalker" (Japan bonus track)2:00

Notes

  • The Japanese edition switches tracks 1 and 4 and includes a bonus track, "Sleepwalker", as track 7.[15]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Love You Dude.[16]

  • Jens Moelle – production, mixing, design
  • İsmail Tüfekçi – production, mixing, design
  • Cäthe – vocals on "Just Gazin'"
  • Cornelius Ulrich – live drum performances
  • Mark Ralph – vocal co-production
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • M†S – design

Charts

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Chart performance for I Love You Dude
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 41
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[18] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 81
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 77
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 95
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 72
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 65
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[25] 16

Release history

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Release dates and formats for I Love You Dude
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref(s)
Japan 15 June 2011 EMI Music Japan [15][26]
Germany 17 June 2011
V2 [27][28]
20 June 2011 Digital download [29]
France
  • CD
  • digital download
[30][31]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
[32][33][34]
United States 21 June 2011 Digital download [35]
Australia 1 July 2011
  • CD
  • digital download
Cooperative Music [36]
United States 5 July 2011 CD
  • V2
  • Cooperative Music USA
  • Downtown
[37]
26 July 2011 LP [38]

References

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  1. ^ "2 Hearts – Single by Digitalism". iTunes Store. Germany. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Circles – Single by Digitalism". iTunes Store. Germany. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "I Love You, Dude – Digitalism". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. ^ Raggett, Ned. "I Love You, Dude – Digitalism". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  5. ^ Younis, Reef (20 June 2011). "Review of Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". BBC Music. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  6. ^ Salmon, Will (22 June 2011). "Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". Clash. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  7. ^ Trout, Chris (17 June 2011). "Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  8. ^ Cragg, Michael (16 June 2011). "Digitalism: I Love You, Dude – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  9. ^ Winkie, Luke (19 June 2011). "Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". musicOMH. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ^ Crossan, Jamie (14 June 2011). "Album Review: Digitalism – 'I Love You Dude'". NME. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  11. ^ Boles, Benjamin (14–21 July 2011). "Digitalism – I Love You Dude". Now. Vol. 30, no. 46. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  12. ^ Grandy, Eric (24 June 2011). "Digitalism: I Love You, Dude". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  13. ^ Jones, Huw (20 June 2011). "Review: Digitalism, I Love You Dude". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  14. ^ "The Strokes' Julian Casablancas releasing 'Forrest Gump' song with Digitalism". NME. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  15. ^ a b "Digitalism – Discography". EMI Music Japan. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  16. ^ V2 Records (2011). I Love You Dude (liner notes). Digitalism. V2 Records. VVR769466.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  18. ^ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 11th July 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1115. 11 July 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  20. ^ "Ultratop.be – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Lescharts.com – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  23. ^ I LOVE YOU DUDE | デジタリズム [I Love You Dude | Digitalism] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Digitalism – I Love You, Dude". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  25. ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  26. ^ "I Love You, Dude by Digitalism". iTunes Store. Japan. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  27. ^ "I Love You, Dude". Amazon (in German). Germany. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  28. ^ "I Love You, Dude [Vinyl LP]". Amazon (in German). Germany. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  29. ^ "I Love You, Dude von Digitalism". iTunes Store (in German). Germany. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  30. ^ "I love you dude : Digitalism" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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  35. ^ "I Love You, Dude by Digitalism". iTunes Store. US. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
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