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Ciao! (Tiga album)

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Ciao!

| type = Album

| artist = Tiga

| cover = Ciao-frontcover.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 27, 2009

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 57:32

| label = Turbo, PIAS

| producer =

| prev_title = Sexor

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = No Fantasy Required

| next_year = 2016

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ciao!

| type = Studio

| single1 = Mind Dimension

| single1date = 1 December 2008

| single2 = Shoes

| single2date = 9 March 2009

}}

}}

Ciao! is the second studio album from the Canadian electronic DJ/producer Tiga. It was released April 27, 2009 on Tiga's own label Turbo and the international label PIAS.

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1548181|pure_url=yes}}|author=Hoffman, K. Ross|title=Ciao! > overview|work=Allmusic|accessdate=August 26, 2009}}

|rev2 = Pitchfork Media

|rev2score = (7.4/10){{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13199-ciao/|author=Gaerig, Andrew|title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Tiga: Ciao!|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=August 26, 2009|date=June 12, 2009}}

|rev3 = URB

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=1228|title=URB Magazine :: Reviews :: - Tiga|author=Mooney, Lauren|work=URB|date=June 1, 2009|accessdate=August 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609205454/http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=1228|archive-date=June 9, 2009|url-status=dead}}

}}

Initial critical response to Ciao! was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 11 reviews.{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tiga/ciao | title=Ciao! reviews at Metacritic.com | work=Metacritic | publisher=CNET Networks, Inc | accessdate=August 26, 2009}}

Track listing

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#

! Title

! Writer(s)

! Producer(s)

! Time

1.

| "Beep Beep Beep"

| David Dewaele, Stephen Deweale

| Soulwax

| 3:50

2.

| "Mind Dimension"

| Jesper Dahlbäck

| Soulwax, Jesper Dahlbäck

| 4:37

3.

| "Shoes"

| Jason 'Gonzales' Beck, Jesper Dahlbäck

| Soulwax, Jesper Dahlbäck

| 3:48

4.

| "What You Need"

| David Deweale, Jesper Dahlbäck, Stephen Dewaele

| Soulwax

| 5:38

5.

| "Luxury"

| Jason 'Gonzales' Beck

| Soulwax

| 5:40

6.

| "Sex O'Clock"

| Jori Hulkkonen

| James Murphy, Jori Hulkkonen

| 4:05

7.

| "Overtime"

| David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

| Soulwax

| 6:11

8.

| "Turn The Night On"

| David Deweale, Jason 'Gonzales' Beck, Stephen Deweale

| Soulwax

| 3:15

9.

| "Speak, Memory"

| Jori Hulkkonen

| Jori Hulkkonen

| 3:41

10.

| "Gentle Giant"

| James Murphy

| James Murphy

| 6:08

11.

| "Love Don't Dance Here Anymore"

| Jason 'Gonzales' Beck

| Soulwax

| 10:38

All tracks co-written and co-produced by Tiga.

Singles

"Mind Dimension" was the first released single from the album. Though "Shoes" was premiered on Tiga's Myspace page, being played more than 10,000 times in its first day. "Mind Dimension" was released with 2 versions:

Version A [2-Track Version]

  1. Mind Dimension 2 (6:27)
  2. Mind Dimension 1 (6:07)

Version B [3-Track Version]

  1. Mind Dimension 2 (6:22)
  2. Mind Dimension 1 (6:05)
  3. Mind Dimension (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) (3:46)

Charts

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!Chart (2009)

!Peak
position

align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)

|align="center"|15

align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)

|align="center"|46

align="left"|French Albums Chart

|align="center"|101

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Metacritic album|title=Ciao!}}

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Category:2009 albums

Category:Tiga (musician) albums