Confident Music for Confident People
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{{Infobox album
| name = Confident Music for Confident People
| type = studio
| cover = Confident_Music_for_Confident_People_by_Confidence_Man.png
| alt =
| artist = Confidence Man
| released = {{start date|2018|04|13|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Dance-pop
| length = 41:07
| label = Heavenly Records, Amplifire Music
| producer = Confidence Man
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Tilt
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Confident Music for Confident People
| type = studio
| single1 = Boyfriend (Repeat)
| single1date = 12 August 2016{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/boyfriend-repeat-single/1154812753|title=Boyfriend (Repeat) - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 November 2021}}
| single2 = Bubblegum
| single2date = 27 February 2017{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/bubblegum-single/1205555802|title=Bubblegum - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=27 February 2017|access-date=12 November 2021}}
| single3 = Better Sit Down Boy
| single3date = 15 September 2017{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/better-sit-down-boy-single/1280473004|title=Better Sit Down Boy - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=15 September 2017|access-date=12 November 2021}}
| single4 = Don't You Know I'm in a Band
| single4date = 20 February 2018{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/dont-you-know-im-in-a-band-single/1347357088|title=Don't You Know I'm in a Band - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=20 February 2018|access-date=12 November 2021}}
| single5 = Out the Window
| single5date = 30 April 2018{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/out-the-window-single/1376961182|title=Out the Window - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=30 April 2018|access-date=12 November 2021}}
| single6 = Try Your Luck
| single6date = 3 August 2018{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/try-your-luck-single/1417555037|title=Try Your Luck - Single by Confidence Man on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|date=3 August 2018|access-date=12 November 2021}}
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Confident Music for Confident People is the debut studio album by Australian electro pop band, Confidence Man. It was released on 13 April 2018 and peaked at number 31 on the ARIA Charts.
The album was written and produced by the band{{cite web|url=https://www.female.com.au/confident-music-tour-2018.htm |title= Confident Music for Confident People Australian Tour Dates |website=Female.com.au|date=February 2018|access-date=31 March 2022}} and was supported with an Australian and international tour that ran from February to August 2018.{{cite web|url=https://amnplify.com.au/confidence-man-confident-music-for-confident-people/ |title=CONFIDENCE MAN Confident Music for Confident People |website=amnplify.com.au|date=April 2018|access-date=31 March 2022}}
At the AIR Awards of 2019, the album won Best Independent Dance/Electronica Album.{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|accessdate=18 August 2020}}{{cite web|website=AIM|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards|title=AIR Awards:2019 AIR Awards Winners Announced!|access-date=27 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827061527/https://www.air.org.au/awards|archive-date=27 August 2019|url-status=dead}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 80/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/confident-music-for-confident-people/confidence-man |title=Confident Music for Confident People by Confidence Man Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic|access-date=31 March 2022}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/confident-music-for-confident-people-mw0003156937|title=Confident Music for Confident People - Confidence Man |website=AllMusic|date=2018|access-date=31 March 2022}}
| rev2 = The AU Review
| rev3 = Drowned in Sound
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/13/confidence-man-confident-music-for-confident-people-review-bratty-wacky-dance-pop-joy |title= Confidence Man: Confident Music for Confident People review bratty, wacky dance-pop joy |website=The Guardian |date=13 April 2018|access-date=31 March 2022}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/confidence-man-confident-music-confident-people-review-2290460 |title= Confidence Man Confident Music for Confident People Review |website= NME |date =13 April 2018|access-date= 31 March 2022}}
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On Metacritic, the album scored an 80/100 from 6 reviews which the website regards as being "generally favourable reviews".
Neil Z. Yeung from AllMusic said "The party doesn't stop on Confidence Man's irrepressibly upbeat debut. The Australian quartet do not relent over the course of 11 pulsating dance anthems, infusing each one with a heavy dose of campy, tongue-in-cheek fun like predecessors Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, LCD Soundsystem, and CSS." adding "They focus on addictive rhythms, pulsing beats and deceptively simple lyrical ear-worms, hypnotising like raving snake-charmers".
Dylan Marshall from The AU Review said "Having seen the band three times already, I wasn't expecting a heap from Confident Music for Confident People. As long as the tracks were going to be able to translate to a live setting, then Confidence Man had done their job. Listening to the band in a recorded format, you realise that they're essentially a satire on pop music and your ego-maniacal pop and dance acts. Sure they may be taking the piss, but I'd much rather they do it ironically than think they're actually going to change the face of the pop and dance worlds. Confident Music for Confident People is exactly that. It was never going to be ground-breaking, but it is fun and confident and frankly, there's nothing wrong with that."
Dom Gourlay from Drowned in Sound called it "the most unashamedly addictive record you'll hear all year."
Rachel Aroesti from The Guardian "The thing that first wallops you over the head about their wacky debut is front woman Janet Planet's chatty, bratty vocal, which covers topics ranging from the lameness of her boyfriend to how quickly other men fall in love with her." Aroesti concluded saying, "They certainly aren't subtle, but Confidence Man's broad brush strokes belie a sophisticated and skilful distillation of dance-pop joy."
Andrew Trendell from NME said "It's a sound somewhere between the synth-andcowbell-driven electro-punk abandon of early LCD Soundsystem and Le Tigre, elevated by a sense of Beck's genre-remixing spirit and Hot Chip's knack for a hook, drenched in the sweet psych glaze of Jagwar Ma." Trendell continued saying "With a balearic pulse and horizontal attitude throughout, this record is ready-made sunshine – MDMAzing pretension-free fun for the masses."
Triple J said "Popping with effortless cool, playful braggadocios and sparkling sass, Confident Music for Confident People is 11 tracks of irresistible dance music."{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/featured-music/feature-albums/confidence-man---confidence-music-for-confident-people/9627874 |title= Confidence Man - Confident Music For Confident People - Feature Albums |website=triple j|date=8 April 2018|access-date=31 March 2022}}
Track listing
- "Try Your Luck" - 3:34
- "Don't You Know I'm in a Band" - 3:24
- "Boyfriend (Repeat)" - 4:10
- "C.O.O.L Party" - 3:39
- "Out the Window" - 4:25
- "Catch My Breath" - 3:59
- "Bubblegum" - 3:29
- "Better Sit Down Boy" - 3:24
- "Sailboat Vacation" - 2:33
- "All the Way" - 3:43
- "Fascination" - 4:53
Chart
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{{album chart|Australia|31|artist=Confidence Man|album=Confident Music for Confident People|rowheader=true|access-date=31 March 2022}} |