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{{Infobox album

| name = I Com

| type = studio

| artist = Miss Kittin

| cover = Miss Kittin - I Com.png

| alt =

| released = 31 May 2004

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 59:13

| label = NovaMute

| producer =

| prev_title = Radio Caroline Volume 1

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Mixing Me

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I Com

| type = studio

| single1 = Professional Distortion

| single1date = 17 May 2004

| single2 = Requiem for a Hit

| single2date = 27 September 2004

| single3 = Happy Violentine

| single3date = 14 February 2005

}}

}}

I Com is the debut studio album by French singer and DJ Miss Kittin, released on 31 May 2004 by NovaMute Records. It is Miss Kittin's first solo release, having previously released albums in collaboration with The Hacker and Golden Boy. As in her previous works, electro-funk and electroclash continue to be the primary genres.

Most of the tracks on the album were produced by Miss Kittin with either Thies Mynther and Tobi Neumann (producers of Chicks on Speed). House music vocalist L.A. Williams raps on the track "Requiem for a Hit", the album's second single.

Singles

"Professional Distortion" was released as the album's lead single on 17 May 2004.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – Professional Distortion (Vinyl) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Professional-Distortion/release/256746|work=Discogs|access-date=12 April 2011}} It peaked at number 83 on the UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15451/miss-kittin/|title=Miss Kittin {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 July 2021}} and at number 77 on the French Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Professional+Distortion&cat=s|title=Miss Kittin – Professional Distortion|website=lescharts.com|language=fr|access-date=16 April 2010}}

The second single, "Requiem for a Hit", was released on 27 September 2004.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – Requiem For A Hit (Vinyl) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Requiem-For-A-Hit/release/328344|work=Discogs|access-date=12 April 2011}} It peaked at number 92 on the UK Singles Chart and at number six on the Belgian Dance Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/950c/Miss-Kittin-Requiem-For-A-Hit|title=Miss Kittin – Requiem for a Hit|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025015649/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Requiem+For+A+Hit&cat=s|archive-date=25 October 2012}}

"Happy Violentine" was released on 14 February 2005 as the third and final single.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – Happy Violentine (CD) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Happy-Violentine/release/415098|work=Discogs|access-date=12 April 2011}} It reached number 84 on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Belgian Dance Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/950d/Miss-Kittin-Happy-Violentine|title=Miss Kittin – Happy Violentine|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025015714/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Happy+Violentine&cat=s|archive-date=25 October 2012}}

Promotion

Miss Kittin released the EP Mixing Me on 19 April 2005. The EP contains remixes of several I Com tracks such as its three singles.{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mixing-me-mw0000714422|title=Mixing Me – Miss Kittin|website=AllMusic|access-date=5 July 2021}}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| MC = 73/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = 9/10

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite magazine|last=Vincentelli|first=Elisabeth|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/05/28/i-com/|title=I Com|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=28 May 2004|access-date=5 July 2021}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.0/10

| rev5 = Playlouder

| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Moffat |first=Iain |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+icom/ |title=Miss Kittin: I Com (2004) |website=Playlouder |date=3 June 2004 |access-date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120101940/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+icom/ |archive-date=20 November 2006}}

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = Critical{{cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Terry |url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/misskittin-icom.shtml |title=Miss Kittin: I Com |website=PopMatters |date=6 December 2004 |access-date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010131846/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/misskittin-icom.shtml |archive-date=10 October 2009}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7Score = C+{{cite magazine|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IgWp27kuBIC&pg=PA105|title=Reviews|magazine=Spin|volume=20|issue=7|date=July 2004|pages=105, 107|issn=0886-3032|via=Google Books}}

| rev8 = XLR8R

| rev8score = Favorable{{cite web|last=Host|first=Vivian|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/miss-kittin/i-com|title=Miss Kittin: I.Com|work=XLR8R|date=4 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102051037/http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/miss-kittin/i-com|archive-date=2 January 2011}}

}}

I Com received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 17 reviews.{{cite web|title=I Com by Miss Kittin Reviews and Tracks|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/i-com/miss-kittin|website=Metacritic|access-date=5 July 2021}} Joseph Shoo of Drowned in Sound commented that I Com has the "sweet attitude of sheer independent energy" while containing "neural giddiness and cerebral edginess".{{cite web |last=Shoo |first=Joseph |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3648/reviews/9388- |title=Miss Kittin – I Com |website=Drowned in Sound |date=13 April 2004 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213234116/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3648/reviews/9388- |archive-date=13 February 2012}} Likewise, Johnny Loftus of AllMusic described I Com as "the best bits and pieces of the post-everything genres have been rearranged in a newfangled data stream to represent Miss Kittin's very elusive, entirely accessible muse. The alluring result is cool, reloaded."{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-com-mw0000697517|title=I Com – Miss Kittin|website=AllMusic|access-date=5 July 2021}} By contrast, Derek Miller of Pitchfork noted that "some of Kittin's lyrical deficits undercut her production."{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Derek|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5608-i-com/|title=Miss Kittin: I Com|website=Pitchfork|date=27 September 2004|access-date=12 April 2011}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Caroline Hervé, Tobias Neumann and Thies Mynther, except where noted

| title1 = Professional Distortion

| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Requiem for a Hit

| length2 = 5:10

| title3 = Happy Violentine

| length3 = 6:18

| title4 = Meet Sue Be She

| length4 = 4:03

| title5 = Kiss Factory

| length5 = 4:37

| title6 = Allergic

| length6 = 5:26

| title7 = Soundtrack of Now

| writer7 = {{hlist|Michel Amato|Hervé|Neumann|Mynther}}

| length7 = 4:43

| title8 = Dub About Me

| writer8 = {{hlist|Michael Schmidt|Holger Zilske}}

| length8 = 7:10

| title9 = Clone Me

| length9 = 4:06

| title10 = 3eme Sexe

| writer10 = Dominique Nicolas Leteurtre

| length10 = 5:00

| title11 = I Come.com

| length11 = 5:55

| title12 = Neukölln 2

| length12 = 3:03

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Com.{{cite AV media notes |title=I Com |type=liner notes |others=Miss Kittin |publisher=NovaMute Records |year=2004 |id=NOMU120CD}}

=Musicians=

  • Miss Kittin – vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 4)}}; drums {{small|(track 4)}}; programming {{small|(track 6)}}; synth break {{small|(track 12)}}
  • Otto von Schirach – programming {{small|(track 1)}}
  • Tobi Neumann – guitar {{small|(track 1)}}
  • L.A Williams – vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
  • Thies Mynther – piano {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 10)}}; bass, synths {{small|(track 4)}}; programming {{small|(track 5)}}
  • Tobi Neumann – programming {{small|(track 3)}}; guitar {{small|(tracks 4, 9)}}; vocoder {{small|(track 4)}}; bass {{small|(track 9)}}
  • Sue.Zuki – vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
  • The Hacker – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 10)}}; hectic breathing {{small|(track 7)}}
  • Florian – vocals {{small|(track 12)}}

=Technical=

  • Caroline Hervé – production
  • Tobias Neumann – production
  • Thies Mynther – production
  • Rashad – mastering

=Artwork=

  • Wolfgang Tillmans – pictures
  • Miss Kittin – drawings, studio pics
  • Bente Schipp – graphic design

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for I Com

scope="col"| Chart (2004)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Flanders|79|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2011}}
scope="row"| Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – I Com|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/138f/Miss-Kittin-I-Com|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=12 April 2011|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113128/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=I+Com&cat=a|archive-date=25 October 2012}}

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{{album chart|Wallonia|77|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|82|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
{{album chart|France|56|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|100|id=5007|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|82|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
{{album chart|UK|171|M|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM|title=Chart Log UK (1994–2010): M – My Vitriol|rowheader=true|access-date=23 May 2010}}
scope="row"| UK Dance Albums (OCC){{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |title=Top 40 Dance Albums (06/06/2004) |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |access-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610162601/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |archive-date=10 June 2004}}

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{{album chart|UKIndependent|18|date=20040606|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}}
scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-electronic-albums/2004-06-19 |title=Top Dance/Electronic Albums – The Week of June 19, 2004 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213125426/http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-electronic-albums/2004-06-19 |archive-date=13 December 2015}}

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