''You're a Woman, I'm a Machine'' is the debut studio album by Canadian

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duo Death from Above 1979. It was released October 26, 2004, through

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. The album was produced by

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who would later work alongside

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in the

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duo MSTRKRFT.

History

''You're a Woman, I'm a Machine'' was recorded from February to April 2004 at

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. Additional recording was done at Studio Plateau in

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and the album was engineered and produced by Al-P, with the exception of the Montreal sessions which were engineered by Drew Malamud. All songs were written and recorded by

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(drums and vocals) and

(bass and synthesizer). The album was mastered by Joao Carvalho in his studio. All songs were published by Casino Steel Publishing Inc. and Iggy Softrock Publishing Inc. "Romantic Rights", "Blood on Our Hands" and "Black History Month" have been released as singles and remixed. "Little Girl", along with "Sexy Results", have also been remixed, and appear on their remix/b-side release, '' Romance Bloody Romance''. Vocalist and drummer

gave the song "Black History Month" its title simply because it was written in February. According to a post made by bassist

on the band's forum, the song title "Sexy Results" is taken from ''

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" from the television series features the running line "...with sexy results". The album's name is a play on a quote in the mini-series pilot of the 2004 reboot of ''

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'' where

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tells

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"I'm a woman," to which he responds "You're a machine". The liner notes dedicate the album to "Zoé", Grainger's niece. She is also the subject of the song "Little Girl" off the album.

Reception

The album has sold 175,000 copies worldwide according to the ''

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'' and gone gold (50,000 sold) in the band's native Canada.

Track listing

Personnel

;Death from Above 1979 *

– bass,

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on "Pull Out," "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine," design, layout *

–

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, songwriting, recording ;Additional personnel * Alex Puodziukas –

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*Drew Malamud – engineering *Joao Carvalho – mastering *Eva Michon – photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 debut albums Death from Above 1979 albums Vice Records albums Last Gang Records albums Victor Entertainment albums