''Kittenz and Thee Glitz'' is a 2001 album by

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Felix da Housecat. It was released in the U.S. on

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in 2002 after being critically acclaimed in the UK. The album was created alongside

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, Miss Kittin, Dave The Hustler, Harrison Crump, Junior Sanchez,

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and Melistar. It features the single "Silver Screen Shower Scene" and the vocals of French artist Miss Kittin. The album mixes early 80s electronic music, of the kind released by Ze records artist Cristina, along with

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. It was listed by noted music journalist

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in his book '' Words and Music'', as one of his 100 albums to hear if you think

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'' is weird. The album's first single, "Silver Screen Shower Scene" contains a sample of the Ben Liebrand remix of

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single "Passion", and "Harlot" contains an unaccredited sample of the drum pattern from The Human League track, "The Sound of the Crowd". "Glitz Rock" contains a Kano sample. "Silver Screen Shower Scene" and "Sequel2Sub" were also featured in the soundtrack to

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for the Xbox, PC, and PlayStation 2. "Silver Screen Shower Scene" is also featured in SSX 3 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. "

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" is a cover version of the 1977 hit by

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Critical reception

''Kittenz and Thee Glitz'' received generally favorable reviews. The album holds a score of 78 out of 100 on the review aggregator website

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'' placed ''Kittenz and Thee Glitz'' at number 73 on their list of the top 100 albums of the 2000s.

Track listing

#"Harlot (Intro)" (Stallings) – 5:19 #"Walk With Me" (Stallings) – 4:15 #"Voicemail" (Felix da Housecat, Miss Kittin) – 0:47 #"

Madame Hollywood "Madame Hollywood" is the third single featuring Miss Kittin from Felix da Housecat's album '' Kittenz and Thee Glitz''. Composition "Madame Hollywood" is credited as a tech house and electroclash song. Critical reception Paul Cooper of Pitchfork ...

" (Hervé, Stallings) – 2:51 #"

Silver Screen Shower Scene "Silver Screen Shower Scene" is the first single from Felix da Housecat's album '' Kittenz and Thee Glitz''. Co-written with Dave Jenefsky a.k.a. The Hustler, T. Lorello a.k.a. Tommie Sunshine, and Felix himself, it features French electronic mu ...

" (Jenefsky, Lorello, Stallings) – 4:40 #"Control Freaq" (Stallings) – 5:11 #" What Does It Feel Like?" (Stallings) – 2:36 #"Happy Hour" (Jenefsky, Lorello, Stallings) – 5:02 #"Thee Enter View" – 1:14 #"Glitz Rock" (Stallings) – 4:00 #"Analog City" (Stallings) – 1:18 #"Pray for a Star" (Crump, Stallings) – 3:54 #"Sequel2Sub" (Stallings) – 3:50 #"

" ( Marouani) – 3:00 #"She Lives" (Stallings) – 3:03 #"Runaway Dreamer" (Crump, Stallings) – 3:21

References

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