''The Looks'' is the debut album by Mstrkrft, released on 18 July 2006. All songs were written by Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P.

History

In the 15–21 June 2006 edition of '' The Stranger'', Keeler explains the origin of the album's title: "My girlfriend and I were watching ''

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'', and judge

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critiqued this one girl as having 'the looks' but not the talent. So we laughed at this intangible thing 'the looks' that can be good or bad, and later it became uralbum title. Because if you think about it, it doesn't mean anything, especially in terms of our album." The earliest version of the track "Paris" was composed on a laptop, on a plane taking Keeler and Al-P back home after a trip in

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. "Easy Love" and "Paris" were made available on the band's MySpace account before the album's release. The cover art was designed by

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and won the

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History

Track listing

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