''E=MC²'' is a 1979 studio album by Italian producer
Giorgio Moroder. It has been billed as the "first electronic live-to-digital album." The album's title track peaked at number 4 on ''
Billboard''s
Dance Club Songs chart.
Critical reception
Alex Henderson of
AllMusic
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gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "This is the electronic dance music that preceded the rise of techno, house, and industrial noise, and it came at a time when hip-hop was in its infancy and the rave subculture had yet to be invented."
[ He described it as "a historically interesting LP that anyone who has enjoyed electronic dance rhythms needs to check out."][ Kyle Fowle of '']The A.V. Club
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'' wrote, "The title track includes some of Moroder's finest vocoder work while songs like 'I Wanna Rock You' and 'Baby Blue' see Moroder delivering some of his most polished disco efforts, removed from the rawness of those Donna Summer tracks but still very indebted to them."
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Giorgio Moroder – production
* Harold Faltermeyer
Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer.
Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film ''Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the 1 ...
– production, engineer, mixing, programming
*Keith Forsey
Keith Forsey (born 2 January 1948) is an English pop musician and record producer.
Early life
Forsey began his career as a percussionist in the mid-late 1960s as the drummer for The SpectrumCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons - The Vault - Chris ...
- drums, percussion
* Jules Bloomenthal – computerized digital editing
* Bruce Rothaar – computerized digital editing
* Brian Gardner
Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ...
– mastering
* Henry Vizcarra – artwork
* Glenn Parsons – artwork
* Ron Slenzak – photography
* David Ingebretsen – computer photography
* Shusei Nagaoka
was a Japanese illustrator. He is best known for his music album cover art in the 1970s and 1980s. Artists for whom he illustrated covers include Electric Light Orchestra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Deep Purple, Space, Maze, George Clinton, Kitaro, ...
– illustration
References
External links
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1979 albums
Giorgio Moroder albums
Albums produced by Giorgio Moroder
Albums produced by Harold Faltermeyer
Casablanca Records albums