''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' is the fifth studio album by Scottish DJ and record producer

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...

. It was released on 30 June 2017 by

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. The album features guest vocals by

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, Travis Scott,

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, and Jessie Reyez, as well as prominent writing contributions from Starrah. It is also Harris' first album not to feature his vocals. ''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' was supported by five

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", "

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", " Feels", and " Faking It". The album received generally positive reviews from critics, and debuted at number two on both the

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and the US ''Billboard'' 200.

Background

Harris previously announced that he would release 10 new singles in 2017. On 15 February, he tweeted that he had "worked with the greatest artists of our generation". Later, on 9 May, he confirmed the album would be released on 30 June.

Promotion

The album's

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, "

", was released on 23 February 2017. The song features guest vocals from American singer

and American rappers

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and Offset from the hip hop group

. The album's second single, "

", was released on 31 March 2017. The song features guest vocals from American rapper

, American singer and rapper

, and American singer

. The album's third single, "

", was released on 12 May 2017. The song features guest vocals from American rapper

and American singer

Khalid Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.

. It was later released to

rhythmic contemporary Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary never uses ...

radio on 27 June 2017. The album's fourth single, " Feels", was released on 16 June 2017. The song features guest vocals from American singer-songwriters Pharrell Williams and

, and American rapper

. It was later released to

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on 20 June 2017. The album's fifth single, " Faking It", was released to contemporary hit radio on 17 October 2017. The song features guest vocals from American singer

and American rapper

Critical reception

''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' was met with generally positive reviews. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an

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score of 70, based on 15 reviews. Aggregator

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gave it 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Neil Z. Yeung from

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gave a positive review, stating "Calvin Harris managed to find a way to distill the sounds of summer into a near-perfect spirit on his fifth effort, ''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'', assembling an all-star roster of performers for an economic ten-track burst that doesn't overstay its welcome". He summed up the review by saying "''Funk Wav Bounces'' impresses not just with the marquee names, but with how effortless, communal and fun Harris makes it all feel". Clayton Purdom of ''

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'' said, "It's a winning bid for artistic credibility: not going for smarter, more complex, or bigger, just better, more fun. Full of island affectations, soft-rock gloss, and chintzy good-life strings, it is, at last, the sort of fun you don’t have to feel bad about the next day". Collin Brennan of ''

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'' wrote: "''Funk Wav Bounces'' isn't the kind of album that's going to change the conversation in pop music, but it doesn't want to. All it wants to do is sit by the pool, release, let go, and have a good time." Leonie Cooper of ''

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'' was also positive, saying the album is, "a triumph, a good-time album of wall-to-wall hits with a carefree, funky tropical feel and more than enough cool points to see him embraced by the hipster crowd as well as holding on to the pop kids". In a mixed review, ''

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''s

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stated: "Harris seems unsure whether an 80s boogie revival is the future of either dance music or mainstream pop, however. Elsewhere, there's a sense of bets being hedged and versatility being demonstrated to varying degrees of success." Jon O'Brien of ''Prefix Magazine'' said, "Ultimately, Harris appears to have simply swapped one formula for another, and if there's to be a ''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2'' he will need to discover at least a few new tricks. ... utthere are encouraging signs here that the Harris of old hasn't been entirely lost for good". In his review, Josh Goller of ''

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'' states, "By showing little interest in challenging the clichés of men fixated on conquest and status symbols and women focused on "feels", Harris undermines what could have been an inspired creative reinvention". In a negative review, Andy Gill of ''

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'' said, "It's a typical contacts-book R&B exercise, with an impressive cast of guests (including Frank, Pharrell, Snoop, Nicki, Katy, Ariana and others) on a fairly underwhelming series of grooves".

Year-end lists

Commercial performance

''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' debuted at number two on the

with 19,000 copies sold in its first week, including 7,000 from streams. The album debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 68,000

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s—the highest position for Harris and the highest debut of any artist in the week of its release. In its first week, ''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' sold nearly twice as many units as Harris's last album, ''

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'', sold in its first week.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians *Calvin Harris – Ibanez 1200 Bass (all tracks),

Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...

Custom (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10),

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9), Linn LM-2 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8),

Roland Jupiter-8 The Jupiter-8, or JP-8, is an eight-voice polyphonic analog subtractive synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in early 1981. The Jupiter-8 was Roland's flagship synthesizer for the first half of the 1980s. Approximately 3300 units have ...

(tracks 1–5, 7), PPG Wave 2.2 (tracks 1, 4–7), Yamaha C7 Piano (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9), 1965

Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously ...

(tracks 3, 4, 7, 8), Roland TR-808 (tracks 1, 5, 9),

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977, who used microprocessors, then a new technology, to create the first polyphonic synthesizer with full ...

(tracks 1, 6), 1976 Yamaha UX Ebony Piano (tracks 3, 8),

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(tracks 3, 8), claps (tracks 6, 8), Flexitone (track 3), ARP String Ensemble PE-IV (track 4), SCI Drumtraks (track 10) *

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–

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turntables (track 5), Pioneer DJM-S9 mixer (track 5) *Clyde Audio – Wurlitzer (track 6) *

– vocals (track 8) *

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– Korg SV-1 (track 2) *

– vocals (track 2) *

– vocals (track 1) *

– vocals (track 4) *

– vocals (track 3) *

– vocals (track 6) *

– vocals (track 8) *

– vocals (track 9) *

Khalid Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.

– vocals (track 4) *

– vocals (track 9) *

– vocals (track 1) **

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– vocals (track 6) *

– vocals (track 7) *

– vocals (track 2) *

Candice Pillay Candice Pillay (born June 10, 1981) is a South African singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She is best known for writing songs for artists including Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Calvin Harris, Christina Aguilera, Dr. Dre, Eminem, ScHoolboy Q, ...

– background vocals (track 2) * Jessie Reyez – vocals (track 10), background vocals (track 9) *

– vocals (track 2) *

– vocals (track 6) * Starrah – additional background vocals (track 3) * Travis Scott – vocals (track 5) *Joe Vinyl – background vocals (track 6), strings (track 9) *

– vocals (tracks 3, 8), Fender Rhodes (track 3), additional percussion (track 3) *

– vocals (track 3) Production and design *Calvin Harris – production (all tracks), recording (tracks 1, 4, 6, 10), mixing (all tracks) *Louis Bell – additional vocal editing (track 9) *Andrew Coleman – recording (track 3) *Nick Cooper – vocal production (track 7) *Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – recording (track 7) *Jacob Dennis – recording assistance (track 8) *Matthew Desrameaux – recording assistance (track 3) *Blake Harden – recording (track 5) *David "Prep" Hughes – recording (track 2) *Ian Findlay – recording assistance (track 8) *

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– recording (track 4) *Shawn "Source" Jarrett – recording (track 3) *Dave Kutch – mastering (all tracks) *Mike Larson – recording (track 8) *Thomas "Tillie" Mann – recording (track 9) *Daryl "DJ Durel" McPherson – recording (tracks 1, 6) *Gregg Rominiecki – recording (track 8) *Marcos Tovar – recording (tracks 1–3, 5, 8, 9) *Pharrell Williams – additional vocal production (track 3) *Mark Kalman – creative direction *Emil Nava – photography *Uber and Kosher – art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

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Background

Promotion

Critical reception

Year-end lists

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also

References