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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Studio album by Modeselektor
Released	10 September 2007
Genre	IDM
Length	69:40
Label	BPitch Control
Producer	Gernot Bronsert; Sebastian Szary; Sascha Ring; Moritz Friedrich;
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Happy Birthday! is the second studio album by German electronic music duo Modeselektor. It was released on BPitch Control on 10 September 2007.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	7.4/10^[2]

Mark Pytlik of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "what's interesting about Happy Birthday! isn't just that it fuses together the most unfashionable or discarded elements of electronic music's recent history, but that it manages to sound so fresh in doing so."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Happy Birthday"	4:03
2.	"Godspeed"	5:46
3.	"2000007" (featuring TTC)	4:11
4.	"Let Your Love Grow" (featuring Apparat and Paul St. Hilaire)	5:25
5.	"Em Ocean"	1:54
6.	"Sucker Pin"	6:10
7.	"Edgar"	3:53
8.	"Hyper Hyper" (featuring Otto Von Schirach)	5:17
9.	"BMI"	4:29
10.	"The Dark Side of the Frog"	0:52
11.	"The Dark Side of the Sun" (featuring Puppetmastaz)	3:34
12.	"Déboutonnet" (featuring Siriusmo)	4:23
13.	"The Black Block"	5:41
14.	"The First Rebirth"	4:39
15.	"The White Flash" (featuring Thom Yorke)	4:49
16.	"Late Check-Out"	0:38
17.	"The Wedding Toccata Theme"	3:53
18.	"(I Can't Sleep) Without Music" (featuring Maxïmo Park)	3:32
Total length:		73:28

iTunes edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
19.	"Get Wasted in Silence"	2:58
Total length:		76:26

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[3]	104

References

^ Way, Brian. "Modeselektor - Happy Birthday!". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Pytlik, Mark (17 September 2007). "Modeselektor: Happy Birthday!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "Lescharts.com – Modeselektor – Happy+Birthday!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

External links

Happy Birthday! at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Way, Brian. "Modeselektor - Happy Birthday!". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[pitchfork-2] Pytlik, Mark (17 September 2007). "Modeselektor: Happy Birthday!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[ac_France_Modeselektor-3] "Lescharts.com – Modeselektor – Happy+Birthday!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

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+| name = Happy Birthday!
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+| next_title = [[Monkeytown (album)|Monkeytown]]
+| next_year = 2011
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+'''''Happy Birthday!''''' is the second studio album by German electronic music duo [[Modeselektor]]. It was released on [[BPitch Control]] on 10 September 2007.
+==Critical reception==
-'''''Happy Birthday!''''' is an [[album]] by [[Germany|German]] electronic duo [[Modeselektor]], released on [[September 10]] [[2007]].
+{{Album ratings
+| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
+| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-birthday%21-mw0000586027|title=Modeselektor - Happy Birthday!|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Brian|last=Way|access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>
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+}}
+Mark Pytlik of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, saying, "what's interesting about ''Happy Birthday!'' isn't just that it fuses together the most unfashionable or discarded elements of electronic music's recent history, but that it manages to sound so fresh in doing so."<ref name=pitchfork/>
 ==Track listing==
+{{Track listing
-#"Happy Birthday"
+| title1 = Happy Birthday
-#"Godspeed"
+| length1 = 4:03
-#"2000007" (feat [[TTC (band)|TTC]])
+| title2 = Godspeed
-#"Let Your Love Grow" (feat. [[Apparat (musician)|Apparat]] and Paul St. Hilaire)
+| length2 = 5:46
-#"Em Ocean"
+| title3 = 2000007
-#"Sucker Pin"
+| note3 = featuring [[TTC (band)|TTC]]
-#"Edgar"
+| length3 = 4:11
-#"Hyper Hyper" (feat [[Otto Von Schirach]])
+| title4 = Let Your Love Grow
-#"BMI"
+| note4 = featuring [[Apparat (musician)|Apparat]] and Paul St. Hilaire
-#"The Dark Side of the Frog"
+| length4 = 5:25
-#"The Dark Side of the Sun" (feat Puppetmastaz)
+| title5 = Em Ocean
-#"Déboutonner" (feat Siriusmo)
+| length5 = 1:54
-#"The Black Block"
+| title6 = Sucker Pin
-#"The First Rebirth"
+| length6 = 6:10
-#"The White Flash" (feat [[Thom Yorke]])
+| title7 = Edgar
-#"Late Check-Out"
+| length7 = 3:53
-#"The Wedding Toccata Theme"
+| title8 = Hyper Hyper
-#"(I Can't Sleep) Without Music" (feat [[Maxïmo Park|Maximo Park]])
+| note8 = featuring [[Otto Von Schirach]]
+| length8 = 5:17
+| title9 = BMI
+| length9 = 4:29
+| title10 = The Dark Side of the Frog
+| length10 = 0:52
+| title11 = The Dark Side of the Sun
+| note11 = featuring [[Puppetmastaz]]
+| length11 = 3:34
+| title12 = Déboutonnet
+| note12 = featuring Siriusmo
+| length12 = 4:23
+| title13 = The Black Block
+| length13 = 5:41
+| title14 = The First Rebirth
+| length14 = 4:39
+| title15 = The White Flash
+| note15 = featuring [[Thom Yorke]]
+| length15 = 4:49
+| title16 = Late Check-Out
+| length16 = 0:38
+| title17 = The Wedding Toccata Theme
+| length17 = 3:53
+| title18 = (I Can't Sleep) Without Music
+| note18 = featuring [[Maxïmo Park]]
+| length18 = 3:32
+| total_length = 73:28
+}}
+{{Track listing
+| headline = [[iTunes]] edition bonus track
+| title19 = Get Wasted in Silence
+| length19 = 2:58
+| total_length = 76:26
+}}
+==Charts==
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
+|-
+!scope="col"| Chart
+!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
+|-
+{{album chart|France|104|artist=Modeselektor|album=Happy+Birthday!|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 December 2022}}
+|}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* {{Discogs master|25789|Happy Birthday!}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Modeselektor albums]]
 [[Category:2007 albums]]
+[[Category:Modeselektor albums]]
+[[Category:BPitch Control albums]]