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La Roux is the self-titled debut album by English electropop duo La Roux. It was released on 29 June 2009 by Polydor Records.[12][13]

Track listing

  1. "In for the Kill" – 4:08
  2. "Tigerlily" – 3:24
  3. "Quicksand" – 3:05
  4. "Bulletproof" – 3:25
  5. "Colourless Colour"– 3:28
  6. "I'm Not Your Toy" – 3:18
  7. "Cover My Eyes" – 4:32
  8. "As If By Magic" – 3:51
  9. "Fascination" – 3:41
  10. "Reflections Are Protections" – 4:19
  11. "Armour Love" – 3:53
Bonus Tracks
  2. "Growing Pains" (UK Bonus Track)[13] – 3:27
  3. "Saviour" (iTunes Pre-order Bonus Track) – 4:21

Singles

  1. "Quicksand" was released as La Roux's debut single on 15 December 2008. The song has charted in the top 200 on the UK Singles Chart at 166 and was acompanied by a music video directed by Kinga Burza.
  2. "In for the Kill" was released as La Roux's second single on 16 March 2009. The song has charted in the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart at 2 and was acompanied by a music video directed by Kinga Burza. The song is so far the third biggest selling single of 2009 in the UK. It also charted in the top 50 in Ireland at 13. The song is well known for a remix of it called "Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix", which charted at 11 on the UK iTunes chart.
  3. "Bulletproof" was released as La Roux's third single on 22 June 2009. The song became La Roux's first number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, the song was acompanied by a music video directed by The Holograms@UFO. The song sold 80,144 copies in it's first week in the UK. The song charted at 10 in Ireland, this means that it has charted higher than "In for the Kill" in both countries.
  4. "I'm Not Your Toy" will be released as the fourth single.

References

  1. ^ Kraines, Talia (June 22, 2009). "Review: Never has something so tinny sounded so good.". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  2. ^ Harris, Steve (June 10, 2009). "Review: La Roux - La Roux". clashmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  3. ^ Levine, Nick (June 29, 2009). "Review: La Roux: La Roux". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. ^ Cragg, Michael. "Review: La Roux - La Roux". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  5. ^ Turner, Luke (June 23, 2009). "Review: La Roux - La Roux; Much, much more than just those singles". nme.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  6. ^ Earls, John. "Review: La Roux/La Roux". Teletext. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  7. ^ Pia, Camilla (June 19, 2009). "Review: La Roux 'La Roux' (Polydor)". Mama Group. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  8. ^ Petrides, Alexis (June 26, 2009). "Review: La Roux: La Roux (Polydor)". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  9. ^ Gill, Andy (June 19, 2009). "Review: La Roux, La Roux, (Polydor)". Independent News & Media. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  10. ^ Paphides, Pete (June 25, 2009). "Review: La Roux: La Roux". The Times. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  11. ^ Gittins, Ian (June 29, 2009). "Review: La Roux: La Roux review". Virgin Media. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  12. ^ "La Roux album details confirmed". BBC News. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  13. ^ a b [http://www.nme.com/news/la-roux/43950 "La Roux announces debut album's tracklisting - exclusive"]. NME. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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