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†, alternatively known as Cross, is the debut album of the French electro house duo Justice, first released on June 11 2007. The album contains previously released tracks "Waters of Nazareth", "D.A.N.C.E.", "Phantom", "Phantom Pt. 2", "Let There Be Light" and "One Minute to Midnight". Fellow Ed Banger artist Uffie is featured on the track "Tthhee Ppaarrttyy". The track "Genesis" was featured in an episode of the television series Shark, as well as TV advertisements for Cadillac and Levi's. It also appears in the video game Need for Speed: Undercover and the film Punisher: War Zone. The song "D.A.N.C.E." is about and dedicated to Michael Jackson.[1] The band uploaded the album on their MySpace page where it was available to stream, but has since taken it down. In addition, "Phantom Pt. II" was used for a Telus commercial in 2007 and it was used as the intro music to Channel 5's Football Italiano. the Soulwax remix of Phantom Pt. II was one of the songs in Tap Tap Dance. "Waters of Nazareth" makes an appearance on the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto IV and the snowboarding movie That's It, That's All. "Newjack" is used in the promos of Cartoon Network's You Are Here block as well as in adverts for the BBC Electric Proms.

Reception

Upon release, the album was a critical and commercial success, gaining mainly positive reviews from critics and growing Justice's popularity. Rolling Stone said, "With loads of melodrama and not a moment of subtlety, Justice define the new-jacques swing."[2] It came in at number 15 on Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2007 list[3], stating in their review of the album that "Cross is a harsh and mostly instrumental set that nonetheless plays like the ideal crossover electronic-pop record. Justice knows how to sequence a dance album to avoid drag and boredom."[4] The Onion's The A.V. Club called it "An engaging study in contrasts and a killer party record."[5] It holds an 81 rating (out of 100) on Metacritic.com.[6] The album was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album ultimately losing to The Chemical Brothers, Best Dance Recording ("D.A.N.C.E."), and Best Video ("D.A.N.C.E") for the 50th Grammy Awards. They were also nominated for 6 PLUG Independent Music Awards including "Album of The Year". The album was also nominated for the 2007 Shortlist Prize, eventually losing out to The Reminder by Feist. It was ranked at No.2 by Planet Sound in their Best Albums of 2007 list.

Track listing

  1. "Genesis" – 3:54
  2. "Let There Be Light" – 4:55
  3. "D.A.N.C.E." – 4:02
  4. "Newjack" – 3:36
  5. "Phantom" – 4:22
  6. "Phantom Pt. II" – 3:20
  7. "Valentine" – 2:56
  8. "Tthhee Ppaarrttyy" (featuring Uffie) – 3:46
  9. "DVNO" (featuring Mehdi Pinson) – 3:56
  10. "Stress" – 4:58
  11. "Waters of Nazareth" – 4:25
  12. "One Minute to Midnight" – 3:40
Japan bonus track
  2. "D.A.N.C.E." (rehearsal version) – 4:29

Production notes

References

  1. ^ The DJ Q&A with Justice dailyrecord.co.uk Retrieved on June 18 2007.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review rollingstone.com Retrieved on May 29 2008.
  3. ^ "Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2007".
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review pitchforkmedia.com Retrieved on May 30 2008.
  5. ^ The A.V. Club review avclub.com Retrieved on August 24 2008
  6. ^ Metacritic page metacritic.com Retrieved on May 30 2008.
  7. ^ Justice en Interview part.II youtube.com Retrieved on March 24 2008.
  8. ^ a b c † album liner notes, published in 2007.
  9. ^ Justice: Cross Popmatters.com Retrieved on July 4 2007.
  10. ^ Justice: Cross Stranger Review thestranger.com Retrieved on September 5 2007.
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