1999

Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
1999 Ratings: #118 / 195
User Score
Based on 124 ratings
1999 Ratings: #468
January 25, 1999 / Release Date
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Virgin / Label
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Critic Reviews

80
AllMusic

A sleek and intelligent dance record, Zdar and Boombass' debut is an intriguing update of classic '80s garage and disco in the same fashion that Daft Punk rewired Chicago acid house for 1997's Homework.

80
Mixmag

House music as it should be - funky, sexy, raw and alive, yet more proof that Paris is still burning.

80
Q Magazine
A booming bass holds together 16 seriously entertaining tracks which strut their stuff with a smirk at the disco, jack things up Detroit-style around effortlessly addictive bass lines and wig-out on 70's wah-wah.
48
Pitchfork
Don't bother with it. There are far better techno records on the market.
AnothrSpaceSong
70

Forgot I listened to this and never gave a clear rating/review. That may tell you something about this album. Outside of its Lead song, it's quite a forgettable mess and feels like average club music.

But In retrospect, this was a very defining Album for the French House genre and It's clear why it's considered an essential for the genre. It's a stark, provocative album that helped pave the glory days of French House.

That being said, that can't completely excuse it from it's ... read more

DoceDonut
58

WEON PARTIA TAN BIEN EL ALBUM
porque se tenia hacer mid despues de como la 4 cancion :(
le tenia fe y puta en verdad me decepciono, las 4 primeras canciones son bangers pero ya despues se empiezan a caer, no impactan mucho y en lo que mas peca este album en mi opinión es la longitud de las canciones, la mayoria son mas largas de lo que deberían ser, por ej foxxy, hey babe, mister eveready y nulife podrian ser los medios bangers si fueran mas cortas, pero no lo son, ... read more

90

Cassius best album is one of the anthems of French touch music! RIP Philippe Zdar you are deeply missed

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draculaugust
NR

!!!HOUSE MUSIC SHOULD BE INTERESTING AND SEXY AND YALL BETTER NEVER FORGET IT!!!

XqEugeBadUsrnm
NR

Alguuuunos temas hay que esforzarse pero se les encuentra lo bueno, overall se siente bastante soulless, y la mejor pero era 1999, onda no es que este tipo hizo un disco medio bosta para que otros se inspiren
No es a lo que estoy acostumbrado anyways
Pero tiene cosas buenas, ya haciéndolo escuchado dos veces no creo volver a el

90

solid French house album

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