OutRun (album)

OutRun
Studio album by Kavinsky
Released 22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
Recorded 2006–12
Genre Electronic
Length 44:26
Label
Producer
Singles from OutRun
  1. "ProtoVision"
    Released: 10 December 2012

OutRun is the debut studio album by French electronic musician Kavinsky, released on 22 February 2013. Production for the album was handled primarily by Kavinsky's close friend and fellow French electro house artist SebastiAn. The album is named after Sega's 1986 arcade game of the same name, which featured the Ferrari Testarossa.[1][2]

The concept behind OutRun follows Kavinsky's backstory of a young man who crashed his Testarossa in 1986 and reappeared in 2006 as a zombie who produces electronic music.[1][3][4] Kavinsky cites influences from 1980s video games, television cop shows such as Miami Vice and the films of Dario Argento.[5]

Singles

"ProtoVision" was released on 10 December 2012 as the album's official lead single.[6] The music video, directed by Marcus Herring, was officially released on 7 December 2012 on Vimeo and on 10 December 2012 on YouTube.[7][8]

Usage in media

A one-minute snippet of the song "Odd Look" was used in a 2012 French commercial for BMW i, which was shown in cinemas.[9][10] "Nightcall" plays during the opening credits of the 2011 film Drive.[2] "Roadgame" has been used by Mercedes-Benz in a 2012 French commercial and in 2015 for the Italian commercial of the CLA Shooting Brake.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Consequence of Sound[12]
Drowned in Sound6/10[13]
The Independent[14]
Mixmag[15]
NME8/10[16]
Pitchfork6.3/10[3]
PopMatters[17]
Spin8/10[18]

OutRun received positive reviews from most music critics, with many praising the album's retro sound and concept. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Prelude"  
Kavinsky
1:54
2."Blizzard"   
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
SebastiAn3:27
3."ProtoVision"   
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
3:26
4."Odd Look" (featuring SebastiAn) 
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
SebastiAn4:49
5."Rampage"   
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
SebastiAn2:55
6."Suburbia" (featuring Havoc)HavocKavinsky
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
3:28
7."Testarossa Autodrive"   KavinskyKavinsky3:37
8."Nightcall" (featuring Lovefoxxx)
  • Kavinsky
  • Homem-Christo
  • Kavinsky
  • Homem-Christo
4:18
9."Deadcruiser"   KavinskyKavinsky3:33
10."Grand Canyon"   
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
3:12
11."First Blood" (featuring Tyson)
  • T. Tyson
  • José Reis Fontão
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
3:04
12."Roadgame"   
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
  • Kavinsky
  • SebastiAn
3:44
13."Endless"  
  • Kavinsky
  • Hahn
KavinskyKavinsky2:59
Sampling credits

Personnel

Credits for OutRun adapted from liner notes.[20]

  • Kavinsky – production (tracks 1, 3, 6–12); vocals (tracks 4, 8, 12)
  • A-Trak – recording (track 6)
  • Adrien Blanchat – image manipulation
  • Duffy Culligan – concept executive producer
  • Charlotte Delarue – art direction
  • The Directors Bureau Special Projects – album art concept, photography
  • José Reis Fontão – backing vocals (track 11)
  • Benjamin Glovitz – concept producer
  • Graphame – layout
  • Paul Hahn – voice (tracks 1, 13)
  • Havoc – vocals (track 6)
  • Marcus Herring – director
  • Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – production (track 8)
  • Florian Lagatta – engineering (track 8)
  • Lovefoxxx – vocals (track 8)
  • David Mestre – recording (track 11)
  • Raw Man – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 11)
  • SebastiAn – mixing (all tracks); production (tracks 1–6, 10–12); vocals (tracks 4)
  • Tari Segal – director of photography
  • Tyson – vocals (track 11)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[21] 37
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[22] 28
French Albums Chart[23] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[24] 38
UK Albums Chart[25] 159
UK Dance Albums Chart[26] 8
US Billboard 200[27] 156
US Dance/Electronic Albums[28] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[29] 185
French Albums Chart[30] 68

Release history

Region Date Label Ref.
Germany 22 February 2013 Mercury [31]
Ireland
[32]
France 25 February 2013 [33]
United Kingdom [34]
United States 26 February 2013 [35]
Australia 1 March 2013 Universal [36]
Italy 12 March 2013 [37]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jeffries, David. "OutRun – Kavinsky". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 Battaglia, Andy (20 February 2013). "Kavinsky Opens Up About His Survivor Tattoo, Skrillex Movie Dates". Spin. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 Raymer, Miles (27 February 2013). "Kavinsky: Outrun". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Khan, Karim (23 January 2013). "THE INTERVIEW: KAVINSKY". Hunger TV. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Abraham, Amelia (21 January 2013). "Kavinsky". Don't Panic Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Protovision – Single by Kavinsky". iTunes Store (FR). Apple. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Kavinsky 'Protovision'". Vimeo. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Kavinsky – Protovision". YouTube. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Brooks, Richard (18 November 2013). "Kavinsky – Odd Look (Preview) (2013 BMWi Commercial)". Hypetrak. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Découvrez la..." (in French). Facebook. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Outrun – Kavinsky". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  12. ↑ Gerber, Justin (13 March 2013). "Album Review: Kavinsky – OutRun". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Adams, Sean (20 February 2013). "Kavinsky – Outrun". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Price, Simon (24 February 2013). "Album: Kavinsky, Outrun (Mercury)". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  15. ↑ Muggs, Joe (21 December 2012). "Kavinsky: OutRun". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Perry, Kevin EG (21 February 2013). "Kavinsky – 'Outrun'". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  17. ↑ Bonich, Adam (1 April 2013). "Kavinsky: Outrun". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Marchese, David (26 February 2013). "Kavinsky, 'Outrun' (Casablanca)". Spin. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  19. ↑ "Outrun by Kavinsky". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  20. ↑ OutRun (CD liner notes). Kavinsky. Record Makers. 2013. REC86.
  21. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  22. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  23. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  24. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  25. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2013". Zobbel. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 3–9 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Kavinsky – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  28. ↑ "Kavinsky – Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  29. ↑ "Rapports Annuels 2013 – Albums" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "Le Top de l'année : Top Albums Fusionnés – 2013" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Kavinsky | OutRun" (in German). Universal Music Germany. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  32. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun". Tower Records Ireland. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  33. ↑ "Outrun – Livre-disque – Kavinsky" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  34. ↑ "Kavinsky Outrun CD Album". Universal Music UK. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  35. ↑ "OutRun [Explicit]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  36. ↑ "Kavinsky Store – OutRun". Getmusic. Universal Music Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  37. ↑ "Kavinsky – Outrun" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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