Business Casual (Chromeo album)
Chromeo's major-label debut electro-funk album.
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Business Casual is the third studio album by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo, released on September 14, 2010, by Last Gang Records and Turbo Recordings. It served as the duo's major-label debut following their signing to Atlantic Records. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Mess | 3:40 |
| 2 | I'm Not Contagious | 3:39 |
| 3 | Night by Night | 3:47 |
| 4 | Don't Turn the Lights On | 4:33 |
| 5 | You Make It Rough | 7:18 |
| 6 | When the Night Falls | 3:45 |
| 7 | Don't Walk Away | 3:31 |
| 8 | J'ai claqué la porte | 2:26 |
| 9 | The Right Type | 3:54 |
| 10 | Grow Up | 3:02 |
Track listing from the source article.
Promotion
The lead single "Night by Night" was released as a free download on September 22, 2009 through Green Label Sound, a Mountain Dew-sponsored label. Its music video, directed by Jérémie Rozan and funded by Mountain Dew, was filmed in a Greenpoint, Brooklyn warehouse. Chromeo performed the song on Late Show with David Letterman on September 20, 2010. The second single "Don't Turn the Lights On" was released on June 28, 2010, with a video directed by Keith Schofield.
"Hot Mess" was the third single; an alternative version featuring Elly Jackson of La Roux came out in the UK on February 7, 2011, while the original was released in the US on February 15 and in Canada on March 1. The video, directed by Jérémie Rozan, was shot in Dumbo, Brooklyn, and the duo performed on Conan on February 21, 2011. The fourth single "When the Night Falls" was released on July 25, 2011, with a video directed by Daniels featuring Solange Knowles, who also provides additional vocals.
Critical reception
Business Casual received generally positive reviews. On Metacritic, the album scored an average of 68 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly noted that despite the major-label deal, the duo remained adept students of the Hall & Oates school of hooks, surrounding them with gleaming synth grooves and robotic talkbox solos recalling '80s funk masters like Zapp & Roger. Chris Martins of The A.V. Club stated the album opens with a powerful three-part salvo for maximum dance-floor penetration, but that an unexpected soulfulness emerges as it progresses.
Anupa Mistry of URB remarked that the defining thread through Chromeo's work is earnestness, and that one either gives it up for their studiousness or just dances. Marc Hogan of Spin opined that the album's libidinous wit cannot quite match 2007's Fancy Footwork, but that this day at the office still features booty calls, romantic squabbles, and digitally syrupy declarations of devotion.
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