Idealism (album)

Idealism
Studio album by
Digitalism
Released9 May 2007
GenreIndietronica, electro house, electronic rock, dance-punk
Length53:14
LabelVirgin
ProducerJens Moelle, İsmail Tüfekçi
Digitalism chronology
Idealism
(2007) 		I Love You Dude
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Montreal Mirror9.5/10[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork5.2/10[6]
PopMatters3/10[7]
Spin6/10[8]
Stylus MagazineC[9]
URB[10]

Idealism is the debut studio album by German electronic music duo Digitalism, released on 9 May 2007 by Virgin Records. In the United States, it was released on 19 June 2007 by Astralwerks. Five of the album's fifteen tracks—"Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo"—were previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples The Cure's 1979 song "Fire in Cairo". The CD gives access to Opendisc where seven additional tracks can be downloaded.

"Idealistic" was used by Rockstar Games in the announcement trailer for their video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.[11] It is also used in a commercial for Airness on French TV. "Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including a 2007 Pontiac commercial and a Virgin Mobile commercial, and was featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet and FIFA 08. "Idealistic" is featured in Just Dance 2[12][13] and Saints Row: The Third and a sample of it is used by the American radio call-in programme Loveline at the beginning of each segment prior to going on air. "Zdarlight" is used in a BMW X1 commercial and a remix of "Zdarlight" was also used in the trailer for Nadeo's TrackMania Nations Forever released in early 2008.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi, except where noted.

Idealism track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Magnets" 3:50
2."Zdarlight" 5:41
3."I Want I Want" 3:29
4."Idealistic" 4:11
5."Digitalism in Cairo"Moelle, Tüfekçi, Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Laurence Tolhurst4:49
6."Departure from Cairo" 0:54
7."Pogo"Moelle, Tüfekçi3:46
8."Moonlight" 2:52
9."Anything New" 4:59
10."The Pulse" 4:19
11."Home Zone" 2:09
12."Apollo-Gize" 2:20
13."Jupiter Approach" 1:13
14."Jupiter Room" 5:03
15."Echoes" 3:39
Total length:53:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from Idealism liner notes.[15]

  • Jens Moelle – vocals (1, 3–5, 7–9, 11, 12); producer (all tracks); drawings
  • İsmail Tüfekçi – producer
  • Åbäke – design
  • Heiko Prigge – photography

Charts

Chart performance for Idealism
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[16] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 88
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 84
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] 20
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 95
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[22] 2
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[23] 6
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[24] 29

Release history

Release history for Idealism
Region Date Label
Japan[25] 9 May 2007 EMI Music Japan
Australia[26] 8 June 2007 etcetc
Germany[27] Virgin
United Kingdom[28] 11 June 2007
France[29] Virgin, Labels, Kitsuné
Canada[30] 19 June 2007 EMI Music Canada
United States[31] Astralwerks

References

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  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Idealism – Digitalism". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ Burgess, John (25 May 2007). "Digitalism, Idealism". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. ^ Oatmon, Jack (28 June – 4 July 2007). "Disk of the week". Montreal Mirror. 23 (2). Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  5. ^ Fullerton, Jamie (31 May 2007). "Digitalism". NME. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  6. ^ Hogan, Marc (13 July 2007). "Digitalism: Idealism". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  7. ^ Schiller, Mike (24 August 2007). "Digitalism: Idealism". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  8. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (26 June 2007). "Digitalism, 'Idealism' (Astralwerks)". Spin. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. ^ Orme, Mike (18 June 2007). "Digitalism – Idealism". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Digitalism – Idealism". URB. 15 May 2007. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  11. ^ Midnight Club: LA 'Debut' trailer HD Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Just Dance 2 Tracks". Just Dance. UbiSoft. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Just Dance 2 Gameplay - Idealistic". YouTube. Just Dance. 13 August 2010.
  14. ^ Trailer for TrackMania Nations Forever [1], contains remix of "Zdarlight"
  15. ^ Virgin Records (2007). Idealism (CD liner notes). Digitalism. Virgin Records. CDVIR 223.
  16. ^ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 18th June 2007" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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  24. ^ "Digitalism Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
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