OK Cowboy

OK Cowboy is the debut album of Vitalic, first released in 2005. After a year, the album was re-released featuring a second, enhanced CD.

OK Cowboy
Studio album by
Vitalic
ReleasedApril 4, 2005
July 10, 2006 (collector's edition)
Recorded2003–2004 in Dijon, France[1]
GenreElectro house
Length52:43 (first disc only)
LabelCitizen/Pias
ProducerVitalic (Pascal Arbez-Nicolas)
Vitalic chronology
OK Cowboy
(2005)		 V Live
(2007)

In 2012 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.[2]

Inspiration and production

Pascal Arbez said in an interview with MusicRadar that "I was only using a very basic and punk studio setup" for this album. "Polkamatic" was composed as a lullaby for his first son, born during the making of the album. For the track "Repair Machines", he was trying to emulate the style of Chris Korda's vocal sampling. "The Past" was inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre.[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Irish Times[7]
NME9/10[8]
Pitchfork8.6/10[9]
Q[10]
SpinB+[11]
Uncut[12]
URB[13]

Critical reception to the album was generally positive, with the album receiving a score of 82 at Metacritic.[4] The music review online magazine Pitchfork placed OK Cowboy at number 184 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[14]

Track listing
  1. "One Billion Dollar Studio" (hidden track, requires manual rewind) – 1:23
    "Polkamatic" – 1:52
  2. "Poney Part 1" – 5:22
  3. "My Friend Dario" – 3:37
  4. "Wooo" – 3:52
  5. "La Rock 01" – 5:25
  6. "The Past" – 4:27
  7. "No Fun" – 3:36
  8. "Poney Part 2" – 5:12
  9. "Repair Machines" – 3:45
  10. "Newman" – 4:50
  11. "Trahison" – 4:31
  12. "U and I" – 3:39
  13. "Valletta Fanfares" – 2:24

2006 re-release bonus disc
  1. "Repair Machine" (discomix)
  2. "You Are My Sun"
  3. "Suicide Commando"
  4. "Juliet India"
  5. "Bells" (featuring Linda Lamb)
  6. "Warm Leatherette" (live)
  7. "My Friend Dario" (Dima prefers newbeat mix)
  8. "Fanfares"
  9. "Candy"
  10. "One Billion Dollar Studio"

Notes
  1. Phares, Heather. "OK Cowboy – Vitalic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  2. http://www.vut.de/index.php?id=42&tx_vutnews_pi1%5Barticle%5D=210&cHash=b7db7c5c120f55ac6c06cd370dbeec86
  3. "Classic album: Vitalic on OK Cowboy". MusicRadar. June 29, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. "Reviews for OK Cowboy by Vitalic". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  5. Hermes, Will (6 March 2006). "Ok Cowboy". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  6. O'Grady, Carrie (29 April 2005). "Vitalic, OK Cowboy". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  7. Carroll, Jim (6 May 2005). "Vitalic: OK Cowboy (Different/PIAS)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. "Vitalic: OK Cowboy". NME: 63. 30 April 2005.
  9. Pytlik, Mark (28 April 2005). "Vitalic: OK Cowboy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  10. "Vitalic: OK Cowboy". Q (227): 118. June 2005.
  11. Simon, Julia (8 March 2006). "Vitalic, OK Cowboy (Citizen)". Spin. Archived from the original on 4 June 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  12. "Vitalic: OK Cowboy". Uncut (96): 100. May 2005.
  13. "Vitalic: OK Cowboy". URB (127): 81. June 2005.
  14. Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
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