| Sexuality | |||||
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| Studio album by Sébastien Tellier | |||||
| Released | February 25, 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Synthpop, R&B | ||||
| Label | Record Makers / Lucky Number Music | ||||
| Producer | Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo | ||||
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Sexuality is the third studio album by French artist Sébastien Tellier, released on February 25, 2008. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Sébastien Tellier (born 1975 in Paris) is a French Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B, urban) is a Music genre of western Popular music (predominantly American and Canadian In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Record Makers was founded in 2000 by AIR and their associates Marc Teissier du Cros and Stephane Elfassi following the release of their soundtrack for Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born Guillaume Emmanuel Paul de Homem-Christo on February 8 1974 is a founding member of the French house music allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. DrownedinSoundcom or DiS is a UK based music Webzine financed by artist management company Silentway (who manage Mick Hucknall and Brett The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Sébastien Tellier (born 1975 in Paris) is a French Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Sébastien Tellier (born 1975 in Paris) is a French Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The album was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, who is best known as one of the members of Daft Punk. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born Guillaume Emmanuel Paul de Homem-Christo on February 8 1974 is a founding member of the French house music Daft Punk
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Sexuality is the first studio album by Tellier produced by someone other than himself. [1] When de Homem-Christo was asked to produce the album, he was flattered and immediately agreed to do it. He expressed that Tellier "is maybe the best singer and composer in France today" and felt that the album was one of the few collaborative efforts in which he could contribute significantly and uniquely. "If you feel it and if you feel something creatively interesting then it’s possible. "[2] Their previous professional meeting was during the production period of the film Daft Punk's Electroma, in which Daft Punk requested the use of Tellier's song "Universe". Daft Punk's Electroma is a film by French duo Daft Punk. The plot revolves around the quest of two Robots (the band members played by Peter [3]
The first "taster" from the album was "Sexual Sportswear", which was revealed on Tellier's MySpace page. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and [2] He described the instrumental track as "a direct combination of what I was doing before and what Guy-Man can do. "[3] When questioned on the two seemingly strangely juxtaposed words in the title, Tellier replied: "In my own sexual fantasies I always think about women in sportswear. I like women in sports pants and prefer peeling them off women to lifting up their skirts. "[4]
Regarding the style of the album, Tellier stated, "It is not at all like what I have released before and nothing like what Guy-Man did with Daft Punk. " He also elaborated that, "It's very electronic and like intellectual R&B, although not in the same way that Beyoncé or Justin Timberlake are R&B. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B, urban) is a Music genre of western Popular music (predominantly American and Canadian Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4 1981 commonly known as Beyoncé (biːˈɑn Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed . . I tried to keep vulgarity away from sex and my music. "[4]
| Chart | Peak position |
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| French Albums Chart | 33[5] |
| Sweden Albums Chart | 43[6] |