{{Infobox album | name = Genetic World | type = studio | artist = Télépopmusik | cover = Genetic World.jpg | alt = | released = May 21, 2001<br />April 16, 2002 <small>(re-release)</small> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronic | length = 54:14 | label = Capitol | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Angel Milk | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = Genetic World | type = studio | single1 = Breathe | single1date = 2001<ref name="discogs3">{{cite web|title=Télépopmusik – Breathe|url=https://www.discogs.com/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9popmusik-Breathe/master/39512|website=Discogs|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref> | single2 = Love Can Damage Your Health | single2date = 2002<ref name="discogs4">{{cite web|title=Télépopmusik – Love Can Damage Your Health|url=https://www.discogs.com/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9popmusik-Breathe/master/39512|website=Discogs|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Discogs5">{{cite web|title=Télépopmusik – Love Can Damage Your Health (Remixes)|url=https://www.discogs.com/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9popmusik-Love-Can-Damage-Your-Health-Remixes/release/175892|website=Discogs|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref> | single3 = Smile | single3date = 2001<ref name="dsicogs2">{{cite web|title=Télépopmusik – Smile Remixes|url=https://www.discogs.com/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9popmusik-Smile/master/84098|website=Discogs|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings |MC = 70/100<ref name="mc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/genetic-world/telepopmusik|title = Genetic World by Télépopmusik|website = Metacritic}}</ref><!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="am">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r586782|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |rev2 = ''Drowned in Sound'' |rev2score = 5/10<ref name="DiS">{{cite web |last1=Rawcliffe |first1=Jonathan |title=Album Review: Telepopmusik - Genetic World |url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2919/reviews/3747- |website=Drowned in Sound |access-date=July 22, 2023 |date=May 2, 2002 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723030717/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2919/reviews/3747- |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Guardian'' |rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |last2=Sullivan |first2=Caroline |last3=Simpson |first3=Dave |last4=Costa |first4=Maddy |title=Elasticated beats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/mar/08/shopping.artsfeatures1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114928/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/mar/08/shopping.artsfeatures1 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |date=March 8, 2002}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Playlouder'' |rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Playlouder">{{cite web |last1=Jeres |title=Genetic World Telepopmusik |url=https://www.playlouder.com/review/486telepopmusik.html |website=Playlouder |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020418225439/https://www.playlouder.com/review/486telepopmusik.html |archive-date=April 18, 2002 |date=March 13, 2002}}</ref> }}

'''''Genetic World''''' is the debut studio album by the French electronic music trio Télépopmusik, released in 2001. The album was re-released in 2002 as per request of the producer Heisenberg. Angela McCluskey appeared as a special guest vocalist and co-writer of many of the album's tracks. She performed on "Love Can Damage Your Health", "Smile", "Breathe", and "Yesterday Was a Lie", the first three of which were also singles.

One of the singles, "Breathe", was a commercial success, charting in both the US and the UK.<ref name="hot100">{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 chart search|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ATelepopmusik&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Telepopmusik|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="uk charts 1">{{cite web|title=TELEPOPMUSIK chart search|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7816/telepopmusik/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref>

McCluskey and the members of Télépopmusik first met when they opened for the band Wild Colonials (of which McCluskey was a member) in New York and struck a friendship.

== Critical reception == The album was met with praise from music critics upon its release. On review aggregate website Metacritic, the album holds a score of 70/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="mc" /> Tom Semioli, writing for AllMusic, awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars and felt that, while the album was eclectic, it was still good. He singled out "Dance Me", "Da Hoola", and "Let's Go Again" as choice cuts, and concluded that the album "contains a little something for every music fan."<ref name="am" /> ''Spin'' included the album in its "More New Music to Hear Now" section in the July 2002 issue, with critic Jeffrey Rotter calling it "mood music for tomorrow's Putumayo stores" and comparing "Love Can Damage Your Health" to "what a sonogram sounds like to a club-kid fetus".<ref name="SPIN">{{cite journal |last1=Rotter |first1=Jeffrey |title=More New Music to Hear Now |journal=Spin |date=July 2002 |volume=18 |issue=7 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHViszhzqIgC&pg=PA42 |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> ''CMJ New Music Report'' critic Doug Levy praised the album's combination of diverse genres and highlighted "Love Can Damage Your Health", "Let's Go Again", and "Trishika".<ref name="CMJ Review">{{cite journal |last1=Levy |first1=Doug |title=Telepopmusik - Genetic World |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=May 20, 2002 |volume=71 |issue=763 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrIO1R87sXIC&pg=PA10-IA4 |access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref>

=== Accolades === "Breathe" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Dance Recording at the ceremony held in February 2004.<ref name="grammys1">{{cite web|title=46th Grammy Awards – 2004|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm|website=Rock on the Net|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref> It lost, however, to "Come into My World" by Kylie Minogue.<ref name="grammys2">{{cite web|title=2003 Grammy Winners|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?year=2003|website=The Grammys|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref>

== Track listing == # "Breathe" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 4:39 # "Genetic World" (featuring Soda-Pop) – 3:59 # "Love Can Damage Your Health" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 5:32 * # "Smile" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 3:58 # "Dance Me" – 3:33 # "Da Hoola (Soda-Pop Mix)" – 4:12 * # "Let's Go Again" – 3:01 * <ref name="Let's Go Again">features a sample of the documentary ''Einstein's Brain'' at the end of the track</ref> # "Trishika" (featuring Soda-Pop) – 5:56 * # "Yesterday Was a Lie" – 4:59 * # "L'Incertitude D'Heisenberg" – 5:50 * <ref name="Heisenberg" /> #<li value="11"> "Breathe (New Extended Mix)" (featuring Angela McCluskey) (Bonus track) – 5:55

;International version # "Breathe" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 4:39 # "Genetic World" (featuring Soda-Pop) – 3:59 # "Love Can Damage your Health" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 5:32 * # "Animal Man" (featuring Juice Aleem) – 4:27 * # "Free" (featuring Juice Aleem) – 3:52 # "Let's Go Again" (featuring Gonzales and Peaches) – 3:01 *<ref name="Let's Go Again" /> # "Dance Me" – 3:33 # "Da Hoola (Soda-Pop Mix)" – 4:12 * # "Smile" (featuring Angela McCluskey) – 3:58 # "Trishika" (featuring Soda-Pop) – 5:56 * # "Yesterday Was a Lie" – 4:59 * # "δp.δq≥{{frac|h|4π}}" – 5:50 * <ref name="Heisenberg">Original copies list this title as "δp.δq≥{{frac|h|4π}}" It is also known as "Heisenberg Uncertainty" and "Mathematics".</ref>

;Note ::tracks Noted '''*''' feature short, numbered (1–7) interludes entitled "Labs" at the end.

== Charts == Aided by the success of "Breathe", the album charted in the UK, where it reached number 88.<ref name="oc1" /> ''Genetic World'' was also somewhat successful in the United States, where it reached number 5 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, spending more than 20 weeks total on the chart.<ref name="billboard charts" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2002–2003) !Peak<br />position |- |UK Albums (OCC)<ref name="oc1">{{cite web|title=Genetic World search results|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/genetic%20world/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|88 |- |US Dance/Electronic Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="billboard charts">{{cite web|title=Chart Search|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?page=2&f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ATelepopmusik&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Telepopmusik|website=Billboard.biz|accessdate=October 5, 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|5 |- |US Heatseekers Pacific (''Billboard'')<ref name="billboard charts" /> |align="center"|7 |}

It has sold over 350,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/telepopmusik/biography|title=Telepopmusik · Biography · Artist ⟋ RA}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{YouTube|playlist=OLAK5uy_lX7khMqhcMj0QDziDuhVuUh-cttb_RvDE|title=Genetic World}}

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