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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Com > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Com.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Com > Source revision: 1341375832 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = I Com | type = studio | artist = [Miss Kittin](/source/Miss_Kittin) | cover = Miss Kittin - I Com.png | alt = | released = 31 May 2004 | recorded = | studio = | genre = * [Electroclash](/source/Electroclash) * [dance](/source/Dance_music) | length = 59:13 | label = [NovaMute](/source/NovaMute_Records) | producer = * [Caroline Hervé](/source/Miss_Kittin) * Tobias Neumann * Thies Mynther | prev_title = [Radio Caroline Volume 1](/source/Radio_Caroline_Volume_1) | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [Mixing Me](/source/Mixing_Me) | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = I Com | type = studio | single1 = [Professional Distortion](/source/Professional_Distortion) | single1date = 17 May 2004 | single2 = [Requiem for a Hit](/source/Requiem_for_a_Hit) | single2date = 27 September 2004 | single3 = [Happy Violentine](/source/Happy_Violentine) | single3date = 14 February 2005 }} }} '''''I Com''''' is the debut studio album by French singer and DJ [Miss Kittin](/source/Miss_Kittin), released on 31 May 2004 by [NovaMute Records](/source/NovaMute_Records). It is Miss Kittin's first solo release, having previously released albums in collaboration with [The Hacker](/source/The_Hacker) and [Golden Boy](/source/Golden_Boy_(artist)). As in her previous works, [electro-funk](/source/Funktronic) and [electroclash](/source/electroclash) continue to be the primary genres. Most of the tracks on the album were produced by Miss Kittin with either Thies Mynther and Tobi Neumann (producers of [Chicks on Speed](/source/Chicks_on_Speed)). [House music](/source/House_music) vocalist L.A. Williams raps on the track "[Requiem for a Hit](/source/Requiem_for_a_Hit)", the album's second single. ==Singles== "[Professional Distortion](/source/Professional_Distortion)" was released as the album's lead single on 17 May 2004.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – Professional Distortion (Vinyl) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Professional-Distortion/release/256746|work=[Discogs](/source/Discogs)|access-date=12 April 2011}} It peaked at number 83 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15451/miss-kittin/|title=Miss Kittin {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=5 July 2021}} and at number 77 on the [French Singles Chart](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique).{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Professional+Distortion&cat=s|title=Miss Kittin – Professional Distortion|website=lescharts.com|language=fr|access-date=16 April 2010}} The second single, "[Requiem for a Hit](/source/Requiem_for_a_Hit)", was released on 27 September 2004.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – Requiem For A Hit (Vinyl) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Requiem-For-A-Hit/release/328344|work=Discogs|access-date=12 April 2011}} It peaked at number 92 on the UK Singles Chart and at number six on the [Belgian Dance Chart](/source/Ultratop).{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/950c/Miss-Kittin-Requiem-For-A-Hit|title=Miss Kittin – Requiem for a Hit|publisher=[Ultratop](/source/Ultratop)|language=nl|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025015649/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Requiem+For+A+Hit&cat=s|archive-date=25 October 2012}} "[Happy Violentine](/source/Happy_Violentine)" was released on 14 February 2005 as the third and final single.{{cite web|title=Miss Kittin ��� Happy Violentine (CD) at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-Happy-Violentine/release/415098|work=Discogs|access-date=12 April 2011}} It reached number 84 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) and number nine on the [Belgian Dance Chart](/source/Ultratop).{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/950d/Miss-Kittin-Happy-Violentine|title=Miss Kittin – Happy Violentine|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025015714/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=Happy+Violentine&cat=s|archive-date=25 October 2012}} ==Promotion== Miss Kittin released the [EP](/source/Extended_play) ''[Mixing Me](/source/Mixing_Me)'' on 19 April 2005. The EP contains remixes of several ''I Com'' tracks such as its three singles.{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mixing-me-mw0000714422|title=Mixing Me – Miss Kittin|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=5 July 2021}} ==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 73/100 | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} | rev2 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)'' | rev2score = 9/10 | rev3 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' | rev3score = B+{{cite magazine|last=Vincentelli|first=Elisabeth|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/05/28/i-com/|title=I Com|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=28 May 2004|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213014459/https://ew.com/article/2004/05/28/i-com/|url-status=bot: unknown}} | rev4 = ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))'' | rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}Cruel, sexy and offhand by turns. [Jun 2004, p.114] | rev5 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' | rev5score = 7.0/10 | rev6 = ''[Playlouder](/source/Playlouder)'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Moffat |first=Iain |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+icom/ |title=Miss Kittin: I Com (2004) |website=[Playlouder](/source/Playlouder) |date=3 June 2004 |access-date=15 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120101940/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+icom/ |archive-date=20 November 2006}} | rev7 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))'' | rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}It's a long time since anyone left their club past behind with this much panache. [Jun 2004, p.103] | rev8 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' | rev8score = {{rating|3.5|5}}It all sounds glamorous as hell. [8-22 Jul 2004, p.122] | rev9 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))'' | rev9Score = C+{{cite magazine|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IgWp27kuBIC&pg=PA105|title=Reviews|magazine=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))|volume=20|issue=7|date=July 2004|pages=105, 107|issn=0886-3032|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} | rev10 = ''[URB](/source/URB_(magazine))'' | rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}It's a veritable buffet of beats as she claws into everything from ghetto-house to industrial bombast with confidence and attitude to spare. [May 2004, p.83] }} ''I Com'' received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a [normalised](/source/Standard_score) rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [average](/source/Weighted_arithmetic_mean) score of 73, based on 17 reviews.{{cite web|title=I Com by Miss Kittin Reviews and Tracks|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/i-com/miss-kittin|website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)|access-date=5 July 2021}} Joseph Shoo of ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)'' commented that ''I Com'' has the "sweet attitude of sheer independent energy" while containing "neural giddiness and cerebral edginess".{{cite web |last=Shoo |first=Joseph |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3648/reviews/9388- |title=Miss Kittin – I Com |website=[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound) |date=13 April 2004 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213234116/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3648/reviews/9388- |archive-date=13 February 2012}} Likewise, Johnny Loftus of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) described ''I Com'' as "the best bits and pieces of the post-everything genres have been rearranged in a newfangled data stream to represent Miss Kittin's very elusive, entirely accessible muse. The alluring result is cool, reloaded."{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-com-mw0000697517|title=I Com – Miss Kittin|website=AllMusic|access-date=5 July 2021}} By contrast, Derek Miller of ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' noted that "some of Kittin's lyrical deficits undercut her production."{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Derek|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5608-i-com/|title=Miss Kittin: I Com|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|date=27 September 2004|access-date=12 April 2011}} ==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [Caroline Hervé](/source/Miss_Kittin), Tobias Neumann and Thies Mynther, except where noted | title1 = [Professional Distortion](/source/Professional_Distortion) | length1 = 3:42 | title2 = [Requiem for a Hit](/source/Requiem_for_a_Hit) | length2 = 5:10 | title3 = [Happy Violentine](/source/Happy_Violentine) | length3 = 6:18 | title4 = Meet Sue Be She | length4 = 4:03 | title5 = Kiss Factory | length5 = 4:37 | title6 = Allergic | length6 = 5:26 | title7 = Soundtrack of Now | writer7 = {{hlist|[Michel Amato](/source/The_Hacker)|Hervé|Neumann|Mynther}} | length7 = 4:43 | title8 = Dub About Me | writer8 = {{hlist|Michael Schmidt|Holger Zilske}} | length8 = 7:10 | title9 = Clone Me | length9 = 4:06 | title10 = [3eme Sexe](/source/3_(Indochine_album)) | writer10 = Dominique Nicolas Leteurtre | length10 = 5:00 | title11 = I Come.com | length11 = 5:55 | title12 = [Neukölln](/source/Neuk%C3%B6ln) 2 | length12 = 3:03 }} ==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''I Com''.{{cite AV media notes |title=I Com |type=liner notes |others=[Miss Kittin](/source/Miss_Kittin) |publisher=[NovaMute Records](/source/NovaMute_Records) |year=2004 |id=NOMU120CD}} ===Musicians=== * [Miss Kittin](/source/Miss_Kittin) – vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 4)}}; drums {{small|(track 4)}}; programming {{small|(track 6)}}; synth break {{small|(track 12)}} * [Otto von Schirach](/source/Otto_von_Schirach) – programming {{small|(track 1)}} * Tobi Neumann – guitar {{small|(track 1)}} * L.A Williams – vocals {{small|(track 2)}} * Thies Mynther – piano {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 10)}}; bass, synths {{small|(track 4)}}; programming {{small|(track 5)}} * Tobi Neumann – programming {{small|(track 3)}}; guitar {{small|(tracks 4, 9)}}; vocoder {{small|(track 4)}}; bass {{small|(track 9)}} * Sue.Zuki – vocals {{small|(track 4)}} * [The Hacker](/source/The_Hacker) – programming {{small|(tracks 7, 10)}}; hectic breathing {{small|(track 7)}} * Florian – vocals {{small|(track 12)}} ===Technical=== * [Caroline Hervé](/source/Miss_Kittin) – production * Tobias Neumann – production * Thies Mynther – production * Rashad – mastering ===Artwork=== * [Wolfgang Tillmans](/source/Wolfgang_Tillmans) – pictures * Miss Kittin – drawings, studio pics * Bente Schipp – graphic design ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''I Com'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2004) ! scope="col"| Peak
position |- {{album chart|Flanders|79|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2011}} |- ! scope="row"| Belgian Alternative Albums ([Ultratop](/source/Ultratop) Flanders){{cite web|title=Miss Kittin – I Com|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/138f/Miss-Kittin-I-Com|publisher=[Ultratop](/source/Ultratop)|access-date=12 April 2011|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113128/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Miss+Kittin&titel=I+Com&cat=a|archive-date=25 October 2012}} | 43 |- {{album chart|Wallonia|77|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|82|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- {{album chart|France|56|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- {{album chart|Germany|100|id=5007|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|82|artist=Miss Kittin|album=I Com|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK|171|M|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM|title=Chart Log UK (1994–2010): M – My Vitriol|rowheader=true|access-date=23 May 2010}} |- ! scope="row"| [UK Dance Albums](/source/UK_Dance_Chart) ([OCC](/source/Official_Charts_Company)){{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |title=Top 40 Dance Albums (06/06/2004) |publisher=[BBC Radio 1](/source/BBC_Radio_1) |access-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610162601/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/dance.shtml |archive-date=10 June 2004}} | 6 |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|18|date=20040606|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| US [Top Dance/Electronic Albums](/source/Top_Dance%2FElectronic_Albums) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))''){{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-electronic-albums/2004-06-19 |title=Top Dance/Electronic Albums – The Week of June 19, 2004 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213125426/http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-electronic-albums/2004-06-19 |archive-date=13 December 2015}} | 13 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Miss Kittin}} {{Authority control}} Category:2004 debut albums Category:Miss Kittin albums Category:Novamute Records albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [I Com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Com) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Com?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.