Vertigo (Groove Armada album)

Vertigo is the second studio album by the British electronic music duo Groove Armada, released in 1999 on the Jive Electro record label. It contains the well-known singles "At the River" (which was previously featured on the duo's debut album Northern Star) and "I See You Baby".

Vertigo
Studio album by
Groove Armada
Released24 May 1999 (1999-05-24)
Length69:06
LabelJive Electro
Producer
  • Andy Cato
  • Tom Findlay
Groove Armada chronology
Northern Star
(1998)		 Vertigo
(1999)		 The Remixes
(2000)
Singles from Vertigo
  1. "If Everybody Looked the Same"
    Released: 26 April 1999 (1999-04-26)[1]
  2. "At the River"
    Released: 26 July 1999 (1999-07-26)[2]
  3. "I See You Baby"
    Released: November 1999 (1999-11)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
NME8/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Release

"I See You Baby" has been used in advertisements for the Ford Fiesta and the Renault Mégane, the latter of which caused a number of complaints due to the song's lyrical content.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Chicago" 7:22
2."Whatever, Whenever" (featuring M.A.D.)Cato, Findlay, Joe Skeete, Lorenzo Mills, Steve Douglas3:49
3."Dusk You & Me"Cato, Findlay, Buck Rams, Al Nevins, Morty Nevins5:39
4."Pre 63" 6:26
5."If Everybody Looked the Same"Cato, Findlay, Ali Muhammad, Eugene Record, James Yancey, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Taylor3:39
6."Serve Chilled" 5:09
7."I See You Baby" (featuring Gram'ma Funk)Cato, Findlay, Toi Sacchi4:40
8."A Private Interlude" 3:54
9."At the River"Cato, Findlay, Allan Jeffrey, Claire Rothrock, Milton Yakus6:33
10."In My Bones" (featuring Gram'ma Funk)Cato, Findlay, Maurizio Dami, Toi Sacchi4:44
11."Your Song" (featuring Sophie Barker) 5:07
12."Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)" (featuring Sophie Barker)Cato, Findlay, Irving Berlin7:59
UK bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."I See You Baby" (Fatboy Slim remix; featuring Gram'ma Funk)Cato, Findlay, Toi Sacchi5:43
Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Mary"4:24
14."Rap"4:15

Charts
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 38
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 23

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Platinum 300,000^
United States — 120,000[14]
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,000,000[15]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "New Releases – For Week Starting 26 April, 1999: Singles". Music Week. 24 April 1999. p. 27.
  2. "New Releases – For Week Starting 26 July, 1999: Singles". Music Week. 24 July 1999. p. 23.
  3. "Groove Armada Scratch Ass!". NME. 7 April 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  4. Bush, John. "Vertigo - Groove Armada". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  5. Vincentelli, Elisabeth (10 March 2000). "ARTICLE - Vertigo". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. Johns, Darren. "Groove Armada - Vertigo (Pepper)". NME. Archived from the original on 1 October 2000.
  7. Petridis, Alexis (July 1999). "Vertigo review". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd. p. 116.
  8. Pratt, Sarah (16 March 2000). "Groove Armada - Vertigo". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. Day, Julia (27 May 2003). "Renault Megane ad prompts 139 complaints". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  10. "Australiancharts.com – Groove Armada – Vertigo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. "Charts.nz – Groove Armada – Vertigo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. "Groove Armada | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. "British album certifications – Groove Armada – Vertigo". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  14. Paoletta, Michael (15 September 2001). "Jive Electro's Groove Armada Bids 'Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)". Billboard.
  15. "Biography" (PDF). Resident Advisor. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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