''My Way'' is the debut studio album by

Akufen Marc Leclair (born August 13, 1966), better known by his stage name Akufen, is a Canadians, Canadian electronic musician. His music is electronic music that is often described as minimal house, minimal techno, glitch (music), glitch, or microhouse ...

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musician Marc Leclair. The album was released by Force Inc. Records on May 14, 2002. The album has over 2000 samples of radio feed on it.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman of

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described the album as "a terrifically delightful, upbeat record, tipsy with buoyant basslines, swooning textures, and unorthodox hooks." Olli Siebelt of

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said, "''My Way'' manages to walk a fine line between full-on commercial sensibility and left-field experimentation and yet somehow pulls off both simultaneously with no compromise on either side." The album was listed on ''

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''s "2002 Rewind" list. It was named the 12th best album of the decade by ''

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''. In 2015, it was named the 81st greatest dance album of all time by '' Thump''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the original edition's liner notes. * Marc Leclair – production * Marc Hohmann – art direction, design * Akiko Tsuji – art direction, design

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:My Way (Akufen album) 2002 debut albums Marc Leclair albums