''Super Discount 3'' is the fourth studio album by French DJ and producer

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, released on 16 January 2015 through Pixadelic, A+lso and

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. The album is the third in de Crécy's ''

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''. The album includes collaborations with Madeline Follin of

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, Pos & Dave,

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, Tom Burke, Julien Delfaud,

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and

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Background

''Super Discount 3'' marks the first time de Crécy has worked with singers, and combines samples and

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s, which Crécy used separately on ''

'' (1996) and ''

'' (2004) respectively. The songs were recorded quickly and constructed so that de Crécy could play them in his DJ sets.

Critical reception

David Jeffries of

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opined that ''Super Discount 3'' "electro pops and thumps like its predecessor, and offers a variety of moods" with "crafted bits of cool dance

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offer instant gratification". Reviewing the album for ''

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'', Caspar Gomez found the album melds "fizzing 21st-century

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with a bangin' four-to-the-floor club agenda". Guido Farnell of ''

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'' wrote that the album contains "instantly gratifying dancefloor kicks", and while "Thick beats and rubbery bass are his trademark ...this time around De Crécy has worked with vocalists achieving an almost electro-pop vibe on this release". Michael Smith of ''

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'' felt that "the album is full of strong instrumentals with memorable hooks and little tricks to differentiate tracks" with strong melodies "and some curveballs ..thrown throughout, some great and some less so".

Track listing

Charts

References

{{reflist 2015 albums Étienne de Crécy albums Sony Music France albums