''You're a Woman, I'm a Machine'' is the debut studio album by Canadian rock duo Death from Above 1979. It was released October 26, 2004, through Last Gang Records. The album was produced by Al-P who would later work alongside

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in the electronic music duo MSTRKRFT.

History

''You're a Woman, I'm a Machine'' was recorded from February to April 2004 at The Chemical Sound in Toronto. Additional recording was done at Studio Plateau in Montreal and the album was engineered and produced by Al-P, with the exception of the Montreal sessions which were engineered by Drew Malamud. All songs were written and recorded by Sebastien Grainger (drums and vocals) and

(bass and synthesizer). The album was mastered by Joao Carvalho in his studio. All songs were published by Casino Steel Publishing Inc. and Iggy Softrock Publishing Inc. "Romantic Rights", "Blood on Our Hands" and "Black History Month" have been released as singles and remixed. "Little Girl", along with "Sexy Results", have also been remixed, and appear on their remix/b-side release, '' Romance Bloody Romance''. Vocalist and drummer Sebastien Grainger gave the song "Black History Month" its title simply because it was written in February. According to a post made by bassist

on the band's forum, the song title "Sexy Results" is taken from '' The Simpsons''. The episode " Pygmoelian" from the television series features the running line "...with sexy results". The album's name is a play on a quote in the mini-series pilot of the 2004 reboot of ''

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'' where Caprica Six tells

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"I'm a woman," to which he responds "You're a machine". The liner notes dedicate the album to "Zoé", Grainger's niece. She is also the subject of the song "Little Girl" off the album.

Reception

The album has sold 175,000 copies worldwide according to the ''

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'' and gone gold (50,000 sold) in the band's native Canada.

Track listing

Personnel

;Death from Above 1979 *

–

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synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, songwriting, recording, backing vocals on "Pull Out," "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine," design, layout * Sebastien Grainger –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals, songwriting, recording ;Additional personnel * Alex Puodziukas – production, engineering *Drew Malamud – engineering *Joao Carvalho – mastering *Eva Michon – photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 debut albums Death from Above 1979 albums Vice Records albums Last Gang Records albums Victor Entertainment albums