Idealism is the debut album from by German electronic

Electronic music

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 duo Digitalism

Digitalism (band)

Digitalism is a German electro house duo founded in 2004 in Hamburg and consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi. They are signed to French label Kitsuné Music, and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo"...

. It was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by EMI Music Japan as and on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné

Kitsune

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 and Virgin Records

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. In the United States, it was released on 5 June 2007 on Astralwerks

Astralwerks

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.

Five of the album's fifteen tracks—"Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo"—were previously released as EP

Extended play

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s prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples the The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

's 1979 song "Fire in Cairo".

The CD comes with a special code to download seven additional tracks on the Internet. The bonus tracks are only available at a bitrate of 128kbps.

"Idealistic" was used by Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games

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 in the announcement trailer for their upcoming video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Midnight Club: Los Angeles

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. It is also currently used in a commercial for Airness

Airness

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 on French TV.

"Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including a 2007 Pontiac

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 commercial and a Virgin Mobile

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 commercial, and was featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet

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and FIFA 08

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.

A sample of "Idealistic" is used by American radio call-in programme Loveline

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at the beginning of each segment prior to going on air.

"Zdarlight" is used in a BMW X1

BMW X1

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 commercial.

Track listing

1. "Magnets" – 3:50
2. "Zdarlight" – 5:41
3. "I Want I Want" – 3:29
4. "Idealistic" – 4:11
5. "Digitalism in Cairo" – 4:49
6. "Departure from Cairo" – 0:54
7. "Pogo" – 3:46
8. "Moonlight" – 2:52
9. "Anything New" – 4:59
10. "The Pulse" – 4:19
11. "Home Zone" – 2:09
12. "Apollo-Gize" – 2:20
13. "Jupiter Approach" – 1:13
14. "Jupiter Room" – 5:03
15. "Echoes" – 3:39

Downloadable bonus tracks:

1. "Jupiter Room" (Planetary Lobby Version)
2. "Austrasto"
3. "Playground"
4. "TV TV"
5. "Jet Set"
6. "Rock the Pressure"
7. "Saw You in 2 Pieces"

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Flanders)	20
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Wallonia)	88
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	84
Japanese Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	20
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	95
US Top Electronic Albums	6
US Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	29