Ready for the Weekend (album)
Ready for the Weekend is the second studio album by Scottish musician Calvin Harris. It was released on 14 August 2009 by Fly Eye and Columbia Records and was recorded during 2008–2009 at Earth’s Core in Glasgow. The album moves toward big, dancefloor-ready sounds, aiming for a stadium vibe beyond his debut album, I Created Disco.
Four singles supported the release: I’m Not Alone (6 April 2009), Ready for the Weekend (9 August 2009), Flashback (2 November 2009) and You Used to Hold Me (8 February 2010). An extended version of the track Dance wiv Me, a collaboration with Dizzee Rascal, is included on the album. I’m Not Alone became Harris’s first solo UK number-one single and the album topped the UK and Scotland album charts.
Background notes include Harris working on the album from 2008 and a widely told, later-retracted story about a lost laptop containing the album. The track Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La was used in a Coca-Cola ad.
Critical reception was mixed to positive, with a Metacritic score of 65/100. Reviewers highlighted the louder, crowd-pleasing, stadium-dance feel compared with his debut, noting Harris’s ability to create anthemic, energetic tracks.
Chart performance showed strong UK success: the album entered at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold, with UK sales around 275,000 by 2014. It also charted in Ireland (high), the United States (Dance/Electronic and Heatseekers charts), and other markets with moderate impact.
Overall, Ready for the Weekend marked Harris’s shift toward expansive, party-wide dance music and solidified his place as a major force in electronic pop.
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