Ready for the Weekend by Calvin Harris

Ready for the Weekend, Calvin Harris's second album, came out on 14 August 2009 through Fly Eye and Columbia, and it was built for exactly what the title says. The Scottish producer was still singing on his own tracks, and he wrapped his voice in glossy synth-pop, pumping electro house and nu-disco shimmer, dance music that knows it is heading for the radio and doesn't mind a bit.

Two singles went out ahead of it, the title track and "I'm Not Alone", which became his first solo number one in Britain, following his 2008 chart-topper with Dizzee Rascal. The album went straight to number one in both Scotland and the UK, and "Flashback" and "You Used to Hold Me" kept the party going as further singles. Coming two years after I Created Disco, it was the moment he became a chart-topping pop star in his own right.

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