- dance-pop, electro house, eurodance, europop
- 83 min
- 22 tracks
- Casablanca
The Origin of Love is the third studio album released by British singer-songwriter Mika. The album was released in France on 17 September 2012, and in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2012, via Casablanca Records and Barclay Records respectively. The album was preceded by an alternate lead single in each region. "Elle me dit" was first released in France, whereas "Celebrate" served as the first official single for the United Kingdom.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
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- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Idolator4/5 ★
- London Evening Standard3/5 ★
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- The Observer2/5 ★
- PopMatters5/10
- The Scotsman2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Origin of Love4:36
- 2Lola3:44
- 3Stardust3:18
- 4Make You Happy (French version)3:35
- 5Underwater3:11
- 6Overrated3:38
- 7Kids3:04
- 8Love You When I'm Drunk2:53
- 9Step With Me3:36
- 10Popular Song4:06
- 11Emily3:34
- 12Heroes3:17
- 13Celebrate3:08
- 14Elle me dit3:38
- 15Karen (French version)3:56
- 16L'Amour dans le mauvais temps (French version)4:06
- 17Un soleil mal luné (French version)3:06
- 18Make You Happy (Cherokee remix)5:47
- 19Celebrate (Robbie Rivera remix)5:53
- 20Elle me dit (Beataucue remix)5:02
- 21Make You Happy (Miami Edit)3:10
- 22Tah Dah2:50
22 tracks, 83 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- MIKA
- Label
- Casablanca
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- FR
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