†, alternatively known as Cross, is the debut album of the French electro house duo Justice, released on June 11, 2007.
The concept for † was to be an "opera-disco" album. Xavier de Rosnay stated about the opera disco concept:
Several songs were released as singles before the album's release. "Waters of Nazareth" was the first single released by the group in 2005 and also featured "Let There Be Light" as its B-side. "D.A.N.C.E." was the second si...
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†, alternatively known as Cross, is the debut album of the French electro house duo Justice, released on June 11, 2007.
The concept for † was to be an "opera-disco" album. Xavier de Rosnay stated about the opera disco concept:
Several songs were released as singles before the album's release. "Waters of Nazareth" was the first single released by the group in 2005 and also featured "Let There Be Light" as its B-side. "D.A.N.C.E." was the second single from the album and released on April 23, 2007. The single also featured the song "Phantom", which was also released on the Ed Rec Vol. 2 compilation album prior to the release of the album. The song "D.A.N.C.E." is about and dedicated to Michael Jackson.
There are three credited samples present on the album: "You Make Me Wanna Wiggle" by The Brothers Johnson was sampled for "Newjack", "Tenebre (main theme)" by Goblin was sampled for "Phantom" and "Phantom Pt. II", and "Night on Disco Mountain" by David Shire was sampled for "Stress"....
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