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}} ''Junior'' is the third studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 18 March 2009 by Wall of Sound. Prior to its official release, the album was made available for listening on the duo's website on 13 March 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Junior | Röyksopp music )〕 Described as a mix between the styles of Röyksopp's two previous studio albums, ''Melody A.M.'' and ''The Understanding'', the album features guest vocals from Scandinavian female singers Robyn, Karin Dreijer Andersson, Lykke Li and Anneli Drecker. ''Junior'' debuted at number twenty-one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 10,378 copies in its first week. By September 2010, the album had sold 36,239 copies in the United Kingdom. The album's lead single, "Happy Up Here", premiered on 9 January 2009 on Pete Tong's ''Essential Selection'' on BBC Radio 1, and was officially released on 19 January.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Happy Up Here – Single by Röyksopp )〕 "The Girl and the Robot", which features Swedish singer Robyn, was released on 15 June 2009 as the album's second single.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Girl and the Robot by Röyksopp )〕 "This Must Be It" features Andersson and was released on 23 October 2009 as the third single.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=This Must Be It – EP by Röyksopp )〕 "It's What I Want" was included as a part of the official soundtrack to the Electronic Arts video game ''FIFA 10''. "Röyksopp Forever" was also used in the background of the Flashforward Channel 5 promos during September 2009 and used as backing music on ''The X Factor'' 2009 in live shows. An instrumental version of "Vision One" was licensed for use in the video game ''LittleBigPlanet 2''. "This Must Be It" was included in the soundtrack to the 2011 comedy film ''Hall Pass''. ==Critical reception== ''Junior'' received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Junior – Röyksopp )〕 The album was placed at number thirty on Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Albums of 2009, number nineteen on Popjustice's The Top 33 Albums of 2009 and number twenty-one on ''Mixmag''s Top 50 Albums of 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Junior (Röyksopp album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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