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}} ''White Women'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo, released on May 12, 2014 by Last Gang Records. The album features contributions from Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Toro y Moi, Solange Knowles, LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney, and Fool's Gold duo Oliver. Upon its release, the album was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. ''White Women'' entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number six with first-week sales of 3,500 copies. It also debuted at number eleven on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 16,000 copies in its first week, and became the duo's first album to chart in the United Kingdom, debuting at number forty-two on the UK Albums Chart with 1,940 copies sold. The album has spawned five singles: "Over Your Shoulder", "Sexy Socialite", "Come Alive" featuring Toro y Moi, "Jealous (I Ain't with It)", and "Old 45's." ==Background and release== ''White Women'' was announced on September 9, 2013, along with a Jérémie Rozan-directed teaser featuring the song "Over Your Shoulder". The following night, Chromeo performed at Boiler Room in New York City, debuting new music. Chromeo described the album as "Larry David funk", which singer Dave "Dave 1" Macklovitch defined as "a combination of sexy, funky, macho music with neurotically love-torn lyrics". Macklovitch stated that the duo aimed to "take it back to the real careless dance party vibes", in contrast to their previous album, ''Business Casual'' (2010), which he said was "a little more serious and moody". "There's more guitar, there's more bass, there are string arrangements; it feels more alive to me", Macklovitch said. On September 18, the duo hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit, where they revealed that the album will feature collaborations with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Toro y Moi, Solange Knowles, LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney, and Fool's Gold duo Oliver. Chromeo had previously collaborated with Koenig on the song "I Could Be Wrong", a bonus track from the duo's third studio album, ''Business Casual''. According to Macklovitch, including guest artists was part of changing Chromeo's studio approach for their fourth album. "Instead of working in a vacuum, we were working in an open, more curatorial environment. It's harder to work and have people come to the studio, listen to what you're doing, and then integrate and synthesize what they say into the music than to work in a vacuum. That's what we tried to do as an artistic challenge", he said.〔 During their AMA session, the duo also elaborated on the inspiration behind the album's title, stating: "We chose the title because it's the name of the first Helmut Newton book. He's a huge influence on us...you know, the legs, that 80s sexy look. And we thought the title was ballsy, funny, was going to get people thinking. Our music always blurred boundaries between past and present (is it retro? is it modern? is it both?) and now we want to blur boundaries between gender and race as well."〔 Chromeo unveiled the cover art and release date for the album via a missed connections ad on Craigslist on February 14, 2014. On May 6, the album was made available to stream in full at iTunes Radio. 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「White Women (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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