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Tough Guys Don't Dance
Electronic · 2007 · 13 tracks

Tough Guys Don't Dance

High Contrast

High-speed breakbeats meet lush soul samples and cinematic strings. A definitive liquid funk document that feels like a technicolor night drive through a neon city.

October 1, 2007 · Hospital Records

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A high-energy, technicolor celebration of nocturnal life that balances grit with soulful elegance.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
If We Ever
5:07
02
Everything's Different
6:04
03
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
5:39
04
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
5:41
05
Forever and a Day
5:57
06
Sleepless
6:27
07
Tread Softly
6:11
08
Metamorphosis
5:29
09
Pink Flamingos
5:16
10
Eternal Optimist
5:34
11
Chances
5:41
12
Nobody Gets Out Alive
5:34
13
The Ghost of Jungle Past
4:30
Moments Worth Listening For
The iconic, pitch-shifted vocal hook of 'If We Ever' dropping into a warm, rolling bassline that feels like a hug.
The unexpected surf-rock guitar riff in 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' that shouldn't work at this tempo but absolutely does.
The way 'The Ghost of Jungle Past' strips back the polish for a moment of raw, breakbeat-heavy heritage worship.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Tough Guys Don't Dance sound next to the rest of High Contrast's catalogue?

Peak Energy+1.4σ

It runs notably hotter than this artist's baseline.

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