Saturdays = Youth

Saturdays = Youth
Studio album by
M83
Released11 April 2008 (2008-04-11)
Recorded2007
StudioRockfield (Monmouth, Wales)
Genre
Length62:12
LabelVirgin
ProducerKen Thomas
M83 chronology
Digital Shades Vol. 1
(2007) 		Saturdays = Youth
(2008) 		Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
(2011)
Singles from Saturdays = Youth
  1. "Couleurs"
    Released: 25 February 2008
  2. "Graveyard Girl"
    Released: 28 April 2008
  3. "Kim & Jessie"
    Released: 21 July 2008
  4. "We Own the Sky"
    Released: 1 December 2008

Saturdays = Youth is the fifth studio album by French electronic music band M83, released on 11 April 2008 by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Ken Thomas, with co-production by Ewan Pearson and M83 frontman Anthony Gonzalez.

The album yielded four singles: "Couleurs" in February 2008, "Graveyard Girl" in April, "Kim & Jessie" in July and "We Own the Sky" in December. "Kim & Jessie" was placed at number 256 on Pitchfork's list of "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s" in August 2009.[4]

As of October 2011, the album had sold 76,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[5] Sales outside of France between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012 reached 152,300 copies, according to Le Bureau Export.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Howe, Brian (3 February 2011). "White Sea: This Frontier EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ Terich, Jeff (5 April 2012). "10 Essential Dream Pop Albums". Treblezine. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500–201". Pitchfork. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  5. ^ Mason, Kerri (22 October 2011). "Double Down". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 38. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "French Export Certifications 2012" (PDF). Le Bureau Export. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Abous us". Le Bureau Export. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.