Ready for the Weekend (album)

Ready for the Weekend
Studio album by
Calvin Harris
Released14 August 2009 (2009-08-14)
Recorded2008–2009
StudioEarth's Core (Glasgow)
GenreDance[1]
Length52:20
Label
ProducerCalvin Harris
Calvin Harris chronology
I Created Disco
(2007) 		Ready for the Weekend
(2009) 		18 Months
(2012)
Singles from Ready for the Weekend
  1. "I'm Not Alone"
    Released: 6 April 2009
  2. "Ready for the Weekend"
    Released: 9 August 2009
  3. "Flashback"
    Released: 2 November 2009
  4. "You Used to Hold Me"
    Released: 8 February 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Daily Telegraph[4]
Dotmusic7/10[5]
Evening Standard[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Independent[8]
musicOMH[9]
NME7/10[10]
Spin[11]
Under the Radar4/10[12]

Ready for the Weekend is the second studio album by Scottish musician Calvin Harris, released on 14 August 2009 by Fly Eye and Columbia Records. The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It spawned the singles "I'm Not Alone", "Ready for the Weekend", "Flashback" and "You Used to Hold Me".

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  2. ^ "Ready for the Weekend by Calvin Harris Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ McCormick, Neil (6 August 2009). "Calvin Harris: Ready for the Weekend, pop CD of the week". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  5. ^ Gill, Jaime (17 August 2009). "Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Smyth, David (14 August 2009). "CDs of the week". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Petridis, Alexis (7 August 2009). "Calvin Harris: Ready for the Weekend". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  8. ^ Gill, Andy (21 August 2009). "Album: Calvin Harris, Ready for the Weekend (Columbia)". The Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  9. ^ Urdang, Ben. "Calvin Harris – Ready for the Weekend". musicOMH. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  10. ^ McMahon, James (25 August 2009). "Album review : Calvin Harris – 'Ready for the Weekend'". NME. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  11. ^ Walter, Barry (December 2009). "Reviews [Albums]". Spin. p. 75. ISSN 0886-3032.
  12. ^ Ultimately, this is one party you might want to sit out. [Fall 2009, p.74]