15 Again is the third album released by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 electronic

Electronica

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 duo Cassius

Cassius (band)

Cassius is a French house music duo, consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francart, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.-History:...

. It was released in Europe on September 11, 2006 by EMI

EMI

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. The album was written and produced by Cassius members Phillippe Zdar and Boom Bass and includes a collaboration with hip-hop producer and performer Pharrell Williams. Other collaborators include Sébastien Tellier

Sébastien Tellier

Sébastien Tellier is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is currently signed to Record Makers, a French independent record label. He sings in English, French and Italian.-Biography:...

, -M-

Matthieu Chedid

Matthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...

, Etienne de Crécy

Etienne de Crecy

Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy is a French DJ and producer who composes house and electronic music.-Biography:...

, and Le Knight Club (otherwise known as Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Guillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo; is a founding member of the French house music duo Daft Punk, along with Thomas Bangalter. He has also produced several works from his record label Crydamoure with label co-owner Éric Chedeville. He and Chedeville formed the musical duo Le Knight...

 and Eric Chedeville). The album was recorded in three weeks in Ibiza

Ibiza

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.

Remix

Remix

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es for the album's first single "Toop Toop

Toop Toop

"Toop Toop" is a song by French electronic music duo Cassius. It was released in 2006 as the lead single from the Cassius' album 15 Again. The song combines Clash-style guitar riffs, dance beats and megaphone distorted vocals....

" were released in the United States on September 21.

Critical Reception

Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalised

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reported an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 84 based on 6 reviews, described as "universal acclaim".

Track listing

1. "Toop Toop
   Toop Toop
   "Toop Toop" is a song by French electronic music duo Cassius. It was released in 2006 as the lead single from the Cassius' album 15 Again. The song combines Clash-style guitar riffs, dance beats and megaphone distorted vocals....
   
   "
2. "Rock Number One"
3. "This Song"
4. "15 Again"
5. "All I Want"
6. "Eye Water" (featuring Pharrell Williams)
7. "See Me Now"
8. "A Mile from Here"
9. "Jackrock"
10. "Cactus"
11. "La Notte"
12. "Cria Cuervos"

US Version

The US version released by HBF/Justice replaces "Cria Cuervos" with "Shame Shame Chérie" in a slightly different order:

1. "Toop Toop"
2. "Rock Number One"
3. "This Song"
4. "15 Again"
5. "All I Want"
6. "Eye Water" (featuring Pharrell Williams)
7. "See Me Now"
8. "A Mile from Here"
9. "Jackrock"
10. "Cactus"
11. "Shame Shame Chérie"
12. "La Notte"