Genetic World (2001)

Genetic World is the debut studio album by the French electronic music trio Télépopmusik, released in 2001. The album was re-released in 2002 as per request of the producer Heisenberg. Angela McCluskey appeared as a special guest vocalist and co-writer of many of the album's tracks. She performed on "Love Can Damage Your Health", "Smile", "Breathe", and "Yesterday Was a Lie", the first three of which were also singles.

One of the singles, "Breathe", was a commercial success, charting in both the US and the UK.

McCluskey and the members of Télépopmusik first met when they opened for the band Wild Colonials (of which McCluskey was a member) in New York and struck a friendship.

Critical reception

The album was met with praise from music critics upon its release. On review aggregate website Metacritic, the album holds a score of 70/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Tom Semioli, writing for AllMusic, awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars and felt that, while the album was eclectic, it was still good. He singled out "Dance Me", "Da Hoola", and "Let's Go Again" as choice cuts, and concluded that the album "contains a little something for every music fan." Spin included the album in its "More New Music to Hear Now" section in the July 2002 issue, with critic Jeffrey Rotter calling it "mood music for tomorrow's Putumayo stores" and comparing "Love Can Damage Your Health" to "what a sonogram sounds like to a club-kid fetus". CMJ New Music Report critic Doug Levy praised the album's combination of diverse genres and highlighted "Love Can Damage Your Health", "Let's Go Again", and "Trishika".