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The Soccergirl is an EP by electronic music artist Kid606, released in April 2000 through Carpark Records.[1] It is the second release in Carpark's "sports-FAN" series following Jake Mandell's The Placekick.[1][2] Its packaging included a compact disc designed to look like a soccerball, and soccer-field surface inspired traycard.[2]

ReleasedApril 2000
Length18:37[1]
LabelCarpark
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The Soccergirl
EP by
ReleasedApril 2000
GenreAmbient techno
Length18:37[1]
LabelCarpark
ProducerMiguel Pedro
Kid606 chronology
Dubplatestyle
(1999)
The Soccergirl
(2000)
Down with the Scene
(2000)
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According to Kid606, the recording was produced entirely with synthesizers in his mother's garage, and he tracked it using either a TR-909, TR-808, or a TR-606 drum machine.[3]

Reception

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AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
NME(favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media6.7/10[5]
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The NME gave the album a positive review, stating that the album gave "the sense of the new prodigy on the block stretching himself, reinventing old tricks, discovering grace can be every bit as radical as destruction. A real beauty."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Miguel Pedro.

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1."Start"3:15
2."Defective Boy"2:32
3."Call Me"0:50
4."If My Heart Ever Ran Away It Would be Looking for the Day When Right Beside You it Could Stay Forever"4:31
6."Thank You for Being My Angel (Rev 1)"6:10
7."Over"1:19
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