Calvin Harris' 2nd album 'Ready For The Weekend' was released on 14 August 2009 – nearly 10 years ago now! The album featured the #1s 'I'm Not Alone' and 'Dance Wiv Me' alongside three other singles, the title track, 'Flashback' and 'You Used to Hold Me'.

 

To mark the anniversary we are running a rate for it with the results to be revealed closer to the anniversary date. The tracklist is listed below, and the album is available on any good streaming site so take a listen before you rate it and try to not leave out any tracks.

 

You can give out one 11 to your favourite track, otherwise rate each song out of ten.

 

1. "The Rain"

2. "Ready for the Weekend"

3. "Stars Come Out"

4. "You Used to Hold Me"

5. "Blue"

6. "I'm Not Alone"

7. "Flashback"

8. "Worst Day" (featuring Izza Kizza)

9. "Relax"

10. "Limits"

11. "Burns Night"

12. "Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La"

13. "Dance Wiv Me" (Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome)

14. "5iliconeator"

15. "Greatest Fear"

 

You have until 16 July 30 July 23:59 BST, so just under two weeks.

I remember buying this album on day of release and saw Calvin in Bristol's O2 academy in October 2009. Good times. Will take a listen over the weekend and refresh my memory with some of the tracks over the weekend and put my rate in next week sometime. :)

This is so hard because Ready For The Weekend is still my favourite album from him to date.

 

10.0 The Rain

09.5 Ready for the Weekend

08.5 Stars Come Out

10.0 You Used to Hold Me

09.0 Blue

10.0 I'm Not Alone

11.0 Flashback

07.5 Worst Day (featuring Izza Kizza)

08.5 Relax

09.0 Limits

07.5 Burns Night

07.0 Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

08.0 Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome)

07.5 5iliconeator

08.0 Greatest Fear

Going to get on this later today, it’s been so long since I listened to it in full! My 11 points will probably go to You Used To Hold Me though haha

07 | The Rain

09 | Ready for the Weekend

08 | Stars Come Out

11 | You Used to Hold Me

09 | Blue

10 | I'm Not Alone

10 | Flashback

03 | Worst Day (feat. Izza Kizza)

04 | Relax

04 | Limits

02 | Burns Night

07 | Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

10 | Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

04 | 5iliconeator

09 | Greatest Fear

 

The singles are quite clearly the obvious standout here; You Used To Hold Me will always remain a top Calvin song for me. This really dips in quality in the middle after Flashback though. Worst Day is incredibly bad and the autotune on Limits is terrible :lol: Dance Wiv Me is a nice inclusion towards the end. Of the ATs, Blue, Greatest Fear and Stars Come Out are definitely the highlights.

06 | The Rain

10 | Ready for the Weekend

07 | Stars Come Out

10 | You Used to Hold Me

07 | Blue

10 | I'm Not Alone

10 | Flashback

05 | Worst Day (feat. Izza Kizza)

05 | Relax

05 | Limits

04 | Burns Night

08 | Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

10 | Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

05 | 5iliconeator

08 | Greatest Fear

 

Some more rates pls x

Deadline has been extended for another couple of weeks so get those votes in :P

08 | The Rain

07 | Ready for the Weekend

07 | Stars Come Out

06 | You Used to Hold Me

06 | Blue

10 | I'm Not Alone

09 | Flashback

06 | Worst Day (feat. Izza Kizza)

06 | Relax

06 | Limits

05 | Burns Night

06 | Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

09 | Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

05 | 5iliconeator

07 | Greatest Fear

07 The Rain

08 Ready for the Weekend

09 Stars Come Out

09 You Used to Hold Me

07 Blue

11 I'm Not Alone

10 Flashback

06 Worst Day (featuring Izza Kizza)

08 Relax

08 Limits

07 Burns Night

06 Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

10 Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome)

08 5iliconeator

08 Greatest Fear

07 "The Rain"

07 "Ready for the Weekend"

07 "Stars Come Out"

08 "You Used to Hold Me"

05 "Blue"

11 "I'm Not Alone"

09 "Flashback"

05 "Worst Day" (featuring Izza Kizza)

06 "Relax"

05 "Limits"

06 "Burns Night"

07 "Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La"

10 "Dance Wiv Me" (Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome)

07 "5iliconeator"

09 "Greatest Fear" [why the hell was this hidden away as a bonus track?!]

Anymore for anymore??

6.0 The Rain

6.5 Ready for the Weekend

7.5 Stars Come Out

10.0 You Used to Hold Me

9.0 Blue

11.0 I'm Not Alone

9.0 Flashback

7.5 Worst Day (feat. Izza Kizza)

6.0 Relax

5.0 Limits

7.5 Burns Night

2.0 Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La

9.0 Dance Wiv Me (Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

8.0 5iliconeator

8.0 Greatest Fear

Just a few hours left!!

Let's get these results started then, starting with the bottom five.

 

 

11. "Relax" 6.214285714

12. "Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La" 6.142857143

13. "Limits" 6

14. "Worst Day" (featuring Izza Kizza) 5.714285714

15. "Burns Night" 5.571428571

 

Right at the bottom is the downbeat interlude track 'Burns Night', which I didn't think was the worst on the album actually but it's not very exciting of a song either.

'Worst Day' is the other song with a sub-six average, not helped by a poor guest rap verse and the song doesn't suit Calvin at all, thankfully he soon found a style that worked for him.

'Limits' suffers here from the overuse of autotune on Calvin's voice and finishes with an average of exactly six.

'Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La' is a bit more upbeat and should've finished top 10 really but like most of this album isn't a big Calvin fave.

Just missing the top 10 is 'Relax' which is one of the more electro sounding tracks of the album.

The next five, continuing with the album tracks of course

 

 

6. "Greatest Fear" 8.142857143

7. "Stars Come Out" 7.714285714

8. "Blue" 7.428571429

9. "The Rain" 7.285714286

10. "5iliconeator" 6.357142857

 

Some fairly middling votes here, but I'd say some of the better tracks on the album for sure. 'Greatest Fear' just misses the Top 5 and was included as a bonus track on the album but if it had been given an edit and release I reckon it could've done quite well!

Only the 5 singles left to reveal! What has come out on top?

 

5. "Ready for the Weekend" 8.142857143

 

The weakest single of the album as judged by the voters here turns out to be the title track! It was released as the second single from the album and peaked at #3 and saw him return to a more disco style.

Ready For The Weekend got the same average as Greatest Fear? Wow!

 

4. "You Used to Hold Me" 9.142857143

 

The final single released from the album, which reached #27 in charts in 2010. The track was more electro in style and is definitely one of my favourite tracks from him.