The Soccergirl

The Soccergirl is an EP of songs 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]

The Soccergirl
EP by kid606
Released	April 2000
Genre	Ambient techno
Length	18:37[1]
Label	Carpark
Producer	Miguel Pedro
Kid606 chronology
Dubplatestyle (1999) The Soccergirl (2000) Down with the Scene (2000)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	(favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media	6.7/10[5]

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.

No.	Title	Length
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

References

1. Carlson, Dean. "The Soccergirl EP". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
2. "Kid606 "The Soccergirl EP"". Car Park Records. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
3. Pytlik, Mike. "Kid 606, Cex & The Tigerbeat6 Label". www.soundonsound.com. Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
4. Mulvey, John (June 10, 2000). "The Soccergirl EP". NME. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
5. Cooper, Paul (June 1, 2000). "Kid606: The Soccergirl EP". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 14, 2013.