Emergency On Planet Earth

Good acid jazz album with some funk elements. Doesn't really grasp me though

Great mix of funk and electronic. Singer has a fantastic voice, love the use of all the instruments.

I will not be tricked into a good mood! — quote from woman tricked into a good mood Not sure what the keys are trying to do during "Hooked Up", but I'm loving it Some really cool instrumentation (including record scratches and fun synths), but those strings did not need to be there and sound the way they did. The bass is really cool and fun

Okay

Funky, bit too long.

This album had a lot of funk. It was enjoyable for the most part. I didn't hate it and I didn't skip any songs.

I didn’t like this at first but the second half had me spellbound.

Eh

The day I'm so fucking sick I get this album. 2 Wait wth I thought this would suck. 3 fine

Emergency On Planet Earth was an ok listen, it was more funky and jazz-y than I anticipated from Jamiroquai, although it was filled with Jay Kay's signature voice. Having heard his later radio hits, this album is more experimental and feels like they have a freedom that isn't seen often. The didgeridoo is a nice touch that isn't often been heard, even in Australian popular music. Best: When You Gonna Learn? Worst: Revolution 1993

OK, not really my taste

Strong start but a bit pedantic towards the end

I've never heard of this one before. This album was also longer than the others I have listened to before. First side left me kind of meh. Side B absolutely slaps. 1. Revolution 1993 - Demo Version 2. Emergency Planet Earth - London Rican Mix 3. Too Young to Die

Nice laid back groovy soul all the way, although a bit anonymous here and there

Some bangers but as a whole mid range album

Fades into the background

This band has a funky acid jazz sound that is almost too consistent - difficult to differentiate songs.

I have never before heard JK sound so much like Stevie Wonder. Sometimes it is how you listen that counts. Now, let's storm the White house!

I appreciate the production and musicality, but not my jam.

Good album, don’t know if I’d listen to it multiple times. Funky though.

Unsurprisingly it's the first time I've sat down to listen to a Jamiroquai album. There's been a sprinkling of their songs throughout my play history and if I learnt one thing from this play through, it's that Jamiroquai is good in small doses. Each song is boppy enough but after a while it just gets grating.

funky

Fun and funky! The lead singer has such a distinctive voice with a great clear tone

Cool vibe! Liked the jazz undertones mixed with the very distinct 90s hip hop sound.

Pretty groovy

As far as this kind of funky genre goes, these guys in the upper tier for me. That said, I generally don't care for the genre. 2.5/5, which I'll round up to 3 because I like the hats.

The first few songs were quite enjoyable. It didn’t hold my interest until the end, but still fun to listen to. In the end, 3.5/5 rounded down

Had some good rhythms/sounds. Enjoyed it overall, though I wouldn't listen again. I love these artists that I've never heard of because I have NO idea what to expect when I hit play. Such fun!

Not everything from the '90's has aged as well as others.

Interesting

an intriguing listen! funk and jazz and soul. these genres combine beautifully, and i enjoyed listening to this album. and the lyrics, oof! "too young to die" in particular.

Bom.

Groovy background music.

Funk and jazz combined in a pretty trippy mix, with doomsayer lyrics: an recurring theme through the ages. The intro track: When You Gonna Learn is the most exciting song on the album and from there it is an alright but not thrilling listen. If it had been more trippy, maybe it would redeem or make for a more outstanding album but as it is, it is just alright.

Pretty good. better than expected

Some decent tracks but over all, it's not really an album I would put on for myself.

Perfectly serviceable psych-fuck. Sly stone would either be proud, or pissed that the brits are rehashing his sound.

Decent album. Sometimes a little poppy. Sometimes a bit jazzy. Feel like mixing it up worked or better instead of getting bored of one style. The singers voice is smooth and consistent. Felt like it was trying to do a modern take on Stevie wonder. Overall pretty decent. 6.0/10

Mine and many's first experience with this fella was in Napoleon Dynamite for the final epic talent scene. Very fun and quirky album. Even for 1993, these beats feel very fresh and almost every song could be danced to.

Every person's life is divided into two segments: the time before and after discovering that Jamiroquai's lead singer is not only a man but white. Anyway, they make great music; I don't know which would be their "best" album since I don't know them that well but I always enjoy what I hear, and this album is no exception. I will take slight points off for the frantic beat on Revolution 1993 that was so stressful I had to skip the track. Other than that, I dig it! Favorite tracks: Hooked Up, When You Gonna Learn, Blow Your Mind, Emergency on Planet Earth. Album art: Extremely basic, just the silhouette of the guy with horns. That's their logo though, I respect that. But this feels super lazy. 3.5/5

Sounds exactly like jamiroquai

Je comprends que c’est l’album qui a tout lancé pour Jamiroquai, mais Travelling Without Moving est le meilleur album.

Not a bad album but there is no outright awesome song. Gives me a Bruno Mars vibe.

This one was pretty good. I thought it was going to be amazing based on all the people who kept popping up everywhere saying that Jamiroquai was way more than just that one song and that people would be surprised if they listened to the whole album. I liked it, sure, but nothing was really as good as their major hit.

It becomes background music after a while. He has a better album. Cover art 4/5

I generally like funk; this is not the best that’s out there. I like the didgeridoo though.

goes on for a bit too long but nice album

solid

Best Ska album I’ve ever heard

Too extroverted for me. Eases up towards the end. These guys sure are having a good time though. I liked Blow your mind and Music of the Mind. Ha, they should not sing at all maybe? Solid 2.5. Flipping coin.

Stevie Wonder wannabe, 3 stars for funky grooves

Sympa mais pas trop mon truc

J'aime bien le style, mais redondant sur l'album entier.

This was a fine funk album from a white dude from London but nothing really stood out for me. The comparison to Stevie Wonder is not a surprise and I wish that he would mix up his singing style some more because all the songs basically sound very similar to each other.

2022.01.20

2.5/5 The album started good but at the end I lost my interest in it. All together it’s okay. Favourite songs: - Too young to die - Music of the mind

Jamiroquai se uvijek slušao u kući i ima posebno mjesto u mom srcu. Ali iskreno ovaj album mu i nije bas nesto. Dosta zaboravan

Ono što sam čuo - instrumentalno funky podmazano, nisam očekivao da ima takav glas, da može pjevati. Nemam ništa loše za reći, nekakav feel good dance album, nije moj đir iskreno, a i ne paše mi sada baš, međutim ne znači da je album loš. Prolazi, dobar.

Guter Pop-Funk, der aber irgendwann bisschen langweilt.

Lots of funky sounds. An artist I've never heard of before.

Great bass

Pretty fun album from someone who i only know about because of a cool video and a song that some nerd made a dance routine to. This album has neither of those songs but its good.

1993. When You Gonna Learn?, Music Of The Mind

What if Stevie Wonder but young, hip and playing didgeridoo? I have an inkling that this isn't even Jamiroquai's best album but it seems like these albums are all about what was most influential. So along comes this UK band doing something very cool with a sound that was previously what your uncle and his mates with the funny cigarettes grooved to. And there's a didgeridoo, which somehow legitimised it for every busking backpacker trying to get beer money.

I've heard singles from Jamiroquai but never an entire album. The vibe is definitely similar throughout though. The unique instrumental flourishes like the didgeridoo really add to it.

Funky, not really a thing I'd listen to on a day to day basis, need to be on a specific mood

Astronaut looking at earth with gun to his head meme. It was jamiroquai all along. Jamiroquai were pretty much the first band I got in to when I was about 11 or some other pre pubescent meaningless age. So in all this time asking who is going to ease me into jazz I had already worked that one out before my balls had dropped. All sounds extremely noncey this write up. Maybe that's the influence of Jay Kay.

Jay Kay and his silly big hats, eh? What a wild time 1993 was.

Underwhelming

okay

6/10

Hadn't heard this in years. A decent album, but went on a bit.

Take the piss but this is a great white-guy-does-Stevie jam if you let it play.

I like Jamiroquai, I just like his other albums more

Surprisingly fluid and muscular, very slick and polished. Owes a lot to 80s Brit funk of course. I enjoyed this more than I thought.

Buenas canciones con un toque perfecto de Jazz en ellas.

fine

Funky, yes. I liked their 1997 album better.

Cool, clever and mediocre Stevie Wonder impersonator who reintroduces 70s soul and funk with a touch of cabaret theatrics on the album. Good rhythms and creative arrangements (especially when using horns). (6/10) Favourtie Tracks: When You Gonna Learn?, Blow Your Mind, Whatever It Is, I Can't Stop

Jazz Fusion pop

27th September 2021 Uaed my new headphones to listen to this while working. Jamiroquai's a funny one, I don't know anyone during the 90s who was doing what he was doing. He kept funk and soul relevant.

Really expansive and interesting. jK phoned it in later in his career but this period sounds fresh.

Some fun sounds on this album, I wasn’t familiar with it but the artist name sounded familiar for some reason.

A very impressive debut album that wears its influences on its sleeve. Felt it was very consistent but repetitive at the same time and enjoyed it while realizing it's not totally for me. 3.5 rounded down Saved: When You Gonna Learn?, Too Young to Die*, If I Like It I Do It, Emergency on Planet Earth

There’s some nice tracks on here (Blow Your Mind is a highlight) and a decent example of acid jazz. Is this one for the ages, though? Are there better examples of the genre out there. Yes. Is there a lot of filler in this album - yes. Are you going to enjoy hearing this on a sunny day outside with you friend as it plays in the background? Sure, why not?

Ik vind het niet zo leuk om naar te luisteren

I hope I don't offend anyone when I say that I was dumbfounded when I looked up Jamiroquai and found out the main vocalist is not a black woman. In any case, Jay's voice fits well with a sexy sounding and forward-thinking piece of funky jazz, though the quality greatly differs between tracks. Standouts are Emergency on Planet Earth and Blow Your Mind. 3/5.

A me piacciono i Jamiroquai. Li ho anche visti dal vivo (Sziget 2008), bravissimi, e Jay Kay ha uno stile inconfondibile. L'unica cosa è che non sono mai stati in grado di fare breccia nel mio cuore completamente. Di quest'album non ci sono canzoni degne di nota o che mi hanno colpito particolarmente, che rimane solo un piacevole ascolto.

Non penso di aver mai ascoltato un disco dei Jamiroquai dall'inizio alla fine prima di questo. Davvero sfizioso, c'ha un groove fantastico e il batterista c'ha un tocco davvero invidiabile (tipo su Revolution 1993) ma un po' tutti sembrano musicisti con le palle. I pezzi sono un po' influenzati dal genere e rischiano di passare un po' in sottofondo certe volte però quando parte l'incastro fatto bene fa partire il fomento. Diciamo che per me è un 3.5 che non mi sento di promuovere a 4 solo perché artisticamente forse i contenuti sono un po' pochi anche se è un disco che risentirei volentieri.

Bass lines were the highlights, I guess this counts as Disco?

Singles great but some filler in there

got boring pretty quick. I liked the vocals. ok. would have to be in the mood to listen again - maybe more back ground music vibes ?

Good listen. Great energy. Funky and jazzy. Didn't really get into any of the lyrics, primarily political? I was digging Revolution but then it drug in way too long. Several songs were just too long. But not bad.

solid 3, this was a fun listen. Nice to hear something from him other than the big video hit.

Very Jazzy

nice grooves, vocals, gets a little same-y from track to track

This album had some fun songs but nothing I would go back too.

Bueno como musica de fondo

Groovy

surprisingly fun hehe

So I just learned I like Jamiroquai.

"...the album was an infectious, funk mezze of trumpets, saxophones, didgeridoos and flutes, spawning the hit singles Too Young To Die and Blow Your Mind which both entered the UK Top 10 in 1993." BBC Music

This guy sings like Stevie Wonder

Jamiroquai es un grupo británico de funk y acid jazz que incluye matices de música disco y sonoridades de electrónica. Fue formado en 1992 por su líder, el cantante Jason "Jay" Kay, junto a Toby Smith, Stuart Zender, Nick Van Gelder y Wallis Buchanan.

A little weird but I was vibing nonetheless.

Funky

Thought I didn't like them, but maybe I do...

Decent. Prefee their other albums.

Interesting funk/pop groove. With horns and didgeridoos.

Some great sounds here, occasionally a bit jammy and could do without the didgeridoo. Excellent bass and moog!

Jaunty

enjoyed this, wouldn't really listen regularly though

loong good funk

6/10. Pretty okay, I guess.

Funky, mucho funky y ritmos discotequeros. Voz muy identificable. Canciones con estilo y ritmo. Sin determinadas sorpresas. Punto intermedio en muchos aspectos

Good to hear again

Gostei, mas não me vejo ouvindo com frequência. Melhores: When You Gonna Learn?; Hooked Up; Blow Your Mind; Didgin' Out. Piores: Too Young to Die; Revolution 1993.

Els singles de Jamiroquai solien entrar bé, sobretot al llarg dels 90. I el personatge en sí sempre m'ha fet gràcia. Recuperar el seu primer disc m'ha portat bons records d'aquella època, i trobo que musicalment el grup va aportar una fusió interessant de diferents estils. Sense segurament voler inventar res, van crear un segell propi, reconeixible, i amb el plus de la veu i lideratge d'un cantant de gran carisma.

Lot of filler

Fun, funky album but all runs together. Really nice, not amazing. 3.2

I like it, don't love it. It's unique and there's a pretty good vibe but wouldn't make my regular rotation.

Not my genre but there is something infectious about it. I like this but am probably just going to stick with Virtual Insanity. 3.5.

I was kinda surprised to see this on the list, but wikipedia tells me Jamiroquai were actually a whole lot more popular in the nineties than I thought, and have influenced a whole bunch of people, so ok, fair enough! It's funk and soul done competently enough, but it feels uncomfortably appropriative, and the way it tries to lay on a message is pretty cringe. I've no plans to revisit this, but probably won't object to it coming up on shuffle... Fave track - "Revolution 1993", I guess?

everyones mum and dad loved jamiroquai

fantastic album to groove to, listened to it at work, and kept me moving all day. was fantastic!

Talk about a group I have not thought about since I was a kid. This is actually a solid funk/soul album. Didn't love anything but it was all solid and an easy listen. "Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop" is probably the highlight for me.

Very funky. I was interested in hearing more from this band - my first exposure to them was when my sister downloaded one of their songs when I was in middle school. I found their sound exciting. I asked her about it yesterday and she said she probably heard it in the movie Center Stage, which I never saw but is apparently about dancers. On this listen, for some reason I couldn't shake the perception that the singer was emulating Stevie Wonder, and that bothered me. A reference point that occurred to me, but didn't bother me, was KC and the Sunshine Band - another band I heard for the first time in middle school. Waffling between 3 and 4 on this one.

parece música de loja de roupa que quer ser descolada mas é divertidim

Is this the best pick of this band? I feel like they tightened up the sound and toned down the hippie vibe in favor of a little deeper orchestration as time went on. Still I have no problem with this at all.

It's not bad, not my style normally. Live I would prob like a lot more. Funky but nothing that was like "WOW THIS SLAPS". It's like... accessible Jazzy.

Fun! Funky!

Space funky album

I thought I'd hate this or love this but it's actually quite calm isn't it. Some nice tunes wouldn't be adverse to putting it on again. Such Kyle vibes it's crazy

Some funky goodness

Didn't age as well as I thought it would...chaotic.

2.75/5. It was fine. Nothing special, kind of dragged on.

Somewhat dated music I used to like a lot but now not so much. Still fairly good.

Il y a un truc fascinant avec le cynisme, c'est que plus le temps passe et plus il a tendance à vous donner raison sur l’état du monde, tout en vous rendant totalement impardonnable sur le plan de la patience humaine. Prenez par exemple Jay Kay et sa bande de joyeux lurons à couvre-chefs démesurés. Et bien en 1993, lorsque ce satané Emergency On Planet Earth a déboulé dans les bacs pour saturer les ondes européennes, j’étais déjà là à lever les yeux au ciel. A l’époque, jeune con que j’étais, tout ce cirque me passait royalement au-dessus de la tête. Il faut dire que voir un jeune blanc-bec londonien fringué comme un chaman de fête foraine venir nous expliquer, sur fond de cocottes de guitare clinquantes et de souffles de didgeridoo, que la terre brûle et qu’il faut sauver les baleines, cela me laissait froid comme un marbre d’église. Trente-trois piges plus tard, le jeune con est devenu un vieux con parfaitement assumé, et mon constat n’a pas bougé d’un iota : sur le plan strictement musical, rien là-dedans ne parvient à me faire bander. On nous a vendu Jamiroquai comme le messie d’un acid-jazz miraculeux, le pont doré entre l’héritage incandescent de Stevie Wonder et l’hédonisme frénétique des clubs londoniens du début des années 90. Oui peut être, mais quand on commence à regarder derrière le vernis rétro et les cuivres rutilants, qu’est-ce qui reste réellement pour l'oreille ? Une mixture indigeste à force de vouloir bouffer à tous les râteliers. C’est trop funk pour les amateurs de finesse, trop jazz pour ceux qui cherchent la sueur brute du rock, et désespérément pas assez couillu pour espérer rivaliser avec la moindre production de Sly Stone ou de George Clinton. C’est de la virtuosité propre sur elle, enregistrée à la va-vite sous la pression d’un mirobolant contrat de huit albums chez Sony qui avait flairé le bon filon pour tous les branchés en mal de groove propre. Tout est poli, lustré, calibré pour faire dodeliner du chef les cadres dynamiques en fin de semaine, mais ça manque cruellement de ce quelque chose qui fait qu’un disque vous arrache le cœur ou vous prend aux tripes. Pourtant, au milieu de cet étalage de basse slappée et de minauderies vocales où Jay Kay s'écoute chanter avec une autosatisfaction qui confine au sublime, il faut bien concéder une chose : le bougre avait vu juste avant tout le monde sur le naufrage global et c’est le seul véritable mérite que je consens aujourd’hui à lui reconnaître. Quand il hurlait à l’urgence écologique et dénonçait les massacres géopolitiques dans le sillage de la guerre du Golfe, on pouvait ricaner devant la posture du boy-scout écolo. Sauf que trois décennies plus tard, la flotte est empoisonnée, le thermomètre explose, et l'humanité continue de foncer dans le mur en klaxonnant à tout rompre. Le message de détresse d’Emergency On Planet Earth est devenu une oraison funèbre d'une terrifiante banalité, et le pire, c’est que dans trente-trois ans, si notre carcasse ou ce qu’il en reste traîne encore quelque part, ce constat d’apocalypse imminente sera encore et toujours la réalité du quotidien. Le paradoxe ultime de cette fable, c'est l'hypocrisie béante qui sépare le prédicateur de son sermon. Entendre ce type s’égosiller contre la société de consommation et l’agonie de la biosphère prêterait presque à sourire jaune quand on sait ce que le personnage est devenu par la suite : un collectionneur compulsif de supercars avalant du sans-plomb à la tonne dans son garage de nabab. Dès ce premier opus, la posture sentait déjà un peu le sapin marketing, la révolte de salon soigneusement emballée pour squatter les programmations branchées sans jamais risquer de froisser un actionnaire. Le sermon était impeccable sur le papier, mais l'incarnation sonnait terriblement creux, diluée dans une esthétique de boîte de nuit proprette où l'indignation servait surtout de faire-valoir rythmique pour pistes de danse enfumées. Musicalement, la sentence du temps est sans appel : le disque a très mal vieilli. Les arrangements de cordes et les velléités symphoniques tentent désespérément de donner une épaisseur solennelle à ce qui n'est, au fond, qu'une longue jam-session trop bavarde. Chaque montée en puissance finit par s'enliser dans une démonstration technique stérile, où les musiciens s'écoutent surtout jouer, laissant ainsi l'album s'éparpiller en volutes inoffensives et en nous laissant totalement sur notre faim. C’est cette amère ironie qui me pousse à lâcher un misérable deux sur cinq, uniquement pour saluer la justesse d’une alerte que personne n’a voulu écouter. Pour le reste, la musique peut bien continuer de tourner en rond dans son bocal de nostalgie seventies stérilisée : mes oreilles, elles, ont déjà quitté la piste depuis bien longtemps.

Initial thoughts: We may have another transatlantic disconnect here. On this side of the pond I think Jamiroquai is considered a one-hit wonder, and even that's possibly thanks more to their innovative video than their actual song - but at any rate, this isn't the album with that one hit, so I'm concerned. Upon listening: Meh. I like the keyboard... funk guitar isn't bad when it bothers to show up... bass is definitely the MVP... but overall, I don't feel like anything all that cohesively interesting is happening. Lyrics are just bouncing off of me - maybe because they're often too fast and muted to sink in? Some of these tracks are also running a bit long and starting to give off that "samey" vibe. Conclusion: This didn't excite me, but not since Steely Dan has a jazz adjacent album managed to avoid igniting my full ire - so, I guess that's worth something.

2.5

Virtual Insanity is a banger, unfortunately it isn't on this album. This one has other stuff not as good as that song but kind of the same? What do you want me to say

Började groovy men kändes allt mer slätstruket.

Album #178: Jamiroquai – Emergency on Planet Earth ⭐⭐ For a two-star review, I actually did kind of enjoy this. The music is extremely energetic and really confidently delivered. The songs are interesting in a way because the instrumentation is very complex. There’s a lot going on, and they do seem to be talented musicians. But sometimes this music can seem a little bit masturbatory to me. It’s virtuosity for the sake of it in places. The worst moment being Blow Your Mind, when Jay Kay starts mimicking the synth with his voice and doing this call-and-response with it. Awful. I think it starts off really well, but it just gets very, very samey as it goes on, and it is a long album. By the time we got to Blow Your Mind, my mind had been blown already and there was nothing left. I don’t necessarily begrudge it being a long album because it feels like it’s supposed to be a feel good dance album, but that’s certainly not prevalent in the preachy message it’s trying to deliver. The major problem with this album is Jay Kay. He’s an extremely talented vocalist. He sounds great. But, I’m going to borrow a term that I absolutely hated when I first heard it on this sub, when somebody described The Band as “cosplaying Americana.” I don’t believe you can cosplay a style. You can be influenced by it, and you can rip it off even, but not cosplay. But I really do feel like Jay Kay is cosplaying Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder to an extent. It wouldn’t be so bad, but I don’t think he’s bringing anything new or interesting to the table. It’s an impression of a better vocalist rather than a sincere attempt at something unique. It’s more an issue in his lyrics than necessarily his vocals. The whole lyrical side of this album just pissed me off to no end. It reminded me of that episode of South Park, Die Hippie, Die, where the boys go to a hippie music festival and they’re basically like, “right, what’s the plan? Where’s these evil corporations? Let’s go get them.” And it turns out the plan is essentially just to listen to these crunchy jams, man. That’s exactly how I felt listening to this album. You’re talking about the revolution this and the revolution that, and we’ve got to have change and we’ve got to have peace, and then during Revolution 1993 you say that music is the only way to achieve that revolution. Well, I’ll tell you what, Jamiroquai: it’s not going to be with this kind of music anyway, because your messaging is just hacky, repetitive slogans that don’t actually mean anything and don’t have any substance to them. Bob Dylan this is not. I got very fed up with it as it went on. It felt like empty platitudes. There’s a kind of meaninglessness to it all. Like what’s the plan here? What’s the logistics of the revolution that you keep banging on about? Because, it sounds like you’re just ripping off the lyrics of Curtis Mayfield and Gil Scott Heron to give your trippy dance music some form of social consciousness. The lyrics really brought this one down for me. Musically, it’s not the worst two-star album. If I could give 2.5 stars, it’d definitely be that. But I couldn’t get through it without it really starting to annoy me.

This guy is definitely a Stevie Wonder copycat. So he was blessed with a similar voice, good for him. Unfortunately for us, he isn't as talented and this album is no where near the perfection of Stevie Wonder's albums. There's nothing mind-blowing here (not even the song of the same name). It's just a mediocre album. As others have noted, the bass player is the star on this. Side note: My husband just told me we own this album and I looked at him in disbelief because I have no recollection of ever hearing this before. That's how unimpressive this album is.

Fun and a bit funky but not really my vibe. Kind of tuned out a lot of it.

Pas vraiment eu le temps d’écouter plus que 2-3 titres

So boring, barely better than silence for background music

I can understand it’s good. But it’s so… boring?

Bloated guff

Polished, family-friendly funk/jazz with a dance beat. I can't say it's bad because it's not, but I just didn't like it. Took an executive decision to listen only to the original album and not the remastered edition, which includes a second disc. Couldn't face it.

Fun and funky brass, good background music for me at work with a good beat throughout. Not my usual style, but I liked it okay.

You're telling me Virtual Insanity isn't on this album? It's whack in general, but I am grooving sometimes. 2.

Raro, no es mi estilo. Es como pop hippie.

If Earth, Wind & Fire took some acid but somehow became more boring - & more British - this is what you'd get. Not e'en remotely in the same breath as Stevie Wonder, tho Jay Kay goes for that sort of chorus on 'Too Young to Die,' Jamiroquai aren't disgraceful funksters (they mean well, have good intentions, etc.) - they're actually just too (fill in the blank) to get down. I'm trying to avoid the unproductive phrase 'too white,' but the crew leaves me w/ little alternative. I'll try to elaborate. A moving, not just a grooving, kind of music, funk should have what you may term 'emotional depth.' That's a pretty ghastly expression, but when art doesn't have it, you miss what you would otherwise consider cliché. This doesn't have it. & it's shit. Q.E.D.

The offspring spawn of an unholy union between Steve Urkell and a bad Stevie Wonder cover band …

Morceau favori : 13 : Digin' out j'accroche pas, je trouve que tous les titres se ressemblent et ça ne me procure rien, mais en live ça doit péter

Like my fellow group men have said, has very Stevie Wonder sound. I too only knew Virtual Insanity prior to this.

#211/1001 🇬🇧 The sound of many teenage house parties. It wasn't really my thing at the time but as my tastes developed i grew to appreciate some of the artists that inspired this like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the 90s Acid Jazz scene. I can't say that this makes me any more fond of this and the wheeling out of the Digeridoo for the first and last tracks leaves is just one example of there being too much going on in the record which disguises some really good playing. Best Tracks: Emergency on Planet Earth, Blow Your Mind.

Nowhere near as good as I remember it... And rips off Stevie Wonder more than I noticed in the 90s too...

Good for what it is, musically. Glaringly unoriginal though, and I’d had enough after three songs. This isn’t going to change anyone’s lives.

When the funk gets too souly, that is where I pan out

I'm not sure why but I found this deeply irritating. I can't quite put my finger on the reason, but it felt really insincere

This was a bummer. I like JK, he seems like a cool dude, and I also really like virtual insanity, that’s a great song! The problem is that it’s all just the same thing over and over again. I like his sound but he need alittle more variety for me personally. Cause a whole album of this just gets so old so fast. I just need something different, cause everyone it’s the same vocal delivery, and same little adlibs (honestly you can very clearly see he is influenced by MJ’s vocal delivery). And the biggest plus is I really love the instrumentals and the production. It’s very “of its time” but it also hasn’t aged poorly. It’s just too much of the same vibe and sound over and over again. I also don’t feel bad about having a critical review of his work cause have you seen this guys fucking garage?!? It looks like a hot wheels collection, this dude has got all the coolest toys so I’m positive he doesn’t give a shit about me not really liking his albums as a whole. This dude totally puts out great hits, just not albums…. The best songs on this album are “blow your mind” and “music of the mind”. (I also could’ve used like 7 more songs like “music of the mind” that song is great!)

Some decent beats, but ultimately not into this.

Another one that goes on too long and sounds the same .

I've never liked jamiroqui and this does not change my mind

For whatever reason, I thought this was good at the time, listening to it back pretty boring

No private session used on Spotify. I had mixed fillings about having this album show up, I like a couple Jamiroquai songs for their upbeat funk but his style seemed repetitive and limited. This album was a bit of a challenge as the songs all seamed similar with nothing standing out. I listened to it twice and was getting a little annoyed with the second time through. Novelty of hearing a didgeridoo but even that got old after a while.

I remember this being popular among a certain crowd back in the day, and everyone comparing it to Stevie Wonder. I wasn't really familiar enough with his work back then to get it, but in retrospect yeah, this is an homage at best, bordering on pastiche.

The Dream Theater of funk. Soulless.

Started off ok but got boring fast. Still better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit though.

Temu Stevie Wonder.

The 90s produced a lot of faded photocopies of older sounds, especially in the UK. In guitar music Britpop was the 60s and 70s, in funk and soul we had this lot and the Brand New Heavies trying to resurrect 70s sounds. I'd rather have the Brand New Heavies cos at least you don't have to listen to Jay Kay and ponder his many non musical crimes. Being an ungentlemanly ex of Winona Ryder, repeatedly endangering the lives of people using the A9 by driving like a knob, storming the US Capitol building, etc

Not original...they just sound like they're trying to imitate Stevie Wonder.

listened at the gym. its groovy and i the spacey weee ooo sounds and the basslines, when it's got a y2k futurism. wouldnt say it suffers from sameyness since i think the whole point is the exact mood it has. sort or suspect this is on here as an expression of the britishness of the list, as likely there is some black artist who influenced this (or even one that didnt) that could have been chosen in place of this.

No está mal, su relevancia es que es el debut, si bien tiene discos que me gustan más.

I wish there was an instrumental version of this. Would make a great soundtrack album to a lost 70s NYC cops & robbers movie. Loses a star for the straight Stevie Wonder vocal theft.

Nothing really stands out except for Revolution 1993. Great collection of musicians. I don't mind derivative sounds, and it feels like at least something was added with the inclusion of didgeridoo and modern production values and such, but the entire falls flat in the songwriting. I don't find the hooks remarkable, and the lyrics are quite bland, aiming at social consciousness but only scratching the surface.

Very forgettable… meh

One of the old managers at the "hip" restaurant I used to work at, he would put on Jamiroquai for the background soundtrack whenever he was stuck on what to listen to. This band gives me PTSD from those days, but that's not exactly fair to the band to judge them on that. I did find the singer's vocals to be more impressive than I could really make out - very Stevie Wonder at times, which was a pleasant surprise - and I did like that some of the lyrics were socially minded, something I couldn't make out in the kitchen. That said, this kind of long-jam dance music just isn't really my thing, but I'll give 'em props for what they're doing.

Crap

Second rate Stevie Wonder

"Emergency On Planet Earth" is an inoffensive listen but not really to my taste. It's super slick, Jazzy and soulful but as a consequence lacks any edge or bite. It isn't dreadful but I didn't like this at the time of its release and I still don't. Two stars. 326/1001 178/326 albums reviewed were new to me.

Impressive that this manages to be both not very good and boring at the same time. Feels like they aspire to be pretentious but lack the talent to reach that. They lose one because a guy from Suffolk names his band by combining 'jam' and 'Iroquois', but gain one back because Didgin' Out, which should be an absolute abomination was pretty good

Stevie Wonder + Rolf Harris. This lot were fairly hated 30-something years ago for repackaging SW's music and adding a didgeridoo in order to tie itself to the eco-revival movement of the early-90s and more authentic bands. It was toss back in the day; it's good unoriginal music nowadays.

It's a fun album to play in the background, but I am not too sure I will muster sufficient interest to listen to it wholeheartedly.

i know a lot of people who like funk and disco but i don't know anyone who listens to jamiroquai.

It was fine

Seems like a decent artist but this just isn't my bag, baby

Good jazz no my too much my vibe tho

None of these are virtual insanity 🤨

Don’t know about appreciation or appropriation - culture is fluid and dynamic after all, but the resemblance to classic period Stevie W ain’t exactly subtle. It seems very retro pastiche, to the point of massive imitation. And it’s not like it’s been anglicised in any way what so ever, to at least give it their own spin and sound. Do think he is just a fan and that’s where he was coming from and not cold for the cash. But Honestly can’t listen to it with an open ear, without thinking it just sounds like someone trying to be Stevie Wonder 20 years later with the then modern sound production. Don’t think that level of coping is valid for a must hear album. Sure you can be influenced, everyone is in some way to develop what they do, of course you can but there is a line. So if it was just listen to this as an album it’s ok, but as a representative in the history of popular music since ‘54 ( from a British editor) ie the list of must hear albums got to mark it’s derivative ass down, 2 Star

most of them were pretty good, really good electronic elements, but the more vocal ones were not my cup of tea

Elevator music

Oh, good. Looking forward to this. Not sure I heard it in the day… if I did, it’s been awhile. Oh no. I learned something. I can’t do funk without soul. Man, the musicianship is undeniable. But something was wrong. I just wasn’t enjoying myself. Then I looked up other reviews and the album. And yeah. I give 3 stars to the band and maybe -1 stars for Jay Kay?The best track by far was music of mind where he doesn’t appear as a vocalist. Boolean rating: no. I could definitely have died without hearing this.

Nah. I didn’t enjoy listening to a guy from Lancashire pretending to be Stevie Wonder. It’s all a bit too performative and “try hard” for my taste.

Nope. Can’t be doing with it. Pretentious guff.

It really does sound like Stevie Wonder with 90s production for a club. The songs don’t progress anywhere and the lyrics seem half assed yet trying to tackle serious issues at the same time. Rating: 1.8

Apart from the two well known tracks I found the rest of the album pretty mid.

Not always awful, but an overall feeling of nausea throughout.

Great in the day, however I always felt JK was the more commercial side of the excellent Acid Jazz scene from that decade. Nowadays, it's just something Jeremy Vine plays on Radio 2

This really dragged on for an eternity...

I don't know, it was alright. Didn't do much for me.

65

It’s not even the album with the hits! It’s okay…I can’t do a whole album of new funk…but appreciate the musicianship

its more a 2.5 but it was alright. Logo dope as hell tho.

Starts ok but once we get to Hooked Up it all goes a bit shit. Whatever it is it just won’t stop or something. Music for people who listen to The Lighthouse Family. 2. Didn’t mind the Didging Out close.

“Now that’s what I call a singles band” Starts strongly, fades badly, never recovers. More a collection of jams than a coherent album of fully finished songs. I was looking forward to listening to this, as in theory it’s in my sweet spot, but ultimately it left me disappointed.

Something has always made me recoil from Jamiroquai's brand of acid jazz and funk, and I'm still not quite sure what. There's clearly talent, and it's all obviously heavily indebted to the great Stevie Wonder, but it's like there's something cynical or slickly commercial or soulless at work. Couldn't face the extended version - an hour of this was more than enough.

Kyllä mää ymmärrän että tällainen onko jazzahtava tyyli voi vedota. Ei ole mun juttu kuitenkaan

The vocalist is pretty unbearable and I find it hard to understand why such an album is on this list, when significantly better ones in this ”genre” have been released a couple of decades earlier.

So this album answers the age old question: what if you gave Stevie Wonder a didgeridoo Something about this album annoyed me. It almost seems inauthentic to me. Good grooves, funky, but lacking any hooks

Just because it has a message doesn't mean the musics good.

Quite samey, good singles but nothing more.

Meh! Some fun and funky songs on here but overall it just feels dated to me, and even kind of cheesy at times. None of the songs stood out for me, and just not a sound I enjoy.

Too much do do doo ing

After 2 songs akt heel get

I like Too Young To Die, but I'm not a fan of the lengthy jazz burblings, excessive didgeridoo and the too on-the-nose environmental preaching. Plus, it's hard to ignore what an insufferable d0bag Jay Kay is. Can't be more than a 2 from me.

Overall: a fun, socially aware funk ride.

Something held over from the 80's that sounds like a knockoff 90's version of Stevie Wonder. Not for me.

An hour too long

The songs are good and I enjoyed them but they all kind of blend together for me. Maybe that isn't a bad thing, maybe it would be good to put on as background for some other activity. There is a lot of nice funk sounding elements that I really enjoy. Not an album that I would put on to listen to but something good for background music.

2.5

Funky stuff, but not my thing. 2.5 stars

He terminado el disco con resaca, y llevo sin beber alcohol desde el domingo. Cupo de guitarras wah-wah cubierto esta semana.

música perfecta para anuncios de los 90. Podía ser mucho peor, teniendo en cuenta que para hacer funk siendo así de blanco tendría que tomar muchas más drogas y estar mucho más cachondo

Xornada laboral de dez horas, contando cunha pausiña breve para comer. Chegas á casa de volta, recolles todo un pouco, picas algo, fas un chisco de deporte, dúchaste e pos roupa cómoda. Todo ben e a tempo de ter un anaquiño de lecer e desconexión antes de cear e te deitar. Necesario para conservar un mínimo de cordura. Enchufas os cascos, abres o reprodutor de música, ves varios discos novos apetecibles pendentes de escoitar e lembras que falta botarlle unha ollada ao do reto diario este dos 1.001 discos. E resulta ser que hoxe toca... Jamiroquai. Un paisano branco con chisteira que disque fai acid jazz. Ao que viches en directo unha vez nun festival aleatorio e foi bochornoso (e aínda por riba estabas cubríndoo de prensa e non puideches contar o verdadeiramente horrible que foi ). Pensas que igual o espectáculo envellecera mal e que había algo que rescatar nos primeiros discos. Unha canción. Unha liña de baixo. Un detalliño ao que se aferrar. Daslle ao play a este Emergency on Planet Earth confiando en que, dalgún xeito, o puto día remonte e termine con algo digno de ser lembrado no futuro. Cincuenta e cinco minutos despois, só estás máis preto de ter que te erguer mañá para seguir alimentando a roda do capital sen teres experimentado un só momento de felicidade nun día máis desta fútil existencia (#14 dos 1.001 discos que escoitar antes de morrer: 1,5/5)

overall this is fine and good but makes me want to listen to Kamasi Washington and Sly Stone more than anything

Pop and instrumental sounds for a lighthearted experience and nothing moving.

Very much sounds like a debut album, can tell they are finding their feet. Jamiroquai are undeniably catchy but I feel their good songs hide the annoying things about them, and this album doesn't really have any hits. Just about listenable id say but wouldn't go back.

Jason, do you like Stevie Wonder?

Jazz is usually not my thing, and this fits perfectly in the jazz lane that I can’t stand.

Overrated

not my music

No idea who this is, but okay go off. Album cover is ugly. Album loooooongggg and there is live music on it. In my humble opinion, no fucking need. Hate when artists do this. I heard no bad song; its all vibe based. Much feels well-made, but there is something missing, like idk, a soul???? HOLD ON, this is a white man??????????? I dont know how to feel about this.

I might be going too easy on this album but after hearing like 30 90s electronica albums, this is the first one that doesn’t make me want to rip my hair out. It’s a low bar, but I feel like at least one of them on this list deserves a 3.

5/10 – mediocre

Uninspiring. Humdrum. Some very repetitive age somewhat tedious beats.

I only know "Canned Heat" and "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai, and I'm super bummed that neither one of those songs is on this album. Dance music like this can be really hit-or-miss with me, so I'm not really sure how I'm going to feel about this album when all is said and done. Worst case scenario though, even if I hate this album, I'll be listening to "Canned Heat" and "Virtual Insanity" on my drive home this evening. Here's to my last album of 1993! Oof, it was tough for me to get through this whole album. I enjoyed the general funkiness to the sound of the album, but I didn't think this album had many catchy hooks to it, and for a dance album, it really didn't have much energy to it. The first song hooked me in with its rich sound, but the album didn't really deviate much from the sound of that first song, and I found it to be pretty repetitive. It didn't help that a few of these songs were over six minutes in length either. I kept hoping that these songs would go somewhere melodically, but none of them really did anything other than just build a musical foundation that kept repeating. I didn't think this album was bad per se, but the songs just didn't hold my attention. One bright spot though was "Revolution 1993", which I thought was really good. I loved the precision of the fast-paced rhythm, the call-and-response vocals, the fuzzed out guitar, and the strings. It's weird that one of the longest songs on a boring album would be the best of the bunch, but here we are. Now to fire up some "Canned Heat" to purge my memory of this one.

I had next to no idea what kind of music Jamiroquai makes, but this was passable

Yes, I've also heard Stevie Wonder. 2.5/5

Best Track - "When You Gonna Learn"

My ignorant youth never thought of the Jamiroquai attempt to be Stevie Wonder. Nor how the lyrics were easily parodied by Flight of the Conchords. Nor how they just decided to appropriate a Native American nation. Lose points for all of the above. And the fact that this album is a bit lame. Jamiroquai did some catchy tunes over their first 3 albums - there's not many on here (Too Young to Die the only decent one), and the rest of the tracks aren't up to much. Your time is better spent listening to Stevie Wonder and Flight of the Conchords while reading about the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

This album demonstrates the very wide gap between Stevie Wonder and those who are killing themselves trying to sound like Stevie Wonder.

Dull

Jamiroquai, you are very much a shit band with good musicians, and for some reason people love you. But I don‘t! Fuck you!

Hvordan kan Party-music være så fucking boring?

Trying to sound like Stevie wonder. I’m a fan of Stevie wonder, but not this. Just weird and not great. 2/5

Fun & funky, but not exceptionally creative, except for adding the dijeridoo, which is nice. The comparison to Stevie Wonder’s sound is apt, but this is a poor imitation. It’s very listenable, but not that impressive. It’s jazz pop; a fun band you might see at your lical jazz club. A 2 (it could be a 3, but I really don’t want to listen to the whole album again).

9/1089. This isn't even the album with their hit. The singer's voice is so unique and interesting that it almost gets stale. Horns throughout every song isn't usually my thing and this album is no different. Need the "insanity" song to reach a 3*.

It's a mystery worthy of the Twilight Zone: who the hell was buying all those millions of Jamiroquai albums? Genuine multi-platinum cut-through pop star status; for some really quite odd acid jazz/lite funk. Bizarre! Not saying the music is bad as such (though in some ways it is, to my ear at least), just that it seems a rather niche genre to go stratospheric.

It was okay, some real foot tappers, but the long songs definitely felt long. Did Revolution 1993 need to be 10 minutes? I don't think so. Also, I didn't expect a didgeridoo to make an appearance.

Good background music, not sure if would listen to the whole thing again voluntarily, though.

At first, I was excited to see this album pop up because I like the song “Virtual Insanity”. So, I was curious to hear what John Kay wrote before that. I can not take a whole album of John Kay’s vocals. He gets annoying after a while. The music was good though.

Not really my vibe

This is some funkier, whiter Stevie Wonder and I like it better than his entries on the list thus far. Some smooth Jazz/Motown sound but a bit too much of the same and some too long song on this album. I was "Didgen Out" to the didgeridoo though and wanted more. Jay Kay is from London and not Australia? Credit for bringing the 70s sound to the 90s and creating an "acid jazz" genre but I'm not totally didgen it...2.2 stars.

Meh. Partially listened to. It was long

stivi vander za siromašne koji postane prenaporan nakon prve pjesme. dao bih možda i tri jer glazba načelno nije loša, al traje predugo; predzadnja pjesma posebno bezvezna i razvučena

The first song was good, but the Stevie Wonder impression got stale quick.

It's not for me.

Meeeahhh….lots of the same

Jamiroquai. The man with the funny hats and cool music video who don’t have any really good songs. Funky and danceable but unmemorable. Creds for the Revolution song

102/1001 Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Entirely derivative of a Stevie Wonder album and let's not get started on the Native American stuff. Production on this is at least good. Either way, I'd rather spend my time with a a Wonder record.

var chill det, men helt ok

Pretty good sound

I couldn't get through this album. I stopped at "Blow Your Mind" which has 15 million listens on Spotify. I stopped around the part where he started scatting along with the horn. It was just... this kind of music is absolutely grating to me. Funk, light jazz, the singer's voice.. everything about it rubs me the wrong way. Not my thing at all.

Dont really see the point of this Jamiroquai album being on here, as he’s later find his sound on albums like Traveling Without Moving, or my favorite, Funk Odyssey. What’s on here was probably pretty surprising for its time, like, who is this white boy that sounds strikingly like Stevie Wonder? But beyond the novelty, everything’s only just alright. I enjoyed the messaging on “If I Like It, I Do It”. The instrumental passage on the end of “Music Of The Mind” was stellar. My favorite groove was easily “Blow Your Mind”, which had a Chic-esque bassline. It’s clear this guy was very studied right out of the gate and had a great sense of how to make funk/disco music. But again, he has much more memorable work to be heard on later albums. So for that I give this albums placing on this list a 2/5

Not good.

2.5 All I really knew about Jamiroquai going into this is that the main guy wears funny hats and that everyone in the ‘90s went absolute apeshit over their Virtual Insanity music video for whatever reason. With just that knowledge, I guess I thought they were more of an R&B or hip hop group or something in that vein, but they’re really more of a jazz-funk fusion - or “acid jazz” I believe as the kids call it. As someone who enjoys funk but not jazz quite as much, perhaps that explains my middle-of-the-road rating here, but ultimately, something about this just felt kinda soulless to me. Don’t get me wrong, the production is great, and the songwriting certainly isn’t bad (I guess there’s even quite a bit of social commentary to be found should you dive into the lyrics), but at the same time, this mostly just felt like a commercial ‘90s record. There’s nothing to be found here that I would call bad, but for funk music, nothing really got me into a groove either. If you take a look at some of the artists that were supposedly influences on these guys - like Herbie Hancock and Sly Stone - I can’t help but feel this music feels just a bit more inauthentic in comparison. Though, to my knowledge, I can’t say any of those guys ever used a didgeridoo in their music, so Jamiroquai have that going for them. I do respect frontman Jay Kay’s activism and believe him to be authentic as a person and performer, but I just never felt sold on this album. I certainly could have felt a lot more bored than I did given how long some of the tracks are, but for the most part, this was kind of a non-presence. No high points, no low points - just sort of background music for my day. Though another fun fact for you all - want to know where they got their name from? Because I was curious. It’s a combination of “Jam” and “Iroquois” - but spelled and pronounced differently for whatever reason.

I think this is what "cool" older guys would play to impress younger women

Famous for a great music video (for a song not on this album) and for wearing a stupid hat, this has a retro disco funk sound updated with 90s electronica style. It's a fun enough album - the live horns, jazzy basslines and swirly organs on the instrumentals especially - but his voice is grating (like someone doing a Stevie Wonder impression).

Boring. A lot of it sounded the same. I know a couple Jamiroquai songs, but they weren’t on this album.

As a teenager I remember buying this album on a whim to push my boundaries and to try something new... well fast forward 2 decades and seems I am at it again. Should have invested my money in google instead of this album or something but anyway I am not in the mood for high energy funk on repeat.  It eats my soul and any that remains in this music.  It's not bad in isolated bursts which maybe is what caught me in its funky web all those years ago but eventually the rot sets in with me.  Love the didgeridoo on "Didgin' Out" though nice touch.  Just as an album despite its many musical talents and merits is a miss.

Fine but a bit aimless as an album and I was desperate for it to end

Wasn't sure what to expect from this as I can't say I've ever gone out of my way to listen to much Jamiroquai. It was better than I expected but a bit too long by the end of disc 1 (I didn't bother with disc 2)

Phenomenal album.

British acid-jazz time travelers piloting a mothership powered by Stevie Wonder's clavinet and Lenny Kravitz's thrift-store funk. Jay Kay's eco-preachy lyrics and hat game can't quite distract from the déjà groove—these jams stretch like yoga class with no cool-down. Still, when they hit, they hit: "When You Gonna Learn" opens like a post-Stevie PSA with real hooks and real horns, and "Hooked Up" rides a bassline and cowbell combo so righteous you almost forget it's not 1975. Think of it as proto-Bruno with longer solos and less cheek.

Pleasant enough muzak but I couldn't really tell one song from another. There's 'the fast one' and 'the slow one', but apart from that it's just generic.

Modern funk, not groundbreaking for me but will done if you like that shirt of thing.

2 Stars (5/15)

I wasn’t feeling this. I never listened to Jamiroquai and thought it was a person before today. Now I know.

Overall a solid record, but very same-y.

Well, yesterday I got Stevie Wonder, and I guess today I got Stevie Wonder 2000. Kind of? Really hoping tomorrow doesn’t bring something to make this a groovy trifecta.

Super funky….and jazzy maybe good fit long drives or background or maybe like when you need to be hype but not for the gym. Idk if this is my specific vibe but I do respect it, reminds me of jazz artist Myah showed me….. cool layering of audios very enjoyable listen. It is really boring me just listening to it but def good for multi tasking ……

1. When You Gonna Learn 2. Didgin' Out 3. Emergency On Planet Earth

Vahvan tunnelman kokonaisuushan tämä on, vetovoimaa. On sekä rento jammailu että tiukka soitto (ja sanoma tietty). Vapaaehtoisesti en silti kuuntelisi.

All the songs felt like B- versions of virtual insanity. I just don’t think the social conscious stuff lands with the poppy “acid jazz” style of music.

It's honestly quite amazing how much this sounds like Stevie Wonder.

Strong Stevie Wonder inspiration infused with Disco. Nice idea, but dispute those two things being great, this one didn't do it for me. Great bass though.

This is better than normal jazz, but I still don't vibe with it.

Very close to a 3, because there's a couple bangers. Revolution 1993 is so good. But I also found the album all together kind of annoying. I reserve the right to change this rating in the future.

Was literally okay and tooooo long

I’d rather listen to Stevie Wonder.

This is an easy band to goof on, and always has been. This was a lot, it's very long and goes very hard with the funk. A lot to take on a slow Saturday morning. I cannot deny the funk though, it grooves for sure. Totally get why people like this.

It wasn’t terrible, but I didn’t need two parts for sure because everything pretty much all sounded the same.

The walking contradiction that is Jay Kay, absolutely cribbing on natives and black mans music despite being whiter than milk, and playing lyrical themes against corporate greed and pro environmentalism.... but then he made a shit ton of money and blew it on gas guzzling super cars.

Good vibes for a good mood only album. Bad thing is after a while everything is starting to sound the same.

Ok. Favourite track is Blow Your Mind 2/5

Just never understood the Jamiroquai thing.

I enjoyed the funky basslines. I disliked pretty much everything else.