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Nice synth-laced jazzy jams. Maybe a bit too close to Stevie Wonder at times. Would have been a nice contrast to all the Grunge at the time.
A little busy. Didgin’ Out was unexpectedly refreshing after the acid jazz onslaught.2.75/5
Really fun and funky.
Yes - very funky.
Very funky, lets go dancing
Quite enjoyed it and I've learnt how to play funk guitar from the guitarist of this band (although he isn't on this one).
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not for me personally, vocals and the sound experimentation is fine it just doesn’t appeal to me and ends up sounding lumpy and too overbearing Favourite song: Track 1 - When You Gonna Learn?
I *hated* this band when I was a kid, didn't see the point and didn't know much of the music they were ripping off. I must have mellowed, because I thought this was ok. Only ok, but there's no way I would have given it more than one star a few years ago!
Jamiroquai has some amazing singles (Virtual Insanity, Canned Heat, Deeper Underground) but then I listen to their albums and forget they’re a jazz-funk outfit. And the rest of the albums are digressions into that. Not for me
Loved this fusion of jazz, world and funk.
I normally like funk but I didn’t really love this album.
Good acid jazz album with some funk elements. Doesn't really grasp me though
❤️Jamiroquai
genial
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
Disco space funktastic!
No bangers in sight on this one. A mediocre dance album for someone like me that doesn’t love dance music was never going to work well. Don’t really recommend.
I love the music as an instrumental album - but find the lyrics too sickly and insincere.
Derivative and irritating jazz funk. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: When You Gonna Learn Date listened: 08/08/22
- How much funk do you want on your album? - Yes. A fun record. Loved the energy and light nature. Highlight: Too Young To Die
Enjoyed it, funky grooves (in the words of AOK)
Funky, bit too long.
Acid Jazz without the acid, questionable on the jazz, and a guy's singing that gives you relief when his vocals cease
Alright. Bit too much funk rather than jazz.
I might be too hungover for this. Every song sounds the same.
Sweet 70s funk repackaged for the 90s kids with vocals from a Stevie Wonder impersonator. The overwrought sloganeering combined with tone-deaf appropriation doesn't hold up well. Also the inclusion of a didgeridoo doesn't make this "world-music inspired", just annoying. Cynicism aside, musically, I love the band's influences as much as they clearly do and they do groove. 3.5 rounded down because Jay Kay is pretty repulsive.
Good!
Please collect all of the electronic disco/funk music you can find and inject it directly into my veins. I don't get to listen to a lot of fun dance music on this list, and I fucking love this stuff. The fact that this album came out in 1993 is crazy. It sounds almost too advanced for that period, though electronic music was making rapid advancements during that period in particular. Anyway, it's hard to type when my feet are tapping and my head is bopping, so I'm just going to give this 4 stars and get back to enjoying it
heavy funk and jazz, with some politics thrown in. fairly solid, even just as background noise. ideally 3.5, rounding up
Not my favorite. Had a strange Australian meets R&B vibe… Rating: 3.7/10
Some vocal similarities to Steven Wonder, but it's great regardless. Feels pretty timeless as well with the production. Favorites: When You Gonna Learn, Too Young to Die, Music of the Mind
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
Love the mix of funk and jazz
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
this is my new go to funk album
Pretty good, only a couple songs sortof stuck out for me though.
Like a young Stevie wonder with no melodies or bars
his first album the best songs aren't on it 2.5
This was pretty cool retro, Stevie wonder type album at first but the last two songs really elevated the whole thing. They were the perfect blend of 70s r&b and modern stuff, especially revolution 1993
Nice laid back groovy soul all the way, although a bit anonymous here and there
Very future funk. I feel like the influence (Stevie Wonder) is so obvious you'd be forgiven from considering this a pastiche. It's good, talented, the whole record is just a little samey and not for me. Favorite track: "Hooked Up"
So of it's time. Has not aged well
6/13/2022 - ALBUM #137 Today's Album: "Emergency On Planet Earth" by Jamiroquai - This album takes no time getting right into the thick of it with a blaring didgeridoo before welcoming in a groove so funky it sounds like Stevie Wonder and a vocal performance to match. That opening track introduces a lot of the ideas that are going to be all over this album like systematic inequality, unintentional discrimination, and the dire needs for not only civil rights, but a total revolution. These messages not only dig into the American discrimination of African Americans, but also tap into the inequality of people living comfortably in America compared to those living off of very little in 3rd world countries. All of this is presented, though, through some of the funkiest tracks I have probably ever heard. It really sounds like Stevie Wonder's and Michael Jackson's bands crashed into each other and started laying down some sick beats. Although the background of this album is a little concerning, with it being a lot of traditionally black music being sung by a white man, but when you look at the members of this fairly large band, it's clear that this band spans many cultures and is inspired by this kind of music more than simply ripping it off. Every track balances it's great sound with a ton of really great lyrics of social justice and the entire time I just kept thinking about how much it relates to today despite coming out 30 years ago. The struggles we are facing in America today have been experienced by people around the world for so long and it often takes an album like this to show Americans how privileged they are. There are many times where it can be pretty heavy handed with it's messages, but it's never too up front with it that you can't just sit back and enjoy the fantastic instrumentals. Great production work all around and the mix is perfect for this genre, with the bass and funky synths way up front. Overall, this is a really great statement album in protest of a lot of injustices going on around the world, but it's also an incredibly fun, groovy, and above all else funky experience from top to bottom. Listen to this album if you like Stevie Wonder or like an album with a deep message contrasted with an enjoyable sound. Highlights: When You Gonna Learn?, Too Young to Die, Hooked Up, "If I Like It, I Do It", Music of the Mind, Emergency on Planet Earth, Blow Your Mind, Revolution 1993, Didgin' Out Score: 8/10 Puts the fun in funky and the pro in protest
Light and funky. Reminds me of Stevie Wonder
The twat in the hat, really took against this and couldn’t be bothered to finish
4/5. Funky, fun, very Stevie Wondery. Damn enjoyable
As a kid I was a bit of a Jamiroquai fan. I loved tracks like Virtual Insanity and Canned Heat (and still do). However, this debut album is less focused on slinky pop hooks and more on lengthy funk jams. I expect some purists prefer this to their later, more mainstream output but for me it just drags on for far too long. Decent musicianship but not really my bag. 2.5
Some bangers but as a whole mid range album
Absolutely loathsome
Fades into the background
With this album, Jamiroquai does what generations of English musicians have done before them. Take music originated in America and not as popular as before and put their spin on it and make it better. 4/5.
ikkje for meg
Eg blei litt metta av Jamiroquai når VH1 alltid spilte eine sangen i reklamane sine for sånn 10-15 år siden. Også har han for stor hatt. Men bra at dei avslutte med ein didgeridoosang
I am immediately skeptical of funk music made by white guys (especially ENGLISH white guys), and frontman Jay Kay has an, uh, interesting appreciation for indigenous cultures. I'll say this much: it's clearly evident how much this sound influenced pop music to come. Production is tight and lively, providing stark contrast from the plastic-y production of the 80's. Jay Kay is also a talented enough songwriter that the songs are fun and listenable. That's all the good things I have to say about it. I simply find this out-of-time funk to be too watered down to be good. It's a poor mimic of the funk of the 60's and 70's. The acid jazz is particularly frustrating, which is used more as a prop for the music rather than actually appreciating jazz for it's deep and complex history in music. I feel a deep resentment towards this music for being so vapid, so vain. Whenever read the lyrics I want to strangle Jay Kay. Despite being so competently made, it comes close to having a net negative value on music as a whole.
Favorite Tracks: When You Gonna Learn? Too Young To Die Blow Your Mind
This band has a funky acid jazz sound that is almost too consistent - difficult to differentiate songs.
Very very funky! Love it!
2/5 not really.
I've left the continent of my birth once. I was ten, flew to Australia with People to People, away from my homeschool milieu long enough to suffer double humiliation: Confessing a crush and earning a nickname by being sick the whole time. But when I met my mom in the airport after those two weeks, I had at least two trophies with me: A barf bag from the plane - mercifully empty - and a CD of didgeridoo music. I tortured my family with that album periodically, a sibling tradition to that time I made my dad listen to Christmas music on repeat as we drove from Missouri to California. So when I heard the instrument opening Emergency, I got excited. There's the promise of novel fusion in that choice. Sadly, the rest of the project failed to carry the baton all that far. Serviceable, the tracks drag towards the penultimate, ten-minute cut. That ended up being better than expected, thankfully. But Didgin' Out is, in the end, a whimper, and that pretty much broke me for Jamiroquai. Could have added something to the music it worshiped, but didn't.
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!
The early Jamiroquai is the best... as a 14-year old I remember loving Blow Your Mind, and I can still get the chills listening to that song. Great album.
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.
I know it’s fashionable to dislike Jamiroquai, but after all these years I didn’t find this that offensive. Or stimulating. Why you would listen to this by choice, rather than anything by Stevie Wonder, is beyond me. Cheesy wine bar music from the 90s.
Another artist that I'm afraid I come to with some prejudice. I find it difficult to separate the music from the lifestyle. Neither are for me, tbh. This isn't a bad album. It's got a good groove running throughout. Yer man can clearly hit the right notes. I think I'd rather explore early 70's funk if I was in the mood.
I really wanted to enjoy this album. Every song felt longer than it should've been. Each instrumental break was messy and lacklustre. Lyrically, there are some interesting subject matters but with no assertion. This album made the idea of starting a revolution seem boring.
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.
I liked this a lot. It’s funny, I had Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life a couple days ago, and this is sort of like a more modern version of Stevie Wonder. Some great grooves. 4 stars.
funky
Cool jazz funk album, you can see their influence on some of the people like Bruno Mars and Anderson paak today, which is copl
Funkiest '90s music I've ever heard. Rad.
Fun and funky! The lead singer has such a distinctive voice with a great clear tone
I was jamming to this entire album.
Cool vibe! Liked the jazz undertones mixed with the very distinct 90s hip hop sound.
I thought I was going to enjoy the funk, but it was way too repetitive to enjoy. I think the groovy bass keeps this at 3 stars, however.
innovation clearly present, a fresh different vibe. 8.5
Pretty groovy
listened to again probably one of the funkiest debuts of all time
****
The fuck is JK worth $70m for producing this dirge. Some bloke singing over a thrift shop jazz record. If you want to stop the Emergency on Planet Earth, stop landing your fucking helicopter on wildlife.
Is Jamiroquai good? I didn't know. I assumed they were annoying, but for no good reason. Bold cover. Let's give it a listen. Is that a digeridoo? That's fun. But I'm getting a strong hint of "I wish I were Stevie Wonder". Which I guess fair enough. Love the horns, strings, all the layers really. Sharp and clean. Funky. Having just done the Shaft soundtrack this album suffers in contrast, but still pretty good. Not sure it brings anything new to the table, though, more homage making than ground breaking. As a whole the album also lacks the attitude, joy, spark, conviction, magic, something to really put it over the line for me. I looked up a video to round out my impression and got "Virtual Insanity" which is again clever but not quite there, like if OK Go had just one idea and didn't push it to the point of joy. All the ingredients are there for this to be an enjoyable listen. But they don't quite come together like I want them to. I don't know. Maybe it is the cultural appropriation elephant in the room making me queasy. Without any context I might give this four stars, but I'm sticking with a "pretty good" three star rating because, well, context.
Really good funk
Always enjoyed Jamiroquai. Not the most memorable of their songs but still funky!
Really dug these funky beats
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.
Always enjoyed Jamiroquai. Not the most memorable of their songs but still funky!
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
I like the first song; cool Stevie Wonder vibe. This continues to sound a bit like knockoff Stevie Wonder...but in a good way. Okay, the didgeridoo at the end is a bit much, but on the whole: solid Stevie Wonder cover band!
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!
okay
Nasally soul put over electronic elevator music influenced by disco. All the good and the bad that such implies.
I'm more a fan of Virtual Insanity than anything on here. Not my favourite by them, and not my favourite in that pop-funk genre of the early 90s.
Musically I thought it was ok, tolerable...lyrically etc. I kinda felt, this guy sounds like a douchenozzle high on his own supply. Then I looked up mr. Jaykay and found the internet seemed to agree with this assessment. It is rare and lofty air when you can transmit your assholishness through the medium, so for that he gets two stars.
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.
It was okay; very funky! Oddly enough, I liked the didgeridoo songs the best.
Bom.
Groovy background music.
Aged like a fine wine. No more like rotting fish found at the bottom of the bin.
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.
This shit is way too cheesy for me to really enjoy. It's fun music, I just can't vibe with it as much as I want to. Listen to Stevie Wonder instead.
I guess this was unique when it first came out: some white guys from the UK doing soul and funk, but now that everyone and their dog has copied this sound it no longer feels very fresh. The most creative part is the digeridoo on the first and last songs, but rest sort of melds together into a gelatinous blob of recycled funk and derivative vocals.
Kinda tough to judge this. Ultimately, great music, great funk, great songwriting, really great musicians. I don't want to take away from those things. However... much of it is so similar to the likes of EW&F, Sly & TFS, Parliament, etc. There's no doubt where the influence came from. They've certainly added their touch. I really like it, but struggle to find the differences. It's not quite as difficult in their newer stuff. Traveling w/out moving, virtual insanity, canned heat. Those stand out to me.
I liked the first song, but then I remembered that I viciously despise jazz. When they started doing the "doo do-do-do doo", it was all downhill from there. I have to say though, that album art and their logo in general is really cool. "Music of the Mind" was a pretty alright instrumental [PLEASE WAIT.. CONNECTING TO THE SERVER]-type track. Can't believe this is a white British guy. I'm going to throw up.
4.4 - This album captures that 70s soul/funk vibe perfectly. The band sounds impeccable with Jon Kay at the helm. It's impossible to not hear the Stevie Wonder parallels although this album eschews some Stevie's emotional depth, maintaining a non-stop party tempo throughout.
Perfectly serviceable psych-fuck. Sly stone would either be proud, or pissed that the brits are rehashing his sound.
Bangin
Pas vraiment mon délire Prefs: Music of the Mind, Blow Your Mind, Revolution 1993 Moins pref: Hooked Up
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
If you like Jazz , Funk, R&B. You need to check out this English band.Great to listen to !
Interesting
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.
It was a wave of nostalgia and the the cultural appropriation realization kicked in - the 90s innocence of a random Brit who scats mediocrely adopting the name of an American tribe he has nothing to do with it and littering the didgeridoo throughout an slightly overlong and plodding album… at times it’s good - but it peters off sharply towards the end. The musicianship is virtuosic but there are few songs that are memorable here. Jay has a couple stronger albums than this - despite being more banker w*nk later on with songs about fast cars and yuppie love.
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.
Revolution was f****** amazing
1 point for the bassist. 0 points for everything else.
It becomes background music after a while. He has a better album. Cover art 4/5
This was a great album, in terms of study/background music. A few great tracks but some were a bit more forgettable. Having read about his car collection and his Top Gear time, I’m going to give this guy another shot!
Certainly enjoyable and iconic of the era.
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
Like the dance scene in napoleon dynamite, I don't know what's going on here, but I think I like it!
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.
Fun, funky... great precursor to Travelling Without Moving.
Hits the mark musically and enjoyed the vocal styling. Almost 20 years after release, much of the message seems dated. Overall, a very good listen.
Jamiroquai! Now there's someone I haven't really thought of in about 20 years, but boy did I love them when Travelling Without Moving came out. I'm not familiar with this album, but it's a jazzy, trippy, fun listen. Heck of a debut album. Jay Kay is a solid vocalist, full of energy and soul. He gets the Stevie comparisons a lot. He's not quite that good, but he's a lot of fun to listen to. Love the funky, jazz inflected arrangements. Strong Earth Wind & Fire and Sly Stone vibe, which I love. The politically driven songwriting doesn’t go super deep, but by 1993 pop music standards they were actually ahead of the curve. Fave Songs: Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop; If I Like It, I Do It; Emergency on Planet Earth; When You Gonna Learn; Didgin' Out
Jamiroquai is definitely a talented band with a unique sound. I really want to like it more than I do, the songs just don't connect with me. Maybe it will grow on me later.... 2.5 / 5 for now.
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.
j'ai 7 albums de retard je sais pas quoi dire mais c'était bien ça m'a motivée pour défaire ma big ass valise
Loved this one
JQ isa bit of a guilty pleasure of mine- a thorny replacement gene in my side. A work truck I used to drive had a CD on constant rotation- it grew on me.
The funky soul tunes remind me of a refreshed Stevie Wonder and the jazz tunes show that the band knows how to play. They play a wide range of styles and even mix some disco in with funk in Revolution 1993 and, I hate to say it, but I like the disco bit too.
I got so tired of hearing Virtual Insanity back in the day that it was hard to be objective on this. Jay Kay always sounded too much like Stevie Wonder to me, but really, you don’t have that much choice who you sound like, and it’s better I suppose than sounding like Leonard Cohen. On closer listening, the arrangements really stand out. The band is tight, the sound is smooth and sophisticated. The instrumental jam is a bonus. The song-writing is unstructured and free flowing, though some tracks go on for a bit longer than they should. I know some reviewers poked fun at the socially conscious lyrics, but that to me, was a more a sign of the times – protest bands in the 60s and 70s were praised not mocked.
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.
* sounds fresh, good quality remaster.
Great funk/jazz whatever this is I loved it
A lot of funk but clearly the songwriting had a way to go before they made the big hits a few years later. Pretty mediocre
Nice. One of thousands of Stevie Wonder followers, but a pretty good one.
Very cool sound, the hippest elevator music. Some sounded a bit futuristic.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: When you gonna learn?, Blow your mind
2022.01.20
Very interesting, much more than I was expecting
viciante, brabo, funk e jazz. É ele
Best Song: Too Young to Die. Dancy, groovy, with a hint of melancholy lyrics. Absolute jam. Worst Song: There isn't one. Overall: May more lyrically interesting than I expected, full of dark gems mixed with funky, high energy music that makes you want to move. Feels like the dance album for the apocalypse. "Death can seem to bear no relevance Bet you wished you'd danced to the music What you want to do is kill yourself Still you don't dance to the music"
The bass was cool. Skimmed through it. I didn’t really care for this
Very lively music, great rythm section. Good songs
I did enjoy this album. I definitely see the Stevie Wonder influence throughout this album. And the didgeridoo? I was not expecting to hear one of those. But I did feel a few tracks were a bit weak, and didn't vibe with them as much. And some of the tracks were a bit too long for me. Highlights: When You Gonna Learn?, Too Young To Die, If I Like It I Do It
Après une série catastrophique entamée juste après l'album culte de l'ultra-sexuel Marvin Gaye, la musique de bon goût vient de faire son retour dans le générateur par le biais de Jamiroquai. Pour l'anecdote, à la veille de la sortie de ce premier album, les membres du groupe fêtèrent leur futur succès lors d'une soirée particulièrement arrosée. Malheureusement pour eux, le chanteur ne s'arrêta jamais de gobeloter et s'endormit au petit matin sur la table de mixage allumée le cul à l'air. Résultat des courses : une fin d'album totalement cacophonique doublée d'un xylostome.
Cet album était de grande, il est en revanche dommage que Jamiroquai se soit endormi sur sa table de mixage. En effet, après 7 sons tous plus impressionnants les uns que les autres, Jami, ayant offert une folle énergie pendant ces plus de 30mn de musique, se trouve en effet un peu las. Le voilà qui se met donc à fermer les yeux quelques secondes pour reprendre ses esprits, mais ces quelques secondes se transformeront en de longues minutes. C'est dommageable, mais n'enlève rien à la qualité de l'album pré-sieste.
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
not a perfect straight through listen, but 5 for the course correction from metal this helped with!
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.
Poslušo sam i više nego potrebno i dalje se ne mog sjetit niti jednog stiha, ritma ili imena pjesme, mislim da to dovoljno govori.
lead singer's voice gets grating as hell
I knew I would love this before I even listened!
Not for me
Hey, I love Virtual Insanity! Oh...that's not on here? What the hell? "What The hell?" indeed. I always thought this band was a one hit wonder, which I guess is only really true on this side of the Atlantic. I figured there had to be something of value here since this album both made the list and doesn't include the only song I know from them. There is...kinda. Everything pretty much sounds like it's about 20 years older than it's release date. I think the singers name is Jay, but I prefer "the hat guy", the hat guy is a decent enough singer. He definitely has heard Stevie Wonder before and I'm pretty sure he really liked what he heard. The music itself is...also decent. Unsurprisingly the music also sounds like it could've come out of the 70's for much of the run time. It's funky. It's good in places for a bit...but then it goes on and on and tests my patience. It would be too harsh to say that I didn't like this album. It was just fine I guess. Why would I listen to this when George Clinton albums exist? It would've been more tolerable with about 10-15 minutes trimmed. It just doesn't do anything good enough to really justify listening to. Sorry hat guy. Virtual Insanity was pretty dope though. Maybe that album is better?
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
Not my thing really. Bit too clever for its own good.
Jazzy, funky and greatly produced. Worldwide stardom was still awaiting for Jamiroquai but they were already up with a good start.
I just dont like the style at all. Just not for me. Other than the song Virtual Insanity that had a fantastic video, I never understood the attraction to this band.
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.
He really tries to swing "yea". Popularity must have been his hat at the time, can´t be the music
I have always much liked the sound of Jamiroquai (and have a copy of Travelling Without Moving), but did not think the songwriting was particularly strong, as confirmed by this album. Some of the tracks are quite nice, like Music of the Mind, but I probably won't listen to this album again.
Sounds like this could be a decent Stevie Wonder tribute band, but instead we get this rather middle-of-the-road soul/funk/disco album filled with weak songs. There is no didgeridoo in the world that can mask that.
Funky, not really a thing I'd listen to on a day to day basis, need to be on a specific mood
A lot more than the one not wonder I thought they were.
-Great bass in "Emergency On Planet Earth" -I love the fast-paced lyrics on "Revolution 1993" -Very cool, quick tempo jazz stuff
70er Stevie Wonder mit neuerer Produktion und nicht so gut.
Not my fav Jamiroquai but it still rules. Incredibly funky, lots of fun. 4/5.
Solid
Groovy, funky and I was literally listening to this two days before it came up in the list. Great musicians playing great songs
Incredible disco/funk album, start to finish
Jam band with soul.
Groovin, bumpin, funky, jive, etc. Fantastic
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.
Prat in a hat.
A Stevie wonder rip-off that hasn't really dated well. Lots of people loved it when I was young, which is fine, but it was always irritating to me - especially the lyrics
Not my cup of tea
Underwhelming
Did not enjoy, made it about halfway through the album before i couldnt listen anymore
okay
Phenomenal first album
It's Jamiroquai, you either like it or you don't. There was only one extra good track for me on this one and it was long (might just be spotify version though)
6/10
I really don‘t care. Ist aber sehr gut gemacht/produziert 2.0
Bald 30 Jahre alt, und rein von der Message her aktueller denn je, hm?! Zeigt einem mal wieder wie doof die ganze Menschheit ist; zugegeben ich selbst eingeschlossen aber auch Mr. Jay Kay himself, der nach dem Ding hier ja auch in erster Linie durch nen spektakulären Hang zu fetten Karren auffiel. Komisch, oder? Album fand ich jedenfalls erstaunlich geil beim wieder Anhören nach all den Jahren. Auf der Autobahn übrigens. Spitzen-Cuvee aus irgendwas mit Afrobeat, Jazzfusion und Neosoul, wirklich zeitlos auch. Und so ausgereift für ein Debüt! Ach, scheiss Kokain ey, man wünschte wirklich, er wäre weiter bei Verstand geblieben.
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.
Not my thing, first few songs were alright but then it just dragged.
I haven't heard much of Jamiroquai before now, but it's definitely better than I imagined. Everything has a good sound that always keeps up the vibe. Very nice music, more of something to just chill and groove to than keep on in the background, but I'm not complaining. And a late happy 25th to Traveling Without Moving!
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.
Unverwechselhaft
Good vibes. Fun
Buenas canciones con un toque perfecto de Jazz en ellas.
This is a white dude doing a poor Stevie Wonder impression AND there's a didgeridoo on multiple tracks. I'm more of a didgeri-don't. Plus 1 star because the bass player knows what he's doing. Best track: Blow Your Mind
Really only familiar with Jamiroquai from "Virtual Insanity" and maybe one or two other songs that I can't remember right now. Nothing on this album seemed to have the same funk. Not sure how they chose this album for the list but I can't imagine there is more than one Jamiroquai album on this list. Can't imagine this is their best album though.
A couple of good tracks but a lot of filler IMO. Real score 2.5
Just too funky for me
fine
Оч под настроение, но музыканты они крутые
Funky, yes. I liked their 1997 album better.
The tunes themselves are not bad, but like someone else commented, there definitely is a fine line between appreciation and appropriation.
Лучшие!
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
Oh no. This was everywhere. Funk, horns, ba-ba-ba's Music for food festivals 1 star for Blow Your Mind
would not finish
Jazz Fusion pop
Lovely! Good vibes :)
This is pretty great, I feel like it's every Jamiroquai album but still great
Interessant i meritori reciclatge de sons clàssics de funk, soul i tonalitats disco amb una producció moderna (pels 90) que el situa com un producte de la seva època, amb el plus de la veu i la presència carismàtica de Jay Kay
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 of the instrumental sections are quite lovely. The lengthy Revolution 1993 is the high point of the record, there is little else on here that come close to it though. Enjoyable in parts but wouldn’t revisit.
Simply awful. I struggled with one listen, a mish mash of styles that ape something that's far better.
I’ve forgotten everything I heard already. Unforgettable turgid faux funk. He can stick his didgeridoo up his hole.
Some fun sounds on this album, I wasn’t familiar with it but the artist name sounded familiar for some reason.
en skelsættende klassiker, han kan det hele!!
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
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: When You Gonna Learn?, Didgin' Out Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Dancing, walking, rearranging 70s funk
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?
Funky, politically charged, enjoyable.
Ik vind het niet zo leuk om naar te luisteren
seems like if i liked them, i'd REALLY like this. as it happens, though, i would appear not to like them very much at all. i managed to dodge them in the 90s, and i come away from this album feeling like i didn't miss out on much. that said, the bassist is awesome; their recapturing of the late-70s daytime tv vibe is impressive, though it makes my skin crawl a bit; parts of this album remind me very much of stevie wonder, which is impressive...but overall, it just misses me. it's SO produced, so sterile in the end.
Funky og fedt. Dog nogle fillers
I have no idea how jamiroquai even made it big, given the musical time period they were coming through. It's a great album
Bro looks like the Qanon shaman.
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?
Bien aime le electro jazz. Ca sonne bienje l’ai ecoute deux fois 4.25*
Singles great but some filler in there
~When you gonna learn?- wasn't expecting the digeridoo at the start, they might be using some sort of saxophone or violin(i don't exactly know what) but it sounds great, the song was good until the didgeridoo part because it just broke the rhythm and sounded very weird. ~Too young to die***- the instrumental puts me in such a groovy and fun mood along with the Dudu Dudu s, definitely put a really big smile on my face, although the song is 6 minutes long it really didn't feel like it. ~Hooked up- a bit repetitive at the end, a lot more instrument solos than singing which I don't. necessarily like but at least they sound fantastic. ~If I like it, I do it- beautiful lyrics, the bongo(?) solo was a really fun touch. ~Music of the mind- slowest song yet, the violin(?) gives it a very beautiful vibe, can't say I'm a fan of 6 minutes of pure instrumental but at least it's well-executed. ~Emergency on Planet Earth*- very beautiful message and because of that may be even one of my favorites. ~Whatever it is, I just can't stop- most forgettable yet, would've liked for something more impactful to happen with the instrumental like a sudden tempo change or a climax of the song, it feels a bit too linear. ~Blow your mind- this just feels so so so insanely dragged out just because they wanted to hit that 8-minute mark, even more so because of that the last 4 minutes are just instrumental, just because it's well done doesn't mean it can automatically stand on its own. ~Revolution 1993**- wasn't expecting the instrumental change especially at the start but I was happily surprised, also has a beautiful message, the woman's voice in the background makes the song even more special, would've definitely preferred it to be a lot shorter but at least it doesn't feel dragged out. ~Didgin' out- the didgeridoo is back for some reason, the only reason I don't completely dislike it is that the album started and ended with it and that brings it some cohesiveness, I don't know why they'd finish the album with an all-instrumental song instead of something more interesting though. OVERALL whilst it is a pretty cohesive album it's not at all my music taste. still, I was surprised that I didn't dislike it. it has it's high points and low points. I'm sure it will work better for the people that dig this genre a lot more. it's likely, though, that I would listen to it again if I wanna be in a good mood. one thing I can say is that, whilst the lyrics about social problems are pretty surface level, I think that they at least do their job of transmitting the message that they wanted to say.
Instrumental de qualidade, e o resto soa com pretensioso.
Nice
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.
Just some perfect chilled out funk. Loves me some Jamiroquai
such a solid, groovy record. george clinton caliber funk.
Másters del funk.
Funkology, the theory of funk.
Empezó bien, recuerdo que solía escuchar a Jamiroquai porque me latía pero ahora me enfadó muy pronto.
Very Jazzy
Pretty high energy and engaging all the way through the first disc. I've enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would do; especially impressive given it's Jamiroquai's first album.
What a surprisingly great find. Sounds a lot like Stevie Wonder (especially vocally), which is a huge compliment. All I knew of Jamiroquai was that one video that MTV used to show on repeat back in say 1997. I believe it was for a song called "Virtual Insanity". All I know for sure is Chris Rock made fun of it when he hosted the VMA's around that time. Nevertheless, this came dangerously close to a 5 for me. This album compelled me to put in a 30-minute sprint on the treadmill I enjoyed it so much. Might be just a BIT too long. Tighten this baby up a bit and we'd be looking at a solid 5.
Did not really like this album. Sounds like smooth jazz, ie. Boring. 2 stars
I really enjoyed this album. This is a solid jam/jazz/funk/acid rock offering with lots to dig in to especially if you're musically inclined. The record was joyful and playful and featured impressive musicianship. I especially enjoyed the use of the synth which in no way made the music sound dated (as synths can do). Great record to put on to get people dancing as well.
It’s good! It’s funky!
Didgeroo'd up was a cool song
nice grooves, vocals, gets a little same-y from track to track
Such an underrated artist! This album was lots of fun to listen to. I’ll be listening to it again soon
This album had some fun songs but nothing I would go back too.
First track has a great rhythm right off the bat. Love the groove of the whole album. Basically a precursor and probably huge inspiration for The Dirty Loops.
really alternative and fun!!!
Funky bass notes!
Honestly, I was ready to go into this and hate it. I remember Jamiroquai as a schmucky doofus who had that Virtual Insanity song and the cool video where he was walking funny on a multi plane treadmill. This record is more akin to a funk protest record, and with a couple quibbles I have in a couple spots this is entirely listenable and would be great background music for a party and would fit into a playlist with the likes of Stevie Wonder or Parliment. Nice surprise.
Embarrassingly I'd only been familiar with the band's "hits" so was happy to give a deeper dive here. Didn't know this was their debut album and *wow* - elements of 70s Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock combined with 90s production... Perfect instrumentation - the horns, Rhodes piano, percussion... My initial favourite is "Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop" holymoly. That growly bass is the bomb. This is the first strong 4 i'm giving to something I'd never heard before - this will get many many listens.
Great album, always loved Jamiroquai
This was great! Ashamed to admit I'd never heard any Jamiroquai before but this was quality.
Bueno como musica de fondo
Possibly Manchester's best Stevie Wonder impersonator.
Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this album.
I only listened to most of the album, but I already loved Jamiroquai, so it was good.
Not awful, but not what I like. 6.0/10
Bleurggh!
Did not like
I liked the fusion sound. Definitely hear jazz influences.
Eh, doesn’t do anything for me
Groovy
I can't claim I listened to the whole thing (two hours what) but I did listen to a lot of it. Acid jazz is a real genre-bending kind of music and this album really takes it to the next level. I think there's a didgeridoo in the first song? It's cool, not much more to say.
surprisingly fun hehe