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Yes
So I just learned I like Jamiroquai.
This album definitely has some funky grooves but through the entire listen I thought they were trying to hard to sound like Stevie Wonder and not getting there both through the music and the message. They could be a decent Stevie Wonder cover band. Having said that the listen was okay. Give it 2 to 2 1/2 stars musically.
"...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
Not my favourite Jamiroquai album to be honest, and I'm not even that keen on their other albums.
I hadn't seen any of the music videos before and watched them while listening to the album. This guy is a fucking chode. This is chode music for chode people. It sounds like disco meets 90s R&B. This gets 2 stars because at least the musicians are good. If you take out the singer, it is okay background music. I just learned about this guy and already I hate him. Who goes by Jay Kay? "You can call me Jay, you can call me Kay, but dont' you call me Jay Kay." Uggghhh
I remember this group from the 1990s. They were big in the UK at least. I never heard this debut album before. It's an energetic funk record with strong elements of jazz, soul, disco, etc. I can see why they were popular at the time, since they have a more exciting sound than most chart-topping pop. However, the problem with these kinds of "revival" style is that the earlier stuff inspiring it is normally better. So, in this case, I'd much rather go back and listen to the greats of funk, jazz, etc., rather than a slick 1990s update of it. After much thought, I've decided I don't really care about originality... but if you are creating sounds that already exist, you need to do it with a sense of "authenticity" I guess? This feels a bit like a plasticky pastiche of some better music that came before. Also, I always found the frontman insufferably annoying, so maybe all of this is my own prejudice against him. In any case, 2/5 to give credit for good musicianship and the mostly groovy results.
I'm gonna have to side with Nick's review on Emergency on Planet Earth, as most of this album feels contrived, with Jamiroquai stepping into a style that was historically marketable. However, the historical appropriation of cultural music/stylings of black American musicians by white British musicians is well documented, so this whole project feels uncomfortable to listen to.
Jamiroquai is an artist I haven't really engaged with before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. This is an album that really draws into focus the fine line between appreciation and appropriation. Unfortunately, I feel like it's more the latter. While the funky grooves are fairly bespoke and well-made, I can't help but feel like the singer is cosplaying as Stevie Wonder circa 1972, and that makes me deeply uncomfortable. Why not just listen to Stevie, instead? The generic "socially conscious" lyrics feel more unintentionally Flight of the Conchords than Marvin Gaye. It's a disservice to all the Black artists they freely lift from. Further, the name (a lazy mashup of jam and Iroquois) and the Indigenous iconography used for the group's buffalo man logo just amplifies my disdain. I'll take a pass. Favourite track: "Blow Your Mind"
This guy sings like Stevie Wonder
I've never listened to Jamiroquai before and had no idea what to expect. But I was very positively surprised! It's an interesting mix of styles, nice to hear some rarely used instruments and a lot of variety.
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.
It's impressive how bland this album is. Sixth form political lyrics and the inclusion of a didgeridoo. If magnolia paint was an album. BT: When You Gonna Learn?, Too Young To Die, Emergency on Planet Earth
A little weird but I was vibing nonetheless.
I really like the first song when you gonna learn. I also like too young to die
Funky
Thought I didn't like them, but maybe I do...
Some great tracks but too many weaker filler tracks for a 4*
I like Jamiroquai.
Decent. Prefee their other albums.
Jazzy and spunky. 0RS
Interesting funk/pop groove. With horns and didgeridoos.
Vervelend funky basje, saaie zang en soul arrangementen? Nee, dit werkt echt niet voor mij.
In een woord verschrikkelijk.
Funky grooves
Objectief gezien zou ik Jamiroquai prima moeten kunnen hebben, maar ik heb altijd jeuk en tegenzin ervaren bij zijn muziek. Kan er de vinger niet op leggen wat het precies is wat me zo tegenstaat, maar soms is iets gewoon wat het is en moet je dat maar accepteren 😅
Past perfect bij het weer, deze plaat! Had wel iets korter gemogen, op den duur wist ik het wel.
Didn't find it as good as the later albums.
Some great sounds here, occasionally a bit jammy and could do without the didgeridoo. Excellent bass and moog!
Funky-jazzy. Un clàssic però m'ha aburrit una mica. Potser escoltat de fons, o amb més atenció. Potser no tenia al dia
8/10 wasn't anything crazy but it was musically interesting and a fun listen. i'll be honest when i saw it was a british funk band i was skeptical but they did a good job.
Shingles band
Jaunty
realtively enjoyable album, even if it was a bit long but the weird noises in some of the songs brought it down
enjoyed this, wouldn't really listen regularly though
loong good funk
It's a decent album with some good tunes. Bit sullied by how much of a bell Jay kay became. Gets a bit samey towards the end
6/10. Pretty okay, I guess.
Jimiroquai Broadbent knows how much this slaps... Nah seriously, it's super cheesy, it's definitely of its time, and Jay Kay is an asshole. But I can't deny that this album is loaded with a fair few bops.
Meh. Title track and instrumental before it were decent, rest is a bit samey
não gosto de jamiroquai
I wanted to like this more than I did...Look, we get it...You figured out the didgeridoo, and we're all proud of you for it, but it doesn't need to be in every song. Really ruined what could have been a much better album, because Jamiroquai is exceedingly talented.
Funky, mucho funky y ritmos discotequeros. Voz muy identificable. Canciones con estilo y ritmo. Sin determinadas sorpresas. Punto intermedio en muchos aspectos
“Emergency on Planet Earth” by Jamiroquai (1993) I’ve never heard of this album or this group. Sounds like a white guy trying to make money pretending to be black. And sometimes what it sounds like is exactly what it is. Cultural appropriation at its worst. His faux Stevie Wonder impersonation is embarrassing. Derivative ripoff. I had to skip ahead. It got worse. This album screams. “Look at me! I’m British and I’m so fashionably and counterculturally cool! Buy my CD so I can pay my session musicians!” Good bass player. Nice fluegelhorn. Strings are terrible. There’s a lot that I could say about how poorly this was composed, arranged, performed, mastered, and mixed, but I just don’t want to. Regarding the, ah, lyrics—they lack poetry, and the social commentary is like skipping rocks on a fetid pond. The self awareness in his self aware lyrics is aware of a pretty silly self. “Blow Your Mind” should’ve been titled “Blow Your Alleged Mind”. This album SUCKS. 1/5
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.
Funky but honestly kinda boring. Still gonna give it an 8 just based on the sound.
Loved this- will listen to it again
funky and fresh. I should have been listening to this when it came out. Already warranted a replay.
Lot of filler
Mas funky que la csm, 10/10
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.
Good funky trip-hop vibes.
Didn't get through the whole album, wasn't really something i'm into
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.
Great. Nineties nostalgia trip
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?
Eh.
everyones mum and dad loved jamiroquai
fantastic album to groove to, listened to it at work, and kept me moving all day. was fantastic!
Kinda receptive boring, songs were too long, no saves, although it had some nice vocals at times 2.5
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.
Fun vibes. Love that Jamiroquai sound!
Kinda whack
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.
Awesomely jazzy and poppy. Such a unique blend.
top
parece música de loja de roupa que quer ser descolada mas é divertidim
i just can't
Jazz pop interesting. Kinda diggin the vibes on this album
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.
Good. Got a little tired towards the end
Don't really have alot to say on this one. It's right in the middle of 3 for me. Nothing that really bothers me per se but nothing that really excites me too much either except maybe the use of the dijeridoo. It just makes me want to listen to Stevie Wonder instead.
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.
En del snuskigt bra här, verkligen. Han kan han, Jamiroquai. En del låtar lite för svaga för att bli ett “på väggen”-album, men fan det e ett najs album. Stark 4a!
God dammnit this an incredible album. I really struggle to think of any other record that is this interesting AND funky. Out of control momentum that is impossible to stop moving to, I reckon you could power a small Dutch village with the energy this thing emits. Every single track is out of this world but my big highlights are Too Young to Die,and Revolution 1993 (Any track (in the demo) that includes "TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE" is an obvious 5/5). Fricken sick lead break on Whatever It Is. There's even some bonus cuica in Music Of The Mind. Also my best friend the funky bell sound is back all over it but especially on the opening track and Too Young.
Toe tapping. Funky. Smooth. Nice sound stage. Decent instrumentals
It's not bad, per se. It's just not for me. Every song kind of sounds the same as the last. And it reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.
Fun! Funky!
As a dance album this is great, for just easy listening it's lacking the variation in tempo and composition to make it more than background music.
Space funky album
same as always, the only interesting thing is de bass
Big Fan
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
Funky, good background music to work to.
jamiroqual
Great album. Some iffy songs later on but solid.
Some funky goodness
Zzzz
I really enjoyed this album. Modern Jazz with a hip beat.
White people funk
EXTRA COOL
Didn't age as well as I thought it would...chaotic.
Fantastic
öppnar ändå helt okej med gött sound men allt låter för likt tycker jag.
Just not good enough
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.
It's pretty good but goes on a bit
Funk and soul played by white posh English dude.glad I never have to listen to that ever again!