Remedy

Hard pass.

Weird, but I liked a few tracks quite a bit. Kinda surprising that it came out in 99

hmm. Decent cool album? I liked Red Alert. The other songs were not quite as memorable. I did like the beat of the songs, but nothing was exceptionally memorable.

Ooooh YUM love Basement Jaxx. This is not my fave album of theirs (Rooty) by any stretch but it's a pretty cool debut! There's a real feel of their sound already which I still think is pretty unique now, I think that's hard to do with a debut album. A work commute is not the time to be listening to this band though, you MUST be dancing with friends...

Wow - what a punch to the ear drums and brain this was for a dreary Thursday morning where I'm processing some kind of virus. I obviously new some of these songs, but definitely not all of them. Interesting to hear how much more dance-y electronic Basement Jaxx used to be. It was good fun and I want to listen again.

Overall liked it yeah and I do like Basement Jaxx, in fact, saw them on Saturday with Will, but too much of it strayed into filler stuff which I'm not interested in. Naturally I prefer their hits which feels more like regular songs, but that's just me, not a big DJ guy.

This was fun and reminded me a lot of being at school. Rendez-Vu and Red Alert are bangers, the video for Red Alert is great as well. Also love the sample of On My Radio by The Selectors on Same Old Show. There was a bit of filler though

More dance music - I don't dance so it's just pointless. This isn't music you can just listen to, it has next to no musical value.

Maybe this evidences my naivety of dance music, but I had no idea that Basement Jaxx were good enough to be considered an essential listen. Don’t get me wrong, I like Where’s Your Head At (not on this album) but otherwise I this they’ve just passed me by. Songs I already knew: Red Alert, Bingo Bango Favourites: Rendez-Vu, Bingo Bango It turns out I recognise a few more Basement Jaxx songs than I initially realised. A lot of this album had me bopping my head along and having a good time. It music that’s hard not to dance to. My only nitpick is that I really didn’t like Same Old Song. It samples On My Radio by The Selector which is a song that I love, but I felt that this just ruined a great song. On the whole, I was mostly a rump shake though.

Much more fun live

The rhythm, the tracks, the Basement Jaxx! This album helped get me into electronic music (bought a used CD in 2009 or so and proceeded to wear it out), so I'm biased. But yeah, this whole album is fuckin' popping imho. Particularly Bingo Bango and Rendez-Vu, but every song has its place and its own charm to me. Stop 4 Love, for instance, has an ethereal and experimental quality to it that feels more like something that would've come out a lot closer to the present, or at least come from another artist. The people calling this a generic dance album obviously weren't listening very closely (or quit out of the album early). Anyway, easy 5. It's not Discovery or whatever, but this will always be a classic to me. It's got a couple flaws imo, but I also don't really care about them because I fucking love it. Basement Jaxx have some killer singles that came later, but none of their albums ever beat this one.

House. Rollo.

Ehhhhh. There were some cool ideas here and there, but overall none of these songs really grabbed my attention. There are also some *really* annoying bits, like the vocals in Yo Yo

Fun. A nice balance of repetitive and fluctuation. This music makes me think of tagging along with a friend to a clothing store that is not quite my style and costs more than I would typically spend.

Good for what it is but not really my thing. Some catchy tunes though, amongst the repetitive beats

I liked this one better than the other electronica album. They made some great dance music and I can see the value in this. This seemed more melodic and fun to listen to. It was overly long, though.

Fun!

The first few songs were really painful. The rest were standard cheesy dance tunes.

Techno - not very good - would not recommend

Distinct but very good. Enjoyable listening and not something I expected. Better than I hoped.

Música un tanto electrónica que pasa sin pena ni gloria. Nada destacable. Poca influencia. Discos de este tipo hay muchísimos.

2.9 - Strictly for a dance hall, cocktail lounge or hostel common area.

This is the kind of music they play at the vampire clubs when the DJ who usually plays shitty industrial metal has the night off. I can't listen to this without thinking of dominatrixxx enthusiasts dressed in strap leather grinding on one another in some seedy abandoned warehouse turned club for the night. It just feels gross to listen to and I can't find any redeemable qualities to this. It's repetitive cliche house music nonsense that I don't think I could enjoy even if I was high out of my mind on molly.

Fine. 90s DJ noise.

This was just weird as heck. I don’t know why we are getting a million weird albums in a row. It’s WEIRD.

Never sure what or how I feel about albums like this. I'll listen closely for a minute and be impressed by the meticulous production and transfixed by the beat. Then another few minutes go by and I'm bored and it goes downhill from there. Not to diminish the effort because I know what it takes/took, but there are no *songs* here - just continuous beats (at best) with no push/pull or resolution. Reading an excerpt from an interview with them they stated that they wanted to make dance music that wasn't devoid of feeling and less robotic. They failed miserably. I felt progressively less-generous the further this album went on and if I felt bad slandering this effort ~5 tracks in, by track 8 I was just pissed. TL;DR: This is maybe ok fine background music for playing video games while eating a bag of chips. I am not playing video games and I am out of snacks. 3/10 1 star.

I got nothing on this one. No hate, no praise…it’s fine, the most three record that ever three’d.

Why do some bands feel the need to say the name of their band over and over in so many of their songs? Is it a branding thing? Anyway, some of the songs were ok, but some really grated on my nerves. Overall not something I enjoyed much at all. I guess it's just not my thing. 2 stars.

A few great bangers on this album to shake your ass and throw shapes on any available space this is pumping out... love them.... but the rest of the album is just fillers of no substance, theure more like samples you would mix between tracks, so sadly it's a 3 from me... which is a shame, as I like what Basement Jaxx pulled together on their banger tracks.

Couple of bangers from back in the day but they're the best if the album really. The rest is borderline irritating.

Amontoado de ruídos e som que disfarçam bem as batidas repetitivas.

Digging the old school EDM vibe

Wut

This was Jaxxed up not sure what I was listening to was very very bad not even music. .1/5

I listened to three or four songs and knew this wasn't getting any better and stopped. This was very annoying. 0.5/5

jarring club music

With overwhelming evidence, it seems clear that the author of this list is a male born in the early-to-mid 70's, putting his formative musical years squarely in the 1990's. I can think of no other reason for the overrepresentation of 90's techno/ club/ dance records. I understand finding room for Dee-Lite and Ray of Light and some others but he needs to cool it. Especially when it comes to this steaming pile by Basement Jaxx. Dull beats, unimaginative and heavy-handed use of auto-tune lyrics. Nothing we haven't heard before 1000 times. No need at all to hear it, no need for it to be on the list. Zero stars, if it were possible.

It's a good album to dance to I suppose, but it feels repetitive in a bad way even if house music can feel that way sometimes. Some of the song feel like the entire scope of said song was introduced in the first 10 seconds and then that's all it was on a loop for like 5 minutes. Songs which had vocals with them did improve things a bit, like Red Alert, but most of this just feels like background club music in a sense. If I was drunk or high out of my mind this might be more enjoyable, but I'm stone cold sober, and it isn't that enjoyable in such a state.

Overrated background music. There was nothing in this album for me.

Not a bad dance album just not really somrthing that gets me very excited. 2.5 stars

Oddly grating in too many tracks for this to warrant more than 2/5

3.5/5

Yeah, I kinda liked it.

I was heavily involved in the rave scene in the mid 1990s in the Bay Area, and while I personally preferred techno and related situations, I was certainly conversant with house, acid house, trip house and similar. I don't understand the inclusion of this album on this list, particularly when there's nothing from The Orb or Future Sound of London or Art of Noise. If the goal is to expose people to things they may not have heard, OK, sure, I haven't heard of this record, but that said, it's derivative in the worst possible sense of not being creative. I will give it two stars because it's not objectively bad -- if someone put this on at a house party, I don't think anyone would run over and turn it off -- but there's no there there. LOL reading Wikipedia now and this seems firmly in the area of the author is UK based and this record was apparently big over there, but hell, Rolling Stone said it's #13 on the top 30 EDM albums of all time... I guarantee that 1-12 aren't all on this list. Silly!

No thanks.

Decent. Kind of dated though. Some tracks did have a groove to it which I dug. This would have been played in the clubs in the late 90/early 00s. But the album is too hit and miss.

House. Rollo.

Some interesting mixes.

Absolutely not

No thanks

This can't be real

Sounds like if Zimos from Saints Row made an album. Terrible.

dafuq

HL: "Rendez-Vu", "U Can't Stop Me", "Stop 4 Love".... maybe "Jump n Shout"? I guess it deserves props for making Daft Punk want to make better music after Homework (Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk proclaimed the album as "better than [theirs]." - Spin Magazine) Inventive and quirky, some of the instrumentals are grating as heck, watched a couple music videos for the singles only to have the strobe-light visuals overwhelm me further. Idk what the take away is, do I need to be on molly to wholeheartedly enjoy this? 2.5 July 11, 2023 (later)

Extremely danceable, some very cool sounds, if I liked house this would be a very hard hitter.

fun. intense. coming to Chicago. Am I interested?

This album has its pretty high-highs and its pretty low-lows (looking at you Same Old Show) but is overall a pretty alright project with some really good songs on there. You just kind of have to sift through something nothingness at times to get there.

I remember when this album had a moment in culture. Don’t think this was good tho

5/10. Didn't sound bad, but not very memorable.

Some of the worst vocals of any album we've had so far. Music was meh. 3/10

Fun house…

First half is very conventional big beat music, play it at the club, have a great time. But the back half gets more experimental and, to my ears, much more interesting. By the last few tracks they've abandoned any dance pretenses and dived right into experimental R&B sounds. It's worth the wait to get to lo-fi Prince-infused closer "Being With U" -- the sonic equivalent of brushing your teeth and flopping into bed as the sun comes up.

3a

Red Alert goes craaazy so I’m pretty sure the rest of the album did too

Disc 1 e hype o förtjänar en fyra.... disc 2 påverkades sannolikt av att ja va hurjja trött men whatever... låtarna blev ba mycket mindre shwag genast tbh

I must have my lists mixed up. This is clearly from "1001 albums that will bore you to death befeor you die for real." 1.5/5

Absolutely top tier dance. Great beats, well sequenced, and with remarkable sonic variety.

this was fucking shitty

I ought to like this, but I never had it at the time and am still not wowed, although always enjoyed them live

No. No, there's no need for this to be on the list. There's no need for this to BE, in fact. Useless, garbage, boots-and-cats noise. I'd like my hour back, please.

Meh. The start of this is OK. As background music. But it just gets so tiring and repetitive after a while. And then it all starts to get a bit silly about two-thirds of the way through. As if they got bored. Which I did. I like a bit of electronic stuff and can understand why other people might love this, but this sort of stuff is the reason I gave up on music in the 90s for a bit. It's just thin and vapid after a time. As an album, that's not a good thing. It's also just so long. Cut 20 minutes and I might have enjoyed it more. I'll not listen to this again, although it's not terrible enough for 1 star.

2.5

This was a good dance album, not a genre I usually listen to by choice, but I really enjoyed this one on first listen. It had less of an impact the second time I listened, though. Definitely made me want to head straight to the club (a place I haven't been in 4 years...). Best track: Red Alert Worst track: Being With U, Don’t Give Up, Jazzalude

Excelente!

Annoying

I mean its fine.It has some good moments.Like a 3.5.A four on a good day.But its a bad day so its a 3

An inventive, high-energy romp from a group I’ve enjoyed on the list before. This LP contains its fair share of annoying samples and overall repetitive tracks, but the songs which hit the groove do so in a way that more than makes up for the rough patches here and there.

its electric pop its ok

3/5

Driving, insistent, sweaty house goodness. Forgot this album existed. Thanks for the memories.

I've heard about Basement Jaxx but never listened to any songs. I didn't like this album. Red Alert was nice but the rest of the songs are very meh.

I went back and forth on this one. Sometimes there were some pretty cool grooves and other times I was just wondering what it was I was listening to. I imagine if I was into dancing this would be more enjoyable.

It wasn’t the best electronic album I’ve heard but it also wasn’t that bad. Always Be There, Red Alert and Bingo Bangs were pretty good. Stop 4 Love wasn’t bad it was decent. The introduction track was awful. Other than that, most of the tracks were kind of annoying. 2.5/5 Favourite tracks: Always Be There and Red Alert were definitely the better tracks of the album Least favourite tracks: from track 1 to track 4, absolute horrible.

Not impressed as every song was extremely repetitive imo and some of the sounds used were just straight up hard to listen to

Kinda cool. Inoffensive. I wasn't into it.

This isn't music I'd ever choose to listen to. The reason that it has scrambled to three stars - and is holding on to that status by a fingernail - is that it takes me back to a very definite time and place. Sneaking into clubs underage, to be greeted by sticky floors, a blue-black half-light that heightened the sense of transgression; and dance music just like this booming away. Hell, 'Bingo Bango' was likely being spun on a few occasions. If the nostalgia this provokes wasn't so deeply etched, I'd be trying hard to justify two stars. Competent dance that probably sounds great in a packed warehouse but cack in your kitchen.

Not. For. Me. At all.

Good fun groovy and danceable - not a masterpiece by any measure - but a good record nonetheless

I like this one. A little rap, a little funk, a whole lotta cool.

This started off quite well, I was surprised how much more I enjoyed it than I thought. Then it just lost its way and all merged into one. Quite a bit nostalgia in this, and I forgot how many big songs these had (mainly off other albums…). Decent for what it is but this isn’t really my cuppa tea

Very nostalgic, not a particular dance music fan but it was played on the radio a lot in my youth and I think the samba-y drums and actual use of riffs/hooks made it stand out to me at the time (along with chemical brothers, daft punk etc). The first half of the album stood up to the singles, though some of the songs dragged and I largely prefer the radio edits of the singles. Got a bit more ambient and started to grate towards the end. A 3.5ish I'd say but 3 seems most appropriate.

I quite enjoyed this, I think I was in the mood. Powered through some work with it on in the background. Loads of memories from University again, used it as "white noise" when writing reports and theses. Red Alert still pretty great.

Have not listened to a whole Basement Jaxx album before but this one opens with a banger. However, I'm not really into House music and apart from the three tracks below most of the album didn't do anything for me. Nearly a whole hour of this was quite tiring by the end. Highlights: Rendez-Vu Red Alert Bingo Bango

Wasn't feeling this. Not my thing. A couple of songs were kinda nostalgic as they were played a lot at uni but shan't be listening again. Totally forgettable

4/5

Entertaining party music, Basement Jaxx elevate EDM with soul, funk and Latin influences. Unpretentious and unashamedly upbeat.

Breakbeat is the Never growing up teenager who like Bacardi Breezer and smokes Menthols. It‘s ok for a certain time but… 2.4

A friend came to Canada in the decade after the fall of the Berlin wall. Like hundreds (probably thousands?) of Eastern European women in the 19-23 age range at that time, she was able to get a visa to work in the, shall we call it, exotic dancing profession. Apparently, there was a lot of Canadian demand and a lack of Canadian supply back then. I guess you could say that in the 1990s we were getting bombshells from Eastern Europe whereas these days we are sending bombshells to Eastern Europe.  I didn't meet her until after her exotic dancing days although I've seen pictures from then and they're fabulous. She and I were hanging out yesterday and I put on Basement Jaxx. When the first song started she said "Hey - I used to dance to this song at For Your Eyes Only". 

Basement Jaxx production has always sounded very cluttered and dense to me, to the point where there’s so much going on sometimes, it’s hard to feel the beat or the mood of the music. This impression was confirmed when I listened to this on the plane yesterday with engine noise, announcements etc. I was thinking a 2 or a 3. But I listened again while unpacking this morning and I have a greater appreciation for the quirky song-writing and constant nods to 70s funk. Rendezvous, YoYo, Jump & Shout and Bingo Bango are catchy. Red Alert is a good example of how a big hit (in the UK anyway) can also be an epic track. I’m disappointed with the Wiki write-up which credits only the two producers. There are in fact, a half-dozen vocalists plus a pianist and violinist who contribute some great solos.

This was repetitive, boring and left me cold. Yet another "WTF were the authors thinking when they added this album to the list"? I can think of many other dance oriented albums that should have been on the list instead of this.

More electronica. More of the same. More boredom. More- wait, what is happening on that album art?

Not for me, tough to listen to the whole way through.

It's the debut album. The jams are still jams, bingo bango, red alert, jump and shout. I found the rest of the album a bit mid though. Definitely not bad, but I didn't enjoy it as mush as I thought I would. Closer to a 4 than a 3, but whatevs

Waste of my time...

Skit

I've never hear of Basement Jaxx, and all of the music from Remedy was new to me. This music is not a typical genre for me to listen to. Most of the album was okay. "Don't Give Up" might be the track that sinks this album from being able to round up to three stars.

This was some sexy dance dance music.

Pretty great, sweaty, pounding music. Polished and a bit sleazy, which is an odd combination.

better than i expected but not really my bag

Not a fan.

Not my thing at all

Great album that I've been listening to for a long time

How do I rate an album which makes me think: "Hmmm, interesting"? I guess it's a 3.6/5 The music isn't very memorable, for sure the cover is. Favourite songs: Rendez-vu and Red Alert

I can hear how this influenced Steve Aoki, Guetta, Glitch Mob. This album was a banger. Saved Jump n' Shout, many notable tracks including Red Alert as another stand out. Guess it's a 5!

It is electronic music. One song was recognizable. It is better than a one. Not really a two. I will round up.

I'll take Red Alert and leave the rest, thanks. There's a reason we don't consume dance music in album form. Especially when it's this dated. If I was on enough drugs to make this hit right, I'd rather be listening to something more silky and fresh anyway.

I always thought of these guys as Daft Punk knockoffs, and this listen didn't change my opinion there. I mean, it's a relatively catchy listen, but it differs from their betters by lacking subtlety and depth.

annoying

This is a really good album with some unusual samples.

It's great for dancing. Songs are a little long for listening. Some are great, some not so much. They should have left off the last couple of songs. Over-all it's a feel good record. It's funkier than a lot of their contemporaries. Kind of a mixture of big beat and house music. More on the house music side, but not as synth based. More sampled. Favorite song: U can't stop me.

Cet album de house a eu un impact très négatif sur ma journée de samedi. À chaque fois que l'envie me prenait d'ouvrir le générateur en dehors de chez moi, je passai pour un gros dégueulasse pas gêné de regarder des photos pornos en public. Merci Robert. D'ailleurs Robert puisque c'est de toi que l'on parle, veux-tu bien arrêter de nous demander de l'argent pour financer ton générateur ? T'as pas assez de sous comme ça déjà mon salaud ? Robert ??

Aujourd'hui est un jour très spécial pour nous, car le générateur d'albums a atteint son 700ème album généré. Pour célébrer cette occasion, mon ami robbannière et moi nous sommes rendus chez Robert, le créateur du générateur, pour une soirée d'anniversaire en son honneur. Nous étions excités à l'idée de rejoindre la fête, mais à notre arrivée, nous avons été accueillis par une ambiance étrangement silencieuse et morose. Les couleurs vives et les ballons qui étaient là quelques jours auparavant avaient disparu, remplacés par un intérieur délabré et des canettes de bière écrasées qui traînaient sur le sol. Robert était assis sur le canapé, complètement défoncé après plusieurs jours de célébration. Il n'avait même pas remarqué notre arrivée. Nous avons demandé où étaient les autres invités, mais il n'y avait personne. Il s'est avéré que la soirée avait été animée et festive, avec la génération entre autres des albums de Nirvana et d'Elton John, mais elle était maintenant terminée. Nous avons décidé de célébrer la 700ème génération d'album en écoutant le dernier album généré, "Remedy" de Basement Jaxx. Cependant, la musique n'a fait que souligner l'atmosphère lugubre de la pièce. Nous étions tous déçus de voir que la soirée avait été gâchée, et que le dernier album généré n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes.

I remember when this came out. The album art was pretty controversial. Anyway, the music is weird house music. It's too random to be good. I agree with AV Club. It's not revolutionary. It's just meh.

Red Alert and Bingo Bango are fun party tracks, but generally this feels a bit generic and unexciting. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Red Alert Date listened: 12/02/23

Good fun, upbeat mostly interesting dance (funky house?). Just a couple of slower, repetitive or irritating songs.

If Funk and Techno had a baby that was adopted by The Lords of Acid, you'd get this album.

Cool industrial techno. Some nice beats in here. Red Alert is a favourite. Some stuff are a bit too alternative for me though.

Top Quality

I had to set aside my preconceptions about dance music to give it a go, and it was well worth the chance. It has the same kind of experimental sampling I'm drawn towards in concrete music and lowercase, just high energy. Favourite track was Don't Give Up because of the intensity. Rated 3/5 overall because I enjoyed the album, but probably won't actively seek it out again.

Album wasn't bad, just not anything that stood out from other 90s electronic music

90s electronica

Not for me

House. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

House. Rollo

Yo Yo Yo YoYoYoYo Bumtsbumtsbumts. Werd. Repetitive house music isn't my thing but as a 90's kid, the Basement Jaxx were kind of hard to ignore. They were on a lot of the soundtrack of my youth. Though I didn't listen to this specific record, I never liked or disliked them. Listening to this now, it fine. I see it's appeal. But listening to it on a Saturday morning while drinking coffee and playing a game on my cell phone is not exactly the intended venue for this sort of thing. I will say, it gave my sub a workout.

DANCE

This list provides me with so much great music that I really treasure, and sometimes it provides me with stuff that I don't really care for, but I can see the significance of the album. And then sometimes it provides me with stuff like this, where I have no earthly idea why I'm supposed to give a crap about this album. Sure, it's a fine album if you want to have some drinks and dance at the club, but I have no idea how to evaluate this seriously as an album. It's not technological mastery, it's not innovative musical structure, it's certainly not interesting lyrically, so why am I supposed to care? I'm not, and I don't 2/5

The beats on this are unbelievable. Some of them hit me real hard, and some of them are just so creative, energetic, or out of the left field. Red Alert is an especially great track!

PREFS : Rendez-Vu, Jump'n'Shout, Bingo Bango, Stop 4 Love MOINS PREF : Don't Give Up

Unexceptional, didn't engage me at all.

It was pretty ground breaking back in the day, but now just sounds repetitive and lacking imagination. Couple of bangers, but a massive amount of dreck

Not my jam, but not bad

Oh boy, this ain't my cup of tea at all. Not much that impresses me on here, but most house doesn't really grab me. I notice their musicality and craftiness, but it just doesn't connect. The only songs I did like were Rendez-Vu & the catchy Red Alert, but unfortunately, that is the only good I've to say for this record. Key tracks: Rendez-Vu, Red Alert, 3 out of 10

Great to hear this on again!!!

Well, EDM and the like is not my favorite. I didn't really mind this, and would have given it 3 stars, except it became very repetitive, so I'm giving it two.

Electronic dance, not my thing.

Maybe if I was coked up, dancing to this album in a Amsterdam nightclub on New Years Eve 1999, I would’ve enjoyed it more, but I am stone cold soberly not enjoying myself. Found it annoying and a chore to get through. 2/5

A few great moments buried in awful 90s rave music

I usually enjoy electronic music but there are too many high pitched squeaky noises for me to make it through many of the tracks

As someone who is generally hasn't gravitated to house & trance genres, I semi enjoyed this. It's worth a listen or few. I'd give it a 3.5

7/10 pretty fun electronic album

Wow, I felt like I was back in Juarez at The Alive

Time capsule. Cool but not really my thing.

Some of these songs are very weird and some of them are very fun. This could be a very cool electronic album if it was a bit more consistent.

This is a weird one. If you would ask me few days ago if I'm Basement Jaxx fan, I would reply "Of course!". But after listening with special care to "Remedy", I am not so sure anymore. All the songs that I like, especially "Where's your Head at?", are from different albums, and this one actually doesn't have that much hits or outstanding tracks. The best song in my opinion is not really well known "Don't Give Up", which isn't that obvious electronic-disco track we identify with Basement Jaxx. Singles aren't really attractive and lack the "headbanging" element to it. But maybe that's just my twisted vision of those type of bands. I think I will break my own rules and give a rating to the band, not to the album (as I don't think any other record will be on this list). 3 stars for "Remedy", 5 for Basement Jaxx, so 4 in total today.

After almost 25 years, still a nice album: very accessible ..but also very throw-away-able and replaceable by many other solid dance albums, so despite its success when it was released I am not sure if it belongs to the list.

Not so easy to get through this, even if Red Alert is a catchy tune.

Never been a huge fan

Memories.

beurk

This... is the complete opposite of anything I would typically listen to and yet I was blown away by every second of this album. So raw, so versatile, yet so clean. Exactly what I was aiming for by doing this 1001 Albums thing - to broaden my horizons and this album here did it.

I liked a lot of individual songs, but as an album it didn’t seem to flow as all the songs had very different vibes

A bit too annoying to be 3 stars

Not really my thing but it’s good

I remember Red Alert playing on KROC in Rochester when I was about 12, and because of that, I thought I would cringe listening to this album. However, it grooves pretty damn hard. I was tired of it by the end, but the first half really had me going.

I can go for a fair amount of EDM but I found this album to be grating and obnoxious. There always seems to be at least one repetitive element in each song that is placed there simply to be so annoying that when they remove it, you get this rush of relief. And the way some things are processed is so over the top it throws off the balance of the mix completely. Absolutely fatiguing. I'd honestly prefer to listen to the more "linear, close minded, shiny, robotic, superficial" electronic music they disparaged in interviews than have to sit through this high contrast carnival ride again.

It's okay... but not that great to listen to at home. Club? Maybe.

Solid late 90s UK house. Not really a genre I listen to often but would throw it on again late night.

ugh, yet MORE 90s UK techno. I didn't like these guys then, don't like em now. 2/5.

This album is the remedy to boring music.

Pretty ok album but nothing too crazy 2.5 / 5

Okkkk, this à very particular electronic album.... Loved the begning tracks and was really feeling it... Good ideas and tryouts that turned really great imo. It continued with less success.. The touch was usually not there and some songs even boring or meh to listen.... Definitely worth a listen to get some songs in Playlist but as a whole it is not perfect a all. Small 3/5 for the headbands that started the album!!

Repetitive and annoying, after a while. Most of the songs overstayed their welcome. And things like "Jazzalude..." wth was THAT about? Electronica really has to grab me, there has to be some intensity, and I felt my mind wandering in the first or second song. I was not impressed by this stuff at all. Next.

Basement Jaxx you say? Interesting! Oh, no Where's Your Head At on this album? It's just not the same. I enjoyed some stuff (Rendez-Vu, U Can't Stop Me, Red Alert). Other stuff was ok at times but got annoying (Yo Yo, Always Be There). After Sneakalude I found it a bit monotonous and boring. I didn't hate it, so I guess a 3? A weak one.

Not my vibe, kinda trappy

Tot mijn verbazing herkende ik meer dan ik dacht en was het een prima plaatje om wat achterstallig werk bij te doen.

Goed te pruimen.

Leuk om weer eens te horen!

It’s… not bad. Unfortunately not interesting or compelling at all.

This is ok. Definitely a little strange, but better than I would have thought, considering the genre.

Almost every song had the same beat. Pretty wild we’ve gotten so many late 90’s electronic albums on here because they all sound so similar which should disqualify them from this list

Damn, two electronic/dance albums from 1999 in a row, very unusual for this list. These guys (or this guy? no idea) seem more experimental than Darkdancer, some stuff is more sparse and some wider genre territory is invaded. Not as many immediate hits to me as the previous but some heat for sure. The lyrics on "Yo Yo" had me speechless, what apparently is "You were a prophet from above, then you came and sucked my blood" I heard as "then you came inside my butt." Wacky either way. I like this one. Favorite tracks: Yo Yo, Red Alert, Bingo Bango, Don't Give Up. Album art: I've definitely seen this one before, a bunch of bodies laying on each other. Pretty saucy stuff, but definitely makes for a cool image. 3.5/5

Pacing is perfect in each song and the album. Not even my favourite basement jaxx album, but still pretty great

its like British house I guess kinda okay with small lows and highs

It made me dance

Unfortunately, no matter how much human flesh is stuffed in the cover art, the music stays as robotic as it is.

Only know the obvious tracks on this.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Rendez vu, Yo yo, U can’t stop me, Bingo bango

The album has one truly great song in Red Alert. The rest is mediocre. The album cover always reminds me of a jar of hotdog sausages.

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Really just didn't get it. It's a little below a 2 but not quite a 1.

Meh

i'm sure people on X love this, but, um, outside of the club (and possibly inside it as well), house music is borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring (also LOL at this clown talking about how "robotic" EDM is and then making a super robotic album)

Not for me

What a way to start a vacation weekend

Sounds a bit like 100 gecs, but it doesn't really convince me. I don't find the synthetic sounds very pleasant to listen to, and the music isn't particularly interesting structurally either.

No thanks....not a fan of electronica

Was OK, not my favorite I was only familiar with the last song on the album.

I only listened to half. It was decent.

I always enjoy it when this project serves up a solid offering from genres and styles from lanes outside my usual music path. This has some sweet grooves and interesting harmonies. Kept me engaged. Nicely done.

I thought I might like it during the first song, but it was only downhill from there for me.

I like it!

I love experimenting in songs but it just felt random and wasnt telling a story to me.didnt work for me

Once again hard to rate this dance albums sitting on my ass in front of a computer. It's ok. It's sounds more dated than then it is.

Yet again, not a great listening record, should be experienced in the right setting (club/house party). That said, a few tracks were good to just listen to and work with in the background: ex. Always be There, Jazzalude.

An ok dance album. I wasn't expecting a Selector sample. Red Alert held up pretty well.

It's fine electronic/dance music. It gets repetitive, but I think that just goes with the genre. Didn't hate it.

did not like

House. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Dance electronic music a la Daft Punk. I only knew BJ from "Where's Your Head At?" but this album was really enjoyable from front to back. Added a couple songs to spotify

Not my thing. Too repetitive. Dragged quite a bit.

I have enjoyed most of the 90s electronic albums on this list so far. Not so much for this one.

Have to give this album a lot of credit for trying to shake up the genre and rid it of its “close-minded” tropes. In this regard, the album is at least partially successful, although it does contain a lot of nondescript dance tracks. My personal highlight was “Always Be There”, and I’ll definitely be going back for a third or fourth listen.

Chill vibes, cool songs. I like it. Idk house I guess?

Dance beats. There's a time and a place for this album, late night clubbing.

This felt like watching adult swim as a 7 year old. I listened to a lot of it a second time, and it grew even more on me. This album borders on a 5. Best songs: Red Alert, Yo-Yo, Worst Songs: Same Old Show

It's got catchy beats for electronic music, but I guess that's the point. Would I listen to it again, probably not often. Was it thrilling to listen to this one time? Not really. But I think it was well done.

Really fun adventurous electronic album. Though the interludes don't add much and there are some autopilot tracks, when they turn it on, it's lit. Bingo Bango and Rendez-Vu are super strong.

Unerträglich. Braucht keiner.

not a fan, none of the songs appealed to me. it wasn’t horrible, but it was definitely not good.

Reminds me of being 17, but not in a good way - just sounds like everything I had to tolerate on the radio. Could easily be Fatboy Slim or Moby, or any of the other cash-in copyists that followed.

There is no such thing as good house music, but if there was..... This would still be bad house music.

It’s a good record, but it’s just not for me.

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Who doesn't like a repetitive beat? Pills baby!

6th July 2022 Listened while travelling in and finished in the office. Went for post work beers then met Cox after. Love a bit of basement jaxx, they have such a unique sound which you could call a mile off.

No joo kai tätä pidetään house-klassikkona, mutta on tää vähän hektinen mulle. Sais olla enemmän daft punkin suuntaan. Red alert on ihan tiukka bängeri kaikkine funkkikikkoineen, mutta muutoin vähän turha. Ostin joskus vinskalla kirpparilta hyllyyn ja taitaapi olla ihan hinnoissa, mut ei tää kyl jatkoon mee 2/5

Tavallaan tosi lörs, mutta sit taas jotenkin toimii. Melodiat on kivoja, ehkä joku tyylikkyys ja hienovaraisuus uupuu. Vaikea arvioida, ehkä sit 3/5.

Ihan kiinnostavaa teknoa (?) ei silti ihan yllä neloseen.

That's some club electro stuff. Not my jam, but I see the fun allure.

Not my stuff but I'm sure it was good for someone else. Still better than lorde

A bit repetitive, but man this reminds me of going to the dance clubs in college. You can make a pretty good 12 song playlist of Basement Jaxx songs

I’m just not into this style of music.

J'ai passé un très mauvais moment.

du bon et du mauvais, une bonne leçon de vie finalement

Nice. I'd only heard most of these songs as remixes from much later. Easy listening house you love to see it.

beurk

not as bad as I would have imagined, but it went downhill in the second half

Pretty dated music, not exactly crazy about it. Typical late 90s electronica. 6/10.

If I wanted to hear a group namecheck themselves on a record, I'd listen to DJ Kahlid. This album started off on the wrong foot and got worse from there. Okay, after a thorough listen, this album warmed up on me. 1999 seems a little late in the 90s techno for an album that sounds like this to emerge. But it's better than I expected. Is it a must-listen? Maybe. Is it iconic? No, but I'll say this is the first album after some 230 assignments that forced me to reverse my decision. 3.5/5.

I don't even know what genre this album would be. These songs don't have have any distinctive qualities, good or bad. One step above elevator music.

This is not for me.

Just not my vibe on the whole, sorry guys. Red Alert and Bingo Bango were absolute bangers though (and I enjoyed the Jazzalude)! The last song was also nice, but I didn't care for the rest at all

Very interesting house album. Plenty of great tracks that sound slightly ahead of their time, but also a few tracks that fall a bit short. Fun listen though.

Background music. This kind of album is always hard to review because you're not supposed to be listening to it from the comfort of your home with breakfast in hand. I hated the song with the random moaning woman. What an annoying sample.

Not my thing, but I get why people like it.

Cool

I don't normally listen to stuff like this, so I don't really know what makes this special. I did enjoy some moments on here, though. In a different mood or environment this may be better to listen to.

I bought this when it came out, at the time house music seemed adventurous and mysterious, but Basement Jaxx gave it a geekier and more accessible edge. I think because Felix wears glasses. There are some duff tracks, but there's just enough intelligence and sophistication here to elevate it above the standard Ibiza floor fillers.

90s electronic/dance music. Nooope

It's perfectly decent house music with its driving four on the floor beat. I'm much more apt to like French house, but this album is fine. I'm sure it's great for dancing but I didn't find anything here that really stood out to me. Some of its sounds are dated which is to be expected.

oh wow! this was completely new to me, and dang it was pretty good. definitely an album to dance to. some of these sounds were just so good! i could, however, see how some of these could get rather repetitive. still a cool listen.

In a bit of research, I learned that this album was the result of Basement Jaxx being displeased with the state of dance/electronic/house music, and this album was intended to redefine the genre. I'm guessing they didn't accomplish their goal, because I fail to hear what is so genre-defying on this album. Most of the tracks seem thematically scattered and musically unpolished, like we are hearing an album full of demos. It wasn't a great listen, but it was tolerable. Honestly, I would not even find most of this music to be very danceable. The experiment to redefine the electronic space kind of fell flat and remained just that: an experiment.

I do like some of the tracks, although it can be a bit hit and miss. I used to listen to the 'best of' album from the band, I think perhaps that suits them more. Seems like more of a singles band than a full album band

Great English house album. Twisty, funky, energetic. This was pretty fun. Fave Soungs: Red Alert, Rendez-Vu, Jump n' Shout, Rendez-Vu

Fuck yeah, this was cool. One of my favorite parts of doing this list has been discovering these sample-heavy records

Je connaissais le nom du groupe, mais je n'avais encore jamais rien écouté d'eux. C'est pas mon genre de musique habituellement, mais il y a une bonne groove. Ce n'est pas trop répétitif, du moins pour les 7 premières pièces. J'aime bien.

Not memorable Cover art 4/5

Average electronica album

Electrónica. No está mal. A veces repetitivo pero alguna melodía interesante.

El inicio me gustó, movido sin ser atascado. La variedad de sonidos que usa es grande y el uso diálogos me parece queda bien también. Poco a poco se va tornando más raro, usa ahora sonidos menos agradables o bien francamente molestos. Supongo que por ahí radica la genialidad de este disco aunque no la pude encontrar. 2.5 que bajo a dos porque no creo volver a escuchar este disco.

Tiene el sonido perfecto para lo que es: dance de finales de los 90 o principios de los 2000. A menos de media canción me sentí transportó a alguna horrible tardeada de mi pubertad. Me queda claro que la intención de esto no es escucharlo sentado trabajando, sino que es material para ser usado en sets en vivo, mezclado con más cosas. De ahí que alcance la segunda estrella. Pero la neta, no me gustó.

Ktebt 5 Saf7at Fy 3l Bouheli Mte3 Dostoevsky. Still Waiting For Calls.

Is it weird to say this record feels... sloppy? The first few tracks are painful, with difficult grooves and a kind of maximalist approach where everything and the kitchen sink got thrown it. The middle of the record gets good, but the ending tracks fall to the same issues. I can hear the influence this record had on UK Garage and even Dubstep (both the Skirllex and Burial kind), but overall I'm just unsatisfied. Favorite tracks: "Bingo Bango", "Red Alert"

Juro que tento na música eletrônica mas não consigo gostar

It was pretty good for dance music.

It's clever and catchy. But it's house. I didn't like dance music from my generation (disco), so I'm even less enamoured with EDM.

Aikalailla geneerisen oloista ysärijytkettä, ei oikein napostellut, mutta ei toisaalta ihan ehkä pahinta kuraa. Selviää rimaa hipoen kakkosella.

its like experimental electronic music which means while maybe at some points interesting makes for not as pleasant listening experience. and at many points the album and songs are not really coherent.

Awful

Las canciones de este disco son jaulas en las que se aprietan un montón de sonidos distintos para ver si se pelean entre sí o se llevan bien. En la mayoría de ellas hay que limpiar la sangre pero en algunas parece que la mezcla funciona. Estoy hablando de “Bingo Bango”, “Stop 4 Love”, “Don’t Give Up” y la mítica “Red Alert”, tantas veces puesta en la MTV en nuestra adolescencia. El resto consiste en repetir sonidos continuamente y se hace tedioso; en el caso de “Same Old Show”, hasta incómodo, ya que son seis minutos de un gemido femenino en un intento fallido de emular el “Love To Love You Baby” de Donna Summer. Es peor este Remedy que la enfermedad.

good electronica sound!

EDM pre-dating 2010/2011-ish, which was when I first became aware of any of that. This one made for, like, decent focusing music for me, but wasn’t particularly memorable

not for me

Banger

This is alright!! I suppose 😀

With my only real experience with house music (and EDM in general) being Daft Punk, this album had an uphill battle in order for me to like it. It's no match for Discovery (what is?), but this is a very solid collection of beats that stays interesting throughout and keeps the head bobbing and the body moving. The repetition does start to wear thin towards the end, but that doesn't drag the album down a whole lot. Favorite Tracks: "Rendez-Vu", "Yo Yo", "Jump 'n Shout", "Red Alert", "Being With U"

Started poorly, had a few good bit in between but the ending was not great. Averaged itself out.

Genre: Funky House 3/5 Basement Jaxx’s first album is everything you’d expect from one of their albums. A few absolute bangers (Red Alert, Bingo Bango) and some big-time misses (Yo Yo, Same Old Show), Remedy represents the techno movement going on at the time, and its failings and triumphs. The Chicago and French influences on this album are not lost, especially on songs like Rendez-Vu and Always Be There, and guide Basement Jaxx to the right place most of the time. However, too many interludes, and a little too much filler, make this one good, but unimpressive.

Well, it's some electronic dance music. I guess that for what it is, it's pretty good. I liked the various musical influences and found some of the tracks enjoyable for background music. That's miles and miles ahead of how much I like most other dance music, so I'm giving this 3 stars.

Uno de las mejores cosas que he escuchado so far aquí. Para ser del 99 suena al 2022. Glorioso. Un montón de tracks tienen autotune, suena muy actual está bien loco.

Pretty chill electronic album.

would rave again

not being a fan of electric music, it was hard for me to get into.

Decent. A few really innovative bangers that are really fun, but much of the rest of the album falls a little flat. Nothing really stands out too much for a lot of the songs, but they also aren’t bad by any means. 5/10

This is the debut album from duo Basement Jaxx, and it was well received critically. This house music album challenged the edm scene at the time by trying different elements in their songs, to break out of the established linear and robotic edm music of the 90's. As a classic house music album, there will be a couple songs for each and everyone to like, but not everyone shares the same tastes for dance music so not all of the songs will be winners. This album may have been overhyped at release, but its music still holds up today as classic house. I enjoyed listening to this album since I would say edm is my favorite genre, and this may be the first house album I've encountered on this list.

not aging well.

I have gotten to listen to a good variety of electronic dance music so far on this project. Because this genre is by nature repetitive, it can veer to tedious and boring. I didn't feel that with this album. I love the little interludes, especially "Jazzalude," and I like the variety of sounds that each track has while still feeling cohesive to the whole album.

First that I have heard of Basement Jaxx. I enjoyed this album! Excellent house dance music for my ears and mood today! I had my first listen last night and I liked it, but didn't love it. Today I listened again and loved it! The tracks kept me dancing and wanting more! Red Alert!!

I had a great time dancing for the first half-hour or so and then I was tired and ready to lie down. Terrific fun ... for a while.

Great dance music album. I was familiar with a few of the songs on this album already and liked them. My favorite songs: “Rendez-Vu” - great dance track “Jump n’ Shout” - nice variety, with its super fast lyrics “U Can’t Stop Me” - great vocal performance “Red Alert” - I remember this song well, felt like 20 years ago back on the dance floor “Always Be There” - the off-kilter beats and smooth sound give more nice variety to the album “Same Old Show” - fun samples, I’m a sucker for the moan “Bingo Bango” - great Brazilian-feeling dance tune - perhaps my favorite on the album This is a fun listen. Enjoyed it a lot!

I guess this had some elements of interest that rise above the median of its genre, but like most the dance/electronica it just didn't grab me that strongly and quickly turned into background noise.

This is music for the club and I can see why it would be enjoyable there. Outside of that however it is not really enjoyable.

Good soundtrack to a Lime scooter into the valley on a Thursday

I haven't been too thrilled about this one. Progressive house from the late 1990s is far outside my wheelhouse and I've never heard many albums in this style, so it will take a lot of getting used to (and I'm not there yet). I'm struggling to distinguish all the tracks after three listens. That said, it probably didn't help that the first time I heard it was while staying with my parents, punctuated by my mum sweeping in and out and lamenting the noise I'm listening to nowadays. Not too surprisingly, the tracks bearing most of a semblance to songs were the ones that stuck with me- these were generally the singles. "Red Alert" and "Bingo Bango" offer strong hooks, memorable vocals and distinctive sampling- if more of the album had been in this vein, I might have enjoyed it more. Instead there were waves of repetitive four-to-the-floor ("Yo-Yo", "Same Old Show") and a few more daring sonic experiments that seemed like they were designed to show off production technique rather than to inspire a listener to move, or to actually feel something ("Always Be There", "Don't Give Up"). Stretch these two characteristics out over 57 minutes and 12 songs and the overall effect was an album washing over me, moving around me rather than through me. As well as the two highlights mentioned above, I'd also single out the interesting use of acoustic guitar sampling in "Rendez-Vu", along with the smooth melody in "Being With U". I also enjoyed the Latin-influenced percussion in places, brightening up the mellow "Stop 4 Love" and more obviously in "Bingo Bango". Barring that, I really don't think I'll be coming back to this one to listen to without jumping around in a club. I appreciate that if this style of music in general was my bag, I might recognise how it pioneered a movement, everything it influenced, how ahead of its time it may be. But in my very limited view of the genre, "Remedy" does nothing to suggest it's reinventing the wheel or presenting a radical step forward in dance music.

Asskolli hresst. Hélt mér á róðrarvélinni í tæpan klukkutíma!

4/10

groovy and funky pop goodness.

I’m honestly getting sick of the weird amount of electronica albums I’ve gotten recently. As I listen to each of these, I’ve come to realize why daft punk and fatboy slim have lasted into the 21st century while all of the artists like this one are relics of the 90s at this point. Not as bad as the last album though. Fav song: red alert

Not my style