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On 2005's DYNAMITE, Jamiroquai mastermind/vocalist Jay Kay stays deep in a funk/disco groove. While most of the album consists of up-tempo dance-floor-ready tunes, most notably the "Night Fever"-like title track and the bass-driven "Starchild," there are detours into mellower territory, particularly the slow jam "Talulah" and the string-laden "World That He Wants." Kay also takes time to contemplate his favorite subject--expensive automobiles--on the uncharacteristically rocked-out "Black Devil Car." While the British group doesn't cover much new ground here, DYNAMITE's immediate appeal proves that innovation isn't necessarily a key part of the Jamiroquai sound. Kay and company simply want to provide a fun, funky time, and that's exactly what listeners will get.
Audio Mixer: Mike Spencer.
Photographer: Charlie Lightening.
Personnel: J.K. (vocals); Mike Spencer (programming); Miaer "DJ Snare" Lloyd (scratches, turntables); Samantha Smith, Hazel Fernandez, Alexandra Brown, Bridgette Bryant Blades, Audrey Martells, Valerie Etienne (background vocals); Rob Harris (guitar); Benjamin Wright (strings); Nathan Haines (flute, saxophone); Matt Johnson (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, bass synthesizer); Derrick McKenzie (drums, hi-hat); Solá Akingbolá (percussion); Vann Johnson (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Alex Meadows, Randy Hope-Taylor, Derrick McIntyre (electric bass).
Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Jay Kay returns with another blast of super-slick soul..."
Vibe (p.150) - "[T]he space cowboys return with a vengeance, sounding funky as ever." Dynamite Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Pop, Alternative, Soul/R&B, Dance, Enhanced CD | | Label | Epic | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  44207  | | CD Universe Part number | 6948123 | | Catalog number | 97716 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 20, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Mike Spencer; Mike Spencer; JK | | Engineer | Mike Spencer; Nick Ferrero; Ricky Pope; Reggie Dozier; Pablo Arraya; Richard Bignell | | Personnel | Alexandria Brown
Matt Johnson - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, bass synthesizer
Benjamin Wright - strings
Vann Johnson - background vocals
Audrey Martells
J.K. - vocals
Nathan Haines - flute, saxophone
Samantha Smith
Rob Harris - guitar
Derrick McKenzie - drums, hi-hat
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Jamiroquai Dynamite Songs Dynamite Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Dynamite-Jamiroquai Gone Off Course
I've been a serious Jamiroquai fan for some time now and have all their albums and even met Jay Kay once :P Okay, well, not to be negative, but Dynamite, compared to their other albums is quite simply disappointing as they've completely lost their way in terms of their sound. Once an Acid Jazz band, they now sound like a tacky electro band! Their former albums were something else-The Return Of The Space Cowboy is my favourite, packed with timelss funky grooves, with your horns and heavy bass, and Travelling Without Moving was equally amazing. Synkronized, where original bassist Stuart Zender was replaced by Nick Fyfe was also spectacular, with that original Jamiroquai funky sound, but their 5th album, A Funk Odyssey took a twist, laying off the horns and bass and introducing some electo sounding tunes. Dynamite which followed, only emphasised and confirmed this change in sound which was a hige blow for us fans of the original stuff. You'd never guess'Feels Just Like It Should' was a Jamiroquai song without JK's vocals. It's just trashy electro, as are most of the tracks on the album- 'Electric Mistress' is fittingly named lol, 'Love Blind', 'Hate A Chance' and 'Black Devil Car' I could only categorize as 'dirty electro pop' far from Jamiroquai's trademark sound of jazz/funk/fusion...what happened?? However, in the midst of all this evolution, the 3 tracks 'Dynamite', 'Starchild' and 'Time Won't Wait' remain true to their original sound, but cannot be compared to their former tracks. 'Seven Days In Sunny June' is a bit different, but is beautiful. In total, if you're buying this, don't expect it to be like Jamiroquai's former groovy albums-and if you're a fan of those, you might not be that impressed with this minor effort. I personally think this is their worst album, and was very disappointed. An electro/pop, more mainstream album, the old licks are sadly a thing of the past! I should hope their next album would be a return to form!
Submitted by Avalon (London)
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Jamiroquai came back strong with this CD. Almost every song is great, with Black Devil Car being the best. I wish they would back off on the the disco sound they've been doing for the past few years, but Dynamite does have a better blend of music than A Funk Odyssey. I can't wait for them to come to Denver in November for their concert!
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With BIRTH OF THE COOL, Miles Davis distilled a new tonal palette for jazz. As early as 1954, Miles reacted to the escalating chordal complexity of hard bop by fashioning an evocative blues based on a simple scalar pattern ("Swing Spring"). KIND OF BLUE was the ultimate fulfillment of this approach, with Miles providing his collaborators little more than outlines for melodies and simple scales for improvisation. By emphasizing the blues and the improvisor's melodic gifts, KIND OF BLUE precipitated a major stylistic development--modal jazz.
Charles Mingus had experimented with pedal points throughout the 1950s, and the melodic freedom of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides was also predicated on freedom from chord changes. But KIND OF BLUE was to prove the most influential, enduring work of its kind. There was just such a vibe about these 1959 sessions--Miles' lyric genius and burgeoning stardom, the innovative voicings and rarefied touch of pianist Bill Evans, the electrifying presence of Coltrane and Cannonball--that some thirty-plus years after its initial release, ...
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Jamiroquai's debut brings together a utopian worldview, funky '70s R&B influences and the liberated sensibility of England's burgeoning acid-jazz movement. The band, led by singer Jason "Jay" Kay, rides a funky groove while spreading a message of peace, love and environmental conscientiousness. The results of this meeting of heart and head range from Brazilian-flavored instrumentals like "Music Of The Mind" to to songs like "If I Like It, I Do It," on which yesterday's jazzy soul is spun around on today's hip-hoppy turntables.
Jamiroquai also flexes its improvisational muscle on two songs that clock in at over eight minutes. On "Blow Your Mind," Kay scats like George Benson, and the band captures the funky flow of "Summer Madness"-era Kool & The Gang. "Revolution 1993" is a 10-minute vamp on self-determination, featuring an Afro-Caribbean rhythm, Herbie Mann-inspired flute, a raging Moog synthesizer and the darting strings ...
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Following up a debut, EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH, that bubbled over with soul, funk and outrageous acid-jazz rhythms, RETURN OF THE SPACE COWBOY brings the tempo down a notch, without losing any of its funky musical edge (or any of its idealistic lyrical flow). Singer Jason "Jay" Kay's vocals maintain the smooth manner of Stevie Wonder and Al Green, as demonstrated on "Stillness In Time," which evokes the Brazilian grooves of Antonio Carlos Jobim, and on the quiet-storm-like ...
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Track 13, "Do You Know Where You're Coming From," is listed on the album packaging only as "Bonus Track."
Additional personnel includes: Simon Hale (conductor, arranger); M-Beat (arranger).
TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "Virtual Insanity" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Hailing from the same neo-R&B scene that spawned Soul II Soul and Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai continues to filter 1970s soul through a sieve of '90s acid jazz on its third album. Sounding remarkably like Stevie Wonder, singer Jason Kay's airy vocals float over fat bass lines, ...
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On their fourth record, Jamiroquai continue their quest to drag dance music into the new millennium with a sound that fuses influences from the past with an international spin. This time around, Jamiroquai uses the string-heavy Gamble & Huff arrangements of classic '70s Philly soul as its musical touchstone. Songs such as "Canned Heat" and "Butterfly" establish a mood that moves ...
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The indifferent welcome accorded 1999's SYNCHRONIZED may have thrown British funk outfit Jamiroquai off following the smashing success of 1997'S TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING, but the British funk outfit rebounded nicely with 2001's introspective and invigorating A FUNK ODYSSEY. Frontman Jay Kay continues to sound like Stevie Wonder's long-lost son as he mixes in the bossa nova-influenced "Picture Of My Life" with ...
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Nothing on Africa to America tops the shining moments -- "Optimistic" and "Testify" -- on Sounds of Blackness' debut, Evolution of Gospel. However, all things considered, Africa to America is probably the better album. And if it's not the better album, it's surely the more consistent of the two. Where Jimmy Jam's and Terry Lewis' efforts were somewhat limited on Evolution of Gospel, with the exception of the album's highlights, the producers devoted themselves to this 1994 follow-up, producing not just a few great songs but rather numerous great songs: "I Believe," "I'm Going All the Way," "Black Butterfly," "Everything Is Going to Be Alright," and "The Harder They Are, the Bigger They Fall," in particular. And while these songs don't depart too far from the potent new jack swing-meets-gospel sound of "Optimistic," that's a good thing -- Jam and Lewis were on top of their game at the time and brought no shortage of their trademark dense percussive rhythms to Africa to America. So, even if the production sounds a little calculated and perhaps even outdated for its time, it made for some amazing songs. It wasn't until subsequent albums that it became evident just how integral Jam and Lewis were to Sounds of Blackness' success. Along with Evolution of Gospel, Africa to America remains the group's pinnacle. With Jam and Lewis, Sounds of Blackness sounded fresh and relevant; without the duo, they sounded like any other gospel group. ~ Jason Birchmeier
Recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, Minnesota.
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Here We Go Again. Back from The World China Tour, following their meteoric rise to worldwide prominence on the world's largest internet music subscriber system — with more than one million song plays and a dozen Worldwide Number One Hits on internet charts from their first two albums — The Front Porch Country Band is back and at it again. Here’s their creative explosion of 14 hot new recordings featuring their own brand of Original American Country. You’re on a musical odyssey stretching across North America, "...like the thunder of a runaway freight train barrelin' down Main Street at midnight...combined with the freshness of a front porch swing swayin' gently in the cool country breeze after a soft summer rain."Every track commands close attention. "It’s been a labor of love," says the band, "about places we've been, or still want to get to.” All performed with their trademark energy and emotion, showcasing their soaring 6-part harmonies and the dazzling play of one of America's greatest guitar bands. You’ve hitched a ride from the northern Canadian border to the southern Mississippi delta, from the sun-drenched western Pacific ...
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