Jamiroquai - High Times: Singles 1992-2006
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Artist: JamiroquaiEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
Published: 2006-11-03
CD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Music Label: Sony
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- Jamiroquai - High Times: Singles 1992-2006
- When You Gonna Learn
- Too Young To Die
- Blow Your Mind
- Emergency On Planet Earth
- Space Cowboy
- Virtual Insanity
- Cosmic Girl
- Alright
- High Times
- Deeper Underground
- Canned Heat
- Little L
- Love Foolosophy
- Corner Of The Earth
- Feels Just Like It Should
- Seven Days In Sunny June
- (Don't) Give Hate A Chance
- Runaway
- Radio
Music reviews of High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Music Review: The best of the English acid jazz band
Rating: 5 Stars
The greatest hits collection of Jamiroquai is an essential, must-have collection of the best of the hippest funk/jazz band of the 90s.
Every song that made Jamiroquai cool in the early 90s is here for people's listening enjoyment. Its coolest songs from its first album, "Emergency on Planet Earth," appropriately kick the album to a fresh start. Hits such as "Too Young to Die" sound so funky that anyone will want to dance to them. However, the hottest track in this period was the title track, "Emergency on Planet Earth." Everything, from Stuart Zender's riff-laden bass guitar, to the disco drums of Nick Van Gelder, sounds like a saucy Stevie Wonder track if it collided with the hard-hitting staccato drums of a Michael Jackson song.
Probably the spotlight of "High Times: Singles," however, is the music video version of the song "Space Cowboy," first debuted on their second album, "The Return of the Space Cowboy." This is easily considered the zaniest version of the song, with some radical breaks in which Stuart Zender bust out a crazy bass riff and drummer Gelder rips up the track infectious break-beats. Among other things, Kay's vocals sound much more crystal-clear and exciting than the original "Return of the Space Cowboy" version.
Unfortunately, this greatest hits albums leaves out many of the other countless hits from "The Return of the Space Cowboy." Listeners will throw a tantrum over the exclusion of one of their best songs, "Light Years." Worse still, the greatest hits collection chops out all the cool solo parts in "Virtual Insanity" and "High Times." Fans will especially miss the killer guitar solo and keyboard solo in "High Times."
Thankfully, the record makes up for its flaws by including possibly their greatest single of all time, "Deeper Underground." This single was only found on the "Godzilla" motion picture soundtrack, but it became a big hit, exploding on the pop radio waves. Although it didn't have as big an impact as Rage Against the Machine's single from the same album, it was definitely the one of Jamiroquai's best.
Also, "High Times" does a good job in weeding out the best songs from the band's fourth, fifth and sixth albums. This period is considered by some as a low period in the band's career. Sadly, drummer Gelder left the band due to issues with Jay Kay. The awesome didgeridoo player, Wallis Buchanan, also left the group. Thankfully, their vibe remained unshaken, with probably their most memorable hit, "Canned Heat." Other songs, such as "Love Foolosophy" and "Feels Just Like It Should," continue the band's streak for hot dance floor hits.
Although the band's tone has turned much more electronic and experimental in its newest albums, each album is a unique metamorphosis of Jamiroquai's sound. In a nutshell, "High Times" is one of the best greatest hits collections for a 90s group. It sums up all the great peaks in creativity for one of the funkiest bands during the grunge rock era.
Description of High Times: Singles 1992-2006
First they went platinum...Now they're going green. Your best loved music in its simplest form. 20 best-selling "Greatest Hits" & "Best of" collections now available in a new eco-friendly package. 1CD in card wallet packaging - no plastic, no booklet - just great music! Booklets are available online through a unique URL on the package.With a voice like Stevie Wonder, a production sound that recalls the string-laden, slinky-bass disco of Studio 54, and a penchant for funky dance moves and outlandish hats, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay has successfully managed to straddle the underground and mainstream for the best part of 15 years. High Times brings together 19 of his band's hits to date, ranging from early 90s acid jazz classics "When You Gonna Learn," "Too Young To Die," and "Blow Your Mind," to later successes such as "Canned Heat," "Cosmic Girl," "Virtual Insanity," and on to recent songs from 2005 album Dynamite, such as "Feels Just Like It Should" and "7 Days In Sunny June." There are also two new tracks--the current single "Runaway" and the edgier "Radio," both of which continue the Jamiroquai tradition of mildly euphoric dancefloor disco-soul. Despite sticking to a formula of sorts over the years, the songs on this collection compliment each other well and form an impressive overview of one of the UK's most distinctive bands. --Danny McKenna
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