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Jamiroquai Dynamite [DualDisc] Release Date: 2005 09 20 Label: Sony BMG Rating:

Not unlike one of its lead singer Jay Kay's much publicized Lamborghinis, the U.K. funk band Jamiroquai is primarily a vehicle for its frontman's various fetishes. Which is another way of saying that Kay loves disco and fancy retro sneakers and he wears both well. He has done so ever since he hippie-danced his way out of the acid jazz ghetto of the early '90s with Jamiroquai's revelatory debut album, Emergency on Planet Earth. That album featured Kay's bright and soulful vocals against '70s-style funk and drew obvious comparisons to Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, and sundry other icons of vintage R&B. Not too much has changed in the years since and 2005's Dynamite finds Kay and Co. delving once again into various '70s- and '80s-inspired dance sounds. Similar to 2001's dazzlingly slick Funk Odyssey, Dynamite reveals Kay as a dancefloor eclectic, inclined to grab as much from Chic and Parliament as Kajagoogoo, the Police, and Terry Callier. Keeping to this grab bag aesthetic, Kay makes the most of his experimentation with some "vocal bass synthetics" on the hard funk title track. Also engaging is the melancholy soul-folk of "Seven Days in Sunny June" and the similarly quiet storm-ready ballad "Talullah." On the funky side of things, "Starchild" finds Kay proclaiming the coming of a disco superman while "Time Won't Wait" is an infectious Off the Wall-era Michael Jackson boogie fest with Kay urging people to make their dreams come true over a bed of pulsating disco beats. The Jamiroquai faithful would accept nothing less. [The DualDisc version of Dynamite features an extra DVD of bonus material including a documentary, two videos, and the album in enhanced stereo.] Matt Collar, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Feels Just Like It Should	JK	4:34
2	Dynamite	JK, Johnson	4:57
3	Seven Days in Sunny June	JK, Johnson	3:57
4	Electric Mistress	Harris, JK, Johnson	3:54
5	Starchild	Harris, JK, Johnson	5:13
6	Loveblind	Harris, JK, Johnson	3:33
7	Talullah	Harris, JK	6:06
8	(Don't) Give Hate a Chance	Harris, JK, Johnson	5:00
9	World That He Wants	JK, Johnson	3:12
10	Black Devil Car	Harris, JK	4:47
11	Hot Tequila Brown	Harris, JK, Johnson	4:38
12	Time Won't Wait	Harris, JK, Johnson	5:02
13	Feels Just Like It Should [DVD]	JK
14	Dynamite [DVD]	JK, Johnson
15	Seven Days in Sunny June [DVD]	JK, Johnson
16	Electric Mistress [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
17	Starchild [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
18	Loveblind [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
19	Talullah [DVD]	Harris, JK
20	(Don't) Give Hate a Chance [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
21	World That He Wants [DVD]	JK, Johnson
22	Black Devil Car [DVD]	Harris, JK
23	Hot Tequila Brown [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
24	Time Won't Wait [DVD]	Harris, JK, Johnson
25	Feels Just Like It Should [DVD]	JK
26	Seven Days in Sunny June [DVD]	JK, Johnson
27	Bonus Material [DVD][*]

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