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  1. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Sergio, I'll write a full one for you- swore I did before but it's clear now that I never posted my thoughts!

    Also Afghan Whigs retweeted me about this album last night

    Seriously?? So they might be watching our reviews or what?
    I'm going and try to listen to it tonight, got a few spare hours.
  2. I'm going to be honest with you all, I've never liked Jamiroquai. I always considered them as the band that failed the 90's and arrived in Noughties with absolutely nothing to do them any favours.

    'Feels So Good' is irritatingly repetitive and just isn't catchy at all. I'm sure I've heard 'Little L' before, it was maybe on a Now compilation. It has that nice funky hook to it but the whole operatic thing backing it starts getting boring – shows the song should have maybe been shortened, something that 'You Give Me Something' achieves. Most of the album is like that: purely monotonous songs that don't just sound the same in their own work, but seem to blend into each other throughout. They just seem to be accompanied by that one simple guitar track and basic beat – nothing deviates from that.

    The track that stands out for me apart from 'Little L' is 'Love Foolosophy'. Sounds like the typical mainstream Jamiroquai song but the chorus is dancey, I like it. The addition of Beverley Knight is almost a breath of fresh air.

    I tried to appreciate this album as much as I could, just couldn't get attached to it at all. It sounds as if it suffers from the lazy treatment. I prefer the first half to the second, and I can also see why people would welcome this album. It just, rather unfortunately, doesn't gel well with me. To me, a lot of Jamiroquai songs sound similar, which is a negative detail in their work, in my opinion. Admittedly, Jay Kay is a great songwriter and performer, that's one thing I'll say.
  3. Also, great choice for the next album. I have only ever listened to this album once and I remember it being quite abrasive. The Afghan Whigs are a band I endeavour to get properly involved in, as I'm seeing them next month at Open'er. I've always struggled to love them.

    I seen that tweet, Matt. Got a lot of retweets and favourites by the looks of things. Well done.
  4. Finally a bit later but here is review about Jamiroquai

    I am not a fan , but i listen a very smoothly album.Easy to listen and very entertaining .

    For me is a 8/10

    Top 3 :

    1-Stop Don't Panic
    2- Corner of the Earth
    3- Love Foolosophy / Black Crow / Little L
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    Seriously?? So they might be watching our reviews or what?
    I'm going and try to listen to it tonight, got a few spare hours.


    Retweeted by The Afghan Whigs
    Matt Gignac @MattGignac · 17h
    Pro tip: when Googling "Black Love," be sure to specify "The Afghan Whigs." @theafghanwhigs

    Hahahhaha
  6. LOLOLOLOL
  7. Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey


    Feel So Good starts the album off with digital bleeps, blips and then straight into this funky straight-up disco groove. Quite catchy with the digital stuff continuing throughout - and the cool synth bass. The repetition of 'Feels so good' gets old quickly though - it's a cool opener and sets the mood for what's to come; electronica, electronica, electronica. And so it continues on to...

    ....Little L. This one was played so much when it first came out that everything - the beat, strings, handclaps, lyrics etc are etched into my mind.

    You Give Me Something sounds like a continuation of Little L. What I liked about this particular track (even though it was played a lot but not anywhere near as much as Little L) is the lyrics above all else. 'You give me something, something nobody else can give'. So simple yet profound.

    Track four - Corner Of The Earth - is a surprising change from all the straight-up electronic / pop sound - and what a change. This one sounds more like a Latin dance piece with a HORN SECTION!!! Yes, a real horn section and strings everywhere. Eargasmic music....perfect. I could almost imagine COTE as a James Bond theme song. Just wow.

    Third well-known track is Love Foolosophy. You know an album was fantastic when three radio songs (and likely singles) were played so much yet continue to be killer. Everything about this track screams KILLER - handclaps (yep, they're back), chimes, sweet vocal melodies and towards the end (at about 2:49) a true breakdown. Awesome in every way.

    Away from the well-known songs, Stop Don't Panic is yet another hit. Well, it should have been a hit. The first thing I get in DSP is THAT bass sound. Whatever it is (sounds like a synth) I love it - very gritty. And then the little electronic sounds on the drums in the backgrounds (or is that a guitar scratchy sound) just make this one funky as fuck. Love it.

    Black Crow is next and starts with guitar. It keeps a slow downtempo mood for the duration of the track and then it's over. To be honest, there's not a lot in this one that kept me listening.

    Main Vein. Ooooooh yeah. When it starts it just sounds like a not-too-interesting beat. Then it starts. Pure funk and even as I write this, I'm sort of doing a little bouncy dance in my chair. AWESOME. The female vocals on this add an extra dimension to how good this is - even though the lyrics are about his ex-wife and their relationship. At about 2:45 comes this sudden drop-out of everything except the beat and some slight strings; I've always liked when songs drop out like that or even step up / step down a key. There's not a bad thing I can say about this one. Absolute eargasm...man I'd kill for an album of songs like this. And THAT bassline...fuck.

    Twenty Zero-One...unfortunately the lyrics are buried under a pile of electronic noise which makes them hard to understand. When you *do* read the lyrics, you understand they're about the modern culture we unfortunately have to endure / be pushed into being just another number in the wayouttasphere and the coldness / loneliness of it. 'It's pornographic, internet, traffic on my screen' (only too true) and 'Twenty zero one, let me bless you son, help you believe with my semi-automatic gun' (the mainstream media and suffocation of what should not be) to name but two lyrics from here. Certainly an interesting track and one I'd be back to visit. Is this and the title of the album a reference to '2001 - A Space Odyssey'?

    Picture Of My Life is the tenth and final track. After all the programming and electronic noise A Funk Odyssey has taken us through, we get to this last track. I see this one as something to end the night in its' simplicity; what with the strings and guitar here and there. I also love how he ends the song with 'da da da da ba ba da da' - sort of that's it. Wonderful little song this one - and that's it; its over before you know it.


    Final rating: 7 / 10. Not a bad choice, not something as a whole that's brilliant but it works as something different to what I'm used to hearing. Top three: 'Main Vein', 'Twenty Zero One' and 'Love Foolosophy'.
  8. After first listen of Afghan Whigs album I must say it's really nice post-grunge album. Nice choice
  9. Glad you like it. Interesting comment too... I've heard the Afghan Whigs be called many things, but never post-grunge.
  10. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Glad you like it. Interesting comment too... I've heard the Afghan Whigs be called many things, but never post-grunge.

    Yeah, because it reminds me of some grunge bands, but it's 1996, when grunge was already gone...

  11. I would argue 1996 was the year grunge was dying out.
  12. Well, The Afghan Whigs made music before 1996 They signed to Sub Pop in 1989. I don't think they were ever really grunge though. Alternative is a good description I guess.
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