Dynamite

by Jamiroquai

Overview

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. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2022
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0196587202514
Rank:	38346

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Feels Just Like it Should
2. Dynamite
3. Seven Days in Sunny June
4. Electric Mistress
5. Starchild
6. Loveblind
7. Talullah

Disc 2

8. (Don't) Give Hate a Chance
9. World That He Wants
10. Black Devil Car
11. Hot Tequila Brown
12. Time Won't Wait

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jamiroquai   Primary Artist
Miaer "DJ Snare" Lloyd   Turntables,Scratching
J.K.   Vocals
Derrick McIntyre   Bass (Electric),Bass
Randy Hope-Taylor   Bass (Electric),Bass
Alex Meadows   Bass (Electric),Bass
Audrey Martells   Vocals (Background)
Benjamin F. Wright   Strings
Derrick McKenzie   Drums,Hi Hat
Vann Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Nathan Haines   Flute,Saxophone
Hazel Fernandez   Vocals (Background)
Samantha Smith   Vocals (Background)
Alexandra Brown   Vocals (Background)
Sola Akingbola   Percussion
Rob Harris   Guitar
Valerie Etienne   Vocals (Background)
Bridgette Bryant Blades   Vocals (Background)
Matt Johnson   Piano,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes,Synthesizer Bass

Technical Credits

JK   Audio Production
Mike Spencer   Audio Production,Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Benjamin F. Wright   String Arrangements
Jason Kay   Composer
Derrick McKenzie   Composer
Richard Bignell   Engineer
Pablo Arraya   Engineer
Reginald Dozier   Engineer
Sola Akingbola   Composer
Jay Kay   Composer
Rob Harris   Composer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Charlie Lightening   Photography
Ricky Pope   Engineer
Nick Ferrero   Engineer
Luke Cohen   Studio Assistant