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Dynamite | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jamiroquai
Label: Sony Japan
Category: Music
Buy New: $45.98
New (10) Used (3) from $9.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 467952
Format: Extra Tracks, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 4547366016994
ASIN: B0002ZEYYQ
Release Date: June 27, 2005
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Feels Just Like It Should | | • | Dynamite | | • | Seven Days in Sunny June | | • | Electric Mistriss | | • | Starchild | | • | Love Blind | | • | Talulah | | • | (Don't) Give Hate a Chance | | • | World That He Wants | | • | Black Devil Car | | • | Hot Tequila Brown | | • | Beatbox | | • | Time Won't Wait |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Japanese pressing of the UK dance act's 2005 album includes two bonus tracks 'Time Won't Wait' (also featured on the US version as a bonus track) and 'Feels So Good' (Knee Deep remix). 13-tracks in all. Sony.
Album Details
Japanese Edition of "Dynamite", the Sixth Full Length from Jay Kay and Co. And their First Since 2001's "a Funk Odyssey". Includes Two Exclusive Tracks: "Beatbox" and "Time Won't Wait". The Album is Both a Consolidation of Thirteen Years of Jamiroquai's Trademark Sci-fi Neo-disco Soul-funk Sound and a Slap Back at Anyone who Thinks that at 35, Jay Kay Might Be Resting on his Laurels. The Result is an Album of Vintage Jamiroquai Future-classics Including the Funked-up Single "Feels Just Like it Should".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Excellent--As always September 18, 2005
Anyone who thinks that this album is not the original Jamiroquai sound needs to bust out their Jamiroquai cds and listen again. This album is everything that it claims to be and more. Jamiroquai can do no wrong in my book. I am a die-hard fan and will insist that everyone who has an interest in music listen to them. The whole album is classic Jamiroquai--funky beats, jammin music and great lyrics. Of all the albums Jamiroquai has released this is definately in the top two, with Traveling Without Moving being the best. If you like even one Jamiroquai song, you need to get this album.
 Jaymiroquai Spawn July 12, 2005
What happened to the band I love? This album marks a true low point in Jamiroquai's history as well as possibly the declared date of the death of "Acid Jazz". The downfall, which started with Stu Zenders (bass) departure, ends with the departure of Toby Smith (keys). The band known as Jamiroquai today is a faint reminder of the power-house they used to be with the only original member,Jay Kay, being left driving this out-of-control coked-up train to lord knows where.
The album: Fans have seen it coming since Synkronized. Jay has traded in soul for disco, funk for techno, ecology for fast cars, weed for coke, digeredoos for synthesizers, complexity for simplicity, musicians for performers. With the exception of no more than three tracks on this album (that give me hope incidentally), as a whole the album feels like an over produced underwritten attempt at capturing pop success. Where's that "Inter-planetary" good times vibe that made Jay and his band such a draw in the nineties? I don't want to hear a single that will make it on a dancefloor remix. I want to hear that soulful boogie with fat bass lines and driving keyboards that made the first three albums extraordinary. On a positive note, Talulah comes close to recreating that early vibe that needs to be revived.
My apologies to any die-hard fans I might offend. I wish Jay the best in his physical, mental, and musical rehabilitation. I would like nothing more than to see Jay, Toby, Stu, Wallace, and Nick join forces and play on the same stage again. Being a realist, I will settle for the first three albums cut by the band and try to tuck this one in the back of the CD catalog.
Great...but not SUPER GREAT June 28, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved the album....great tunes, It felt new yet familiar.
great the neo-70's that Jay imprints in his tunes.
If you liked Jamiroquai this is album is a must. All very good quality material...Unfortunately I dont see a US top 40 hit on it...but I dont care, I have never like the mainstream anyway...
At least 7 /13 songs are really really good...3/13 good and the rest 3/13 just plain fill up...Heck these days if an album has 3 good songs on it is rare...Buy this one it has at least 7 awsome ones
 Evolution of Jay-Kay June 27, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When living things evolve, they do so to adapt to changes in their environment, though not necessarily to get better. Music, as a living entity, is no different. So to hear the new Jamrioquai is reminiscent of such an evolution: to change, though not necessarily to improve.
Let me first start by stating that I did not find this outing on par with the first three Jamiroquai offerings, which is not entirely fair. "Emergency on Planet Earth", "Return of the Space Cowboy", and "Travelling Without Moving" were nothing short of legendary. After two more base hits, this die-hard JK fan was looking for a homer.
I think I got a good triple here.
It's hard to argue that the hard funk and infections basslines of the first three CDs are gone. I see flashes of infection on "Dynamite", "Seven Days in Sunny June", and "Time Won't Wait". But no legend, which is not entirely a bad thing. Artists don't attempt to recreate classics; rather, they just press on and forward.
I may get drawn and quartered for saying this, but the 'change' happened when Stuart Zender left the group. I believe Jay and Stu cited creative difference for the parting. We could all do better with their creative similarity.
This album rocks June 25, 2005
I have always been a fan of Jamiroquai, all the albums they have come out with have been very good, but this record is just out of control. This album is just straight up funk makes you jump out your seat to dance music. I recomend this album to anyone that loves upbeat dancefloor music with quality lyrics. If you don't have this album do yourself the favor and get in the car and head to the nearest mall.
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