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Milagro
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 Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 13:36 |
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Are there any U.S. reviews of 'Dynamite' yet?
I wonder what the U.S. critics think of the new album.Has anyone found any reviews yet? |
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Supersonic1
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Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
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Dye
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JamiroFan2000
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Location: The Jamiroquaized States Of America
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 18:44 |
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 Hello,
 I posted a few days ago about this Dynamite review by the AllMusicGuide website, but for those who didn't read it, here it is :
Review by Matt Collar
Not unlike one of its lead singer Jay Kay's much publicized Lamborghini's, the UK funk band Jamiroquai is primarily a vehicle for its front-man'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 dance floor 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 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 us all to make our dreams come true over a bed of pulsating disco beats. The Jamiroquai faithful would accept nothing less.
 Thanks for the US review links Supersonic and Brother D, much appreciated ! Peace!
Sincerely,
JamiroFan2000
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ehabec
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 08:04 |
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| Diego// Twenty Zero Three wrote: |
http://www.metronews.ca/entertainment_cd_review.asp?id=10962
I'll find more... (the good ones!)
D! (dyego) |
find the bad ones also,its good to hear both sides..
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Milagro
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 08:27 |
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Thanks guys for posting those links and reviews! |
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Supersonic1
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