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Jamiroquai: Synkronized

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Sony Music Entertainement
Released: 1999.06.08
Time:
 53:05
Category: Acis Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jamiroquai.co.uk
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2008.09.26
Price in €: 7,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Canned Heat [Album Version] (Jamiroquai/Kay) - 5:31
[2] Planet Home (Jamiroquai/Kay/Smith) - 4:44
[3] Black Capricorn Day (Jamiroquai/Kay) - 5:41
[4] Soul Education (Jamiroquai/Kay/Smith) - 4:15
[5] Falling (Jamiroquai/Kay/Smith) - 3:45
[6] Destitute Illusions (Jamiroquai/Kay/McKenzie/Smith) - 5:40
[7] Supersonic (Jamiroquai/Kay) - 5:15
[8] Butterfly (Jamiroquai/Kay/Smith) - 4:28
[9] Where Do We Go from Here? (Jamiroquai/Kay) - 5:13
[10] King for a Day (Hale/Jamiroquai/Kay/Smith) - 3:40

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Jason Kay - Vocals, Arranger, Producer, String Arrangements
Toby Smith - Keyboards, Programming, Keyboard Programming
Derrick McKenzie - Drums
Nick Fyffe - Bass
Simon Katz - Guitars
Wallis Buchanan - Digerdoo

Sola Akigbola - Percussion
D-Zire - Turntable
Irwin Kelles - Guitar on [1]
Katie Kissoon - Backing Voclas on [2],[4][6],[10]
Berverly Skeet - Backing Voclas on [2],[4][6],[10]
Somon Hale - String, Arrangements
Kick Horns - Horn Arrangements

Al Stone - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
David Malone - Concept
Mike Marsh - Mastering
Paul Stoney - Assistant Engineer
Midori Tsukagoshi - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1999 CD Work 4945172
1999 CD Work 69973
1999 CD Sony Soho Square     494517
1999 CD Sony 69973
1999 CS Sony 69973

On their fourth record, Jamiroquai continue their quest to drag dance music into the new millennium with a sound that fuses influences from the past with an international spin. This time around, Jamiroquai uses the string-heavy Gamble & Huff arrangements of classic '70s Philly soul as its musical touchstone. Songs such as "Canned Heat" and "Butterfly" establish a mood that moves from booty-shaking grooves to hypnotic head-bobbing thanks to generous dollops of fuzz bass, darting strings and propulsive percussion. Even though frontman Jay Kay's vocals are a little too reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's upper register, the addition of wicked Clavinet and wah-wah guitar point the musical vibe more towards Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes, particularly on the blaxploitative funk of "Soul Education" and "Black Capricorn Day". "Supersonic" is a multi-cultural smorgasbord that finds Jamiroquai crossing Latin-flavoured percussion with the otherworldly sounds of the Australian didgeridoo. The result is an aural playground of bouncing rhythms and electronic effects.



With songs that fall exactly in between Michael Jackson's Off the Wall period and A Taste of Honey, Jamiroquai's Synkronized is a funk-disco inferno that is distinguished from its 1970s counterparts only by its 1990s production. It contains all the same ingredients: wah-wah guitar, electric piano, soft-sided strings oozing out melody, pot-bellied bass, and a blasted-out horn section that evokes images of three guys stepping in sync while their sequined flairs swipe over white patent-leather loafers. While the funk is steamy enough to flatten the tallest 'fro, Jay Kay's impeccable ability to emulate Stevie Wonder's vocals brings on the cool side. But the album isn't all about a time warp. Just when you think Jamiroquai isn't going to step a toe beyond 1978, "Supersonic," the seventh track, throws down an acid-house riff that works in didgeridoo and a synthed-out cow bell. "Where Do We Go from Here" rocks with a leap-frogging blues piano and tangy bongos. The album's grand finale, "King for a Day," is a regal rock-operatic excursion embellished with fully orchestrated piano and strings. Overall, this Jamiroquai jamfest is an irreplaceable summer-in-the-city album.

Beth Massa - Amazon.com



"...soaring strings, gyrating congas, hell-bent wah-wahs, and an undeniably live rhythm section that'll hustle your muscles and make you freak to the beat."

Spin



Mit Songs, die ihrem Stile nach genau in die Zeit zwischen Michael Jacksons Off the Wall und A Taste of Honey fallen, ist Jamiroquais Album Synkronized nicht weniger denn ein Funk- und Disco-Inferno, das sich von seinen Pendants der siebziger Jahre nur dadurch unterscheidet, daß es knapp zwei Jahrzehnte später produziert wurde. Die Zutaten sind aber dieselben: Wah-Wah-Gitarren, E-Piano, zarte Streichinstrumente, die für die Melodie sorgen, mächtige Bässe und ein gewaltiger Bläsersatz, der Bilder von drei jungen, synchron steppenden Männern evoziert, während ihre pailettengeschmückten Schläge über weiße Lackschuhe streifen. Während der Funk ausreichend Dampf macht, um auch den größten Krauskopf noch glatt zu bügeln, sorgt Jay Kays makellose Stevie-Wonder-Stimme für die nötige Frische. Das Album spielt aber nicht nur in einer anderen Zeit: Wer sich bereits auf Siebziger-Jahre-Klänge eingestellt hat, wird jäh aus dem Schlaf gerissen, wenn "Supersonic", das siebte Stück des Albums, völlig unerwartet mit einem Acid-House-Riff -- begleitet von Didgeridoo-Gebrumme und einer Synthi-Cow-Bell herausplatzt. "Where Do We Go from Here" rockt mit holprigem Blues-Piano und pulsierenen Bongos, und das große Finale, "King for a Day", ist ein brillanter, rockoperartiger und von orchestermäßigen Klavier- und Streicherklängen dekorierter Ausflug in andere Klangwelten. Alles in allem ist dieses Jam-Fest ein unersetzlicher Begleiter für den Sommer.

Beth Massa - Amazon.de



Seit drei Alben und mittlerweile sieben Jahren bieten uns Jamiroquai Futter für die Tanzflächen. Die britische Combo um den charismatischen Sänger Jason Kay hat es bislang bestens verstanden, Musik zu produzieren, die sich von Funk, Soul, Jazz und Disco ernährt und dabei immer schön eingängig bleibt. Das gelingt auch auf dem vierten Werk "Synkronized". Gleich die erste Singleauskopplung, "Canned Heat", hat alle Zutaten eines Jamiroquai-Hits: Einen Rhythmus, der auf die Beine zielt und von einem steten Puls vorangetrieben wird, wohlig-virtuose Streicher, dezente Percussion, die leicht nölige Stimme des Frontmannes. Knackige Bläser verleihen dieser Platte an manchen Stellen den nötigen Biß, Synthi-Bässe und röhrende Sounds den Stücken die typische Note und den Wiedererkennungseffekt. Zwischendurch noch ein wenig Mucke zum gemütlichen Zuhören - fertig ist die Mischung. Eigentlich wie immer, aber das muß ja keineswegs Schlechtes bedeuten.

© Jazzthing (06/99) - Christoph Giese



Three years after their breakout Travelling Without Moving, Jamiroquai returned with another album that charts Jay Kay's continuing fascination with club-bound music of the 1970s - from disco to jazz-funk to rare groove to later Motown - but also shows signs of maturity. Produced by Kay with Al Stone, who also collaborated on Travelling Without Moving, the album includes several tracks (like the single "Canned Heat") that work infectious acid jazz grooves, and Kay's hipster vocals give out feel-good vibes through a set of ambiguously good-time lyrics. Though other tracks show a bit of an electronica update to the affairs, each still spotlights how strong and tight the band is. It may not be a leap ahead in sound, but Synkronized is another solid Jamiroquai record.

John Bush - All Music Guide



Following the breakout success of 1997's TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING, Jamiroquai triumphantly return to the airwaves with SYNKRONIZED. With a new set of songs, this British dance-pop ensemble sticks to the formula that first started their climb up the charts: singer Jay Kay's elastic, Stevie Wonder-infused vocals; tricky horns; lavish string arrangements, and a soul-funk groove or disco bounce to push the action along. "Canned Heat," the first single, boasts classic disco violins and the sizzle of the ever-present high hat, while a bass line burbles underneath. Throughout, there's plenty of '70s revisionism, as in the funky fuzz bass on "Planet Home," the airy synths of "Destitute Illusion," and the reedy keyboards and SHAFT-inspired riffs of the standout "Black Capricorn Day." Add to that the sexy, groove-soaked ballads "Butterfly" and "Falling," and you get a sweet taste of what Jamiroquai's soul is all about.

Marie Elsie St. Léger - Barnes & Noble



Late-'90s dance music has taken a concerted turn toward the futuristic - even mainstream artists like Madonna and Cher have utilized the latest techno tactics to give their tracks a "new-millennial" sheen. And then there's Jamiroquai, the '90s original funk-soul brothers. This U.K. crew's vision of the future is based on bygone-era grooves, relying on organic funk, soul and R&B grooves to put the proverbial boogie in your butt. Synkronized is the fourth leg of the quintet's intergalactic search for one world under a groove. Frilly piano fills, twangy guitar wah-wah, symphonic string euphoria and the Wonder-ful vocals of frontman Jason Kay all help fuel this newest mothership. While Jamiroquai is often slagged for being a one-trick pony, the fact remains that few can rock an interstellar space-jam with more suave serenity and inherent honesty than this five-man rubbery-band. This incessantly upbeat expedition travels into the regions of Travolta-era disco ("Canned Heat"), feverish funk ("Black Capricorn Day") and instrumental iridescence ("Destitute Illusion"), keeping your ears tuned to their funktastic audio adventures despite the familiarity of the terrain they explore.

By M. Tye Comer - Jun 9, 1999
CMJ.com



Synkronized, the new Jamiroquai album, won't overwhelm you with surprises. The first single, "Canned Heat," is a frothy disco retread, complete with a swirling string section, and "Planet Home" lifts a distorted bass line straight from the P-Funk songbook. Singer Jay Kay's vocals are not foregrounded as prominently as on the band's platinum Travelling Without Moving (1997), but he's still riding high on the soul train, liberally borrowing tone, phrasing and lyric ideas from Seventies idols like Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield. For some folks, those qualities make Jamiroquai dismissible. But Synkronized is fifty minutes of sleek, sexy fun, a party album delivered with something like conviction. It's not exactly irresistible, but, really, what's the point of resisting it? (RS 816-817)

ANTHONY DeCURTIS (Jul 8, 1999)
RollingStone.com
 

 L y r i c s

Canned Heat

You know this boogie is for real.

I used to buy my faith in worship,
But then my chance to get to Heaven sli-i-pped
I used to worry about the future
But then I threw my caution to the wind.
I had no reason to be care free
No no no, until I took a trip to the other side of town
Yeah yeah yeah, you know I heard that boogie rhythm
Hey- I had no choice but to get down down down down.

CHORUS

Dance, nothing left for me to do but dance,
All these bad times I'm going through just dance
Got canned heat in my heels tonight baby

I feel the thunder see the lightning
I know this anger's heaven sent.
So I've got to hang out all my hang-ups
Because on the boogie I feel so hell bent
It's just an instant gut reaction, that I got
I know I never ever felt like this before,
I dont know what to do
But then that's nothing new,
Stuck between hell and high water
I need a cure to make it through.

Hey- dance, yeah nothing left for me to do but dance
All these bad times I'm going through just dance,
Hey, got canned heat in my heels tonight baby
You I got canned heat in my heels

You know this boogie is for real.

Only the wind can blow the answer
And she cries to me when I'm asleep
She says you know that you can go much faster
I know that peoples' talk can be so cheap
Yeah yeah
I got this voodoo child inveined on me
I'm gonna use my power to ascend
You know I got these running heels to use
Sometimes there's no way to lose
I was born to run
And built to last
You've never seen my feet
cause' they can go so fast

Dance…yeah, hey!
Nothing left for me to do but
Dance
All these bad times I'm going through just
Dance…Hey
Got Canned Heat in my heels tonight, baby

Dance!

Hey DJ
Let the music play
I'm gonna live this party life
Hey DJ
Throw my cares away
I'm gonna live this party life
Hey DJ
Let the music play
I'm gonna live this party life
Hey DJ
Throw my cares away
I'm gonna live this party life

Canned heat in my heels tonight!

You know that this boogie if for real.
Got so much Canned Heat in my heels
Gonna dance, gonna dance my blues away tonight
Whoooooooo!
You know, you know this boogie
This boogie is for real

You know I'm gonna dance my blues away tonight


Planet Home

You know there's no place like planet home
Nowhere else I would rather be
It's the only place I know
Where you can witness tragedy
There's no time to wonder now
About who is right or wrong
Were Gonna need some help to get things straight
So come on bring your advice along,
Cause sure enough

There's no place like planet home
I wanna go now
If only we can make it right
Planet home
I wanna go now

This blue sphere of talented dreams
Is heading for destruction
Illusions drip from every seam
It's just death war and corruption
I heard there was a promised land
On planet home
2000 years they've been and gone
But still we don't know

Can't you see that, there's no place like planet home
I wanna go now
If only we can make it right
Planet home
I've got to go now
I wanna go there baby
Find yourself some peace on planet home
I've got to go now
Anythings in reach on planet home
Planet home.

Planet home is blue and green
Beautiful for you to see (x3)

Planet home is blue and green

I wanna go now (x2)

Planet home I wanna go there, planet home
There's no place like planet home,
I wanna go now
If only we can make it right, planet home
I wanna go now- hey I really wanna go now
Find yourself some peace on planet home
I wanna go now- I wanna go there baby
Anythings in reach on planet home.


Black Capricorn Day

Hey hey
Hey hey
Let the rain come down on me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I see people and they're craving blood
And I'm so rarely understood
Well I don't know what they want from me,
It's gonna take sometime just to let them see

I'm going through a black, hey Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black hey Capricorn day
Though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to play, play, play, play.
Hey hey
Don't you see I'm not the man to play
Hey hey
No way you can play with me today
Hey hey
Just let me sing it to my Capricorn day
Hey hey
My heart is a pure sun and the sky is black
And I can feel cold steel when I turn my back
It stings like needles, with a jagged tongue
You know this scream reminds me
Of when I was so young

I never had any of those
Black hey Capricorn days
Though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black hey Capricorn day
and though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to Play, play, play, play

It's just too black for me (x14)
It's just too black

I'm stuck on the highway
leading straight to hell
Like any other drifter with a soul to sell
You know I'm dealing with the devil
In everyone I meet
And their faces tell a story,
That life ain't so sweet

I'm going through a black, hey Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way
I'm going through a black hey Capricorn day
Though you want to check me out
I'm not the man to play, play, play, play.

I'm going through a black, hey Capricorn day
And though it doesn't seem so
I've got to get this way (got to get this way)

Black, hey Capricorn Day
Though you want to check me out (you wanna check me out)
I'm not the man to play

It's just too black for me (x3)
It's just too black

It's just too black for me (until the end)


Soul Education

I didn't have much time for school
Spent my days breaking the rules and regulations
And inbetween they're having fun
All the teachers told me son, get an education
So I had my pass of freedom
Dressed like a man fit four seasons
Hey I'm steppin out so cut me loose
And as mama waved goodbye
Tears were welling in her eyes
But she don't need them
I turned to her and said

I've got my soul education
You know its stitched into the clothes
That I wear
Got my life information
Upon the breeze that's blowing through my hair
Got a pocket full of rainbows
Oh and a sky to put them in so blue
So let the music come and save you.
I found a God that I can pray to
Deep inside my soul, hey.

See your mad you can't delude
That there is no substitute
For intuition, it's no superstition
So if you find your petrified,
To let some natural law apply
Then there's a whole lot missing baby yeah.
So you know i'm blessed celestially
Got a direct link with destiny yeah
Don't ask me why
I'm in the sky
And if there's green backs in your eye
Somethings money just can't buy, hey
Rags to riches, babes to bitches
But the ride don't mind cause I got my...

I Know I got my soul education...
(repeat chorus x2).


Falling

Sometimes, in the morning
When I wake up
I, shed a tear
I'm hoping
Come the night time
You open the door and reappear

I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I don't think you care...
Should I wait for your love...
Or am I waiting in vain?
Somebody help me cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again

You... you...
You're the one for your love I think that I would do anything...
Hey you, you, you, you, you
You're the one for your love I think that I would do anything...

I miss you...
I wanna kiss you...
The sweet scent of roses is in your hair,
See sometimes
When I get lonely
I still feel you beside me
When you're not there...

I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I don't think you care...
Should I wait for your love...
Or am I waiting in vain?
Somebody help me cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again

You... you...
You're the one for your love I think that I would do anything...
Hey you, you, you, you, you
You're the one for your love I think that I would do anything...

You're the one...
You're the one for your love I think that would anything...
You know yeah you.. you ..you're the one for your love
I think that I ...I think that I, would anything...

I can promise to share
All my dreams I will dare
You set my heart racing when you get next to me
Still I don't think you care
Should I wait for your love
Or am I waiting in vain?
Somebody help me... cause I'm falling
Head over heels in love again

Help me.. oh can't you help me?
I think I'm falling in love
I think I'm falling....


Destitute Illusion

Instrumental


Supersonic

Supersonic (x26)

In the whites of his eyes,
There's a supersonic vibe
You can tell by the tears
He's a warrior who cries
He's supersonic
I think he's supersonic
Supersonic


Butterfly

Little butterfly come back to me
Everything that I want written on your face
I want it, I want it (x2)

So take me where you want to
It's your love that I chase
I want it, I want it (x2)

Now you got something
I want it, I want it
So beautiful
I want it, I want it
And the way you move me baby
Its like no other girl
I want it, I want it (x2)

i feel like i'm a butterfly in june
So colour in my wings
And let me hold your hand
I could be the sun and you could be my moon
But all you ever say is catch me if you can
Feel like a butterfly
Searching in the summer sky
A perfect love so hard to find

Little butterfly come back to me (x4)

Honey you pushing a condition
But I don't mind
I want it, I want it (x2)

I think you're my addiction
But that's alright
I want it, I want it
That's alright
I want it, I want it
You've got to slow down
I can't keep up with you
I want it, I want it
No no no All the other butterflies
They don't love like we do
I want it, I want it (x2)

I feel like I'm a butterfly in June
So colour in my wings and let me hold your hand
I could be the sun and you could be my moon
But all you ever say is catch me if you can
Feels like a butterfly
Searching in the summer sky
A perfect love so hard to find
Little butterfly come back to me (x4)


Where do we go from here?

That's the way love goes
Will it change you inside out
And then it flows
To the places unfamiliar, yeah

Let me tell, I'm hot for you
You're so hot for me
So get on girl
Come on (x4)
I'm hot for you
You're hot for me
So get on
I want to get it on with you
I'm sending you a message
I hope you got the sense to read between the lines
You know that on the back it says that
For me you never seem to find the time
Come on I've waited for your phonecalls
But you must be uptown having fun
When you do that thing you do
I get so exited too
But you never think to ask me if I want to
Come with you
So honey where do we go from here???

You know baby
I've been trying to find out but I'm still
Some way from knowing
Come on, you know I am
It's not exactly clear, no no
The love you should be giving me
Is the love you're rarely showing
That's the way love goes

That's the way
That's the way it goes for me and you
Come on let me tell you now

I feel you're pushing me out
Soon I'm gonna lose my patience girl
Can't understand what you're about
Cause there's no communication
You say you love to love me, love to love me
But you always keep your distance
So honey strike me off your list
If your love comes with a twist
Cause I want the part that lingered on my lips when we first kissed

Say do you love me???
If you do tell me something
And make it true...
Do you love me
I need to know!
Baby can't you tell me where we're gonna go???
Where do we go from here
I've been trying to find out but I'm still some way from knowing

It's not exactly clear no no
The love you should be giving me
Is the love you're rarely showing
That's the, That's the way love goes (yeah)
And where it's taking us well we don't know (we dont know!)
So lets move straight on ahead
And tow in the line between us girl

I think I'd sooner make this love dead!
Than waste all my time on you, yeah!
I'm wasting all my time...
I'm gonna learn learn learn...
That's the way love goes...
That's the way
It's gonna hurt me so bad
But I won't let it show
I get the feeling that it's gonna
Tear out my mind till I can no longer breath

I know I'm gonna learn learn learn...
That's the way love goes...

Where do we go from here?
I've been trying to find out but I'm still some way from knowing
It's not exactly clear
The love you should be giving me
Is the love you're rarely showing
Hey but that's the way love goes now
You know that's the way love goes

I'm so hot for you (x3)


King for a Day

There's no way
I'm coming back to you
I've just got to say
That everything we did is through
You tried to undermine
The better ranges of my nature
But soon your going to find
You should have started talking straighter
Now don't you worry
I won't pat you down
I'm in no hurry, baby
To see you go to ground
Because it's true what they say
You know it's true what they say
Your only king for a day
I guess your happy that way

Well there's no hope
For peace and reconciliation
You're quick to play your hand
But what you haven't learnt is patience
So look before you leap
To tell the world your coloured story
It's clear your talk is cheap
You'd do anything to get your glory
So spread your wings and fly
There is no doubt
You're so sorry inside you've got something to shout about
Because it's true what they say
You know it's true what they say
You're only king for a day
I guess you're happy that way

And there's no love
Ever to be lost between us
I guess this is because
The damage that you've done is so grievous
So I hang my head
To dwell on what might have been
But what you left instead
Is pieces of a broken dream

Now don't you worry
I won't put you down
I'm in no hurry
To see you go to ground
Because it's true what they say
You know it's true what they say
You're only king for a day
I guess you're happy that way
So spread your wings and fly
There is no doubt
You're so sorry inside you've
Got something to shout about

Because it's true what they say
You know it's true what they say
Your only king for a day
I guess you're happy that way

Don't you see that your only king for a day
You must believe that

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


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