I stated listening to Jamiroquai soon after the release of their first album, because it is one of my colleagues had it, and she bought it when it just come out. She used to play the album over and over and it just kinda grew on me. We used to skip college and get drunk, listen to music while she sang for me and had some good time listening to the album.
Jamiroquai are an English acid jazz / electronica group, and the name is a blend of Jam (Jam Session) and iroquai (named after a Native American tribe Iroquois). composition has changed a lot over the years, but he was the founder Jason "Jay" Kay, and he decided to form his own group after he failed an audition for singers with Brand New Heavies. Jay Kay is also well known for his scuffles with the paparazzi and his flamboyant hats.
Emergency On Planet Earth, their first album was released in 1993 and was a massive UK and U.S. hit. The success of the album is partly due to the single Blow Your Mind and too young to die. The album was a chart smash, and went to # 1 The album is based around awareness of self and world issues.
When Return Of The Space Cowboy was released in 1994 was another massive hit on the charts, reaching # 2 position in the UK. a Space Cowboy is also believed to be cannabis with a praise song texts, the speed of Cheeba ... You and I go deeper ... Perhaps I'm Gonna Get High gave only the ... (Cheeba means cannabis), a concept of Space Cowboy is also the name of someone who smokes cannabis.
Their first major success in the U.S. came with their third album, Travelling without moving, which was published in 1996 and reached # 24 and # 2 in the UK. The album is reported to have sold over 11.5 million copies worldwide. Virtual Insanity is the most popular single from the album and has been used in many TV commercials. Jay Kay is also known for his love of sports cars and this is reflected in the style of Ferrari logo on the album cover.
Synkronized was published in 1999 and again a great success in the UK, reaching # 1, and also reached # 24 in the U.S.. Canned Heat is a classic song and was a # 1 hit. lyrics to the song King for a day are about Stuart Zender, Jamiroquai's bass player on their earlier albums, but who left the band during the production of the album. bonus track Deeper Underground was also used to remake the classic movie Godzilla.
In 2001, Funk Odyssey was released and the songs are a combination of funk, disco and electronica. The album reached # 1 in the UK and the U.S. and the first of their albums do not feature Buffalo Man logo. Their popularity peaked in the moment and a massive world tour to support the album.
Dynamite, released in 2005 is the latest offering from Jamiroquai and reached # 3 in Britain and went on to a bigger place # 2 in the U.S.. The album includes a wide range of styles, from electronic to disco, house and acoustic. Video here again (not) Give Hate a Chance features an animated Buffalo Man, wearing sunglasses, a hat and horned tracksuit.
Jamiroquai music is used in many TV commercials, films and computer games. He also played at Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia to launch new Audi A4 car in February 2008 and is currently recording a new album which is yet to have a release date.
My Top 10 Songs Jamiroquai are as follows:
01 The silence at the time
The 2nd Space Cowboy
The 3rd Music Mind
04th Light years
05th High Times
06th Little L
07th Blow Your Mind
08th Do you know where you are coming from
09th Cosmic Girl
10th Stripped of Illusion