Product Description

After six studio albums spanning fourteen years of acid jazz, funk and dance, Jamiroquai's greatest hits collection gives a superb overview of a band who have been at the forefront of British pop for their entire career. This anthology includes early gems such as 'When You Gonna Learn' and 'Emergency On Planet Earth' as well as the band's biggest singles, taken from the hugely successful 'Travelling Without Moving',and more recent tracks including 'Feels Just Like It Should'.

Track Listing

1. When You Gonna Learn
2. Too Young To Die
3. Blow Your Mind
4. Emergency On Planet Earth
5. Space Cowboy
6. Virtual Insanity
7. Cosmic Girl
8. Alright
9. High Times
10. Deeper Underground
11. Canned Heat
12. Little L
13. Love Foolosophy
14. Corner Of The Earth
15. Feels Just Like It Should
16. Seven Days In Sunny June
17. Don't Give Hate A Chance
18. Runaway
19. Radio

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #974 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-06
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
With a voice like Stevie Wonder, a production sound that recalls the string-laden, slinky-bass disco of Studio 54 and a penchant for funky dance moves and outlandish hats, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay has successfully managed to straddle the underground and mainstream for the best part of 15 years. High Times brings together 19 of his band's hits to date, ranging from early 90s acid jazz classics "When You Gonna Learn", "Too Young To Die" and "Blow Your Mind", to later successes such as "Canned Heat", "Cosmic Girl", "Virtual Insanity" and on to recent songs from 2005 album Dynamite, such as "Feels Just Like It Should" and "7 Days In Sunny June". There are also two new tracks - the current single "Runaway" and the edgier "Radio", both of which continue the Jamiroquai tradition of mildly euphoric dancefloor disco-soul. Despite sticking to a formula of sorts over the years, the songs on this collection compliment each other well and form an impressive overview of one of the UK’s most distinctive bands.--Danny McKenna

Customer Reviews

High Times
If you are aware of Jamiroquai you will know them for their infectious grooves and funky acid jazz, and if you don't, then this is the best place for your first taste of what they have to offer. Spanning all their albums to date, this album has a greats selection of tracks. From the didgeridoo enhanced 'When You Gonna Learn' to the exuberance of 'Virtual Insanity', as soon as you put this CD on you will start to move, tap your feet and grin and you won't stop until the last track. This has such gems as 'Canned Heat' that never fails to get me up and dancing, to 'Little L' which has much the same effect! This also has more laid back tracks such as 'Seven Days in Sunny June' from the latest album, 'Dynamite' and extra tracks for this collection, my favourite being 'Runaway'. Overall this is an addictive sound, with great vocals and funk feel from a great British band. Highly, highly recommended, especially at the current price at time of writing (3.97).

A time capsule
It is clear that jamiroquai are something of an unusual band. I remember seeing them for the first time on TV in around 1993, (I think it was the show, The Word) performing Too Young To Die, and immediately clocked the retro 70's jazz funk style and as i was and still am a fan of such music, immediately became a fan and went out and bought the single.
The fender rhodes keys, the Stevie Wonder-esque voice, the funky bass and horns,and the sci-fi imagery and lyrics, all came to make a great sound and package, and whats more the first proper British jazz funk since Light of The World, and a great antidote to the Brit pop or electronicky stuff around.
Their first album was a constant visitor to my Cd player.
What was more surprising that they became so popular, as they were so unusual.
OK, the Acid Jazz movement was in full swing, but they transcended that and outlasted it.
This Cd shows the development of the band and their sound, from the early raw jazz funk tracks through the disco-funk of A Funk Odyssey to the later stuff, it is clear that the sound has changed over that time, yet still sounds like Jamiroquai.
What is also clear is that the earlier stuff is far superior to their latest offerings.
They produced five top notch albums all with a clear progression of style, and then their last one; and that was a huge disappointment. The edginess had gone from the music, to be replaced by a bland self satisfied sound playing lip service to their earlier work, trapped in some kind of disco-pap hell.
One of the aspects of Jamiroquai's music that made it so different; the wonderful didgeridoo inspired instrumentals had disappeared a while ago, and their loss was keenly felt.
The stuff from Dynamite all sounds a bit samey, as do the new offerings here.
The tracks here are presented in chronological order so you can see what i mean when you listen.
Great band, but they've gone off the boil as this collection demonstrates.
I hope when they return, they do something fresh. perhaps a return to more jazz funk material as this works well for them. No more disco!

Cosmic!
Jay Kay is undoubtably one of our finest songwriter/recording artists. Everybody has heard at least two or three of his songs over the last 15 years, yes 15 years! The beauty of this man is his longevity to produce songs of the same sound but somewhat different in their own way. As far as I'm concerned this man is one of our most prolific artists. His uncanny knack of recording catchy, soulful, from the heart tunes should put him way up their with the rest. If you want to boogie at home in the car or at a party stick this one on. Not all of the tracks will please you but trust me you won't be disapointed.