now listening to: Jamiroquai

Another parental shoutout, specifically my dad because I think he put my mom on. My earliest memory of Jamiroquai begins with a purple tape - my mom’s friend made her a mix (which introduced me to Portishead, be on the lookout for their post!) and on there were the two groovy songs “Love Foolosophy” and “Little L”. Then later, I asked my dad for some CD recommendations and he gave me The Return of the Space Cowboy, which I used to play all the way, every day, before and after school, for a good while in 7th grade. You probably know them for the Napoleon Dynamite banger “Canned Heat”. Either way, you NEED to know this band.

My Favorite Albums (in order) + Favorite Tracks (in album order)

• The Return of the Space Cowboy

  (truly I can play this album with no skips, but here are my favorites)

  Just Another Story
  Stillness in Time
  Manifest Destiny
  Mr Moon
  Journey to Arnhemland
  Morning Glory
  Space Cowboy

• Travelling Without Moving

  Virtual Insanity
  Use the Force
  Everyday
  Alright
  Didjerama
  Didjital Vibrations

• Emergency on Planet Earth

  When You Gonna Learn?
  Too Young to Die
  Hooked Up
  Music of the Mind
  Emergency on Planet Earth

• A Funk Odyssey

  Little L
  Corner of the Earth
  Love Foolosophy

• *a sad but true note on the remaining albums*

  I just really could not get into the other albums due to the heavy electronic vibes versus the groovy, worldly vibes his earlier music brings. Here’s what I did like from the remaining projects:

  Synkronized: “Canned Heat”

  Dynamite: “Dynamite”, “Seven Days in Sunny June” (this was originally my favorite song, but it’s running with its money after hearing some other tracks)

  Rock Dust Light Star: “She’s a Fast Persuader”, “Two Completely Different Things”