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Jamiroquai's 'Rock Dust Light Star' finally getting a U.S. release  
EMG to Release Jamiroquai’s Rock Dust Light Star
Posted April 5th, 2012
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lol...I guess it's better late than never! | |
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I'll pick up the vinyl version on Record Store Day."All Good In The Hood" from Rock Dust Light Star | |
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It's on my calendar!!!! I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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well damn I totally forgot about this album but I'll be buying it for collection purposes. | |
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it's a superb album,one of their best.Such a shame that it wasn't really promoted in the US. | |
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To promote the US release,they should release "Two Completely Different Things" as a single in the States.I think it could still be a hit. | |
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Kinda hard to promote an album that isn't officially released here. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said:
Kinda hard to promote an album that isn't officially released here. :lol: | |
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Wow, I gave up on expecting a US release, I've heard everything on the album 2nd & 3rd hand, but I will get it just to keep up the collection...It is a good album. I more hoping this means US tour dates will be announced in the coming months. Dying to catch them live. | |
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Same here | |
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"Two Completely Different Things" | |
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"Smoke And Mirrors" | |
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title track | |
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weak album anyway, Tried many flavours - but sooner or later, always go back to the Purple Kool-aid!
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.. still enjoying this album, given it loads of play. love all the tracks, probably my fave..the real question is why Universal Music Group (their new UK Label home) didn't release this stateside, like their previous home Sony would have?Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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I think this might be my favorite Jamiroquai album  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Man, how old is this record anyway. I've already listened to my copy a million times. I'm ready for new stuff. I have a physical copy that I found at Amoeba in Hollywood over a year ago. If this is how Jamiroquai's record company deals with them it's not surprising why they're not succesful in the states. 
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If i'd known it was not out in the US I would have bought a dozen copies on the cheap and whored them off on ebay.
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It was released outside the States in 2010 (17 months ago). | |
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It makes no sense. | |
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A Funk Odyssey is my favorite | |
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for the US release,they should give us the song "Smile" as a bonus track. | |
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I agree, I would love it if they added Smile & the Bonus track from the Japanese release of RDLS "That's Not The Funk I Want",
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That would be nice.We've been very patient,but all they're giving all us is different artwork! | |
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same thing they did with Dynamite lol | |
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yep | |
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Allmusic review ReviewComing a half-decade after 2005's Dynamite, 2010's Rock Dust Light Star finds Jamiroquai and its frontman, Jay Kay, trying to re-ignite the funk machine by heading back to its rock and organic soul roots. In that sense, Rock Dust retains much of the black-light disco power that made such previous singles as "Little L" from 2001's A Funk Odyssey and "Feels Just Like it Should" from Dynamite such dancefloor burners. However, the album is a bit of a grower, with Kay evincing more of an interest in knotty, long-form funk numbers that take their sweet time to reach their inevitable, euphorically funky pop pinnacle. Nonetheless, Kay, having entered his forties, doesn't seem to be letting up on the disco gas -- nor the literal kind as the helicopter and Porsche-sploitation video for the funky slick single "White Knuckle Ride" proves. Still, Kay has revealed more of a passion for laid-back, acoustic guitar-driven tracks, and the mid-album ballad "Blue Skies" is perhaps the best one he's ever written. The more booty-minded faithful get a bevy of tracks including the aforementioned "White Knuckle Ride," as well as the Jazz Crusaders-sounding "Smoke and Mirrors" featuring a muscular saxophone solo outro. Elsewhere, Kay delves into the bluesy slow-burn acid rock of "Hurtin'," which takes its time to build to a wicked, soulful climax, and then the oft-headdressed singer goes all '80s robot-disco-funk on the Jaco Pastorius bass-inspired "She's a Fast Persuader." Ultimately, with the album's mix of horns, various percussion instruments, piano, and a general live-in-studio vibe combined with a mature "deep cut" songwriting approach, Rock Dust Light Star does bring to mind the more full-band sound of Jamiroquai's early acid jazz albums and goes a long way toward reestablishing Kay as a uniquely talented and legitimate heir to the '70s funk throne. | |
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