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Emergency on Planet Earth
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Emergency on Planet Earth is Jamiroquai's debut album and was released in June 1993. It began with When You Gonna Learn, the track with which Jay Kay made his debut on Acid Jazz Records in 1992 and which earned him a contract with Sony. When he fell out with his producer over the recording, he realised that he wanted a real live band. This is how the group around the bassist Stuart Zender, the keyboard player Toby Smith and the didgeridoo player Wallis Buchanan came into being.
The sound rests on 1970s acid jazz, funk and soul, with rich arrangements and socially engaged lyrics about, among other things, the environment and war. Too Young to Die became a British top ten hit. Kay wrote it with Smith. Revolution 1993 lasts ten minutes and Didgin' Out closes the record. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom, and Q called it a contender for the best British soul album of the 1990s.
Listening
Track list
- 1When You Gonna Learn? (Digeridoo)3:47Apple Music ↗
- 2Too Young to Die6:02Apple Music ↗
- 3Hooked Up4:35Apple Music ↗
- 4If I Like It, I Do It4:34Apple Music ↗
- 5Music of the Mind6:19Apple Music ↗
- 6Emergency On Planet Earth4:03Apple Music ↗
- 7Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop4:05Apple Music ↗
- 8Blow Your Mind8:30Apple Music ↗
- 9Revolution 199310:17Apple Music ↗
- 10Didgin' Out2:35Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗