- acid jazz, funk, electronic
- 122 min
- 20 tracks
- Sony Music UK
Emergency on Planet Earth is the debut studio album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released on 14 June 1993 under Sony Soho Square. Prior to its release, the band debuted in 1992 with "When You Gonna Learn" under Acid Jazz Records, and front-man Jay Kay was given a major-label deal with Sony Music.
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Character-led, classical in form, grave and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- MusicHound3/5
- Music Week4/5 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer3/4 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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- Smash Hits4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1When You Gonna Learn?3:50
- 2Too Young to Die6:06
- 3Hooked Up4:36
- 4If I Like It, I Do It4:53
- 5Music of the Mind6:23
- 6Emergency on Planet Earth4:05
- 7Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop4:08
- 8Blow Your Mind8:32
- 9Revolution 199310:17
- 10Didgin' Out2:37
- 11When You Gonna Learn? (Cante Hondo Mix)5:48
- 12When You Gonna Learn? (Live at Leadmill, Sheffield)9:49
- 13Too Young to Die (Extended)10:10
- 14If I Like It, I Do It (Acoustic)4:24
- 15Emergency on Planet Earth (London Rican Mix)7:15
- 16Revolution 1993 (Demo Version)10:19
- 17Didgin' Out (Live at the Milky Way, Amsterdam)3:26
- 18Brothers Like You (Live at Glastonbury, 1993)4:32
- 19God Made Me Funky (Live at Glastonbury, 1993)4:25
- 20Music of the Mind (Live at Glastonbury, 1993)6:22
20 tracks, 122 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jamiroquai
- Label
- Sony Music UK
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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