- electronic, nu disco
- 57 min
- 12 tracks
- Virgin EMI Records
Automaton is the eighth studio album by English funk band Jamiroquai, released on 31 March 2017 through Virgin EMI. It is the band's first album in seven years, following Rock Dust Light Star (2010). It was a number-one album in Italy and peaked at number two in Switzerland, number three in France and number four in the UK.
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Character
Grave, spare, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 71/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Consequence of SoundB+
- Exclaim!3.5/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Observer3/5 ★
- Paste8.6/10
- Pitchfork7/10
- Slant Magazine2.5/5 ★
- The Yorkshire Times4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Shake It On5:14
- 2Automaton4:48
- 3Cloud 93:57
- 4Superfresh3:48
- 5Hot Property4:32
- 6Something About You3:59
- 7Summer Girl5:32
- 8Nights Out in the Jungle5:09
- 9Dr Buzz6:02
- 10We Can Do It4:07
- 11Vitamin4:27
- 12Carla5:33
12 tracks, 57 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jamiroquai
- Label
- Virgin EMI Records
- Released
- March 31, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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