Jungle (Jungle album)
Jungle | ||
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Studio album by Jungle | ||
Released | 14 July 2014 | |
Genre | Neo-soul | |
Label | XL Recordings | |
Producer | Jungle | |
Singles from Jungle | ||
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Jungle is the debut studio album by London-based modern musical collective Jungle. It was released on 14 July 2014 through XL Recordings.
In September 2014, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.[1]
Promotion
"Platoon" and "The Heat" were digitally released as the lead singles promoting the album on 16 December 2013.[2][3] The music video for "Platoon", which premiered on 4 June 2013, featured a 6-year-old B-girl named Terra,[4][5] while the video for "The Heat" featured British skate crew High Rollaz and was released on 1 October 2013.[5][6] Both videos were directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch.[5]
On 28 February 2014, a music video for the third single, "Busy Earnin'", was released onto YouTube.[7] The single was released digitally on 7 April 2014, and in vinyl format on 15 April.[8][9] The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart and at number 27 on Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,[10][11] and at number 118 in France in July 2014.[12]
A music video for the fourth single, "Time", was released on 8 July 2014.[13] On 8 September, remixes of the song by Joe Goddard and LXURY were released onto iTunes.[14][15]
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100[16] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [17] |
Clash | 7/10[18] |
The Guardian | [19] |
NME | 8/10[20] |
The Observer | [21] |
Pitchfork | 6.2/10[22] |
Upon its release, Jungle received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 21 reviews.[16]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jungle.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Heat" | 3:16 |
2. | "Accelerate" | 3:04 |
3. | "Busy Earnin'" | 3:01 |
4. | "Platoon" | 3:12 |
5. | "Drops" | 2:53 |
6. | "Time" | 3:33 |
7. | "Smoking Pixels" | 1:47 |
8. | "Julia" | 3:15 |
9. | "Crumbler" | 3:02 |
10. | "Son of a Gun" | 3:28 |
11. | "Lucky I Got What I Want" | 4:16 |
12. | "Lemonade Lake" | 4:19 |
13. | "Bonus Track (unnamed, vinyl edition only)" | 1:11 |
Personnel
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Charts
Charts (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] | 20 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] | 21 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] | 38 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] | 28 |
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] | 42 |
French Albums (SNEP)[29] | 42 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] | 43 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] | 34 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] | 25 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] | 22 |
UK Albums (OCC)[34] | 7 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[35] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[36] | 84 |
References
- ↑ "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Barclaycard Mercury Prize. September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Platoon / Drops - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "The Heat / Lucky I Got What I Want - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle - Platoon". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 Newman, Jason (8 July 2014). "Funk Collective Jungle Prep Debut Album With Joyful New Video 'Time'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle - The Heat". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle - Busy Earnin'". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (3 March 2014). "JUNGLE. – "Busy Earnin'" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Busy Earnin [VINYL] by Jungle". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Discografie Jungle [UK]". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Discographie Jungle [UK]". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle - Time". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Time (Joe Goddard Remix) - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Time (LXURY Remix) - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Jungle by Jungle". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Jungle - Jungle". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Zadeh, Joe (3 July 2014). "Jungle - Jungle". Clash. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ MacInnes, Paul (10 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle review – enigmatic dance outfit lose a little mystique". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle - 'Jungle'". NME. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Empire, Kitty (13 July 2014). "Jungle review – self-titled slice of accomplished search-engine-unfriendly disco-funk". The Observer. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Beta, Andy (14 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Jungle - Jungle | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/3c454/Jungle-[UK]-Jungle "Jungle – Jungle"]. Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/3c454/Jungle-[UK]-Jungle "Jungle – Jungle"]. Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ [http://hitparade.ch/album/Jungle-[UK]/Jungle-246868 "Jungle – Jungle"]. Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jungle Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200 for Jungle. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 10 October 2014.