Jamiroquai: The Return Of The Space Cowboy (CD)

The Return of the Space Cowboy from 1994 is the second album by British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai.

Rolling Stone wrote, „Jay Kay is a wonderfully nimble singer with a Stevie Wonder jones, and Jamiroquai parlay jazzy soul pop so tight it crackles… Nowadays, when most funk comes out of cans, Jamiroquai’s live spark glows.“ Entertainment Weekly described the band as „a funk-making machine with a bright future in the past“, while The Source said that they „may still be light years ahead of the hip-hop world.“ Q called the album an „ebullient follow-up“ to Emergency on Planet Earth. Musician wrote that it „sounds like a bastard spawn of Stevie Wonder and Mandrill with its vintage keyboards, jazz harmonies and fondness for rambling, jam-oriented arrangements.“ Writing of the lyrics, Sonia Murray of The Atlanta Constitution opined that „Jamiroquai challenges our numb response to violence, the lure of material trappings, even ‚the shame of [his] ancestry‘ with a spirit so unencumbered and personal that these searing messages feel like engaging talks over coffee.“

Label: Sony