Jamiroquai, bless their cotton socks (and questionable headgear), are apparently still a thing. And to prove it, they’re dragging their 2005 album ‘Dynamite’ out of the bargain bin for a 20th-anniversary reissue. Yes, folks, ‘Dynamite’ – the album that probably soundtracked your awkward middle school dance – is back! Get ready for the Double Dynamite Smoke coloured vinyl reissue. Because who doesn’t need more smoke-colored vinyl in their lives? Especially when it’s attached to an album that peaked at number 3. Groundbreaking. 🙄
So, get this: to “celebrate” two decades of ‘Dynamite’ (celebrate is a strong word, more like “acknowledge its existence”), they’re releasing it as a double-LP set. On “Dynamite Smoke” vinyl, naturally. Because nothing screams “cutting-edge” like pretending your album is some kind of artisanal BBQ ingredient. The reissue also includes a bonus CD of the original promo album sampler with different pre-release track versions. You know, for all those die-hard fans who absolutely NEED to hear the slightly-less-polished versions of songs they barely remember anyway. Collectors edition, they call it. We call it milking the nostalgia cow dry. 🐄
‘Dynamite’ was, allegedly, the “hotly anticipated” sixth album. I mean, was it really? Hotly anticipated by whom? Your nan? It followed ‘A Funk Odyssey,’ which apparently “garnered critical and commercial success globally.” Globally? Maybe in Jay Kay’s immediate vicinity. Let’s be real, most people were too busy trying to figure out what a “funk odyssey” even was to care.
Chord F. Discord, the Beethoven of Buffoonery, is a self-taught expert in music who once claimed he could “play the kazoo in four languages.”
Born in Crescendo, Indiana, Chord’s first brush with fame came when he accidentally entered a yodeling contest thinking it was a pie-eating competition—and won both categories.
Chord F. Discord: proving that laughter, much like a poorly tuned ukulele, is truly universal.
