Automaton
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Automaton
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 2 in Switzerland, number 3 in France, and number 4 in the UK. - Wikipedia
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Consequence of Sound
A cinematic opus plied with electrodes, stuffed into a cannon, and shot through a disco.
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The Guardian
Clever, clubbable pop makes for an audacious but strangely listenable comeback.
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Pitchfork
The British dance-funk group return with their first album in seven years, not so much cashing in on retro styles but leaning into it like they always did.
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Spill Magazine
Automaton is a welcome breath of familiar pop-funk from a happier era.
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All Music
Automaton, is a dancefloor-friendly production inspired as much by lead singer Jay Kay's famous love of sports cars as Giorgio Moroder's synth and drum machine-heavy productions of the '70s and '80s.
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Paste Magazine
Automaton is a pop/funk/acid jazz/disco/proto-house opus that succeeds in discounting the band’s growing pains within the confines of both fame and pop music.
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Cryptic Rock
Automaton is no different and while it starts off with an explosive bang, there are some moments that lack lustre; yet it is, over all, another resplendent offering from a superbly unique band.
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Golden Plec
More often than not, ‘Automaton’ strikes gold.
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Soul Tracks
Automaton grafts old-school analog influences over deftly-executed and digitized musings of the eternal human dilemma: a yearning to connect, a reluctance to reveal oneself and the agonizing, echoing spaces in-between. Highly recommended.
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Live for Live Music
Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in.
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The Young Folks
Jay Kay has decided to bring back the funk (or acid jazz, if you will) regardless of his relevancy.
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Crack Magazine
While this album has some good elements, the overall effect is to put the ‘why?’ in Jamiroquai.
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Slant Magazine
Jamiroquai updates their sound on Automaton, but their views on relationships are trapped in a bygone era.
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Classic Pop Magazine
Fans will be thrilled, and Automaton does what cynics would have thought was impossible: it insists that you re-evaluate Jamiroquai.
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Unzyme
Many songs are perfect for sunny beach badminton sessions, but there’s a good bunch of not-so-straightforward stuff too.
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Albumism
Jamiroquai return to power with ‘Automaton’.
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XS Noise
Automaton is a welcome return to form for the guys and will satisfy not only the fan base but the music community in general.
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Harder Blogger Faster
The only real criticism is the album losses it way a bit towards the end.
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Clash Music
Tired and unoriginal, Jay Kay's return borders on the offensive.
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2G1 Reviews
I think I’ll rank it just a bit higher than average as half the songs on the album are average but other songs do elevate above.
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Exclaim!
Automaton is inspired, experimental and timeworn.
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The Edge
'Automaton' sees Jamiroquai returning with a new electronic sound; a reinvention that pays off very well indeed.
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Get Some Magazine
Jamiroquai’s first album in seven-plus years is a resounding musical success.
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Standard
Their first album since 2010 is a slick update on a retro formula that suggests they’ve never really left the Nineties.
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The Student Playlist
Jay Kay and Jamiroquai have been away for seven years, but absolutely nothing has changed on their eighth album.
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Pop Matters
After a seven-year hiatus, Jay Kay and band return with a sharp view of technological dominance.
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Gigwise
Lots of variety but lacking in substance.
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Las Vegas Weekly
Despite such lulls, Jamiroquai’s effervescence ultimately wins out, keeping the record firmly in camp fun(ky).
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The Upcoming
Demonstrating a successful maturation in style, after a long hiatus, Jamiroquai’s highly anticipated Automaton is a joyful, well-conceived, exceptional album.
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Sputnik Music
Saturday night fever with Jamiroquai...
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The West Review
Cloaked in notes of Daft Punk or Justice, flat and uninspiring production, and lacking in that convincing, confident departure in sound, Automaton is more than anything, a forgettable, and unfortunately not even an admirable attempt at reinvention.
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Read Music
There was a mixture of good and bad within the album.
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Under the Radar Magazine
What it doesn't provide is many reasons to turn to this disc over one of those old ones.
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Richer Sounds
A good percentage of the album is filled with strong tracks that will have you going back for more, the rest is often an experimental swing and a miss, or simply just some filler that possibly should not have made the final cut.
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Medium
In conclusion, has Jamiroquai succumb to virtual insanity? I’d argue not.
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Earbuddy
Judge Jamiroquai on the music, not the headgear.
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Kevin's Album Reviews
Jamiroquai have always made great music I am proud to be a fan of a fantastic band that I loved since I was a kid.
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Newcastle Herald
Long-term Jamiroquai fans will welcome Automaton as a return to form, albeit one with a electronic edge.
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We Plug Good Music
Whether intentional or not what Jamiroquai has done with this album is create the perfect circular economy where funk, soul, jazz and even pop feed each on other; and might continue to do so until all that is left is a slightly less than perfect reproduction of themselves that is still good fun but without the depth and honesty of the original version.
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Immortal Reviews
As a whole, this album carries its energy all the way through without stop, but it does feel like it could use more places that really mold the funkiness into something different.
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Heavy Blog is Heavy
Essentially, Automaton is brilliant.
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PressPLAY OK
A new overtly electronic Jamiroquai with its polished space-age production.
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IBT
A throwback to the future with a healthy helping of funk.
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Hotpress
An enjoyable, vocoder-based effort that sounds like a video game soundtrack sprinkled with a little bit of krautrock, it suggests that maybe we shouldn’t count Kay out just yet.
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FT
Album employs a funky robot strut set to gleaming electro-disco, computer-distorted vocals and dynamic bass.
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Hypersonic55
Jamiroquai’s Automaton is a fabulous album that gives you what you want as a fan of this band, but at the same time they deliver new sounds which you didn’t know you wanted until I hear them.
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Stuff and That.
Automaton, is by no means the band’s best, but it ain’t nothing to turn your nose up at either.
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NZ Herald
Overall Automaton is a real good time.
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As I was saying...
I absolutely love Automaton and will definitely be playing it repeatedly on during jogs and working out, the motivation Jay Kay and his band give with their music gets you pumped to the max!
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The Daily
Revamped production carries the British funksters to a new echelon of groove.
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MSU Reporter
Automaton is a fun and refreshing album that does not disappoint. After their highly-anticipated comeback, Jamiroquai shows that they can still keep the funk alive.
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Electro Wow
Fans will be thrilled, and Automaton does what cynics would have thought was impossible: it insists that you re-evaluate Jamiroquai
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The Beat Bali
Automaton remains a slick updating of the classic Jamiroquai sound, and for that it’s absolutely worth taking for a spin on the dance floor.
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Hi-Fi Way
While Automaton is no different from previous Jamiroquai recordings, there are some moments that are promising but also some that lack luster; yet over all, another sound offering from this very unique band.
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Leon TK
Automaton is not going to disappoint.
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Freaky Party
Despite some naff phrases, dodgy song titles and a lot of robotic trickery, during times of grim austerity, the return of Jay Kay’s elite, escapist lifestyle – full of fast cars, fast girls and big bulldozing basslines – offers a flash of ostentatious fun.
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Celeb Mix
Disco has been revived and look no further if you want to get lost in carefree utopia.
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