Jungle (Jungle album)
Jungle is the debut studio album by London-based modern musical collective Jungle. It was released on 14 July 2014 through XL Recordings.
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Released | 14 July 2014 | |||
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Length | 39:06 | |||
Label | XL Recordings | |||
Producer | Jungle | |||
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In September 2014, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.[2]
Promotion
"Platoon" and "The Heat" were digitally released as the lead singles promoting the album on 16 December 2013.[3][4] The music video for "Platoon", which premiered on 4 June 2013, featured a 6-year-old B-girl named Terra,[5][6] while the video for "The Heat" featured British skate crew High Rollaz and was released on 1 October 2013.[6][7] Both videos were directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch.[6]
On 28 February 2014, a music video for the third single, "Busy Earnin'", was released onto YouTube.[8] The single was released digitally on 7 April 2014, and in vinyl format on 15 April.[9][10] The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart and at number 27 on Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,[11][12] and at number 118 in France in July 2014.[13]
A music video for the fourth single, "Time", was released on 8 July 2014.[14] On 8 September, remixes of the song by Joe Goddard and LXURY were released onto iTunes.[15][16]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[17] |
Metacritic | 72/100[18] |
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The A.V. Club | B−[1] |
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NME | 8/10[24] |
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Pitchfork | 6.2/10[26] |
Uncut | 6/10[27] |
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.[18]
Track listing
All tracks are 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 |
Total length: | 39:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Bonus Track" (unnamed, vinyl edition only) | 1:11 |
Total length: | 40:17 |
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Charts
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References
- Terry, Josh (7 July 2014). "Jungle's nu-disco is competent and sleek, but not much more". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Barclaycard Mercury Prize. September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 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.
- 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.
- "Jungle by Jungle reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- "Reviews for Jungle by Jungle". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- Thomas, Fred. "Jungle – Jungle". AllMusic. 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.
- Harley, Kevin; Coleman, Nick; Johnson, Phil; Male, Howard; Richman, Simmy (13 July 2014). "Jungle, Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3, Flint, Tzenni, Season Sun: album reviews". The Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- Carroll, Jim (8 August 2014). "Jungle album review: Jungle". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- "Jungle: Jungle". Mojo (250): 94. September 2014.
- Beaumont, Mark (1 July 2014). "Jungle – 'Jungle'". NME. Archived from the original on 4 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. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Jungle: Jungle". Uncut (207): 75. August 2014.
- "Jungle - Jungle | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Jungle – Jungle". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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- "Jungle – Jungle". danishcharts.dk. 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.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "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.
- "Jaaroverzichten 2014". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 September 2020.