Babylon Zoo

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Babylon Zoo was the name of a space rock project by the British multi-instrumentalist Jas Mann .

biography

The band ended in early 1996 with the single Spaceman and the associated self-made science fiction - video clip in B-movie -style an international number one hit . The success was based not least on the use of the song in a commercial for Levi’s jeans.

With the following single Animal Army , Babylon Zoo reached the top 20 of the British charts again . But with the third single The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes , which was only to be found in the middle of the British charts for two weeks , the group could not build on the initial success. The 1998 album King Kong Groover was also commercially unsuccessful, only the release All the Money's Gone climbed a position in the UK charts.

The Babylon Zoo project experienced a brief renaissance with the release of the song Love Lies Bleeding on the Internet.

Before his time as the mastermind behind Babylon Zoo, Jas Mann, a son of American-Indian parents, was a songwriter, singer and guitarist for the Britpop group The Sandkings, who never got beyond the status of a small independent band. During his Babylon Zoo phase, Jas Mann's androgynous nature caused a stir.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1996 The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes DE18 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH8 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK6th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK

More albums

  • 1995: 5 Track Album Sampler (Promo)
  • 1998: King Kong Groover

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1996 Spaceman
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes 		DE1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)DE 		AT1
gold
gold

(13 weeks)AT 		CH2 (17 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)UK
Animal Army
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes 		- - - UK17 (3 weeks)
UK
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes 		- - - UK32 (2 weeks)
UK
1999 All the Money's Gone
King Kong Groover 		- - - UK46 (1 week)
UK

More singles

  • 1998: Honaloochie Boogie

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums
  2. ↑ Gold / platinum databases: DE AT CH UK

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