Emergency on Planet Earth
Emergency on Planet Earth | ||||
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Studio album by Jamiroquai | ||||
Publication |
May 17, 1993 |
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Label (s) | S2 Records , Columbia | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
55m 22s |
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occupation | ||||
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Emergency on Planet Earth is the debut album by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai . The album was released on May 17, 1993 in England and June 11 in Germany. On the album is the single Blow Your Mind , which made it to number 33 in the singles charts in Germany.
General
The album was released on the English label S2 Records , which is subordinate to Sony Music and at that time was still called Sony Soho Square (from the point of view of Soho Square in London ). It was released on CD and as a double LP . On the double LP, the first four songs were written out as "Extended Mixes", whereby they were only extended by a few minutes. For example, Too Young to Die takes six minutes on CD, while ten minutes on vinyl. The playing time of the LP is about nine minutes longer than that of the CD. On the cover you can see a black Buffalo Man against a white background . The Buffalo Man is the band's logo. The album is also featured in the anthology 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery. It's one of Kool Savas' favorite albums .
Track list
- When You Gonna Learn - 3:50
- Too Young to Die - 6:05
- Hooked Up - 4:35
- If I Like It I Do It - 4:53
- Music of the Mind - 6:22
- Emergency on Planet Earth - 4:05
- Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop - 4:07
- Blow Your Mind - 8:32
- Revolution 1993 - 10:16
- Didgin 'Out - 2:37
Singles
- When you gonna learn? (October 19, 1992)
- Too Young to Die (March 1, 1993)
- Blow Your Mind (May 24, 1993)
- Emergency on Planet Earth (August 2, 1993)
- When you gonna learn? (re-release; September 13, 1993)
Chart placements
title | Chart positions | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | |||
Emergency on Planet Earth | 17th | 11 | 5 | ||
When you gonna learn? | - | - | - | ||
Too Young to Die | - | - | 14th | ||
Blow your mind | 33 | - | - | ||
Emergency on Planet Earth | - | - | - |
Web links
- Emergency on Planet Earth at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ rocklistmusic.co.uk
- ↑ DASDING interview on YouTube, February 28, 2019.
- ↑ musicline.de ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ austriancharts.at
- ↑ hitparade.ch
- ↑ musicline.de ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ austriancharts.at
- ↑ hitparade.ch