High Times: Singles 1992-2006

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High Times: Singles 1992-2006
Compilation album by Jamiroquai

Publication
(s)

November 3, 2006

Label (s) Sony Music

Format (s)

CD / double CD

Genre (s)

Funk , acid jazz , disco

Title (number)

19 (20)

running time

75:06

chronology
Dynamite
(2005) 		High Times: Singles 1992-2006 Jamiroquai - Live at Montreux 2003
(2007)

High Times: Singles 1992-2006 is a best-of album by the British acid jazz band Jamiroquai , which was released in November 2006 on the Sony Music label.

General

The CD appeared in several versions. In addition to the normal version, there was a special edition with a second CD with remixes of some of the songs. An additional DVD with music videos and making-ofs was also released in some countries .

The normal edition of the CD mainly contains old songs by the band, some of which have been shortened. However, there are also two new releases: Runaway and Radio . The two new songs are based on the style of Jamiroquai's first albums before the band tried out new styles on Dynamite . Furthermore, the band's new bass player, Paul Turner, can be heard here for the first time .

The album was advertised relatively heavily for a compilation. For example, posters with the Buffalo Man (the band's logo) were sometimes hung up.
For the later single Runaway there was a poster of the band with a pre-order.

The cover of the CD shows the famous “feather headdress” of the singer Jay Kay on a beach.

Track list

  1. When You Gonna Learn - 3:49
  2. Too Young to Die - 3:23
  3. Blow Your Mind - 3:56
  4. Emergency on Planet Earth - 3:37
  5. Space Cowboy - 3:37
  6. Virtual Insanity - 3:49
  7. Cosmic Girl - 3:47
  8. Alright - 3:42
  9. High Times - 4:10
  10. Deeper Underground - 4:46
  11. Canned Heat - 3:48
  12. Little L - 3:59
  13. Love Foolosophy - 3:47
  14. Corner of the Earth - 3:56
  15. Feels Just Like It Should - 4:33
  16. Seven Days in Sunny June - 4:02
  17. (Don't) Give Hate a Chance - 3:51
  18. Runaway - 3:46
  19. Radio - 4:12

This track list refers to the version of the CD that was also released in Germany. Other versions also appeared in Japan , Taiwan and the United Kingdom .

Chart successes

title Chart positions
DE AT CH UK
High Times: Singles 1992-2006 33 23 1 1
Runaway - - 12 18th

reception

The album received average reviews:

Allmusic wrote “[…] High Times is easily the best collection of Jamiroquai tunes on one disc and hits all of the most memorable tracks off each of the group's albums” ( German : “[…] High Times is simply the best compilation of Jamiroquai songs on one CD and includes all of the band's most important tracks ”) and gave four out of five stars.

Eberhard Dobler from laut.de wrote about the special edition "Bottom line [...] full service when it comes to Jamiroquai." And awarded three out of five possible stars.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b funkin.com
  2. ↑ funkin.com
  3. ↑ funkin.com
  4. ↑ musicline.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  5. ↑ a b austriancharts.at
  6. ↑ High Times: Singles 1992–2006 on Allmusic (English)
  7. ↑ laut.de