Travelling without Moving

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Travelling without Moving
Studio album by Jamiroquai
Released	September 9, 1996 (UK) January 14, 1997 (US)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Acid Jazz/Funk/R&B/Pop
Length	59:07
Label	Work
Producer(s)	Jason Kay
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Jamiroquai chronology
The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994)	Travelling without Moving (1996)	Synkronized (1999)

Travelling without Moving is the third album by Jamiroquai. Released in 1996, this album features the international hit single "Virtual Insanity". The album also has a more diverse sound than previous albums, with more instrumental tracks, and a greater electronic influence, evident in songs such as "Alright", which mixed new synthetic sounds with shades of acid-jazz.

Around this time, Jay Kay's love of sportscars reached a peak, as reflected by the Ferrari-esque logo adorning the album cover and engine noises on the title track. This led some to accuse him of selling out on the environmentalist message of his previous albums.

The title track "Travelling without Moving" appropriately introduces a new high-octane sound which features strongly in later albums. This is also the last album with bassist Stuart Zender.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Virtual Insanity" – 5:40
2. "Cosmic Girl" – 4:03
3. "Use the Force" – 4:00
4. "Everyday" – 4:28
5. "Alright" – 4:25
6. "High Times" – 5:58
7. "Drifting Along" – 4:06
8. "Didjerama" (instrumental) – 3:50
9. "Didjital Vibrations" (instrumental) – 5:49
10. "Travelling without Moving" – 3:40
11. "You Are My Love" – 3:55
12. "Spend a Lifetime" – 4:14

[edit] Notes

• "Do You Know Where You're Coming From" and "Funktion" are featured on various versions of the albums as a bonus track. Most versions have either one or the other, while some have both tracks as tracks 13 and 14, respectively. All versions do not list which bonus tracks will appear on the record, but some have a different back cover, featuring a pseudo-Ferrari parody instead of the metal mesh of the more standard release.

• Some of the songs on this album have been used on soundtracks of movies. "Cosmic Girl" was played in the movie "Center Stage". "Use the Force" was also used in the hit movie "Sliding Doors".

• "Cosmic Girl" was also one of the songs you could play in the European version of "Donkey Konga"

Publishing Companies: Sony Entertainment, Epic Records

[edit] Sales

The global sales of Travelling without Moving are estimated to about 7 million units sold (according to the Guinness world record database), which make it the best selling funk album of all time. It is supposed that the large number of sold copies was partly influenced by the success of the "Virtual Insanity" music video, which won a Grammy Award and 4 MTV Awards^{[citation needed]}.

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Members: Jason Kay | Rob Harris | Paul Turner | Matt Johnson | Derrick McKenzie | Sola Akingbola | Lorraine McIntosh | Hazel Fernandez | Sam Smith
Former members: Gavin Dodds | Simon Katz | Nick Fyffe | Stuart Zender | Simon Carter | Toby Smith | Nick Van Gelder | Darren Galea (DJ D-Zire) | Winston Rollins | Adrian Revell | Wallis Buchanan | Beverley Knight
See also: Band logos | Chillington studio | Iroquois | Gig in the Sky
Discography
Studio albums
Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) | The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994/1995) | Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guest appearance) (1995) | Travelling without Moving (1996/1997) | Synkronized (1999) | A Funk Odyssey (2001) | Dynamite (2005)
Compilation albums
Jay's Selection (1996) | In Store Jam (promo, 1997) | Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai (2003/2005) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006)
Box sets
L'Intégrale des Maxi-Singles (1994) | The Single Box (1997) | The Singles Collection (1997) | Deeper Underground (1998) | 1999 Remixes (1999) | ULBC (Fanmade) (??)
Unofficial live recordings (ROIOs)
If I Like it, I do it (1993) | BBC 528 (1993) | Stockholm '93 (1993) | Club Citta '93 (1993) | Songs for Manitú (1993) | Firenze [sic] 1993 (1993) | Funky Paradise (1994) | JAZZiroquai (1995) | ...
DVDs
Live In Verona (2002/2003) | High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (2006)
Singles
When You Gonna Learn | Too Young to Die | Blow Your Mind | Emergency on Planet Earth | Space Cowboy | Half the Man | Stillness in Time | Light Years | The Kids | Do U Know Where You're Coming From? (Guest appearance) | Virtual Insanity | Cosmic Girl | Alright | High Times | Deeper Underground | Canned Heat | Black Capricorn Day | Supersonic | King for a Day | I'm in the Mood for Love (Guest appearance) | Little L | You Give Me Something | Love Foolosophy | Corner of the Earth | Main Vein | Feels Just Like It Should | Seven Days in Sunny June | (Don't) Give Hate a Chance | Runaway
Promotion-only / Cancelled / White label singles
Revolution 1993 | If I Like It I Do It | Morning Glory | Everyday | Travelling Without Moving | Hollywood Swingin' | Soul Education | An Online Odyssey | Feel So Good | Do It Like We Used To Do | Bad Girls | Dynamite | Starchild | Electric Mistress | Time Won't Wait | Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes | Talullah (Shelter mixes) | Multiquai