Jungle (Jungle album)

Jungle
Studio album by Jungle
Released 14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Genre Neo-soul
Label XL Recordings
Producer Jungle
Singles from Jungle
  1. "Platoon"
    Released: 16 December 2013
  2. "The Heat"
    Released: 16 December 2013
  3. "Busy Earnin'"
    Released: 7 April 2014
  4. "Time"
    Released: 8 September 2014

Jungle is the debut studio album by London-based modern musical collective Jungle. It was released on 14 July 2014 through XL Recordings.

In September 2014, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.[1]

Promotion

"Platoon" and "The Heat" were digitally released as the lead singles promoting the album on 16 December 2013.[2][3] The music video for "Platoon", which premiered on 4 June 2013, featured a 6-year-old B-girl named Terra,[4][5] while the video for "The Heat" featured British skate crew High Rollaz and was released on 1 October 2013.[5][6] Both videos were directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch.[5]

On 28 February 2014, a music video for the third single, "Busy Earnin'", was released onto YouTube.[7] The single was released digitally on 7 April 2014, and in vinyl format on 15 April.[8][9] The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart and at number 27 on Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,[10][11] and at number 118 in France in July 2014.[12]

A music video for the fourth single, "Time", was released on 8 July 2014.[13] On 8 September, remixes of the song by Joe Goddard and LXURY were released onto iTunes.[14][15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[16]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[17]
Clash7/10[18]
The Guardian[19]
NME8/10[20]
The Observer[21]
Pitchfork6.2/10[22]

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.[16]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jungle. 

No. Title Length
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
13. "Bonus Track (unnamed, vinyl edition only)"   1:11

Personnel

Jungle
  • Josh Lloyd-Watson
  • Tom McFarland
  • Fraser MacColl
Additional musicians[23]
  • Rudi – vocals
  • F. Maccoll – guitar
  • D. Whalley – percussion
  • G. Day – drums
Additional personnel[23]
  • Jungle – design, production
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Mandy Parnell – mastering
  • Imran Ahmed – A&R
  • Phil Lee – design
  • Oliver Hadlee Pearch – photography

Charts

Charts (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 38
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] 28
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[28] 42
French Albums (SNEP)[29] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] 43
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[35] 1
US Billboard 200[36] 84

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Barclaycard Mercury Prize. September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Platoon / Drops - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Heat / Lucky I Got What I Want - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jungle - Platoon". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Newman, Jason (8 July 2014). "Funk Collective Jungle Prep Debut Album With Joyful New Video 'Time'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jungle - The Heat". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jungle - Busy Earnin'". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Breihan, Tom (3 March 2014). "JUNGLE. – "Busy Earnin'" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Busy Earnin [VINYL] by Jungle". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Discografie Jungle [UK]". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Discographie Jungle [UK]". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jungle - Time". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Time (Joe Goddard Remix) - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Time (LXURY Remix) - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Reviews for Jungle by Jungle". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Jungle - Jungle". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Zadeh, Joe (3 July 2014). "Jungle - Jungle". Clash. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  19. ↑ MacInnes, Paul (10 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle review – enigmatic dance outfit lose a little mystique". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Jungle - 'Jungle'". NME. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  21. ↑ Empire, Kitty (13 July 2014). "Jungle review – self-titled slice of accomplished search-engine-unfriendly disco-funk". The Observer. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  22. ↑ Beta, Andy (14 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  23. 1 2 "Jungle - Jungle | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  24. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  25. ↑ [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/3c454/Jungle-[UK]-Jungle "Jungle – Jungle"]. Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  26. ↑ [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/3c454/Jungle-[UK]-Jungle "Jungle – Jungle"]. Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  27. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  28. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  29. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  30. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  31. ↑ "Jungle – Jungle". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  32. ↑ "2014-07-26 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  33. ↑ [http://hitparade.ch/album/Jungle-[UK]/Jungle-246868 "Jungle – Jungle"]. Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  34. ↑ "2014-07-26 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  35. ↑ "2014-07-26 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  36. ↑ "Jungle Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200 for Jungle. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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