Welcome to the Jungle (Neon Jungle album)

Welcome to the Jungle
Studio album by Neon Jungle
Released 28 July 2014
Recorded 2013–14
Label RCA
Producer Snob Scrilla, soFLY & Nius, Fear of Tigers
Singles from Welcome to the Jungle
  1. "Trouble"
    Released: 1 September 2013
  2. "Braveheart"
    Released: 19 January 2014
  3. "Welcome to the Jungle"
    Released: 20 April 2014
  4. "Louder"
    Released: 20 July 2014
  5. "Can't Stop the Love[1]"
    Released: 15 December 2014

Welcome to the Jungle is the only studio album by British girl group Neon Jungle, released on 28 July 2014 by RCA Records.[2]

Critical reception

Welcome to the Jungle received mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who commended the group as a whole and their originality, whilst some felt they had not yet "found their sound".[3] Ally Carnwath of The Guardian called the album a "mixed bag, front-loaded with singles and with the requisite number of formulaic club bangers, but also containing some flashes of personality and nicely executed ideas".[4] Stoke Sentinel was more positive, saying that the album "has even more to give [with] no filler tracks here".[5] Helena Ho of "Renownedforsound.com" gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and bemoaned its tracklisting, but she complimented individual tracks and called it "a solid debut from Neon Jungle, with a lot of ... standouts".[3]

Cover versions

The song "Waiting Game" by Banks was covered on Welcome to the Jungle without the singer's knowledge.[6] Her single of the song had debuted at No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2014[7] after being featured in a Victoria's Secret commercial,[8] and was due to be featured on her debut album, Goddess.[9]

Banks posted to her Facebook account that although the use of her song was apparently legal, she felt "really icky" that so personal a song had been used on another album before it could appear on hers.[6] Helena Ho described the Neon Jungle version as a "mess" that is "horribly over-sung and nowhere near captures the sultriness of the original",[3] while Rebecca Mattina was more positive, saying that while their version "doesn’t quite have the same deep and intense allure that Banks commands with her emotionally delicate vocals, I can’t deny the power Amira and Shereen bring to those runs at the end".[10]

The album also contains a cover version of Hozier's Take Me to Church.[9]

Tracklist

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Braveheart"  
More Mega 3:44
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"  
 soFLY & Nius 3:34
3. "Trouble"  
Mathmatica 2:32
4. "Louder"  
  • Duck Blackwell
  • Adam Argyle
  • Jetta John-Hartley
Blackwell 3:24
5. "Can't Stop the Love" (featuring Snob Scrilla)
  • More Mega
  • Wilkins
 3:42
6. "Bad Man"  
  • Davis
  • Ray
More Mega 3:29
7. "Sleepless in London"  
  • Davis
  • Ray
  • More Mega
  • Wilkins
 3:14
8. "So Alive"  
Rogers 3:14
9. "Fool Me"  
  • Blackwell
  • Argyle
  • John-Hartley
Blackwell 3:13

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 48
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 8

References

  1. ↑ "Neon Jungle on Twitter: "We’ve got some big news to share with you… http://t.co/60uN5UEcBc"". External link in |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Neon Jungle Announce New Song 'Louder', Debut Album Details – Big Top 40". bigtop40.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Renowned for Sound - Album Review: Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle". 29 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Ally Carnwath. "Welcome to the Jungle review – Neon Jungle's debut is a mixed bag | Music | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Sentinel, The (1 August 2014). "CD reviews: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neon Jungle, beck and Jenny Lewis". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "BANKS – People keep asking why I let Neon Jungle put my...". Facebook. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "UK Singles Chart: CLUK Update 18.01.2014 (wk2)". Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ Saad, Nardine (12 December 2013). "Watch extended cut of Victoria Secret models Paris commercial". L.A. Times. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. 1 2 "NME News 'Neon Jungle 'no comment' over claims they covered Banks song without artist's knowledge'". Nme.Com. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "ANDPOP - Track by Track Album Review: Welcome to the Jungle by Neon Jungle".
  11. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle". Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Neon Jungle | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
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