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Albumism’s 50 Best Albums of 2017 | #23: Jamiroquai’s ‘Automaton’

December 5, 2017 Albumism Staff

#23
Jamiroquai | Automaton
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According to Quentin Harrison: “Automaton, Jamiroquai's eighth album, returns the group to the summit of power in the fields of dance, R&B, and post-modern disco that they helped establish and redefine. The album—a heady blend of their own seasoned style and references spanning Electric Light Orchestra, Earth, Wind & Fire and Afrika Bambaataa—feels effortless, but nothing short of kinetic in its execution....In all, Automaton is funky, sometimes shrewd, and occasionally surprising―it's the most enthralling Jamiroquai project since A Funk Odyssey to be sure. The perfect blend of flesh and steel, Jay Kay and crew manage to (once again) bring the future and the past into a singular space, showing they can mutually coexist on the dancefloor.”

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