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Album Review: You've Been Spiked

  • Artist: Chris Joss
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 21, 2004
  • Type: Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Multi-instrumentalist/DJ/producer Chris Joss presents his acid jazzy electronica with a wonderful combination of quirk and cool. He's as much David Holmes as he is Thievery Corporation, and as retro as he is future. All these qualities make You've Been Spiked a feel-good record for cool cats and one of those "if you ain't dancing, you must be dead" albums. There are the usual wah-wah guitars, Hammond organs, and Italian soundtrack moments that the Thievery Corporation and their ESL roster love so much, but rarely are the pieces put together with such purpose. Barely anything sounds sampled and even though Joss is a one-man band, instruments play off one another like it's a live jam session. Besides the grooves there's the Funkadelic-styled chants and Barry White from outer space narration to latch onto, and two cool bonus tracks from Joss' hard to find first album -- The Man With the Suitcase -- seal the deal. It's the deepest album to ever come from ESL and a superb way to funkify yourself on the mellow tip. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Discotheque Dancing Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:41)
You've Been Spiked Chris Joss Chris Joss (4:40)
Drink Me Hot Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:53)
Wrong Alley Street, Pt. 1 Chris Joss Chris Joss (2:39)
Riviera 69 Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:28)
Shellah V. Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:40)
Wrong Alley Street, Pt. 3 Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:31)
Waves of Love Chris Joss Chris Joss (4:22)
A Part in That Show Chris Joss Chris Joss (4:09)
Early Morning Wanderings Chris Joss Chris Joss (4:14)
Waking Up in the Park Chris Joss Chris Joss (1:34)
The Man With the Suitcase [*] Chris Joss Chris Joss (3:56)
The Wait [*] Chris Joss Chris Joss (8:09)
Discotheque Dancing [Multimedia Track] Chris Joss Chris Joss

Credits

Neal Ashby (Design), Chris Joss (Video Director), Chris Joss (Producer), Chris Joss (Photography)
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You've Been Spiked
Studio album by Chris Joss
Released October 5, 2004
Genre Funk
Length 55:38
Label Eighteenth Street
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Track listing

  1. Discotheque Dancing
  2. You've Been Spiked
  3. Drink Me Hot
  4. Wrong Alley Street (Part 1)
  5. Riviera 69
  6. Shellah V.
  7. Wrong Alley Street (Part 3)
  8. Waves Of Love
  9. A Part In That Show
  10. Early Morning Wanderings
  11. Waking Up In The Park
  12. The Man With A Suitcase (bonus Track)
  13. The Wait (bonus track)

 
 

 

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