This album makes you move since the first track till the end. Starting out with a very 70's disco retro Feels So Good and then followed by Little L. Then continued with bunch of other soul-electronica-funk songs that will make your feet stomp to the floor such as Love Foolosophy, Stop Dont Panic!. One of the catchy song in this album in my opinion is Corner of the Earth that offer some middle eastern tune mix with bossanova style of Babel Gilberto. If you are the first listener of jamiroquai, this album could be an introductory album before listening to traveling without moving or their greatest hits CD. And if you are a dance floor person, you must have this CD in your collection. Dont Miss this!
I could sense it even back during the band's 'Travelling Without Moving' period, their newfound mainstream success gradually eating away at celebrated frontman Jay's own psyche to the point where he just about did away with his wholesome "socially-conscious" attitude towards the music that endeared both him and fellow bandmates to millions of global fans early on in their career. On 2001's 'A Funk Odyssey', one can literally hear Jay's already-spiraling ego consuming him on one oversaturated dancefloor track after another as the more decadent trappings of the famed 70s "disco era" thoroughly wash away the rich musical diversity and lyrical depth that made those first 4 Jamiroquai albums so special by comparison. This sudden wave of materialism also creeps into the album-related promo music videos that often feature Jay flaunting his increasingly lavish lifestyle and even manages to worm its way onto the album cover itself (signature "Buffalo Man" logo that graced the band's previous releases gets unceremoniously dropped for a rather generic photo of-you guessed it-Jay carelessly indulging himself yet again). Matter of fact, the rest of the band is pretty much treated as a mere afterthought with their contributions kept to a bare minimum overall. This is the very reason why most fans (myself included) still feel Jamiroquai's musical relevance ended right after their 1999 'Synkronized' album. If Jay had only known just how good he TRULY had it before ultimately ending up on the wrong side of success where he's been paying the price ever since:::sigh:::Read full review
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I bought Synkronized and loved it. While A Funk Odyssey took a little longer to grow on me, it's still a great album. It's perfect for listening to before going out. It always makes me feel like dancing. I recommend this album to any Jamiroquai fan or anyone looking for fun, upbeat music.
Although a huge fan of Jamiroquai and how his unique take on Neo-soul funk lends to his uncommon sound, for me A Funk Odyssey just seems way more house and disco than soul and funk. And with the album consisiting of only about 10 tracks, it just didn't justify purchasing it for the 2 or 3 tracks I did enjoy.
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