Rock Dust Light Star is the forthcoming seventh studio album by British jazz funk group Jamiroquai, due for release on November 1, 2010.
The album has been recorded at Jay’s home studio in Buckinghamshire, Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire, and Karma Studios in Thailand. The album is entirely written by the band, and produced by first time collaborators Charlie Russell and Brad Spence. There will be an extra track for the Japanese release called "That's Not The Funk I Want". Music style of the new album will be rather funk/rock, although Jay himself said that the tone and style of the album was hard for him to describe. One song, "White Knuckle Ride", is to be released from the album on November 1, 2010 (not as the official first single but rather a limited release promo single); followed by official first single "Blue Skies" on the same date. The videos to these two tracks were first shown to the public over the band's official Youtube Channel few weeks earlier on September 25, 2010. On October 1, 2010, in an imminent redesign of the official page, a new video showing the band recording the album in the studio was put online, revealing several song titles: "All Mixed Up In You", "I've Been Working" and "Super Highway" (there are small parts where the band is heard playing this one). There's yet another song title possibly revealed, when tracklistings of the album for pre-order in several sites showed a song titled "Your Window Is A Crazy Television". It is unknown at this point if it's going to be released, either as a hidden bonus track, or a b-side in future single releases. Promotion for the album, after the official confirmation of the release date, started in Mexico on October 7, during a press conference with bandmembers Jay Kay, Derrick McKenzie, Sola Akingbola, Matt Johnson, Paul Turner and Rob Harris, promoting the new album before two concerts, in Colombia and Brazil. Plans for a possible world tour in 2011 were also discussed.On October 13, the new redesigned official site debuted online. On October 17, 2010, thirty second previews of all the tracks in the album (including 2 bonus tracks) were made available in iTunes, with highly positive response from the fans. The album has been described by the Daily Telegraph as "blistering, poetic, meaty, reflective and inspiring".
Track List
01# "Rock Dust Light Star" (4:39)
02# "White Knuckle Ride" (3:33)
03# "Smoke and Mirrors" (4:30)
04# "All Good in the Hood" (3:35)
05# "Hurtin'" (4:15)
06# "Blue Skies" (3:51)
07# "Lifeline" (4:39)
08# "She's a Fast Persuader" (5:16)
09# "Two Completely Different Things" (4:25)
10# "Goodbye to My Dancer" (4:06)
11# "Never Gonna Be Another" (4:08)
12# "Hey Floyd" (5:09) [13] [14]
13# "That's Not the Funk I Want" (Play.com / Japanese Bonus Track)
* Vocals: Jay Kay
* Drums: Derrick McKenzie
* Percussion: Sola Akingbola
* Guitar: Rob Harris
* Keyboards: Matt Johnson
* Bass: Paul Turner
* Background vocals: Hazel Fernandez & Valerie Etienne
* Saxes & flute: James Russell
* Saxes: Jim Corry
* Trumpet & flugel: Malcolm Strachan
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