A Funk Odyssey is the fifth studio album by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai, released on September 3, 2001 in the United Kingdom, and September 11, 2001 in the United States. A promotional accompaniment to the album, entitled An Online Odyssey, was made available to members of the group's official website in Summer 2001.
Background
Combining features of disco, funk and electronica, the release of the album represented the peak of international commercial success for Jamiroquai, and in the ensuing world tour the group became a household name in many countries. The album marks also a departure from the band's more traditional acid jazz sound. A Funk Odyssey was the first Jamiroquai album not to feature the famous "Buffalo Man" image on the cover, though the pattern of lasers behind Jason Kay were set up along an outline of the Buffalo Man, who also appears in the booklet several times. The album, although deeply into a disco/funk vibe, is also very focused on an electronica sound, evident especially in "Twenty Zero One" and "Stop Don't Panic". A popular fan interpretation is that "Main Vein" is a song written about Denise van Outen, Jay's ex-girlfriend, but from her perspective; the song would have thus featured a female vocalist and would showcase the same fight shown in "Little L" but from Denise's perspective.
Tracklisting
1. "Feel So Good" – 5:21
2. "Little L" – 4:55
3. "You Give Me Something" – 3:23
4. "Corner of the Earth" – 5:40
5. "Love Foolosophy" – 3:45
6. "Stop Don't Panic" – 4:34
7. "Black Crow" – 4:02
8. "Main Vein" – 5:05
9. "Twenty Zero One" – 5:15
10. "Picture Of My Life" - 4:11
11. "So Good To Feel Real" (Hidden Track) – 2:14
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