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Travelling Without Moving | 
| Artist: Jamiroquai
Label: S2
Category: Music
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 7332
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099748399922
ASIN: B000025RR1
Release Date: September 1, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Virtual Insanity | | • | Cosmic Girl | | • | Use The Force | | • | Everyday | | • | Alright Alright | | • | High Times | | • | Drifting Along | | • | Didjerama | | • | Didjital Vibrations | | • | Travelling Without Moving | | • | You Are My Love | | • | Spend A Lifetime | | • | Funktion |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Adding pop savvy to their soul-disco mix, Jamiroquai grabbed the attention of MTV and Top 40 radio and won a Grammy with this platinum-selling album, Travelling Without Moving. It's a fine record, with warm keyboards, sweet strings, and irrepressible grooves grounding Jay Kay's sublime vocals and fuelling the hits "Virtual Insanity", "Cosmic Girl" and the title track. That voice--elastic, jazzy--is the fire of the band, but immaculate guitar sounds, snappy backup vocals and clever old-school soul samples (Eddie Harris on "Alright", Esther Phillips on "High Times") are the details that create perfection. Balancing the dance-ready, radio-friendly tracks are the ballads "Everyday" and "Spend a Lifetime", the reggae-styled "Drifting Along", and a couple of didjeridoo instrumentals.--Suzanne McElfresh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 a very "cosmic" album October 21, 2008
if you grew up in the nineties like me you should definatly remember the cat in the hat jay kay with his funky band jamiroquai.
this was the first jamiroquai album i got and is probably there most recognised for there singles virtual insanity, cosmic girl and alright which i seem to remember getting loads of airplay in the nineties, this album is also the best selling funk album ever and if you dont believe me look it up on wikipedia!
personally i found emergancy on planet earth and the return of the space cowboy alot more funky and acid-jazz related than this album which came after but its still a fantastic album and one of my favourate albums from the band.
 This slick album brings a mature string of arrangements July 5, 2007
I remember years ago when I saw the music video for "Virtual Insanity" with its unique special effects and Jay Kay's signature vocal "sound," I had an inkling that it was going to be a good album to listen to. It's definitely a quick pick-me-up! You've got all different kinds of music on it. Reggae, rock, pop, jazz... etc. Whatever kind of music that floats your boat, you'll probably find on this album.
My favorite tracks are "Virtual Insanity" (of COURSE...) "Alright" (just makes you want to dance), "Cosmic Girl," "Traveling Without Moving," "Everyday," and "Drifting Along." I have to admit I'm rarely able to "sit" through the disc in its entirety. It seems to be a work that is three fourths complete with eight of the thirteen cuts exceptional and five being substandard.
Jay Kay really brings a unique style of Jazz mixed with Dance that sends you into a world of groovy romantic fantasy, with mind-fuzzing bass and dreamful lyrics. The flourish of various instruments harmonizing into one beautiful sound is enough to keep you excited once you place this album into your player, other than that 'Travelling without Moving' is good album to have due to it's collaboration.
At the pinnacle of their success and creativity. December 6, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Jamroquai have done some great versions of the same album and some not so great. However, this looks set to become their finest hour. Their most well crafted and their most varied album as far as style, grooves, instrumentally and lyrically, but most of all every song has a killer hook and melody. This album sums up what a good song-writing is all about, solid, memorable tunes that never age in their appeal and sheers listenability.Jamiroquai have never quite matched it, well actually few albums have. It is pure pop perfection, up there with Michael and Madonna at their best.
Superfunky... February 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have all of Jamiroquai's albums, but in my opinion, Travelling Without Moving is their best. Practically all of the songs on it are classics, Cosmic Girl being my favourite, partly because of the wicked tune and beat, and partly because every time you listen to it, you're struck by just how much goes into their music- something that I think is true of all Jamiroquai songs. Virtual Insanity, Alright and Everyday also deserve a mention for being similarly catchy and impressive tunes. Use the force and High times call on tribal and reggae influences, while 'Spend a lifetime', one of my favourites, comes as a surprise being the only slow song on the album and distinctly jazzy. Jamiroquai are masters at what they do. I think part of the album's success is that Jamiroquai draw on so many musical influences, that their style is almost impossible to pin down. The tracks on this album lean towards a mixture of jazz, funk and soul remeniscent of the late 70s/ early 80s, they take on Latino and even tribal influences, and add their own unmistakeably funky musical inventions to create their style. Jamiroquai have been criticised for being to 'samey', and admittedly, their style isn't for everyone. But Jamiroquai, if you like funk, have it all, and their music is not just classically funky, it's clever too. Here are proper musicians, making this generation's music famous for being new and different, instead of so many bands' hopeless imitations of former greatness from the 60s, 70s and 80s. A must have for all funk-lovers.
So cool, fantastic & spacy! January 21, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Jamiroquai's sound so much, 'cause it made me feel so good & feel like dance at any time.
JK's lyrics are truly heartful and wonderful!!! I absolutely agree with the idea of "Virtual Insanity", and I'm kinda wanna be someone's "Cosmic Girl" when I'm listening to it. Needless to say, their whole tunes are so unique and borderless.
Here in Japan, they're so popular and people love their songs very much. But I wanna let them know the real meanings of their music, not only its catchy beat but also its strong messages to the audience!
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