Kish Kash

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Kish Kash
Kish Kash album cover
Studio album by Basement Jaxx
Released October 20, 2003 (2003-10-20) (UK)
October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) (US)
Recorded March 2002 – July 2003
Genre Electronic dance music
Length 50:45
Label XL/Astralwerks
Producer Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx chronology
Rooty
(2001)		 Kish Kash
(2003)		 Basement Jaxx: The Singles
(2005)
Singles from Kish Kash
  1. "Lucky Star"
    Released: November 2003
  2. "Good Luck"
    Released: January 2004
  3. "Plug It In"
    Released: May 4, 2004

Kish Kash is the third studio album by English electronic dance music duo Basement Jaxx. It reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart and won the Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2005.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Good Luck" (featuring Lisa Kekaula) 4:42
2. "Right Here's the Spot" (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello) 4:24
3. "Benjilude"   0:09
4. "Lucky Star" (featuring Dizzee Rascal) 4:31
5. "Petrilude"   0:10
6. "Supersonic" (featuring Totlyn Jackson) 5:23
7. "Plug It In" (featuring JC Chasez) 4:51
8. "Cosmolude"   0:54
9. "If I Ever Recover"   3:22
10. "Cish Cash" (featuring Siouxsie Sioux) 4:18
11. "Tonight" (featuring Phoebe) 4:02
12. "Hot 'n Cold"   4:00
13. "Living Room"   2:25
14. "Feels like Home" (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello) 7:26
Total length:
 50:45

[edit] Singles

The first single released from the album was "Lucky Star" in November 2003. It reached number 23 in the UK charts.[citation needed] The single marked Basement Jaxx's return after a two year break. The single featured Mercury Music Prize-winning artist Dizzee Rascal and British Bhangra vocalist Mona Singh on the chorus.[citation needed]

"Good Luck" was released in January 2004 and debuted at number 12 in the UK.[citation needed] The lead vocals were sung by Lisa Kekaula, lead singer of US band The Bellrays. "Good Luck" was re-released in July, due to exposure on the BBC coverage of the Euro 2004 television campaign. It reached number 14 that time around. The song also appeared on the anime film Appleseed.

"Plug It In", the third single from the album, was released on May 4, 2004 and debuted at number 22.[citation needed] It featured 'N Sync member JC Chasez (credited as 'J.C. Chasez').

A music video which didn't feature Siouxsie Sioux was also made for "Cish Cash", though it was not released as a single.

[edit] Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Blender 4/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly A−[4]
Mojo 4/5 stars[5]
NME 6/10 stars[6]
Pitchfork (9.1/10)[7]
PopMatters 8/10 stars[8]
Q 4/5 stars[9]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[10]
Uncut 9/10 stars[11]

The album was well-received critically. Pitchfork Media gave it a score of 9.1 out of 10, calling it "the most propulsive, ferocious music of the year as well as some of the most poignant".[7] Entertainment Weekly called it "the richest and most fervent music the Jaxx have ever made".[4] PopMatters called it "their best sustained effort so far".[8] The A.V. Club called it "an album that sets the bar for density and imagination almost unreasonably high".[12] Blender called it "their most violently inventive album yet".[3]

NME, on the other hand, gave it a score of 6 out of 10 and called it "a naggingly problematic record" with "a void at its heart that no amount of cool celebrity mates can conceal".[6] Allmusic, whilst giving it a very positive review and calling it perhaps the best dance record of 2003, wrote that it was "the least imaginative record Basement Jaxx have ever released".[2]

[edit] Personnel

  • Felix Buxton - vocals, producer
  • Simon Ratcliffe - various instruments, producer

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Basement-Jaxx-Kish-Kash/release/2755189. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b John Bush. "Kish Kash - Basement Jaxx". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/kish-kash-r656919. Retrieved 12 September 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Blender (November 2003): 109. 
  4. ^ a b David Browne (24 October 2003). "Kish Kash Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,519562,00.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
  5. ^ Mojo (November 2003): 128. 
  6. ^ a b Stephen Dalton (24 October 2003). "Basement Jaxx : Kish Kash". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/7210. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
  7. ^ a b Scott Plagenhoef (21 October 2003). "Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash". Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/573-kish-kash/. Retrieved 12 September 2011. 
  8. ^ a b John Davidson (19 November 2003). "Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/basementjaxx-kishkash. Retrieved 12 September 2011. 
  9. ^ Q (November 2003): 106. 
  10. ^ Rolling Stone. 
  11. ^ Uncut (December 2003): 122. 
  12. ^ Andy Battaglia (21 October 2003). "Kish Kash". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/basement-jaxx-kish-kash,11745/. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
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