Rooty
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| Studio album by Basement Jaxx | ||||
| Released | 26 June 2001 (UK) 26 June 2001 (US) |
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| Genre | House, progressive house, UK garage | |||
| Length | 42:43 | |||
| Label | XL (UK) Astralwerks (US) |
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| Producer | Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe | |||
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Rooty is the second studio album by English electronic dance music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released on 26 June 2001 on XL and Astralwerks in the UK and US respectively. The singles released from the album were "Romeo", "Jus 1 Kiss", "Where's Your Head At?", and "Get Me Off". "Do Your Thing" was also released as a single in Australia in 2003, and in the UK in 2005, after the release of their compilation album The Singles.
The name is taken from Basement Jaxx's regular club event held at a small pub in Brixton. The cover art features Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla.
The music video for the song "Romeo" stars Divya Dutta.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, except as indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Romeo" | 3:36 | |
| 2. | "Breakaway" | 3:22 | |
| 3. | "S.F.M." | 2:39 | |
| 4. | "Kissalude" | Buxton, Ratcliffe, and Alma Duah | 0:20 |
| 5. | "Jus 1 Kiss" | 4:24 | |
| 6. | "Broken Dreams" | 3:07 | |
| 7. | "I Want U" | 3:26 | |
| 8. | "Get Me Off" | 4:49 | |
| 9. | "Where's Your Head At?" | 4:43 | |
| 10. | "Freakalude" | 0:29 | |
| 11. | "Crazy Girl" | 3:20 | |
| 12. | "Do Your Thing" (featuring Elliot May) | 4:41 | |
| 13. | "All I Know" | 3:47 | |
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Total length:
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42:43 | ||
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| 14. | "Romeo (Shinichi Osawa Tokyo Garage Mix)" | 5:03 | |||||||
| 15. | "Romeo (Shinichi Osawa Tokyo Garage Mix Radio Edit)" | 3:50 | |||||||
[edit] Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Alternative Press |   [2] |
| Billboard |   [3] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-)[5] |
| NME | [6] |
| Pitchfork | (3.8/10)[7] |
| PopMatters | (mixed)[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Spin | [10] |
Rooty was well-received critically. Allmusic gave it 5 out of 5 stars, calling it "so raw you can't believe they spent over an hour per track, so perfect you're glad they stopped noodling about long before most producers would, and so poppy they should get picked up by commercial radio in America as well as the rest of the world".[1] Entertainment Weekly gave it an A- grade and called the album "where heart and feet meet and lovingly coexist".[5] Billboard said the album "revels in exploiting rhythms that shouldn't work—but definitely do".[3] PopMatters' review was mixed, calling the album "either a brilliantly innovative record, or an unlistenable mess, depending on your point of view".[8]
Pitchfork Media's review, however, was very negative. While calling band members Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe "two of the weirdest, most innovative and talented house producers on the scene", the website wrote that "[Basement Jaxx] have taken kitsch too far", noting that the music is "often so tacky that it's impossible to stomach."[7] However, contradictingly, Pitchfork would later name Rooty the 33rd best album of the 2000s.[11]
[edit] Personnel
- Felix Buxton – vocals and production
- Simon Ratcliffe – production and various instruments
[edit] References
- ^ a b John Bush. "Rooty". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r536995/review. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ Alternative Press: 60. July 2001.
- ^ a b Billboard.
- ^ Blender: 104. June–July 2001.
- ^ a b David Browne (30 June 2001). "Rooty Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,132660~4~0~basementjaxxrooty,00.html. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ John Mulvey (25 June 2001). "Basement Jaxx : Rooty". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/basement-jaxx/5270. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ a b Malcolm Seymour III (18 September 2011). "Basement Jaxx: Rooty". Pitchfork. http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/571-rooty/. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ a b Andy Hermann. "Basement Jaxx: Rooty". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/basementjaxx-rooty. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Rolling Stone.
- ^ Spin: 127. August 2001.
- ^ "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 50-21". Pitchfork. 1 October 2009. http://www.pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7709-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-50-21/2/. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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