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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Hush Boy |
| 3. Zoomalude |
| 4. Take Me Back To Your House |
| 5. Hey You |
| 6. On The Train |
| 7. Run 4 Cover |
| 8. Skillalude |
| 9. Smoke Bubbles |
| 10. Lights Go Down |
| 11. Intro Reprise |
| 12. Everybody |
| 13. Keep Keep On |
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At the risk of stating the obvious... Basement Jaxx, they're not The Smiths are they! Cos their music is sooooo HAPPY! The sadness and pathos of Latin and Gypsy music, which clearly influence their eclectic play on house and disco, seems to have passed them by. Don't the handsome duo from down Brixton way ever feel a bit dull and depressed? Is there really so much sunshine in SW9?
That said there are some great things about the Jaxx. They're afantastic singles band ("Where's Your Head At?", "Bingo Bango", "Lucky Star") creating the sort of music which unites trendy uncles, hyperactive seven year olds and young urban sophisticates. The perfect band to headline Glastonbury!
And there are some high points on Crazy Itch Radio "Hush Boy" and "Take Me Back To Your House" will undoubtedly make their presence felt in the singles chart. But there's only so much off kilter craziness you can take in one sitting.Plus the radio station segues - that were passably interesting when A Tribe Called Quest did it about 200 years ago - just sound plain naff.
Basement Jaxx are great in small doses... but this dose is just a bit too large for anyone with a less than terminally sunny disposition. --Jack Smith
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Product Description
Swanky 2006 album from the UK's sexed-up house 'n' feelgood pop supremos! Cameos by Robyn ; Linda Lewis ; Vula and others. Includes "Hush Boy".
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
First basement jaxx album I have bought, heard "Hush Boy" on Jo Wylie's live lounge and loved the track and the others they did.
Bought the album next week and can't stop playing it, I especially like "Take Me Back To Your House" with the banjo in the background and the trumpets on "Hey You"
Bought the album next week and can't stop playing it, I especially like "Take Me Back To Your House" with the banjo in the background and the trumpets on "Hey You"
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well, we've got all sorts in here. Outkast spring to mind, the jaxx are as fearless as Outkast with their borrowing from different genres and they are wholly skilled at mixing it in there. I don't know their earlier work, only a few radio tracks. I'm too old to listen to radio 1 any more let alone go to a discotheque without a chair lift and oxygen and this sounds proper good to me. a very decent album with no duffers on it.
Now, back to my Glenn Miller records.
Now, back to my Glenn Miller records.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Crazy Itch Radio' seems to have received a mixed reaction in some quarters but pay no attention! Either those who criticise it are simply talking.. or have never heard (or can't remember) 'Remedy'. Great return to early garagey form, especially 'take me back to your house', 'smoke bubbles' and 'lights go down' (almost an extended version of 'If I ever recover' - a very underestimated tune from 'Kish Kash'). The boys done good. Only seem to get better.
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basement jaxx cd crazy itch radio
excellent condition - and great cd! arrived within 48 hours of ordering. very pleased. will definitely use this vendor again. 5 stars!!
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by Carole Cotterill
Funky!
Basement Jaxx isn't an album which sits naturally in my CD collection but after seeing them support Robbie last summer, thinking I'd have to grin and bear their set, I was very... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2007 by MissV
Crazy Crap Radio
BIG BIG BIG disappointment! Loved the Atlantic Jaxx, and then the first three Basement Jaxx albums so was dead excited to find they'd released another. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2006 by Michael Lord
A Grower
First off, this is nothing short of a decent album, albeit the Jaxxxs 4th best...
On first listen, I was disappointed with tracks such as 'Run 4 Cover' (definatly the... Read more
On first listen, I was disappointed with tracks such as 'Run 4 Cover' (definatly the... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2006 by Ali Weir
Big Disappointment
The first time I heard this album I was shocked to say the least. I know that Basement Jaxx have such huge potential so on hearing this album it was a huge let down for me. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2006 by E. Brown
An itch you'll want to scratch again and again
When you've listened to it once, you'll listen to it again and again until your singin' the songs without realising the CD isn't on. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2006 by M. Pitts-Tucker
Buy it - you won't be disappointed
Following Kish Kash with a more experimental album, this is sheer genius!
Funky, punky, electro dance at it's best! You can't help but love this. Read more
Funky, punky, electro dance at it's best! You can't help but love this. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by Mr. S. S. Dixon
Just listened for the very first time...
Okay so before I begin better make a couple of things clear... first, I'm a huge Basement Jaxx fan, and second, I've only just finished listening to the new album for the first... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by O. Thompson
Almost a return to early form
As massive fan of all their work, 'Crazy Itch Radio' has a lot to live up to - and it doesn't dissapoint... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2006 by Mr. R. J. Blyth
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