Jungle (Jungle album)

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Jungle
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Studio album by
Jungle
Released14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Genre
Length39:06
LabelXL Recordings
ProducerJungle
Jungle chronology
Jungle
(2014) 		For Ever
(2018)
Singles from Jungle
  1. "Platoon"
    Released: 16 December 2013
  2. "The Heat"
    Released: 16 December 2013
  3. "Busy Earnin'"
    Released: 7 April 2014
  4. "Time"
    Released: 8 September 2014

Jungle is the debut studio album by London-based modern musical collective Jungle. It was released on 14 July 2014 through XL Recordings.

In September 2014, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.[2]

Promotion[]

"Platoon" and "The Heat" were digitally released as the lead singles promoting the album on 16 December 2013.[3][4] The music video for "Platoon", which premiered on 4 June 2013, featured a 6-year-old B-girl named Terra,[5][6] while the video for "The Heat" featured British skate crew High Rollaz and was released on 1 October 2013.[6][7] Both videos were directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch.[6]

On 28 February 2014, a music video for the third single, "Busy Earnin'", was released onto YouTube.[8] The single was released digitally on 7 April 2014, and in vinyl format on 15 April.[9][10] The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Indie Chart and at number 27 on Ultratip chart in Belgian Flanders region in March,[11][12] and at number 118 in France in July 2014.[13]

A music video for the fourth single, "Time", was released on 8 July 2014.[14] On 8 September, remixes of the song by Joe Goddard and LXURY were released onto iTunes.[15][16]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[17]
Metacritic72/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[19]
The A.V. ClubB−[1]
The Guardian3/5 stars[20]
The Independent4/5 stars[21]
The Irish Times4/5 stars[22]
Mojo4/5 stars[23]
NME8/10[24]
The Observer4/5 stars[25]
Pitchfork6.2/10[26]
Uncut6/10[27]

Upon its release, Jungle received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 21 reviews.[18]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Jungle.

No.TitleLength
1."The Heat"3:16
2."Accelerate"3:04
3."Busy Earnin'"3:01
4."Platoon"3:12
5."Drops"2:53
6."Time"3:33
7."Smoking Pixels"1:47
8."Julia"3:15
9."Crumbler"3:02
10."Son of a Gun"3:28
11."Lucky I Got What I Want"4:16
12."Lemonade Lake"4:19
Total length:39:06
No.TitleLength
13."Bonus Track" (unnamed, vinyl edition only)1:11
Total length:40:17

Personnel[]

Charts[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Barclaycard Mercury Prize. September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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  4. ^ "The Heat / Lucky I Got What I Want - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Jungle - Platoon". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Newman, Jason (8 July 2014). "Funk Collective Jungle Prep Debut Album With Joyful New Video 'Time'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Jungle - The Heat". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Jungle - Busy Earnin'". YouTube. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. ^ Breihan, Tom (3 March 2014). "JUNGLE. – "Busy Earnin'" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Busy Earnin [VINYL] by Jungle". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ^ "2014-03-15 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Discografie Jungle [UK]". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Discographie Jungle [UK]". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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  16. ^ "Time (LXURY Remix) - Single by Jungle". iTunes. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Jungle by Jungle reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Reviews for Jungle by Jungle". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  19. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Jungle – Jungle". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  20. ^ MacInnes, Paul (10 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle review – enigmatic dance outfit lose a little mystique". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  21. ^ Harley, Kevin; Coleman, Nick; Johnson, Phil; Male, Howard; Richman, Simmy (13 July 2014). "Jungle, Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3, Flint, Tzenni, Season Sun: album reviews". The Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  22. ^ Carroll, Jim (8 August 2014). "Jungle album review: Jungle". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Jungle: Jungle". Mojo (250): 94. September 2014.
  24. ^ Beaumont, Mark (1 July 2014). "Jungle – 'Jungle'". NME. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  25. ^ Empire, Kitty (13 July 2014). "Jungle review – self-titled slice of accomplished search-engine-unfriendly disco-funk". The Observer. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  26. ^ Beta, Andy (14 July 2014). "Jungle: Jungle". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  27. ^ "Jungle: Jungle". Uncut (207): 75. August 2014.
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  33. ^ "Jungle – Jungle". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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