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On the Jungle Floor
Van Hunt List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $12.98
Audio CD - 04 April, 2006
Capitol
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CD Tracks:
Intro
If I Take You Home (Upon...)
Hot Stage Lights
Daredevil, baby
Ride, Ride, Ride
Being A Girl
Suspicion (She Knows Me Too Well)
Mean Sleep
Priest Or Police
Character
Interlude
No Sense Of Crime
At The End Of A Slow Dance
The Thrill Of This Love
Hole In My Heart
The Night Is Young
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| Audio CD Description Here's something you didn't know about Van Hunt: Randy Jackson is his manager. Which says a lot about the "American Idol" judge's prime-time panning of pitchy would-be Stevie Wonders-- mainly, that he knows what he's talking about. If there is still a neo-soul show to be stolen, Van Hunt, for sure, has made off with it: This sophomore effort, with well-spaced nods to Prince, Curtis Mayfield, and the Isley Brothers, is way weightier than anything Maxwell or D'Angelo ever attempted and every bit as stylish… maybe more so. But what's most surprising is the disc's depth. Van Hunt knows his way around a smooth seduction--look no further than track two, "If I Take You Home (Upon ...)," which earns an A in that category--but he also has a little something to contribute to the modern rock conversation (the Kravitz-esque "Ride, Ride, Ride"), and he won't duck associations with disco ("The Thrill of This Love"), either. Even '80s-revivalism, as demonstrated here by "At the End of a Slow Dance," doesn't prove too great a challenge. Tie it all up with a bow (or, this being Van Hunt, maybe an ascot) and you still get a solidly singular vision. That is the magic of Van Hunt and what makes him, in alt-soul circles, the man. |
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The New King Of Soul Van Hunt debuted two long years ago with a great self titled album that was miles ahead of his contemporaries. This time out, he has grown as both singer and composer and his emerging confidence shows in every single song. "Hot Stage Lights" is great old shool funk of the highest order. "Mean Sleep", which he originally contributed to Cree Summer's album seven years ago, reemerges here as a sultry duet with Nikka Costa. He even has the good taste to cover an ultra obscure Iggy Pop track, "No Sense Of Crime". "At The End Of A Slow Dance" recreates 80's romantic synth pop better than any song I've heard since the 80's ended. His current single "Character" is burning up soul stations everywhere and along with the rest of the album is R&B the way God(and Prince)originally intended it. I guarantee you, there will not be a better R&B album than this one all year.
Van Hunt Sends You On A Soulful Journey With 'On The Jungle Floor' A lot of people didn't even know who Van Hunt was when he hit the scene back in 2004. Never moving to the middle to please the masses, Van Hunt would rather rock out on a slow ballad than resort to having pointless cameo appearances from artists (who have nothing to do with his music) just to sell a record. Some might think that Van Hunt isn't soulful enough because he has all these rock elements incorporated into his sound. If that's the case, then Sly Stone, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, or anybody with a guitar or live instrumentation must not be soulful either. Van Hunt may have a few songs here and there that sound like the aforementioned artists, but his music is the culmination of those people's works if anything. That's why On The Jungle Floor is some of Van Hunt's best work to date.
Good, But Not As Strong As His Debut!! When this CD came out, I ran and bought it because
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