| Junior Boys / Last Exit |
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| Album: | Last Exit | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Junior Boys | Added: | Jan 2005 | |
| Label: | Domino | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-01-09 | Pull Date: | 2005-03-13 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Mar 6 | Feb 20 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 17, 2023: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Birthday | 4. | Jul 05, 2010: | NO PACC Tonight = Quasi Music Therapy Teach Me How to Fight | |
| 2. | Mar 21, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Birthday Suit Birthday | 5. | Aug 17, 2009: | Quasi Music Therapy Birthday | |
| 3. | May 25, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants! High Come Down | 6. | Jul 17, 2008: | Undrinkably Bad Oddities High Come Down |
| Album Review |
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| Jon Barnes Reviewed 2005-01-09 | ||
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Catchy, stripped-down dance. Mellow, bleepy at times, soft vocals, and absolutely killer drum programming. One British magazine calls it “electro-pop,” which is true, but keep in mind their definition of pop is always as a subset of dance music. And I’d call it more melancholic than poppy. Some R&B flavors creep in with the stuttering drum beats… a beautifully produced record that never tries to do too much. Bonus disc with 4 remixes. Best tracks (all on Disc 1): 3, 6, 9 Disc 1: Track 1: House with a square synth bassline, some wobbling chords in the background, and vox. Track 2: Mellow and sparse house beats driven by a nice vocal. Track 3: SO COOL! Gorgeous with one of those mellow-yet-hyperactive breakbeats that you normally find in a R&B track. Not that I’m normally a fan of R&B, but if this song had a video, it would have Janet Jackson getting it on with someone in her apartment. Make sense? Oh well, just PLAY! Track 4: More complex breakbeats and sparse synths ringing behind a quiet vocal. Track 5: Blah. A short interlude that just fills space. Track 6: Another GREAT song; I think one of the singles (if not, it should be). Fun and slightly whimsical about someone forgetting the singer’s birthday. Slips back and forth between house and breaks. Track 7: Most aggressive song on the album, but by no means bangin’. Driving and simple house beat with a spacey guitar riff; sunrise music. Excellent! Track 8: Droning chillout fodder. Not one of my favorites. Track 9: More ambient with a sweeping synth melody and a bit of a rolling beat in the background. Track 10: INCREDIBLE tune!! Along with #3, the best on the album. Broken beats on ice. Super catchy melodic hooks. Vocals too. Disc 2: Track 1: Very minimal and underwhelming remix of “Birthday” (Track 6 on Disc 1) Track 2: Beatless remix of “Last Exit;” gets dramatic near the end Track 3: Remix of “Birthday;” close to the original, just more glitchy. Track 4: Atmospheric soundscape. | ||
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