Track Listing 1. Intro 2. If I Take You Home (Upon...) 3. Hot Stage Lights 4. Daredevil, Baby 5. Ride, Ride, Ride 6. Being a Girl 7. Suspicion (She Knows Me Too Well) 8. Mean Sleep (Ft. Nikka Costa) 9. Priest or Police 10. Character 11. Interlude 12. No Sense of Crime 13. At the End of a Slow Dance 14. Thrill of This Love 15. Hole in My Heart 16. Night Is Young
| Details | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Van Hunt's second album, ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR, finds the young singer-songwriter following an ever more ambitious and idiosyncratic path. As on his debut, he's still using a decidedly Prince-like 1980s R&B/pop-rock template as his starting point; at several points, the sexy synths, chugging guitars, and sinuous vocals evoke fond memories of 1999 (the album, not the year). Hunt doesn't leave it at that, though; JUNGLE FLOOR boasts a few straight-up rock moments as well, suggesting that he's been listening to some Strokes and Iggy Pop (the latter's "No Sense of Crime" gets a soul paint job here) amid his Morris Day and Terence Trent D'Arby sessions. Call it neo-soul if you must, but JUNGLE FLOOR represents a significant progression in the style.
Editorial Reviews Twisty songwriting quirks, tasty guitar licks, and unexpected funk codas result in the welcome return of an original. -- Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- Hunt's bread-and-butter is soul songs that undercut lover-man tedium with a singer-songwriter's wandering eye....ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR shows off Hunt's impressive range. Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 5 -- [H]e's an unashamedly priapic, carnally inspired loverman, but he's one with songs rather than riffs and grunts. Q
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