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Overtones (CD)

By: Just Jack (Artist)

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Just Jack Artist Snapshot:

Just Jack--given name Jack Allsopp--was on the margin of success for several years. His first album, THE OUTER MARKER (2002), was released to widespread critical acclaim and earned him favorable comparisons to Mike Skinner's stylistically similar outfit, the Streets. Without the crossover success needed to put him firmly on the pop map, his label went bust and Allsopp seemingly faded from view. In October 2006, Just Jack re-emerged with a vengeance. "Writer's Block"--on new label Universal--received glowing notices in the music press, but the follow-up, "Starz In Their Eyes," a witty comment on reality TV and celebrity magazine culture, shot to number two on the U.K. singles chart and paved the way for Jack's sophomore album, OVERTONES.

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DISC 1 for Overtones (CD) Album By Just Jack (Artist)
1   Writer's Block
2   Glory Days
3   Disco Friends
4   Starz In Their Eyes
5   Lost
6   I Talk Too Much - (with Kylie Minogue)
7   Hold On
8   Symphony Of Sirens
9   Life Stories
10   No Time
11   Mourning Morning
12   Spectacular Failures
13   Electrickery
 

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Review

Q (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[He takes] chances with the musical backdrop, enhancing his shark-eyed tales of marital infidelity, passing celebrity, and spectacular failures with ska, swing, pop, electronica, even flamenco."
Alternative Press (p.184) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he bass-fueled grooves recall the good times Chic had sneaking funk through disco's back door."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he musical accompaniment benefits from a stylish, funky vibe..."

Title Note

Personnel: Roz James, Aaron Durbin (vocals); Andrew Ross (various instruments); Adam Evans, Adam Phillips (guitar); Perry Montague-Mason, Patrick Kiernan, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave (violin); Bruce White (viola); Janie Price, David Daniels (cello); Tom Whitbread (saxophone); Tom Ash (trumpet); Noel Langley (flugelhorn); Jules Porreca, Daniel Wood (keyboards); Dan Swana (double bass); Ali Love, Simon Picton, Johnethan Cox, Guy Pratt, Juneroy (bass guitar); Simon Lee, Tony Thompson (drums); Miles Bould (percussion); Chuck Norman (programming); Hazel Sims, Derek Green, Gina Foster, Sara Jane Skeete, Ralph Lamb (background vocals).

Additional personnel: Kylie Minogue.

North Londoner Just Jack (a.k.a. Jack Allsop) draws on hip-hop, house, and the singer-songwriter tradition to create an appealing, hard-to-define hybrid. Sometimes Just Jack sounds like Beck, sometimes he sounds like the Streets, but OVERTONES stakes out its own territory, thanks to the artist's listen-to-this storytelling and wildy inventive sonic imagination (his pastiches incorporate symphonic pop alongside club-ready beats). The singles "Starz In Their Eyes" and "Glory Days" are standouts, but there's rarely a dull moment on the fun roller coaster of this auspicious debut.

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