Dynamite (Jamiroquai album)

Dynamite
Studio album by Jamiroquai
Released	15 June 2005
Recorded	2003–2005
Studio	Jam Studios, London, UK
Genre	Nu-funk R&B soul acid jazz post-disco soft rock
Length	54:59
Label	Sony BMG Epic
Producer	Jay Kay Mike Spencer
Jamiroquai chronology
Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai (2003) Dynamite (2005) High Times: Singles 1992–2006 (2006)
Jamiroquai studio album chronology
A Funk Odyssey (2001) Dynamite (2005) Rock Dust Light Star (2010)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feels Just Like It Should"	Jay Kay	4:34
2.	"Dynamite"	Kay, Matt Johnson	4:57
3.	"Seven Days in Sunny June"	Kay, Johnson	3:59
4.	"Electric Mistress"	Kay, Johnson, Rob Harris	3:56
5.	"Starchild"	Kay, Harris	5:13
6.	"Love Blind"	Kay, Johnson, Harris	3:35
7.	"Talullah"	Kay, Harris	6:04
8.	"(Don't) Give Hate a Chance"	Kay, Johnson, Harris	5:02
9.	"World That He Wants"	Kay, Johnson	3:14
10.	"Black Devil Car"	Kay, Harris	4:45
11.	"Hot Tequila Brown"	Kay, Johnson, Harris	4:40
12.	"Time Won't Wait"	Kay, Johnson, Harris	5:01
Total length:			55:00

• Japanese bonus track

13. "Feels So Good" (Knee Deep Remix Edit) – 3:42

• DualDisc

1. "Dynamite in Enhanced Stereo" – 54:59
2. "Feels Just Like It Should" (video) – 4:34
3. "Seven Days in Sunny June" (video) – 3:59
4. "Feels Just Like It Should" (The Making Of) – 22:59

• Australian tour edition bonus disc

1. "Don't Give Hate a Chance" (Steve Mac Classic Remix)
2. "Don't Give Hate a Chance" (Freemasons Remix)
3. "Don't Give Hate a Chance" (Freemasons Dub)
4. "Seven Days in Sunny June" (Ashley Beedle Heavy Disco Dub)
5. "Seven Days in Sunny June" (Kraak & Smaak Remix)
6. "Seven Days in Sunny June" (Blackbeard Remix)
7. "Feels Just Like It Should" (Mark Ronson Remix 2)
8. "Feels Just Like It Should" (Timo Maas Remix)

Note: "Time Won't Wait" was not on the initial European and Australian release; in most regions, it was later added as a standard track. ^[16] Additionally, some CD-r promos of the album include the track "Beatbox" (0:34) as Track 12.

Personnel

Adapted credits from the liner notes of Dynamite. ^[17]
Jamrioquai

• Jay Kay – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 6, 10–11), synthetic bass vocals (1), backing vocal arrangements (2, 4–8, 12)
• Rob Harris – guitar (tracks 1–8, 10–12)
• Matt Johnson – keyboards (1–6, 8, 10–12), piano (tracks 5, 8–9, 12), synthesizer bass (6), Fender Rhodes piano (7)
• Derrick McKenzie – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10–12), additional hi-hat percussion (2)
• Sola Akingbola – percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10, 12)

Additional musicians

• Alex Meadows – bass (tracks 2, 10)
• Derrick McIntyre – bass (tracks 3, 5, 8, 12) additional bass (11)
• Randy Hope-Taylor – bass (track 7), additional bass (8)
• Miaer Lloyd aka DJ Snare – scratch DJ (track 6)
• Nathan Haines – flute, saxophone (track 7)
• Benjamin Wright – string section leader (tracks 5, 7–9, 12), string arrangements (5, 7–9, 12), brass section leader (12), brass arrangements (12)
• Mike Spencer – music programming (tracks 1–8, 10–12)
• Bridgette Blades – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 11–12)
• Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 11–12)
• Vann Johnson – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 11–12)
• Samantha Smith – backing vocals (track 4)
• Valerie Etienne – backing vocals (tracks 5, 7, 10)
• Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals (tracks 5, 7, 10)
• Audrey Martells – backing vocals (tracks 8)

Technical

• Mike Spencer – producer (all tracks), engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7–10, 12), audio mixing (all tracks)
• Jay Kay – producer (2, 6, 8), artwork
• Rick Pope – recording engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12)
• Reginald Dozier – recording engineer (tracks 7, 9)
• Nick Ferrero – recording engineer (track 9)
• Pablo Arraya – additional recording engineer (all tracks)
• Richard Bignell – additional recording engineer (all tracks)
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Charlie Lightening – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian ARIA Album Chart [18] 3 Austrian Albums Chart [19] 10 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [20] 15 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [21] 10 Danish Albums Chart [22] 22 Dutch Albums Chart [23] 5 Finnish Albums Chart [24] 6 French SNEP Albums Chart [25] 2 German Media Control Albums Chart [26] 6 Italian Albums Chart [27] 3 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart [28] 8 New Zealand Albums Chart [29] 18 Portuguese Albums Chart [30] 14 Spanish Albums Chart [31] 18 Swedish Albums Chart [32] 25 Swiss Albums Chart [33] 3 UK Albums Chart [34] 3 U.S. Billboard 200 [35] 145

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Australian Albums Chart [36] 59 Dutch Albums Chart [37] 60 Swiss Albums Chart [38] 36

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [39]	Gold	35,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [40]	Gold	7,500^
Japan (RIAJ) [41]	Gold	100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [43]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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External links

• Dynamite at Discogs (list of releases)
• Dynamite at Metacritic