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Released | 21 March 2005 | |||
Recorded | 1996–2004 | |||
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Length | 57:32 | |||
Label | XL | |||
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The Singles is the first greatest hits album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 21 March 2005 via XL. The album contains two new songs, "Oh My Gosh" and "U Don't Know Me", which were both released as singles. "Do Your Thing" was previously included on the 2001 Rooty album, but with the release of this compilation album, the single was re-released in the UK after the two aforementioned singles.
Later editions of The Singles included the "JaxxHouz" radio edit of "U Don't Know Me" in place of the original album version. A special edition of the release included a second disc of previously unreleased material.
Talking about the compilation, Buxton told Canadian music magazine The Record :
[...] It's a collection of all our popular songs really, a collection where people could get all the main songs that they liked. It seemed like a good idea to put it out now because a lot of people were coming to our shows and didn't really know that a song like "Romeo" was by the same people who did "Where's Your Head At". Our music [across the years] is quite different so it has probably taken people a while to realise that it's all by the same band. So yeah, that was why really. It could be a collection for people who'd only just found out about us, or seen a live show and wanted to get our music. [1]
"Oh My Gosh" was the first single from the album. Released simultaneously with the album was The Videos, a video album containing the group's music videos, several live tracks, and four extra video clips.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
musicOMH | (favorable) [3] |
NME | 4/10 [4] |
Pitchfork | 9.5/10 [5] |
Andy Kellman from AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, calling it "a timely and nearly faultless stop-gap compilation." [2]
PopMatters ranked the album the 19th-best reissue of 2005. [6]
Basement Jaxx embarked on the Live 2006 tour of the UK in support of the album, which began on 28 November 2006 in Plymouth, England and ended on 8 December 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland. In total there were eight shows. [7]
On 6 June 2005, it was announced last-minute that the duo would replace Kylie Minogue as headliners for the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, due to Minogue being diagnosed with breast cancer. [8] According to The Guardian, the reactions to this news were "muted". Basement Jaxx' headlining was said to be a departure from the usual rock bands that used to headline the festival, as was Minogue's planned appearance. [8]
While performing onstage, Scottish musician Bobby Gillespie called the band "Cocksuckers – no offence to cocksuckers," before slating everyone from Minogue to the crowd itself and eventually getting booed off stage. Basement Jaxx's vocalist Vula Malinga recalls: "I remember us girls were like 'WHAT? Shut Up! Come on let's take him! Warrrgh', but the guys were just like 'Everyone's entitled to their opinion.' In the end I think the crowd spoke for itself." [9]
Despite heavy rainfall during the year's festival, the duo's performance was well received. [10] They also included a carnival version of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades" in their set.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Red Alert" (featuring Blue James) |
| 3:37 |
2. | "Good Luck" (featuring Lisa Kekaula) |
| 3:32 |
3. | "Romeo" (featuring Kele Le Roc) |
| 3:26 |
4. | "Oh My Gosh" (featuring Vula Malinga) |
| 3:57 |
5. | "Bingo Bango" |
| 3:48 |
6. | "Where's Your Head At" (featuring Damien Peachey) |
| 4:00 |
7. | "Rendez-Vu" |
| 3:45 |
8. | "Jump n' Shout" (featuring Slarta John) |
| 3:39 |
9. | "Lucky Star" (featuring Dizzee Rascal) |
| 3:54 |
10. | "Plug It In" (featuring JC Chasez) |
| 3:20 |
11. | "U Don't Know Me" (featuring Lisa Kekaula) (later replaced by JaxxHouz Radio Edit, running 2:56) |
| 3:36 |
12. | "Do Your Thing" (featuring Elliot May) |
| 4:20 |
13. | "Jus 1 Kiss" |
| 3:37 |
14. | "Flylife" |
| 4:04 |
15. | "Samba Magic" |
| 4:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Magnificent Romeo" |
| 4:28 |
2. | "I Beg U" |
| 3:42 |
3. | "Mere Pass" |
| 4:29 |
4. | "Miracles Keep on Playin'" (Red Alert Remix) |
| 4:34 |
5. | "Bongoloid" |
| 4:22 |
6. | "Good Luck" (Live) |
| 4:53 |
7. | "Rendez-Vu" (Latin Version) |
| 4:07 |
8. | "Broken Dreams" (Acoustic) |
| 2:42 |
9. | "Ha Choo" |
| 2:35 |
10. | "Onyx" |
| 4:10 |
11. | "I Live in Camberwell" |
| 3:38 |
12. | "Camberskank" |
| 5:43 |
13. | "Jus 1 Kiss" (The Isley Bootleg) |
| 5:02 |
14. | "Romeo" (Acoustic) |
| 3:35 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [23] | 3× Platinum | 900,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
The Videos | |
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Video by | |
Released | 2005 |
Recorded | 1997–2005 |
Genre | Electronica |
Label | XL |
The Videos is a DVD by Basement Jaxx containing all official music videos, several live tracks, and four extra video clips.
It was released at the same time as The Singles.
The Videos
Live Traxx
Extras
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