On the Jungle Floor

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On The Jungle Floor
On the Jungle Floor.jpg
Studio album by
Van Hunt
ReleasedApril 5, 2006
RecordedEast Iris Studios
Mouth Of Babes Studios
The Pass
Signet Sound
Genre R&B, funk, rock
Length56:31
Label Capitol
Producer Bill Bottrell, Van Hunt
Van Hunt chronology
Van Hunt
(2004)		On The Jungle Floor
(2006)		 What Were You Hoping For?
(2011)

On The Jungle Floor is R&B singer-songwriter Van Hunt's second album. It was released during the spring on April 4, 2006 and featured the singles "Character" and "Being A Girl". The album was produced by Bill Bottrell, who previously worked with Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne and Michael Jackson.

Contents

On the Jungle Floor was a radical departure from his 2004 debut, as it is geared toward a hard rock sound. The album contains a cover of two songs – the first of which is "Mean Sleep" – a song that Hunt wrote with actress Cree Summer on her lone album Street Faërie . Another song that is a cover is the song "No Sense of Crime" – a track that was originally recorded by the former members of The Stooges, Iggy Pop and James Williamson on their 1975 album Kill City .

Due to the subsequent shelving of what would have been his third album Popular, On the Jungle Floor remains as his last recording released on a major label.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club B+ [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The New York Times favorable [4]
Paste favorable [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin B− [9]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Track listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "If I Take You Home (Upon...)" (Van Hunt, George Gordon, L. James, D. Smith, Curtis Whitehead)
  3. "Hot Stage Lights"
  4. "Daredevil, Baby"
  5. "Ride, Ride, Ride" (Van Hunt, Curtis Whitehead)
  6. "Being A Girl"
  7. "Suspicion (She Knows Me Too Well)" (Van Hunt, Delaney Bramlett)
  8. "Mean Sleep" (featuring Nikka Costa) (Van Hunt, Cree Summer)
  9. "Priest Or Police"
  10. "Character"
  11. "Interlude"
  12. "No Sense Of Crime" (Iggy Pop, James Williamson)
  13. "At The End Of A Slow Dance" (Van Hunt, Curtis Whitehead)
  14. "The Thrill Of This Love"
  15. "The Night Is Young" (Van Hunt, Curtis Whitehead)

Personnel

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