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| alt        = A laser-cut mirror in the shape of a man with buffalo horns. It reflects the trees and the sky, and lays on a ground of rocks.
| alt        = A laser-cut mirror in the shape of a man with buffalo horns. It reflects the trees and the sky, and lays on a ground of rocks.
| released  = 8 June 1999
| released  = 8 June 1999
| recorded  = 1998–1999  
| recorded  = 1998–1999
| studio    = Chillington ([[Buckinghamshire]], England)
| studio    = Chillington ([[Buckinghamshire]], England)
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[disco]]|[[acid jazz]]}}
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[disco]]|[[acid jazz]]}}
| length    = 53:06
| length    = 53:06
| label      = [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]] (UK), [[Work Group|Work]] (US)
| label      =
* [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]] (UK)
* [[Work Group|Work]] (US)
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (Canada)
| producer  = Al Stone, [[Jason Kay]]
| producer  = Al Stone, [[Jason Kay]]
| prev_title = [[In Store Jam]]
| prev_title = [[In Store Jam]]
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==Composition==
==Composition==
The opening track, "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]", has "svelte Chic Organisation strings, a percolating bassline and a stomping four-on-the-floor rhythm".<ref name="q" /> The second track, "Planet Home", is a "straight, bass-driven funk" track that has [[techno music|techno]] influences from "ghostly ambient harmonies to bone-shaking synth bass," and an "out-of-nowhere [[Latin music|Latin]] hustle breakdown".<ref name="thebaltimoresun" /><ref name="stlouispostdispatch">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Kevin C. |title=Review's: CDs |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/403974162/C760F0F2FAFF405FPQ/ |website=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> The next track, "[[Black Capricorn Day]]", has a "driving funk groove with sassy horn interjections" which tend to "stutte[r] like a record on a turntable", with its lyrics about being depressed.<ref name="thebaltimoresun" /><ref name="nicolasbarber">{{cite web |last1=Barber |first1=Nicolas |via=ProQuest|title=The Critics: Rock & Pop: The prat in the hat is - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/312889943/940B6555CC1C48E5PQ/ |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=13 June 1999}}</ref> The lyrics of the fourth track "Soul Education" is about having an "instinctive understanding of universal truths", as Kay confirmed in an interview with ''[[Muzik]]'', "A soul education is what we're all born with, and the [song's] lyrics say, 'Life information — it's on the breeze.'"<ref name="souleducation">{{cite journal |last1=Lanham |first1=Tom |title=Jamiroquai Q&A |journal=[[College Music Journal]] |date=August 1999 |issue=72 |page=16 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rikEAAAAMBAJ/page/n15/mode/2up?q=jamiroquai+synkronized |access-date=23 March 2023 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]|language=English}}</ref>
The opening track, "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]", has "svelte Chic Organisation strings, a percolating bassline and a stomping four-on-the-floor rhythm".<ref name="q" /> The second track, "Planet Home", is a "straight, bass-driven funk" track that has [[techno music|techno]] influences from "ghostly ambient harmonies to bone-shaking synth bass," and an "out-of-nowhere [[Latin music|Latin]] hustle breakdown".<ref name="thebaltimoresun" /><ref name="stlouispostdispatch">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Kevin C. |title=Review's: CDs |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/403974162/C760F0F2FAFF405FPQ/|id={{ProQuest|403974162 }} |website=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> The next track, "[[Black Capricorn Day]]", has a "driving funk groove with sassy horn interjections" which tend to "stutte[r] like a record on a turntable", with its lyrics about being depressed.<ref name="thebaltimoresun" /><ref name="nicolasbarber">{{cite web |last1=Barber |first1=Nicolas |id={{ProQuest|  312889943}} |title=The Critics: Rock & Pop: The prat in the hat is|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/312889943/940B6555CC1C48E5PQ/ |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=13 June 1999}}</ref> The lyrics of the fourth track "Soul Education" is about having an "instinctive understanding of universal truths", as Kay confirmed in an interview with ''[[Muzik]]'', "A soul education is what we're all born with, and the [song's] lyrics say, 'Life information – it's on the breeze.'"<ref name="souleducation">{{cite journal |last1=Lanham |first1=Tom |title=Jamiroquai Q&A |journal=[[College Music Journal]] |date=August 1999 |issue=72 |page=16 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rikEAAAAMBAJ/page/n15/mode/2up?q=jamiroquai+synkronized |access-date=23 March 2023 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]|language=English}}</ref>


"Falling" is a "bass driven" [[acid-jazz]] ballad track with its lyrics dedicated to Kay's then-girlfriend [[Denise Van Outen]],<ref name="losangelestimes" /><ref name="vibe" /> which is followed by "Destitute Illusion", an instrumental track "swamped in layer upon layer of antique analogue synthesizers", and has the "scratching of DJ D-Zire".<ref name="q" /><ref name="vibe">{{cite journal |last1=Louissaint |first1=Rich |title=Synkronized |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=23 June 1999}}</ref> The seventh track, "[[Supersonic (Jamiroquai song)|Supersonic]]", has a "didgeridoo and dobro drone against electronic percussion and a squiggling synth bass, all of which builds to an hallucinogenic mid-song samba break."<ref name="thebaltimoresun">{{cite web |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |author1-link=J.D. Considine |title=Blurring rock's boundaries; Reviews: Cibo Matto, Jamiroquai reach backward, forward and everywhere else for nontraditional, funky new sounds.: [Final Edition] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/406414272/8883FA0D598441EBPQ/ |website=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=14 July 2022 |date=8 June 1999}}</ref> The "breezy" track "Butterfly" has "a wobbly bassline that rises up and swamps the chorus."<ref name="losangelestimes" /><ref name="q" /> The  "multirhythmic" track "Where Do We Go From Here", has an "energetic progression broken by catchy and uplifting choruses with staccato interplay between the horn section and guitarist [[Simon Katz]]".<ref name="nudeasthenews">{{cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Troy |title=Jamiroquai: Synkronized |url=http://nudeasthenews.com/reviews/989 |via=Wayback Machine|website=Nude as the News |access-date=23 March 2023 |date=2 May 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030502223400/http://nudeasthenews.com/reviews/989 |archive-date=2 May 2003 }}</ref><ref name="atlantaconstitution">{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Sonia |date=3 June 1999|title=Weekend At Home On Music Mini Reviews |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/413794506 |via=ProQuest|website=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |access-date=21 March 2023|id={{ProQuest|413794506}} }}</ref> The album closes with "[[King for a Day (Jamiroquai song)|King for a Day]]", which has "dramatic piano and sympathetic strings", and lyrics referencing Zender's departure.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Chris |title=CD Review: Jamiroquai |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/366891.stm |website=BBC News |accessdate=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002244/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/366891.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rockymountainnews">{{Cite journal|last=Mehle|first=Michael|date=9 July 1999|title=Musical Two Rock Festivals Herald The Sounds Of Summer Mayhem Jamiroquai|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|journal=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120328/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|archive-date=21 November 2018}}</ref>
"Falling" is a "bass driven" [[acid-jazz]] ballad track with its lyrics dedicated to Kay's then-girlfriend [[Denise Van Outen]],<ref name="losangelestimes" /><ref name="vibe" /> which is followed by "Destitute Illusion", an instrumental track "swamped in layer upon layer of antique analogue synthesizers", and has the "scratching of DJ D-Zire".<ref name="q" /><ref name="vibe">{{cite journal |last1=Louissaint |first1=Rich |title=Synkronized |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=23 June 1999}}</ref> The seventh track, "[[Supersonic (Jamiroquai song)|Supersonic]]", has a "didgeridoo and dobro drone against electronic percussion and a squiggling synth bass, all of which builds to an hallucinogenic mid-song samba break."<ref name="thebaltimoresun">{{cite web |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |author1-link=J.D. Considine |title=Blurring rock's boundaries; Reviews: Cibo Matto, Jamiroquai reach backward, forward and everywhere else for nontraditional, funky new sounds.|edition=Final |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/406414272/8883FA0D598441EBPQ/ |id={{ProQuest|406414272 }} |website=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=14 July 2022 |date=8 June 1999}}</ref> The "breezy" track "Butterfly" has "a wobbly bassline that rises up and swamps the chorus."<ref name="losangelestimes" /><ref name="q" /> The  "multirhythmic" track "Where Do We Go From Here", has an "energetic progression broken by catchy and uplifting choruses with staccato interplay between the horn section and guitarist [[Simon Katz]]".<ref name="nudeasthenews">{{cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Troy |title=Jamiroquai: Synkronized |url=http://nudeasthenews.com/reviews/989 |via=Wayback Machine|website=Nude as the News |access-date=23 March 2023 |date=2 May 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030502223400/http://nudeasthenews.com/reviews/989 |archive-date=2 May 2003 }}</ref><ref name="atlantaconstitution">{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Sonia |date=3 June 1999|title=Weekend At Home On Music Mini Reviews |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/413794506 |website=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |access-date=21 March 2023|id={{ProQuest|413794506}} }}</ref> The album closes with "[[King for a Day (Jamiroquai song)|King for a Day]]", which has "dramatic piano and sympathetic strings", and lyrics referencing Zender's departure.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Chris |title=CD Review: Jamiroquai |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/366891.stm |website=BBC News |accessdate=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727002244/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/366891.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rockymountainnews">{{Cite journal|last=Mehle|first=Michael|date=9 July 1999|title=Musical Two Rock Festivals Herald The Sounds Of Summer Mayhem Jamiroquai|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|journal=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120328/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|archive-date=21 November 2018}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
''Synkronized'' was first released on 8 June 1999 on the [[Work Group]] label in the United States,<ref name="collegemusicjournal"/> then on 14 June in the United Kingdom on [[Sony Soho Square]].<ref name="releasedate">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai - Synkronized|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=12 June 1999|page=2}}</ref> The album reached number 28 in the US ''[[Billboard 200]]'', where it sold 310,000 shipments.<ref name="ussales" /> The album peaked at number 2 in the UK chart.<ref name="ukchart" /> In Japan, it reached number 2,<ref name="Jachart" /> and in the year end charts there it ranked number 32 in 1999.<ref name="JPYearend" /> It peaked at number 2 in the French [[SNEP]] Album charts and number 30 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="Frachart" /><ref name="frayearend" /> In Switzerland, it reached number 2 in the [[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Charts]],<ref name="chchart" /> and number 25 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="SWIyearend" /> It ranked number 1 in the [[GfK Entertainment charts|German Media Control Albums Chart]],<ref name="dechart" /> and it ranked at number 23 in the German year end charts.<ref name="deyearend" /> In Belgium, it ranked 4 in the [[Ultratop]] Flanders chart and number 6 in the Wallonia chart.<ref name="beflchart" /><ref name="bewachart" /> In their year end charts, the album ranked at 42 and 36 respectively.<ref name="beflyearend" /><ref name="bewayearend" /> In the Netherlands, in peaked at 6 in the album chart,<ref name="nlchart" /> and number 50 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="nlyearend" /> In the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums chart]],<ref name="auschart" /> it ranked at 1 and 63 at the end of the year.<ref name="ausyearend" /> The album was certified platinum in the UK, Switzerland and France.<ref name=ukcert /><ref name=frcert /><ref name=swisscert /> In Japan, it had a quadruple platinum certification.<ref name=jpcert /> The album was certified gold in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia.<ref name=decert /><ref name="becert" /><ref name=nlcert /><ref name=australiacert /> It was Platinum in Europe by the [[IFPI]] denoting sales of 1,000,000 copies.<ref name="europesales" /> The album overall sold 3,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref name="worldwidesales" />
''Synkronized'' was first released on 8 June 1999 on the [[Work Group]] label in the United States,<ref name="collegemusicjournal"/> then on 14 June in the United Kingdom on [[Sony Soho Square]].<ref name="releasedate">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai – Synkronized|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=12 June 1999|page=2}}</ref> The album reached number 28 in the US ''[[Billboard 200]]'', where it sold 310,000 shipments.<ref name="ussales" /> The album peaked at number 2 in the UK chart.<ref name="ukchart" /> In Japan, it reached number 2,<ref name="Jachart" /> and in the year end charts there it ranked number 32 in 1999.<ref name="JPYearend" /> It peaked at number 2 in the French [[SNEP]] Album charts and number 30 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="Frachart" /><ref name="frayearend" /> In Switzerland, it reached number 2 in the [[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Charts]],<ref name="chchart" /> and number 25 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="SWIyearend" /> It ranked number 1 in the [[GfK Entertainment charts|German Media Control Albums Chart]],<ref name="dechart" /> and it ranked at number 23 in the German year end charts.<ref name="deyearend" /> In Belgium, it ranked 4 in the [[Ultratop]] Flanders chart and number 6 in the Wallonia chart.<ref name="beflchart" /><ref name="bewachart" /> In their year end charts, the album ranked at 42 and 36 respectively.<ref name="beflyearend" /><ref name="bewayearend" /> In the Netherlands, in peaked at 6 in the album chart,<ref name="nlchart" /> and number 50 in the year end chart in 1999.<ref name="nlyearend" /> In the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums chart]],<ref name="auschart" /> it ranked at 1 and 63 at the end of the year.<ref name="ausyearend" /> The album was certified platinum in the UK, Switzerland and France.<ref name=ukcert /><ref name=frcert /><ref name=swisscert /> In Japan, it had a quadruple platinum certification.<ref name=jpcert /> The album was certified gold in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia.<ref name=decert /><ref name="becert" /><ref name=nlcert /><ref name=australiacert /> It was Platinum in Europe by the [[IFPI]] denoting sales of 1,000,000 copies.<ref name="europesales" /> The album overall sold 3,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref name="worldwidesales" />


"[[Deeper Underground]]" was the first single released from the album when Japan issued it on 20 May 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|title=New Release: International|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980523074319/http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|archive-date=23 May 1998|access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> That July, it was released in the UK and topped the [[UK Singles Chart]]; it remains as their only single to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=11 July 1998}}</ref><ref name="top10">{{cite web |last1=Meyers|date=28 March 2017 |first1=Justin |title=Jamiroquai's Official Top 10 biggest hits revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jamiroquais-official-top-10-biggest-singles-revealed__18595/ |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=18 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref> "Canned Heat" was released on 24 May 1999 and was the group's second number one on the US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] Chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 24 May, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=22 May 1999}}</ref><ref name="danceclubsongs">{{cite magazine |title=Jamiroquai Chart History (Dance Club Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Jamiroquai/chart-history/DSI |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It also ranked at number 4 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990605/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=17 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> "Supersonic", released 13 September 1999, is the group's third US Dance Club number 1, also ranking at number 22 in the UK.<ref name="danceclubsongs" /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 13 September, 1999|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=11 September 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990925/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> "Black Capricorn Day" was released only in Japan on 3 November 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Jamiroquai/index.html|title=ジャミロクワイ|trans-title=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209034602/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Jamiroquai/index.html|archive-date=9 February 2006|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref> "King for a Day" is the last song to be released on 29 November 1999, where it peaked at number 20 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991211/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 29 November, 1999: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=27 November 1999}}</ref>
"[[Deeper Underground]]" was the first single released from the album when Japan issued it on 20 May 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|title=New Release: International|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980523074319/http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|archive-date=23 May 1998|access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> That July, it was released in the UK and topped the [[UK Singles Chart]]; it remains as their only single to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=11 July 1998}}</ref><ref name="top10">{{cite web |last1=Meyers|date=28 March 2017 |first1=Justin |title=Jamiroquai's Official Top 10 biggest hits revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jamiroquais-official-top-10-biggest-singles-revealed__18595/ |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=18 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref> "Canned Heat" was released on 24 May 1999 and was the group's second number one on the US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] Chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 24 May, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=22 May 1999}}</ref><ref name="danceclubsongs">{{cite magazine |title=Jamiroquai Chart History (Dance Club Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Jamiroquai/chart-history/DSI |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It also ranked at number 4 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990605/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=17 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> "Supersonic", released 13 September 1999, is the group's third US Dance Club number 1, also ranking at number 22 in the UK.<ref name="danceclubsongs" /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 13 September, 1999|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=11 September 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990925/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> "Black Capricorn Day" was released only in Japan on 3 November 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Jamiroquai/index.html|title=ジャミロクワイ|trans-title=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209034602/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Jamiroquai/index.html|archive-date=9 February 2006|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref> "King for a Day" is the last song to be released on 29 November 1999, where it peaked at number 20 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991211/7501/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 29 November, 1999: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=27 November 1999}}</ref>
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The album received positive reviews from critics. According to John Bush of [[AllMusic]]: "Kay [continues his] fascination with club-bound music of the 1970s -- from disco to jazz-funk to [[rare groove]] to later [[Motown]] -- but also shows signs of maturity."<ref name="amg"/> Tony Farsides of ''[[The Guardian]]'' remarked that ''Synkronized''{{'}}s "hard and nervy uptempo disco feel reflects the frantic atmosphere surrounding its creation." Farsides called it "Jamiroquai's best record to date. It is more consistent than its three predecessors.<ref name="farsides">{{Cite web|last=Farsides|first=Tony|date=21 May 1999|title=Cover story: Keep it under your hat Jamiroquai's lead singer isn't just a scruffy herbert. Jay Kay tells Tony Farsides about musical credibility, Ferraris and Denise van Outen|url=http://www.proquest.com/docview/245378188/E62A53A00EEA405BPQ/|access-date=14 September 2021|website=The Guardian|via=ProQuest}}</ref> Both critics have noted the band's new use of electronic textures.<ref name="amg" /><ref name="farsides" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album three out of five stars, claiming "''Synkronized'' is fifty minutes of sleek, sexy fun; a party album delivered with something like conviction. It's not exactly irresistible, but, really, what's the point of resisting it?"<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave the album the same rating, claiming "...redirects the band's British tendency toward smoothed-out old black jams....soaring strings, gyrating congas, hell-bent wah-wah's, and an undeniably live rhythm section that'll hustle your muscles and make you freak to the beat..."<ref name="spin" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' claimed: "Imagine if [Stevie] Wonder had made a disco album in 1977!....''Synkronized'' is a hat trick done with the sharpest chapeau in the store."<ref name="EW"/> ''[[College Music Journal]]'' claimed: "This incessantly upbeat expedition travels into the regions of Travolta-era disco...feverish funk...and instrumental iridescence...keeping your ears tuned to their funktastic audio adventures."<ref name="collegemusicjournal">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGdXOgiDmIcC&dq=jamiroquai+synkronized+june+8+1999&pg=PA5|via=[[Google Books]]|page=5|author1=Comer, M. Tye |title=College Music Journal review |date=8 June 1999 |issue=621}}</ref> Troy Carpenter of ''Nude as the News'' called the track "[[King for a Day (Jamiroquai song)|King for a Day]]", "the band's best-ever album closer".<ref name="nudeasthenews" /> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine claimed the album was one of the "50 Best Albums of 1999".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1999 |title=1999: Q Magazine Recordings of the Year |publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk |accessdate=28 August 2011 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817105536/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1999 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2022}}
The album received positive reviews from critics. According to John Bush of [[AllMusic]]: "Kay [continues his] fascination with club-bound music of the 1970s -- from disco to jazz-funk to [[rare groove]] to later [[Motown]] -- but also shows signs of maturity."<ref name="amg"/> Tony Farsides of ''[[The Guardian]]'' remarked that ''Synkronized''{{'}}s "hard and nervy uptempo disco feel reflects the frantic atmosphere surrounding its creation." Farsides called it "Jamiroquai's best record to date. It is more consistent than its three predecessors.<ref name="farsides">{{Cite web|last=Farsides|first=Tony|date=21 May 1999|title=Cover story: Keep it under your hat Jamiroquai's lead singer isn't just a scruffy herbert. Jay Kay tells Tony Farsides about musical credibility, Ferraris and Denise van Outen|url=http://www.proquest.com/docview/245378188/E62A53A00EEA405BPQ/|access-date=14 September 2021|website=The Guardian|id={{ProQuest|245378188 }} }}</ref> Both critics have noted the band's new use of electronic textures.<ref name="amg" /><ref name="farsides" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album three out of five stars, claiming "''Synkronized'' is fifty minutes of sleek, sexy fun; a party album delivered with something like conviction. It's not exactly irresistible, but, really, what's the point of resisting it?"<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave the album the same rating, claiming "...redirects the band's British tendency toward smoothed-out old black jams....soaring strings, gyrating congas, hell-bent wah-wah's, and an undeniably live rhythm section that'll hustle your muscles and make you freak to the beat..."<ref name="spin" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' claimed: "Imagine if [Stevie] Wonder had made a disco album in 1977!....''Synkronized'' is a hat trick done with the sharpest chapeau in the store."<ref name="EW"/> ''[[College Music Journal]]'' claimed: "This incessantly upbeat expedition travels into the regions of Travolta-era disco...feverish funk...and instrumental iridescence...keeping your ears tuned to their funktastic audio adventures."<ref name="collegemusicjournal">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGdXOgiDmIcC&dq=jamiroquai+synkronized+june+8+1999&pg=PA5|via=[[Google Books]]|page=5|author1=Comer, M. Tye |title=College Music Journal review |date=8 June 1999 |issue=621}}</ref> Troy Carpenter of ''Nude as the News'' called the track "[[King for a Day (Jamiroquai song)|King for a Day]]", "the band's best-ever album closer".<ref name="nudeasthenews" /> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine claimed the album was one of the "50 Best Albums of 1999".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1999 |title=1999: Q Magazine Recordings of the Year |publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk |accessdate=28 August 2011 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817105536/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1999 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2022}}


David Kendrick of ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' wrote that "Kay and Co. walk a tightrope between homage and derivation. They stay aloft with songs that are light and breezy", and that its lyrics "hold a carefree optimism".<ref name="hartfordcourant">{{cite web |last1=Kendrick |first1=David |title=Synkronized - Jamiroquai: [Statewide Edition] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/256164994 |website=[[Hartford Courant]] |access-date=21 March 2023 |id={{ProQuest|256164994}} |language=en}}</ref> Prasad Bidaye of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' called the album, "Jamiroquai's most sophisticated production… The songs don't come anywhere close to the smooth balance of funk and environmentalism in their earlier material, but their philosophy of pre-millennial escapism makes this one of the most energetic recordings Jamiroquai has released in years."<ref name="exclaim">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai Synkronized|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|last=Bidaye|first=Prasad|date=1 August 1999 |website=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080237/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Edna Gundersen]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that "while the band's fourth album does boast a few jamming grooves, especially the brassy Black Capricorn Day, most of the tracks are to funk what Pop Tarts are to soul food."<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web |author1=Gundersen, Edna |author1-link=Edna Gundersen |via=ProQuest |title=Bleek's dark 'Age' is dawning Gray's unpredictable 'Life'; Pavarotti's sloppy 'Recital' from the past |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/408857108 |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617080614/https://www.proquest.com/docview/408857108 |id={{ProQuest|408857108}} |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'', [[Tom Moon]] wrote that "the liquid, slippery grooves are paramount, though they're sometimes buried under mountains of strings and arrangements that are a tad too busy." He also said that "Canned Heat" and several other tracks are "thinly veiled rewrites of '[[Virtual Insanity]]' and the other radio songs from ''[[Traveling Without Moving]]''."<ref name="lasvegasreviewjournal">{{cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Moon |title=Jamiroquai expands on its '70s influences: [Final Edition] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/260082537/C760F0F2FAFF405FPQ/ |via=ProQuest|website=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |access-date=5 August 2022 |date=9 July 1999}}</ref> In his consumer guide for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', critic [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a C− rating in his annual "Turkey Shoot",<ref name="Christgau"/> indicating "a bad record of some general import".<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|url=http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|title=CG 90s: Key to Icons|publisher=Robert Christgau|date=15 October 2000|access-date=27 January 2012|archive-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128215740/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
David Kendrick of ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' wrote that "Kay and Co. walk a tightrope between homage and derivation. They stay aloft with songs that are light and breezy", and that its lyrics "hold a carefree optimism".<ref name="hartfordcourant">{{cite web |last1=Kendrick |first1=David |title=Synkronized – Jamiroquai: [Statewide Edition] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/256164994 |website=[[Hartford Courant]] |access-date=21 March 2023 |id={{ProQuest|256164994}} |language=en}}</ref> Prasad Bidaye of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' called the album, "Jamiroquai's most sophisticated production... The songs don't come anywhere close to the smooth balance of funk and environmentalism in their earlier material, but their philosophy of pre-millennial escapism makes this one of the most energetic recordings Jamiroquai has released in years."<ref name="exclaim">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai Synkronized|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|last=Bidaye|first=Prasad|date=1 August 1999 |website=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080237/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Edna Gundersen]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that "while the band's fourth album does boast a few jamming grooves, especially the brassy Black Capricorn Day, most of the tracks are to funk what Pop Tarts are to soul food."<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web |author1=Gundersen, Edna |author1-link=Edna Gundersen |title=Bleek's dark 'Age' is dawning Gray's unpredictable 'Life'; Pavarotti's sloppy 'Recital' from the past |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/408857108 |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617080614/https://www.proquest.com/docview/408857108 |id={{ProQuest|408857108}} |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'', [[Tom Moon]] wrote that "the liquid, slippery grooves are paramount, though they're sometimes buried under mountains of strings and arrangements that are a tad too busy." He also said that "Canned Heat" and several other tracks are "thinly veiled rewrites of '[[Virtual Insanity]]' and the other radio songs from ''[[Traveling Without Moving]]''."<ref name="lasvegasreviewjournal">{{cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Moon |title=Jamiroquai expands on its '70s influences: [Final Edition] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/260082537/C760F0F2FAFF405FPQ/ |id={{ProQuest|260082537 }} |website=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |access-date=5 August 2022 |date=9 July 1999}}</ref> In his consumer guide for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', critic [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a C− rating in his annual "Turkey Shoot",<ref name="Christgau"/> indicating "a bad record of some general import".<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|url=http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|title=CG 90s: Key to Icons|publisher=Robert Christgau|date=15 October 2000|access-date=27 January 2012|archive-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128215740/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Track listing==
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'''Jamiroquai'''
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* [[Jay Kay]] – vocals, arrangements, string arrangements, producer, artwork concept
*[[Toby Smith]] – keyboards, keyboard programming (tracks 1–9)
* [[Toby Smith]] – keyboards, keyboard programming (tracks 1–9)
*[[Derrick McKenzie]] – drums
* [[Derrick McKenzie]] – drums
*[[Nick Fyffe]] – bass
* [[Nick Fyffe]] – bass
*[[Simon Katz]] – guitar (except track 1)
* [[Simon Katz]] – guitar (except track 1)
*[[Sola Akingbola]] – percussion
* [[Sola Akingbola]] – percussion
*Wallis Buchanan – didgeridoo
* Wallis Buchanan – didgeridoo
*DJ D-Zire – turntables
* DJ D-Zire – turntables


'''Additional musicians'''
'''Additional musicians'''
*Erwin Keiles – guitar (track 1)
* Erwin Keiles – guitar (track 1)
*[[John Thirkell]] - trumpet, flugel
* [[John Thirkell]] – trumpet, flugel
*Katie Kissoon & Beverley Skeet – backing vocals
* Katie Kissoon & Beverley Skeet – backing vocals
*[[Kick Horns]] – horns
* [[Kick Horns]] – horns
*Simon Hale – string arrangements, keyboard programming (track 10)
* Simon Hale – string arrangements, keyboard programming (track 10)


'''Production'''
'''Production'''
*Al Stone – producer, recording, mixing
* Al Stone – producer, recording, mixing
*Paul Stoney – assistant engineering
* Paul Stoney – assistant engineering
*Mike Marsh – mastering
* Mike Marsh – mastering
*David Malone – artwork concept
* David Malone – artwork concept
*Midori Tsukagoshi – photography
* Midori Tsukagoshi – photography
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Synkronized is the fourth studio album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai. It was released on 8 June 1999 by Work Group in the United States, and on 14 June 1999 by S2 Records in the United Kingdom. Bassist Stuart Zender left the band during recording, and Nick Fyffe was hired as a replacement. The album contains funk, acid jazz and disco elements.

The album reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and number 28 in the US Billboard 200. The UK version of the album includes the bonus track "Deeper Underground", which was released as a single the previous year and became Jamiroquai's only number-one single in the UK.

Background

The album's recording sessions began at Jay Kay's Buckinghamshire home studio, Chillington, in 1998. About nine tracks[1] were recorded, but the band's bassist, Stuart Zender, left partway through the recording in late 1998. Jay Kay hired a replacement, Nick Fyffe, who previously played in a Jamiroquai cover band,[2] and the album was re-recorded. The revised album was finished and released within six months.[1] Synkronized is the band's last album to feature didgeridoo player Wallis Buchanan.[3] Kay said that he was dissatisfied with Synkronized in a 2001 interview, "I never really locked into that album, lyrically. I wasn't there. I listen to it now, and I shake my head."[4]

Composition

The opening track, "Canned Heat", has "svelte Chic Organisation strings, a percolating bassline and a stomping four-on-the-floor rhythm".[5] The second track, "Planet Home", is a "straight, bass-driven funk" track that has techno influences from "ghostly ambient harmonies to bone-shaking synth bass," and an "out-of-nowhere Latin hustle breakdown".[6][7] The next track, "Black Capricorn Day", has a "driving funk groove with sassy horn interjections" which tend to "stutte[r] like a record on a turntable", with its lyrics about being depressed.[6][8] The lyrics of the fourth track "Soul Education" is about having an "instinctive understanding of universal truths", as Kay confirmed in an interview with Muzik, "A soul education is what we're all born with, and the [song's] lyrics say, 'Life information – it's on the breeze.'"[9]

"Falling" is a "bass driven" acid-jazz ballad track with its lyrics dedicated to Kay's then-girlfriend Denise Van Outen,[10][11] which is followed by "Destitute Illusion", an instrumental track "swamped in layer upon layer of antique analogue synthesizers", and has the "scratching of DJ D-Zire".[5][11] The seventh track, "Supersonic", has a "didgeridoo and dobro drone against electronic percussion and a squiggling synth bass, all of which builds to an hallucinogenic mid-song samba break."[6] The "breezy" track "Butterfly" has "a wobbly bassline that rises up and swamps the chorus."[10][5] The "multirhythmic" track "Where Do We Go From Here", has an "energetic progression broken by catchy and uplifting choruses with staccato interplay between the horn section and guitarist Simon Katz".[2][12] The album closes with "King for a Day", which has "dramatic piano and sympathetic strings", and lyrics referencing Zender's departure.[13][14]

Release

Synkronized was first released on 8 June 1999 on the Work Group label in the United States,[15] then on 14 June in the United Kingdom on Sony Soho Square.[16] The album reached number 28 in the US Billboard 200, where it sold 310,000 shipments.[17] The album peaked at number 2 in the UK chart.[18] In Japan, it reached number 2,[19] and in the year end charts there it ranked number 32 in 1999.[20] It peaked at number 2 in the French SNEP Album charts and number 30 in the year end chart in 1999.[21][22] In Switzerland, it reached number 2 in the Swiss Albums Charts,[23] and number 25 in the year end chart in 1999.[24] It ranked number 1 in the German Media Control Albums Chart,[25] and it ranked at number 23 in the German year end charts.[26] In Belgium, it ranked 4 in the Ultratop Flanders chart and number 6 in the Wallonia chart.[27][28] In their year end charts, the album ranked at 42 and 36 respectively.[29][30] In the Netherlands, in peaked at 6 in the album chart,[31] and number 50 in the year end chart in 1999.[32] In the Australian ARIA Albums chart,[33] it ranked at 1 and 63 at the end of the year.[34] The album was certified platinum in the UK, Switzerland and France.[35][36][37] In Japan, it had a quadruple platinum certification.[38] The album was certified gold in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia.[39][40][41][42] It was Platinum in Europe by the IFPI denoting sales of 1,000,000 copies.[43] The album overall sold 3,000,000 copies worldwide.[4]

"Deeper Underground" was the first single released from the album when Japan issued it on 20 May 1998.[44] That July, it was released in the UK and topped the UK Singles Chart; it remains as their only single to do so.[45][46] "Canned Heat" was released on 24 May 1999 and was the group's second number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart.[47][48] It also ranked at number 4 in the UK.[49] "Supersonic", released 13 September 1999, is the group's third US Dance Club number 1, also ranking at number 22 in the UK.[48][50][51] "Black Capricorn Day" was released only in Japan on 3 November 1999.[52] "King for a Day" is the last song to be released on 29 November 1999, where it peaked at number 20 in the UK.[53][54]

Reception

Template:Music ratings The album received positive reviews from critics. According to John Bush of AllMusic: "Kay [continues his] fascination with club-bound music of the 1970s -- from disco to jazz-funk to rare groove to later Motown -- but also shows signs of maturity."[55] Tony Farsides of The Guardian remarked that SynkronizedTemplate:'s "hard and nervy uptempo disco feel reflects the frantic atmosphere surrounding its creation." Farsides called it "Jamiroquai's best record to date. It is more consistent than its three predecessors.[56] Both critics have noted the band's new use of electronic textures.[55][56] Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars, claiming "Synkronized is fifty minutes of sleek, sexy fun; a party album delivered with something like conviction. It's not exactly irresistible, but, really, what's the point of resisting it?"[57] Spin gave the album the same rating, claiming "...redirects the band's British tendency toward smoothed-out old black jams....soaring strings, gyrating congas, hell-bent wah-wah's, and an undeniably live rhythm section that'll hustle your muscles and make you freak to the beat..."[58] Entertainment Weekly claimed: "Imagine if [Stevie] Wonder had made a disco album in 1977!....Synkronized is a hat trick done with the sharpest chapeau in the store."[59] College Music Journal claimed: "This incessantly upbeat expedition travels into the regions of Travolta-era disco...feverish funk...and instrumental iridescence...keeping your ears tuned to their funktastic audio adventures."[15] Troy Carpenter of Nude as the News called the track "King for a Day", "the band's best-ever album closer".[2] Q magazine claimed the album was one of the "50 Best Albums of 1999".[60]Template:Better source needed

David Kendrick of Hartford Courant wrote that "Kay and Co. walk a tightrope between homage and derivation. They stay aloft with songs that are light and breezy", and that its lyrics "hold a carefree optimism".[61] Prasad Bidaye of Exclaim! called the album, "Jamiroquai's most sophisticated production... The songs don't come anywhere close to the smooth balance of funk and environmentalism in their earlier material, but their philosophy of pre-millennial escapism makes this one of the most energetic recordings Jamiroquai has released in years."[62] Edna Gundersen of USA Today wrote that "while the band's fourth album does boast a few jamming grooves, especially the brassy Black Capricorn Day, most of the tracks are to funk what Pop Tarts are to soul food."[63] Writing for Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tom Moon wrote that "the liquid, slippery grooves are paramount, though they're sometimes buried under mountains of strings and arrangements that are a tad too busy." He also said that "Canned Heat" and several other tracks are "thinly veiled rewrites of 'Virtual Insanity' and the other radio songs from Traveling Without Moving."[64] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau gave the album a C− rating in his annual "Turkey Shoot",[65] indicating "a bad record of some general import".[66]

Track listing

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Personnel

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Additional musicians

  • Erwin Keiles – guitar (track 1)
  • John Thirkell – trumpet, flugel
  • Katie Kissoon & Beverley Skeet – backing vocals
  • Kick Horns – horns
  • Simon Hale – string arrangements, keyboard programming (track 10)

Production

  • Al Stone – producer, recording, mixing
  • Paul Stoney – assistant engineering
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • David Malone – artwork concept
  • Midori Tsukagoshi – photography

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  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ussales
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ukchart
  19. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Frachart
  22. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named chchart
  24. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named dechart
  26. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named beflchart
  28. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named bewachart
  29. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nlchart
  32. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named auschart
  34. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ukcert
  36. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named frcert
  37. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named swisscert
  38. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named jpcert
  39. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named decert
  40. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named becert
  41. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nlcert
  42. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named australiacert
  43. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named europesales
  44. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  45. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  48. ↑ a b Template:Cite magazine
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  55. ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named amg
  56. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  57. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rolling Stone
  58. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named spin
  59. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EW
  60. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  63. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  64. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  65. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Christgau
  66. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  67. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  68. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  69. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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