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'''''Emergency on Planet Earth''''' is the first studio album by Jamiroquai. | '''''Emergency on Planet Earth''''' is the first studio album by [[Jamiroquai]], released on June 14th, 1993 in the UK and Japan by Sony Soho Square. | ||
Recording for the album took place during 1992 into 1993. Prior to its release, the band would release their debut single under Acid Jazz Records, "When You Gonna Learn?". Subsequent singles would be released under Sony, "Too Young To Die", "Blow Your Mind", and "Emergency on Planet Earth" followed. | |||
== Background == | |||
The first track, "When You Gonna Learn?" was written well before Jay Kay had signed with Acid Jazz or Sony. The track takes heavy influence from the American and First Nation Indians, and their philosophies. Kay cites a saying from the Cree Indians: "Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money...", stating that seemed to "get straight to the point of everything that was wrong with the world.". Also citing a television program he had seen, which had depicted the shooting of elephants from a helicopter - which he had found deeply disturbing.<ref>Kay, Jay (2013). ''Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai'' (liner notes). Sony Music. 88691967852</ref> | |||
== Track Listing == | == Track Listing == | ||
# When You Gonna Learn? | # [[When You Gonna Learn?]] | ||
# Too Young To Die | # [[Too Young To Die]] | ||
# Hooked Up | # Hooked Up | ||
# If I Like It, I Do It | # If I Like It, I Do It | ||
# Music of the Mind | # Music of the Mind | ||
# Emergency on Planet Earth | # [[Emergency on Planet Earth (song)|Emergency on Planet Earth]] | ||
# Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop | # Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop | ||
# Blow Your Mind | # [[Blow Your Mind]] | ||
# Revolution 1993 | # Revolution 1993 | ||
# Didgin' Out | # Didgin' Out | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:EOPEBack.jpeg|Back cover | |||
File:EOPEInner.jpeg|Insert included with vinyl pressings | |||
File:EOPEC.jpeg|Standard cassette cover | |||
File:JapanEOPE.jpeg|Limited edition Japanese CD cover | |||
File:EOPECThailand.jpeg|Thailand cassette cover | |||
File:EOPESaudi.jpeg|Saudi Arabia cassette cover | |||
File:EOPEChina.jpeg|China cassette cover (Buffalo Man is smaller than usual) | |||
</gallery> | |||
== References == | |||
Latest revision as of 12:34, 23 February 2026
Emergency on Planet Earth is the first studio album by Jamiroquai, released on June 14th, 1993 in the UK and Japan by Sony Soho Square.
Recording for the album took place during 1992 into 1993. Prior to its release, the band would release their debut single under Acid Jazz Records, "When You Gonna Learn?". Subsequent singles would be released under Sony, "Too Young To Die", "Blow Your Mind", and "Emergency on Planet Earth" followed.
Background
The first track, "When You Gonna Learn?" was written well before Jay Kay had signed with Acid Jazz or Sony. The track takes heavy influence from the American and First Nation Indians, and their philosophies. Kay cites a saying from the Cree Indians: "Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money...", stating that seemed to "get straight to the point of everything that was wrong with the world.". Also citing a television program he had seen, which had depicted the shooting of elephants from a helicopter - which he had found deeply disturbing.[1]
Track Listing
- When You Gonna Learn?
- Too Young To Die
- Hooked Up
- If I Like It, I Do It
- Music of the Mind
- Emergency on Planet Earth
- Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop
- Blow Your Mind
- Revolution 1993
- Didgin' Out
Gallery
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Back cover
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Insert included with vinyl pressings
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Standard cassette cover
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Limited edition Japanese CD cover
-
Thailand cassette cover
-
Saudi Arabia cassette cover
-
China cassette cover (Buffalo Man is smaller than usual)
References
- ↑ Kay, Jay (2013). Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai (liner notes). Sony Music. 88691967852