The Return Of The Space Cowboy (30th Anniversary Edition)
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This October Jamiroquai celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Return Of The Space
Cowboy. Their second album, it will be reissued as a double-LP set on 140g “moon grey”
vinyl and includes Michael Gray’s Good Vibe Zone edit of ‘Space Cowboy’ - which has never been released on a physical product. The packaging has also been re-designed for this anniversary release including foil enhancement of the original cover design.
The Return Of The Space Cowboy is the follow up album to the band’s huge 1993 debut,
Emergency On Planet Earth. Certified Platinum in the UK, Japan and France, it achieved
chart success in multiple countries and spawned the single ‘Space Cowboy’ which remains one of their biggest tracks to date.
For many, this album is defined by some of the most complex songwriting the band have ever produced and Jay Kay called it “one of our most creative and accomplished albums”. The process of making the album came with many challenges. Having to recruit a new drummer (after Nick Van Gelder failed to return from holiday), the band were met with second-album syndrome with Kay proclaiming since that lyrics weren’t coming "... because suddenly I wasn't homeless, I had everything I needed. So I found myself creating problems to write about." The songwriting process was complex for the band as Jay Kay was often dissatisfied with the results, leading songs to be scrapped or rewritten, but half-way through recording Kay wrote ‘Space Cowboy’, a song which reflects darker times during the recording session, and it became the catalyst of creative inspiration helping them finish the record.
Jamiroquai have become one of the UK’s most pioneering and ground breaking bands of the past 30 years. Pushing boundaries and bringing jazz and funk to a mainstream audience, their sound is not only unique, but immediately recognisable.
Released: October 2024
Cat: 19802807141
Label: Sony
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Tracklist
SIDE A
1. Just Another Story
2, Stillness in Time
3. Half the Man
SIDE B
4. Light Years - 00:05:53
5. Manifest Destiny
6. The Kids
SIDE C
7. Mr Moon
8. Scam
9. Journey to Arnhemland
SIDE D
10. Morning Glory
11. Space Cowboy
12. Space Cowboy (Michael Gray’s Good Vibe Zone, Edit)