Recorded 1996–2004 Label XL Recordings | Length 57:32 Release date 21 March 2005 | |
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Released March 21, 2005 (2005-03-21) Producers Simon Ratcliffe, Felix Buxton Similar | ||
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The Singles is the first greatest hits album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on March 21, 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 in 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.
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- Background and release
- Critical reception
- Tour
- Glastonbury Festival headlining
- Songs
- References
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.
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Background and release
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.
"Oh My Gosh" was the first single from the album.
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/12/popandrock.basementjaxx
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/arts/music/14jaxx.html?_r=0
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/17/glastonbury2005.glastonbury1
Critical reception
Andy Kellman from AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, calling it "a timely and nearly faultless stop-gap compilation."
PopMatters ranked the album 19th-best reissues of 2005.
Tour
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Glastonbury Festival headlining
On June 6, 2005, it was announced last-minute that the duo will replace Kylie Minogue as headliners for the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, due to Minogue's diagnose with breast cancer. According to The Guardian, the reactions to this news were "muted." Although 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.
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."
In the year that opened with two inches of rain falling in an hour, Basement Jaxx braved Bobby Gillespie's onstage insults, as well as replacing Kylie, to deliver a fabulous dance blowout, including a carnival version of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades".
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Songs
1Red Alert3:36
2Good Luck3:31
3Romeo3:25