Remedy | ||||
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Released | 10 May 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
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Length | 57:03 (CD) 65:51 (LP) | |||
Label | XL | |||
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Basement Jaxx chronology | ||||
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Singles from Remedy | ||||
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Remedy is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released in May 1999 by record label XL.
The album was very well-received critically, and reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album: "Red Alert", "Rendez-Vu", "Jump n' Shout" and "Bingo Bango".
When Basement Jaxx first rose to stardom, the duo was unsatisfied with the state of dance music, describing it as "linear" and "close-minded". "Most dance music is very shiny and so robotic," Simon Ratcliffe told Rolling Stone. "There's just not much feeling. If we made a record like that, we'd be just like everybody else."[3] Consequently, the title Remedy was chosen as "an antidote" to the "poisons" they saw within dance music. "A lot of it seems quite superficial," Ratcliffe said.[4]
"For me, Remedy was always about togetherness, which is the appeal of house music. You may be black; you may be white; you may be Jew; you may be gentile. It doesn’t matter in our house," Felix Buxton said.[5]
Remedy was released on 10 May 1999 in the UK and 3 August 1999 in the US, by record label XL. It reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart.
Four singles were released from the album: "Red Alert" on 19 April, "Rendez-Vu" on 2 August, "Jump n' Shout" on 25 October and "Bingo Bango" on 3 April 2000. "Red Alert" was the first Basement Jaxx single to reach number 1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. "Rendez-Vu" also reached number 1 later in the year, and "Bingo Bango" became their third number 1 single the following year.[citation needed]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 88/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Alternative Press | 5/5[8] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[9] |
The Guardian | [10] |
Melody Maker | [11] |
NME | 9/10[12] |
Pitchfork | 3.5/10[13] |
Q | [14] |
Rolling Stone | [1] |
USA Today | [15] |
Remedy holds a rating of 88 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[6] AllMusic's John Bush called the album "one of the most assured, propulsive full lengths the dance world has seen since Daft Punk's Homework."[7] Marc Weingarten of Entertainment Weekly described Remedy as a "blissful joy ride",[9] while Ted Kessler of NME called it "probably as good a dance album as anyone from these Isles has produced this decade."[12] The Austin Chronicle's Marc Savlov called the album "a top beat assemblage to rival any release this year".[16] Alternative Press wrote: "Somewhere on this album, Basement Jaxx have created a song that you're going to love, no matter what sort of music you listen to [...] the mere existence of Remedy shows hope for modern music's future."[8] Melody Maker wrote that the album "repeatedly, and durably, synthesises those notoriously unstable dance music elements; the dizzying dancefloor rush and the complex, long-lasting emotional hit", calling it "deft and obviously heartfelt" and "truly great."[11] Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk proclaimed the album as "better than [theirs]."[17]
The A.V. Club was less favourable, saying Remedy was "nowhere near as revolutionary as the hype would insinuate", though noting that it does "offer its distinct pleasures."[18] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice remarked: "Like so much good house, more fun than reading the newspaper and less fun than advertised."[19]
Remedy was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[20] In 2012, Rolling Stone placed Remedy at number 13 on its list of the 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All-Time.[21]
All tracks written by Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, except where noted.[22][23]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rendez-Vu" | 5:45 | |
2. | "Yo-Yo" | 4:29 | |
3. | "Jump n' Shout" |
| 4:42 |
4. | "U Can't Stop Me" | 3:40 | |
5. | "Jaxxalude" | 0:35 | |
6. | "Red Alert" |
| 4:17 |
7. | "Jazzalude" | 0:23 | |
8. | "Always Be There" | 6:24 | |
9. | "Sneakalude" | 0:11 | |
10. | "Same Old Show" |
| 5:55 |
11. | "Bingo Bango" |
| 5:58 |
12. | "Gemilude" | 0:47 | |
13. | "Stop 4 Love" | 4:53 | |
14. | "Don't Give Up" | 5:15 | |
15. | "Being with U" | 3:49 | |
Total length: | 57:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Better Days" (previously released as "Betta Daze"[24]) | 6:07 |
Total length: | 1:03:10 |
LP track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rendez-Vu" | 7:10 | |
2. | "Yo-Yo" | 5:04 | |
3. | "Jump n' Shout" |
| 5:21 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "U Can't Stop Me" | 3:40 | |
2. | "Jaxxalude" | 0:35 | |
3. | "Red Alert" |
| 6:10 |
4. | "Jazzalude" | 0:24 | |
5. | "Always Be There" | 6:23 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sneakalude" | 0:11 | |
2. | "Same Old Show" |
| 8:46 |
3. | "Bingo Bango" |
| 7:26 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Gemilude" | 0:47 |
2. | "Stop 4 Love" | 4:52 |
3. | "Don't Give Up" | 5:13 |
4. | "Being with U" | 3:49 |
Total length: | 65:51 |
Sample credits
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Basement Jaxx
Additional vocalists
Additional musicians
Production
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[36] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States | — | 135,000[37] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | 1,000,000[38] | |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |