Basement JaxxBest Basement Jaxx Albums Ranked
8.2
Avg Score
16
Opinions
13
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 16 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Basement Jaxx's catalog across 13 albums from 16 opinions, with an overall average of 8.2/10. The top-rated Basement Jaxx album is Rooty (2001) with a 9.1/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Kish Kash and Lost Remixes (1999 - 2009). The discography on Wavelength spans 1999 to 2020. Romeo ranks as the highest-rated Basement Jaxx song on Wavelength with a 9.5/10 average.
The Singles
“Electronic dance music maximalists Basement Jaxx substitute their bi-yearly new album with this career-spanning singles collection, which features two new tracks and a second disc of B-sides, highlighting the tension between their compulsive dancefloor repetition and hook-crammed pop.”
Kish Kash
“Over the past few months, some of the more conservative members of British music press have put their Coral raves on hold long enough to document the demise of the Superclubs (e.g. Ministry of Sound, Cream, Gatecrasher) and the continued splintering of music listeners. Trotting out a series of "Dance Music Is Dead" pieces that amount to little more than lazy thinking and gleeful opportunism, many ”
Crazy Itch Radio
“After three records of musical maximalism, Simon Radcliffe and Felix Buxton unveil a new kind of Basement Jaxx album: A grower, one that doesn't exhaust you the first time around the track but one that accrues meaning and gets more enjoyable with each new spin.”
Scars
“The eclectic dance duo dial it back a bit on the most effective parts of their latest album.”
Junto
“Basement Jaxx were early dance polyglots in the Nineties, incorporating global sounds into their house and U.K. garage beats. The London duo's ears are as open as ever on their seventh album: Kicking off with a sample from First Nations powwow singers Northern Cree, they cherry-pick a dream team of power divas and U.K.-funky progenitors, sourcing styles that include garage, house, hip-hop, disco –”
Zephyr
“The house music legends go on an unexpected detour here, offering an EP of synth washes, ethnographic pastiches, and soft-rock jams.”
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