Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin
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Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin is the third album
by electronic music
producer
Junkie XL
. Released in 2004, the double album
features collaborations with a number of other artists
. The songs on the first disc ("3PM") are generally short and vocally-driven much like modern pop
, though many of them have the strong beat and fast tempo characteristic of dance music
. The second disc ("3AM") consists mostly of progressive house songs. Disc 1 is available in Australia as a single disc version with the same name as the double-disc version. On the CD it has "3PM". The cover artwork is the same as the double disc version. This single disc version of "3PM" is the British
/ Europe
an version, containing a total of 19 tracks, instead of the U.S. release of 17 tracks.
Note: These track lists refer to the U.S. version. For the British
or Europe
an version, see Discogs.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Junkie XL
Junkie XL
Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....
. Released in 2004, the double album
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
features collaborations with a number of other artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. The songs on the first disc ("3PM") are generally short and vocally-driven much like modern pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, though many of them have the strong beat and fast tempo characteristic of dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
. The second disc ("3AM") consists mostly of progressive house songs. Disc 1 is available in Australia as a single disc version with the same name as the double-disc version. On the CD it has "3PM". The cover artwork is the same as the double disc version. This single disc version of "3PM" is the British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
/ Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an version, containing a total of 19 tracks, instead of the U.S. release of 17 tracks.
Disc One
- Intro 3pm
- Tennis
- Crusher (featuring SaffronSamantha SpracklingSamantha Marie Sprackling more commonly known as Saffron, is the lead singer of the electronica band, Republica...
) - Don't Wake Up Policeman (feat. Peter ToshPeter ToshPeter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
& Friends) - Reload (feat. Dave Gahan)
- Spirits (feat. SaffronSamantha SpracklingSamantha Marie Sprackling more commonly known as Saffron, is the lead singer of the electronica band, Republica...
) - Angels (feat. Gary NumanGary NumanGary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...
) - Perfect Blue Sky (feat. Robert SmithRobert Smith (musician)Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
) - Between These Walls (feat. AnoukAnoukAnouk Teeuwe , professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer.After being discovered by Golden Earring frontman Barry Hay, Anouk had her breakthrough in the Netherlands in 1997 with the single "Nobody's Wife"...
) - Access To The Excess (feat. Chuck DChuck DCarlton Douglas Ridenhour , better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.- Early life :Ridenhour was born in Queens, New York...
) - Catch Up To My Step (feat. Solomon BurkeSolomon BurkeSolomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...
) - Never Alone (feat. Terry HallTerry Hall (singer)Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...
) - Configuring Audio System
- A Little Less ConversationA Little Less Conversation"A Little Less Conversation" is a song written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange that was originally performed and written for American rock and roll icon Elvis Presley for the 1968 film Live a Little, Love a Little. When the song was released as a single with "Almost in Love" as the b-side, it became...
(vs. Elvis PresleyElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
) - Beauty Never Fades (feat. SaffronSamantha SpracklingSamantha Marie Sprackling more commonly known as Saffron, is the lead singer of the electronica band, Republica...
) - Broken (feat. Grant NicholasGrant NicholasGrant Nicholas is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock band Feeder, along with bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Karl Brazil.-Early years:...
) - JXL Radio Technical Support
Disc Two
- Intro 3am
- Chilled
- Dubzilla
- Casio
- Angels (12" Cut)
- Breezer (featuring. SashaSasha (DJ)Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
) - Nudge
- Red
- Beauty Never Fades (12" Cut)
- Cosmic Cure
- Rehsurc
Note: These track lists refer to the U.S. version. For the British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
or Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an version, see Discogs.
Singles
- Beauty Never Fades (12")
- Breezer (12")
- Catch Up To My Step (CDS)
- Don't Wake Up Policeman (CDS)
- Between These Walls (CDS)