Rock Dust Light Star is the seventh studio album released by British acid jazz band Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...

. The album was released on November 1, 2010.

Background

The album was recorded at Jay Kay's home studio in Buckinghamshire, as well as Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire, and Karma Studios in Thailand. The album is written entirely by the band, and produced by first time collaborators Charlie Russell and Brad Spence. The band revealed that the musical style of the new album will be more centred on funk and rock, however, frontman Jay claimed that the tone and style of the album were hard for him to describe. Promotion of the album began in October 2010, with a press conference involving band members Jay Kay, Derrick McKenzie, Sola Akingbola, Matt Johnson, Paul Turner and Rob Harris. They announced that the group were to play two concerts, in Colombia

Colombia

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 and Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, to promote the album, before discussing plans for a possible world tour in 2011. In a review for the Daily Telegraph, the album was described as "blistering, poetic, meaty, reflective and inspiring". Upon release, the album debuted at #7 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 with sales of less than 35,000 copies. As of December 2010, the album has sold 210,000 copies worldwide, less than half of the sales of their previous album, Dynamite

Dynamite (Jamiroquai album)

Dynamite is the sixth studio album released by British Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai, released in June 2005. Produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay, it is perhaps their most diverse work to date, featuring electronic, funk, disco, house and acoustic tracks....

. In March 2011, Jamiroquai announced plans for the speculated worldwide tour, starting with dates Hallenstadion in Zurich on 18 March 2011, and ending with two shows at the SECC in Glasgow on 20 April 2011. In June 2011, the album was certified Gold in the UK for reaching sales of 100,000 copies, and shortly after, another string of tour dates were confirmed on the band's website for June and July.

Outtakes

Jay Kay claimed that a total of forty songs were recorded for the album, however, only fifteen tracks appeared across all editions of the album. A video for the album, posted just before release, showed recording of the tracks "All Mixed Up In You", "I've Been Working" and "Super Highway", however, none of these have been included on the final tracklisting.
Upon the album being made available to pre-order, several retail websites listed the standard album containing thirteen tracks, with track eight called "Your Window Is A Crazy Television". However, upon the album appearing in stores, the track was nowhere to be seen. On June 2, 2011, a competition began to design artwork for a brand new Jamiroquai single, "Smile", which was an outtake from Rock Dust Light Star. On June 9, the winner of the competition was announced, and the song was made available for download via SoundCloud and iTunes. On July 28, just before the Nice leg of the Rock Dust Light Star tour, the band announced that the song will be included on a French Tour Edition of the album, which will also include "Your Window Is A Crazy Television", meaning that a total of seventeen songs from the album sessions have been released.

Tracklisting

1. "Rock Dust Light Star" - 4:39 (Kay, Harris, Johnson)
2. "White Knuckle Ride
   White Knuckle Ride
   "White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay...
   
   " - 3:33 (Kay, Johnson)
3. "Smoke And Mirrors" - 4:30 (Kay, Harris, Johnson)
4. "All Good In The Hood" - 3:35 (Kay, Harris, Turner)
5. "Hurtin'" - 4:15 (Kay, Harris)
6. "Blue Skies
   Blue Skies (Jamiroquai song)
   "Blue Skies" is the second single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on November 1, 2010. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's second single to be released under...
   
   " - 3:51 (Kay, Johnson)
7. "Lifeline
   Lifeline (Jamiroquai song)
   "Lifeline" is the third single from British acid jazz group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on January 24 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's third single to be released under Mercury...
   
   " - 4:39 (Kay, Harris, Johnson)
8. "She's A Fast Persuader" - 5:16 (Kay, Harris, McKenzie, Johnson, Turner, Akingbola)
9. "Two Completely Different Things" - 4:25 (Kay, Harris)
10. "Goodbye To My Dancer" - 4:06 (Kay, Harris, Johnson)
11. "Never Gonna Be Another" - 4:08 (Kay, Johnson)
12. "Hey Floyd" - 5:09 (Kay, McKenzie, Johnson, Akingbola, Turner)

• Japanese Bonus Track

13. "That's Not The Funk" - 3:25

• Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

1. "All Good In The Hood" (Acoustic Version) - 3:39
2. "Angeline" (Kay, Harris, McKenzie) - 3:29
3. "Hang It Over" (Kay, Harris) - 4:50
4. "Rock Dust Light Star" (Live) - 5:42
5. "White Knuckle Ride" (Alan Braxe Remix) - 3:17
6. "Blue Skies" (Fred Falke Remix) - 4:08

• French Tour Edition Bonus Disc

1. "Smile" - 5:02
2. "White Knuckle Ride" (Penguin Prison Remix) - 6:16
3. "Blue Skies" (Linus Loves Remix) - 7:30
4. "Lifeline" (Pirupa Deadline Vocal) - 5:56
5. "That's Not The Funk I Want" - 3:25
6. "Your Window Is A Crazy Television" - 3:42

Personnel

• Vocals: Jay Kay
• Drums: Derrick McKenzie
• Percussion: Sola Akingbola
• Guitar: Rob Harris
• Keyboards: Matt Johnson
• Bass: Paul Turner
• Background vocals: Hazel Fernandez & Valerie Etienne
• Saxes & flute: James Russell
• Saxes: Jim Corry
• Trumpet & flugel: Malcolm Strachan
• Strings: Simon Hale

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	13
Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	6
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	19
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	10
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	40
Danish Albums Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...	18
Dutch Albums Chart	1
European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	4
Finnish Albums Chart	22
French Albums Chart	2
French Digital Albums Chart	1
German Albums Chart	7
German Downloads Chart	1
Greek Albums Chart IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	34
Irish Albums Chart International Recording Media Association The International Recording Media Association , previously known as the International Tape Association , is an international trade association dealing with every facet of recording, media and related industries...	29
Italian Albums Chart	3
Japanese Album Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	7
Mexican Albums Chart	26
Polish Albums Chart	15
Portuguese Albums Chart IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	23
Russian Albums Chart	2
Spanish Albums Chart PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...	9
Swiss Albums Chart	2
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	23
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	7
UK Digital Albums Chart	4

Certifications

Country	Certification
Switzerland IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...	Gold

Chart procession and succession