Rooty is the second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by British electronic dance music

Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 duo Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

, released in 2001. The singles released from the album were "Romeo", "Jus 1 Kiss", "Where's Your Head At?

Where's Your Head At?

"Where's Your Head At" is a song by British electronic dance music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released as a single from their second album, Rooty, in 2001. The song was recorded in early 2001 and is based around samples from Gary Numan's songs "M.E." and "This Wreckage"...

", and "Get Me Off". "Do Your Thing" was also released as a single in Australia in 2003, and in the UK in 2005, after the release of their compilation album

Compilation album

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 The Singles

Basement Jaxx: The Singles

The Singles is a compilation album by English electronic dance music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 21 March 2005. There are two new tracks on this album, these being "Oh My Gosh" and "U Don't Know Me", which were both released as singles in 2005...

. It contains more rhythmic influences than Remedy.

The name is taken from Basement Jaxx's regular club event held at a small pub in Brixton

Brixton

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. The cover art

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 features Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla

Gorilla

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The music video for the song "Romeo" stars Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta

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Track listing

Critical reception

Rooty was well-received. Allmusic gave it 5 out of 5 stars, calling it "so raw you can't believe they spent over an hour per track, so perfect you're glad they stopped noodling about long before most producers would, and so poppy they should get picked up by commercial radio in America as well as the rest of the world". Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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called the album "where heart and feet meet and lovingly coexist". Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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said the album "revels in exploiting rhythms that shouldn't work—but definitely do". PopMatters

PopMatters

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' review was mixed, calling the album "either a brilliantly innovative record, or an unlistenable mess, depending on your point of view".

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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's review, however, was very negative. While calling band members Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe "two of the weirdest, most innovative and talented house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 producers on the scene", the website wrote that "[Basement Jaxx] have taken kitsch too far", noting that the music is "often so tacky that it's impossible to stomach."

Personnel

• Felix Buxton - vocals, producer
  Record producer
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• Simon Ratcliffe - various instruments, producer