JAY 'the cat in the hat' Kay returns after a near three-year hiatus since his last album. And Dynamite very much follows the niche that he's carved for himself.
Funky bass lines, outrageously catchy riffs and groovy mixes all over the place, this is Jamiroquai doing what he does best: lounge jazz with an injection of funk and cool.
One warning - don't buy this if you like its first single Feels Just Like It Should.
As awesome and catchy as it is, the rest of the album mostly sounds more like a Barry White/Stevie Wonder hybrid gone wrong.
It's hard to say whether Dynamite as a whole is dated or just very stylised.
The title track is dated, like it's popped out of a wormhole in the space-time continuum from some 1975 lounge act - we're talking Level 42 stuff.
But Seven Days in Sunny June could be a Bill Withers tune, with its breezy piano and summery guitars. It's a rare highlight, of which there are only four.
World That He Wants is a dramatic piano-led slowy that cuts the mustard and Don't Give Hate a Chance is quite funky, but it sounds like the Supermen Lover's only hit single Starlight.
Star Child is his token Stevie Wonder effort and it's one of a few shockingly bad moments here.
However, Black Devil Car saves some grace come the end. It'll be a single, because it's the album's only other maddeningly decent song.
