Basement Jaxx 1st album Vs Basement Jaxx 2nd album.

For some reason I think I prefer Rooty. In context it didn't really strike me like Remedy did at the time, but in the end I think I enjoy its tracks more. I'm not really sure... I have to re-listen to them both. The 'Jump & Shout' remix on the Stanton Warriors mix sort of recalled my enjoyment of Remedy so I ought to follow up by revisiting it. I *think* Rooty is the more diverse of the two, and I'm generally a sucker for that sort of dexterity.

Easy one: 1st album. 'Rooty' did next to nothing for me, 3 great tracks the rest very average. Gets my vote for disappointement of the year.

never actually heard the first album. Rooty, hmmm, well, i love the 3 singles, all ace. not taken with rest of album though

Both albums have their fair share of filler for sure. But Rooty's high points are way higher.

I'm in agreement w/ Ian above

Rooty by a good margin

About equal - and I'm really interested to know what all the filler is that people keep mentioning. Not that I don't believe them, but everyone shies away from saying which songs in particular are not much cop.

B-b-but then the lack of intersubjective agreement would be exposed!

rooty filler: anything between 2 and 6. 7 to the end are brilliant (the third to last and last tracks verge on filler too), and of course "romeo" is the best thing they've ever done. i have to think quite hard to remember anything about the first half of th record; another series of tracks could have slotted in their places with negligible difference to my listening experience. ian's right about rooty's high points being higher; they're higher pop songs than anything on remedy. there's nothing on rooty as sonically interesting to these ears as "jump and shout" or "same old show" were, but "romeo," "where's your head at," and the others on rooty are better pop songs. if that makes any sense.

thinking in terms of albums (indeed using word "album") = rockist

strategies of non-rockist comparison: have you noticed how the cuts [not "tracks" btw: rockist] that come SECOND on a Felt recording [or LP, though that = rockist if you mean you think vinyl is better than CD] are always [longer/shorter/louder: suggest not a value comparison, but an objective and scietifically measurable fact] than those that come fourth or seventh.

Five = rockist. 5ive = not.

Interestingly enough, I think that _Rooty_ flows better as an overally album, but _Remedy_ has the clearly standout songs on it. I mean, few things are gonna top "Jump 'N Shout", "Rendez-vous", and "Always Be There" for me. ("Get Me Off" and "Romeo" definitely come close.)

hey mark, when's the cuprophen run out?

Rooty is better by a small margin, maybe one reason is because of the fun primate cover. Of course Remedy has naked people on it's cover...

Rooty is more fun in my opinion.

Let's see I can think of one filler (outside of the interludes) on 'Remedy' and that's 'Bingo Bango', pleasurable but it breaks the flow a bit. 'Rooty' everything after 'Where's your head at' for me is filler, just doesn't do anything for me. All the Prince-stylee tracks border on filler too. Also: 'Romeo' is brilliant and stays that way, where as 'Where's your head at' sound brilliant the first couple of times and after that just sounds a bit boring really.

SFA's Guerilla is to Rings Around the World what Basement Jaxx Rooty is to Remedy.

High points are higher but as whole albums Guerilla and Rooty are a little incoherent when compared to their counterparts. Kind of fucked up comparison I guess. Totally agree about tracks 3 and 4. I quite like Just One Kiss after hating it initially though. I heard Yo-Yo last night when I was out and it made me want to stick on Remedy as soon as I got home. Couldn't find it, incidentally.

"Romeo" = best thing they've ever done. "Broken Dreams" = second- best. Remedy I hardly listen to now though, perhaps Rooty will go that way too.

"Sexy Feline Machine" = self-descriptive really. This sounds technical and wanky to say but the rhythm programming on that track is utterly delectable (same is true for "I Want You"). And I will defend "All I Know" to the death, which is in its own quiet way as lovely as "Romeo".

High points are higher but as whole albums Guerilla and Rooty are a little incoherent when compared to their counterparts.

I think I agree with the statement about Guerilla, but do you guys find that there are a lot more hits on Guerilla, rather than RATW? I just find the latter more fun.

I'd love to see some more answers to this one...a couple people said they just picked up Remedy and I'm curious what they think.

I prefer Remedy, I think, just because it seems a bit more consistant and danceable. Rooty does have higher highs and better pop songs (and most of all "Romeo.") It is a tough comparison for me also because I have Remedy on vinyl & I don't know the names or the running order of the Rememdy tracks.

I favor Rooty over Remedy ever so slightly. I agree with Tim about "All I Know," and I've defended "Crazy Girl" several times. To me, "Crazy Girl" sounds like "Pop Life," "Uptown," and "Erotic City" playing simultaneously. For a few seconds, "Pop Life" will stick out in the mix, and then it'll nearly disappear to give way to "Erotic City" (Cronenberg on the decks haha). It's not as good as any of those songs (of course), but I do feel as if I'm getting some sort of 3-for-1 deal when listening to it.

BONG!

I made a boo-boo; I actually purchased ROOTY, not Remedy (damn R & Y mixing me up). Rooty I like very much; I want to say it's a This Heat dance album (and I will write something silly on the Car to this effect, no doubt, as I search for other "new" This Heat albums), but I like Michaelangelo's comments on his bloggo about this being a really great Prince album (or something to that effect).

Perhaps I will grab Remedy soon as well.

Relistening to "Where's Your Head At" last night reminded me of how well Gary Numan works. Agree with me, all of you. Say it, SAY IT!

I will not stop my crusade until there's not a single person left alive who considers "All I Know" to be filler. Use headphones. Take a walk down the street. Play it really loud.

REMEDY by miles just for the awkward white boy p-funkery of it and no fake by numbers cafe delmar house chill out numbers or that godawful shit that sounds like a 2 minute halfarsed attempt at astrud gilberto / francoise hardy / stereolab. remedy rocks, rooty is unjustified in its cockiness and fall-flat-on-face- "eclecticism". it's not BAD , though.

fucking dancy rave crap whatever one you mean. who can tell the diference only saddoes. one turd of dance shit is just the same as another turd. not real music. basement suckx.