All Night Cinema [Import]

Just Jack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mercury UK
• ASIN: B001Q8WLOS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Enhanced UK edition. Just Jack returns with his stunning 2009 album All Night Cinema, the follow-up to his smash-hit LP Overtones. All Night Cinema sees Just Jack at his blistering best. Produced and almost entirely written by Jack (along with co-production by past collaborator, Jay Reynolds), it is a genre-busting album, packed with infectious, catchy, hook-laden tunes. The album features straight-out, hard-hitting Pop songs, wrapped around Jack's razor-sharp lyrics and acute observations. Lyrically, he finds himself talking about everything from the sublime to the ordinary, eloquently depicting life in England in Jack's very own inimitable way. Mercury.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful night at the cinema!, July 28, 2009

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This review is from: All Night Cinema (Audio CD)

Just Jack, along with fellow Brits Lily Allen, Jamie T and The Streets, brought us music which gave us a cheeky and witty insight into everyday life in the UK. "All night cinema" is Just Jack's third CD, and features a vast array of musical styles, from the musically adventurous opening cut (and lead-off single) "Embers" (with jumping violins and hand claps) to the bouncy accordion-peppered "253", everything on the disc thrills.

The next song deals with darker fare; the laid back "The day I died" is an acoustic Streets-style spoken/sung telling us "The day I died was the best day of my life", a humorous look at the fictional last day of his life with a twist at the end of the tale. "Doctor doctor" is an upbeat Dance song with spoken (spit-fire) lyrics and an incredibly catchy chorus, while "So wrong" has an even clubbier feel.

Next is "Blood", a melodramatic narrative about juvenile delinquents and the effect on their families:"I still love you/blood is always thicker than water/I still love you forever forever whatever you do". A truly stirring piece.

Title track "All night cinema" is a chilled downbeat song with gently skittery beats and dreamy "Oooooooh" harmonies and nice electronic flourishes. "Astronaut" is bouncy clap-filled Pop with a chorus that is so Jason Mraz. Ambulance siren sounds announce the full on Electro club song "Goth in the disco" (All Pet Shop Boys-like with a reverb-filled chorus), "Lo and behold" is a guitar-driven ballad and a (fitting) droll performance, while closing is the pulsing guitar-driven instrumantal "Basement" (with nice dramatic strings).

Vintage Just Jack, but even more interesting musically!