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Four-plus years passed between Just Jack's debut, The Outer Marker, and his sophomore effort, Overtones. That's plenty of time for an U.K. garage rapper to fall out of favor -- especially when the Streets are burning up most folks' patience for the genre like it was flash paper -- and to make matter worse, Just Jack (real name Jack Allsopp) had to crawl over a heaping pile of criticism that his rhymes were whack after he climbed out of his four-year hole. Shocking everyone, this "slackadaisical" wonder overcame it all and was climbing charts and selling out shows as soon as Overtones was released in the U.K., thanks in part to Jack's being a friend of the oh-so-hot-in-2006 Lily Allen along with the hooks, the effortless delivery, and a general need for something softer and more hopeful than garage and grime normally offer. While Overtones is filled with moon-June-spoon-prune rhyme schemes and meaningless bits of slang, it all sits on a bed of instantly grabbing melody and smart arrangements. His lyrics aren't as bad as you've been sold, but his slumped shoulder delivery and the "I wore this same hoodie yesterday" way about him do make him a love-'em-or-hate-'em proposition. Those who love him are blessed with a generally positive album that's just made for sunny days and convertibles with kicking sound systems, not that Jack would ever admit he could afford one. The big hit single "Starz in Their Eyes" high karate kicks young hipsters with lyrics like "You used to be satisfied/Now you feel like Mick Jagger," while the good-feeling "Glory Days" comes right out and says "Dammit, I'm in love with this planet," backing up this statement with a properly bright horn section. Most of the lyrical content is closer to the latter than the former -- minus "Lost," which is heavy, misplaced, and thematically out of reach for Jack -- and the music is closer to Jamiroquai than the Streets or Dizzee Rascal. Add to it "Hold On"'s "You know you're getting older/When the kids on the corner/Get you baffled every time they speak" and that's practically the formula for hipster poison, begging for potshots. Overtones doesn't care about cool and would rather be an unaffected album, worth returning to anytime the uptight world needs to be shaken off.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Pratt, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Foster, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ali Love, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Roz James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Swana, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ash, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Juneroy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dan Swana, Double Bass, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Whitbread, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Ali Love, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janie Price, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Thompson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Juneroy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Aaron Durbin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
A. Ross, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Ross, Unknown, Other - Jack Allsopp, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Ralph Lamb, Unknown, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Easy Access Orchestra, Producer - Simon Picton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Miles Bould, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A. Love, ComposerLyricist - Ali Love, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Ash, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Swana, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A. Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Roz James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Swana, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Tony Thompson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Foster, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jules Porreca, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Juneroy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Bould, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Thompson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Green , Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Foster, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ali Love, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Juneroy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sara Jane Skeete, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Swana, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Hale, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Phillips, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Langley, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Allsopp, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jules Porreca, ComposerLyricist - Just Jack, MainArtist - Jay Reynolds, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Just Jack, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
Four-plus years passed between Just Jack's debut, The Outer Marker, and his sophomore effort, Overtones. That's plenty of time for an U.K. garage rapper to fall out of favor -- especially when the Streets are burning up most folks' patience for the genre like it was flash paper -- and to make matter worse, Just Jack (real name Jack Allsopp) had to crawl over a heaping pile of criticism that his rhymes were whack after he climbed out of his four-year hole. Shocking everyone, this "slackadaisical" wonder overcame it all and was climbing charts and selling out shows as soon as Overtones was released in the U.K., thanks in part to Jack's being a friend of the oh-so-hot-in-2006 Lily Allen along with the hooks, the effortless delivery, and a general need for something softer and more hopeful than garage and grime normally offer. While Overtones is filled with moon-June-spoon-prune rhyme schemes and meaningless bits of slang, it all sits on a bed of instantly grabbing melody and smart arrangements. His lyrics aren't as bad as you've been sold, but his slumped shoulder delivery and the "I wore this same hoodie yesterday" way about him do make him a love-'em-or-hate-'em proposition. Those who love him are blessed with a generally positive album that's just made for sunny days and convertibles with kicking sound systems, not that Jack would ever admit he could afford one. The big hit single "Starz in Their Eyes" high karate kicks young hipsters with lyrics like "You used to be satisfied/Now you feel like Mick Jagger," while the good-feeling "Glory Days" comes right out and says "Dammit, I'm in love with this planet," backing up this statement with a properly bright horn section. Most of the lyrical content is closer to the latter than the former -- minus "Lost," which is heavy, misplaced, and thematically out of reach for Jack -- and the music is closer to Jamiroquai than the Streets or Dizzee Rascal. Add to it "Hold On"'s "You know you're getting older/When the kids on the corner/Get you baffled every time they speak" and that's practically the formula for hipster poison, begging for potshots. Overtones doesn't care about cool and would rather be an unaffected album, worth returning to anytime the uptight world needs to be shaken off.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:31
- Main artists: Just Jack
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2006 Mercury Records Limited
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