The Singles (Basement Jaxx album)

The Singles
Greatest hits album by Basement Jaxx
Released	March 21, 2005
Recorded	1996–2004
Genre	House dance
Length	57:32
Label	XL
Producer	Simon Ratcliffe Felix Buxton
Basement Jaxx chronology
Kish Kash (2003) The Singles (2005) Crazy Itch Radio (2006) Singles from The Singles "Oh My Gosh" Released: March 14, 2005 "U Don't Know Me" Released: June 13, 2005 "Do Your Thing" Released: September 26, 2005

The Singles is the first greatest hits album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on March 21, 2005 via XL. The album contains two new songs, "Oh My Gosh" and "U Don't Know Me", which were both released as singles. "Do Your Thing" was previously included in the 2001 Rooty album, but with the release of this compilation album, the single was re-released in the UK after the two aforementioned singles.

Later editions of The Singles, included the "JaxxHouz" radio edit of "U Don't Know Me", in place of the original album version. A special edition of the release included a second disc of previously unreleased material.

Background and release

Talking about the compilation, Buxton told Canadian music magazine The Record:

[...] It's a collection of all our popular songs really, a collection where people could get all the main songs that they liked. It seemed like a good idea to put it out now because a lot of people were coming to our shows and didn't really know that a song like "Romeo" was by the same people who did "Where's Your Head At". Our music [across the years] is quite different so it has probably taken people a while to realise that it's all by the same band. So yeah, that was why really. It could be a collection for people who'd only just found out about us, or seen a live show and wanted to get our music.^[1]

"Oh My Gosh" was the first single from the album.

http://www.deejay.de/XLLP187_-_Basement_Jaxx_-_The_Singles_coloured_Vinyl_Edition_-_12inch__162470

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/12/popandrock.basementjaxx

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/arts/music/14jaxx.html?_r=0

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/17/glastonbury2005.glastonbury1

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
musicOMH	(favorable)[3]
NME	4/10[4]
Pitchfork	9.5/10[5]

Andy Kellman from AllMusic gave the album a very positive review, calling it "a timely and nearly faultless stop-gap compilation."^[2]

PopMatters ranked the album 19th-best reissues of 2005.^[6]

Promotion

Tour

http://www.nme.com/news/basement-jaxx/19462

Date	Country	City	Venue
Europe[7]
November 28, 2006	Plymouth	United Kingdom	Plymouth Pavilions
November 29, 2006	Brighton		Brighton Centre
November 30, 2006	Bournemouth		Bournemouth International Centre
December 2, 2006	Wembley, London		Wembley Arena
December 5, 2006	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
December 6, 2006	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle Arena
December 7, 2006	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
December 8, 2006	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro

Glastonbury Festival headlining

On June 6, 2005, it was announced last-minute that the duo will replace Kylie Minogue as headliners for the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, due to Minogue's diagnose with breast cancer.^[8] According to The Guardian, the reactions to this news were "muted." Although Basement Jaxx' headlining was said to be a departure from the usual rock bands that used to headline the festival, as was Minogue's planned appearance.^[8]

While performing onstage, Scottish musician Bobby Gillespie called the band "Cocksuckers – no offence to cocksuckers," before slating everyone from Minogue to the crowd itself and eventually getting booed off stage. Basement Jaxx's vocalist Vula Malinga recalls: "I remember us girls were like 'WHAT? Shut Up! Come on let’s take him! Warrrgh', but the guys were just like 'Everyone’s entitled to their opinion.' In the end I think the crowd spoke for itself."^[9]

In the year that opened with two inches of rain falling in an hour, Basement Jaxx braved Bobby Gillespie's onstage insults, as well as replacing Kylie, to deliver a fabulous dance blowout, including a carnival version of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/glastonbury/10912208/The-100-best-Glastonbury-performances-ever.html

www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2005.pdf

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red Alert" (featuring Blue James)	Ratcliffe Buxton Harvey Mason Tyrone Brown John Blake Jr. Leonard Gibbs James Simmons Richard Steacker Millard Vinson	3:37
2.	"Good Luck" (featuring Lisa Kekaula)	Ratcliffe Buxton Kekaula	3:32
3.	"Romeo" (featuring Kele Le Roc)	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:26
4.	"Oh My Gosh" (featuring Vula Malinga)	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:57
5.	"Bingo Bango"	Ratcliffe Buxton Bolivar	3:48
6.	"Where's Your Head At"	Gary Numan Ratcliffe Buxton	4:00
7.	"Rendez-Vu"	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:45
8.	"Jump n' Shout" (featuring Slarta John)	Ratcliffe Buxton Mark James	3:39
9.	"Lucky Star" (featuring Dizzee Rascal)	D.Mills Ratcliffe Buxton	3:54
10.	"Plug It In" (featuring JC Chasez)	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:20
11.	"U Don't Know Me" (featuring Lisa Kekaula) (later replaced by JaxxHouz Radio Edit)	Ratcliffe Buxton Kekaula	3:36
12.	"Do Your Thing" (featuring Elliot May)	Ratcliffe Buxton Blue Mitchell	4:20
13.	"Jus 1 Kiss"	Ratcliffe Buxton Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers	3:37
14.	"Flylife"	Ratcliffe Buxton	4:04
15.	"Samba Magic"	Ratcliffe Buxton Jorge Dalto Tite Curet Alonso	4:50

Special edition bonus disc — The Singles: Part II
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Magnificent Romeo"	Ratcliffe Buxton Joe Strummer Mick Jones Paul Simonon Topper Headon	4:28
2.	"I Beg U"	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:42
3.	"Mere Pass"	Ratcliffe Buxton Earl Anthony Johnson Najma Akhtar Jonathan Richman	4:29
4.	"Miracles Keep on Playin'"	Ratcliffe Buxton Mark Capanni Bobby Taylor	4:34
5.	"Bongoloid" (Red Alert Remix)	Ratcliffe Buxton	4:22
6.	"Good Luck" (Live)	Ratcliffe Buxton Kekaula	4:53
7.	"Rendez-Vu" (Latin Version)	Ratcliffe Buxton	4:07
8.	"Broken Dreams" (Acoustic)	Ratcliffe Buxton	2:42
9.	"Ha Choo"	Ratcliffe Buxton	2:35
10.	"Onyx"	Ratcliffe Buxton	4:10
11.	"I Live in Camberwell"	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:38
12.	"Camberskank"	Ratcliffe Buxton	5:43
13.	"Jus 1 Kiss" (The Isley Bootleg)	Ratcliffe Buxton O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley	5:02
14.	"Romeo" (Acoustic)	Ratcliffe Buxton	3:35

Japanese and German special edition box set bonus DVD — The Videos
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Red Alert" (featuring Blue James)		Dawn Shadforth	3:56
2.	"Rendez-Vu"		Evan Bernard	3:42
3.	"Jump 'N Shout"	Ratcliffe Buxton Earl Anthony Johnson Najma Akhtar Jonathan Richman		4:29
4.	"Bingo Bango"	Ratcliffe Buxton Mark Capanni Bobby Taylor		4:34
5.	"Bongoloid" (Red Alert Remix)	Ratcliffe Buxton		4:22
6.	"Good Luck" (Live)	Ratcliffe Buxton Kekaula		4:53
7.	"Rendez-Vu" (Latin Version)	Ratcliffe Buxton		4:07
8.	"Broken Dreams" (Acoustic)	Ratcliffe Buxton		2:42
9.	"Ha Choo"	Ratcliffe Buxton		2:35
10.	"Onyx"	Ratcliffe Buxton		4:10
11.	"I Live in Camberwell"	Ratcliffe Buxton		3:38
12.	"Camberskank"	Ratcliffe Buxton		5:43
13.	"Jus 1 Kiss" (The Isley Bootleg)	Ratcliffe Buxton O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley		5:02
14.	"Romeo" (Acoustic)	Ratcliffe Buxton		3:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	69
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13]	36
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14]	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	1

See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s

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