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Kish Kash
Universal acclaim
Based on 24 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 14 votes
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Album Info
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: 21 October 2003
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Electronic, Dance
Summary
The third album for the house duo of Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton features contributions from Dizzee Rascal, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, JC Chasez and Siouxsie Sioux.
Also By This Artist: Crazy Itch Radio Remedy Rooty
Also On The Web: B-Jaxx @ Astralwerks Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The Onion (A.V. Club)
An album that sets the bar for density and imagination almost unreasonably high.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Some of the most propulsive, ferocious music of the year as well as some of the most poignant.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
The richest and most fervent music the Jaxx have ever made. [24 Oct 2003, p.104]
Dot Music
Three albums in and Basement Jaxx are still so far ahead of the pack that they're a barely visible dust cloud on the horizon.
Read Full Review >Uncut
A truly exhilarating 50 minutes of music. [Dec 2003, p.122]
PopMatters
Quite how or where the new album fits into the contemporary music landscape isn't clear, but what's recognizable and of import is that somewhat out of time, Basement Jaxx have produced their best sustained effort so far.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Kish Kash may be the best dance record of 2003, but it's the least imaginative LP the duo have ever released.
Read Full Review >ShakingThrough.net
A downbeat, surprisingly ruminative affair, less concerned with dance-floor breakouts than the inevitable post-party comedown.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
Review 1:Kish Kash suffers from a surfeit of ideas and sounds; quite simply there is too much going on here. [score=70] Review 2:It is simply how dance music--natch, pop music--should be done. [score=90]
Q Magazine
Most of Kish Kash sounds like the album they intended to make after Remedy. [Nov 2003, p.106]
Village Voice
It's not stretching to suggest that they've complicated house music's ease so effectively that Kish Kash often resembles, well, postpunk.
Read Full Review >Playlouder
As far as style and technique go, it's more of the same; quite literally MORE. 'Kish-Kash'? Mish-mash: Basement Jaxx make dancefloor monsters, Frankenstein's monster stylee.
Read Full Review >Blender
Their most violently inventive album yet. [Nov 2003, p.109]
Under The Radar
A kaleidoscopic dance record that borrows a bit from Remedy and Rooty but... has a labyrinthine identity all its own. [#5, p.98]
Urb
Pushes the boundaries so far it's difficult to even call what they do "house" anymore. [Nov 2003, p.88]
Mojo
Truly, a glorious noise. [Nov 2003, p.128]
Spin
Where Basement Jaxx's diversity used to serve a club-DJ flow, here they let it off the leash, with mixed results. [Dec 2003, p.126]
New Musical Express
A naggingly problematic record, with a void at its heart that no amount of cool celebrity mates can quite conceal.
Read Full Review >Vibe
Each song here is crammed with all kinds of Kool & the Gang hand claps and Chemical Brothers bass drops. [Dec 2003, p.218]
Drowned In Sound
Struggles to offer the same level of excitement that previous Jaxx albums provided.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 14 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rodrigo A gave it a10:
Basement Jaxx go for the next level: awersome , danceable post punk electronica and romatic beats doing the background...
Ted D gave it a9:
great album
Cory R gave it an 8:
Even though some of the songs don't seem to fit, and the interludes only annoy, songs like Supersonic, Cish Cash, Plug It In, Right Here's The Spot, and especially Good Luck (which is amazing) make this album a great one.
Croc gave it a 4:
"Good Luck" is a great Jaxx track.. beyond that, it seems the band is more interested in seeing how much they can jam into each track with no regard for hook or melody. It's rather how many new fans the band seems to be gathering with this release, which just drifts farther and farther away from much of what made them awesome to begin with. Welcome to Basement Jaxx v2: pull up a chair and chat with our trendy guest vocalists, beacuse there's not much point in dancing anymore.
L. Ron Hubbard gave it a 10:
i like pie and Batman
Devin B gave it a 10:
People who say this CD isn't as good as the Jaxx's previous work are absurd. This is the first good CD they've released in their catalog, previous Jaxx works were uninspired, uninteresting, insipid works of garbage. They've really spread their wings here, and surprised everyone with a CD both profound and groundbreaking. If this is the first Jaxx CD you haven't liked, you've got a lot to learn about what music is really all about.
d-rock and b gave it a 10:
word up. str8 outta tha uk
