Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Džez, Elektronska muzika, Fank i Soul, Pop, R&B, Rok
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Studio album by Jamiroquai
Released 17 October 1994
Studio
Townhouse
Battery
Falconer
Genre
Acid jazzfunkR&Bsoul pop
Length 65:44 (CD)
67:42 (LP)
Label
Sony Soho Square (UK)Work (US)
Producer
Jay KayMike Nielsen
Jamiroquai chronology
Emergency on Planet Earth
(1993) The Return of the Space Cowboy
(1994) Jay`s Selection
(1996)

The Return of the Space Cowboy is the second album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai. The album was released on 17 October 1994 under Sony Soho Square. The album continues the musical direction of their debut, Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), and is characterised by its complex songwriting as a result of Jay Kay`s creative block mid-production. Its lyrics addressed street life, hope, loss, Kay`s drug use, and social matters regarding Native Americans and youth protests.

Critical reviews of the album were generally positive, with some considering it an improvement from Jamiroquai`s first album. It ranked at number 2 in the UK and was certified platinum in the country, with 1,300,000 copies sold worldwide. Its singles `Half the Man` and `Stillness in Time` reached number 15 and number 9, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart, while `Space Cowboy` and `Light Years` peaked at number 1 and number 6 on the US Dance Charts, respectively. The album was reissued in 2013 in remastered form with bonus material.

Standard edition[a]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Just Another Story` 8:49
2. `Stillness in Time` 4:15
3. `Half the Man` 4:48
4. `Light Years` 5:53
5. `Manifest Destiny` 6:19
6. `The Kids` 5:08
7. `Mr. Moon` Kay, Smith, Stuart Zender 5:28
8. `Scam` Kay, Zender, Smith 7:00
9. `Journey to Arnhemland` (instrumental) Kay, Wallis Buchanan, Smith 5:19
10. `Morning Glory` Kay, Zender 6:21
11. `Space Cowboy` Kay 6:25
Total length: 65:44

Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.[4]

Jamiroquai

Jay Kay – vocals
Toby Smith – keyboards
Stuart Zender – bass
Derrick McKenzie – drums
Wallis Buchanan – didgeridoo
Additional musicians

Nick Van Gelder – drums (track 6)[1]
Simon Katz – electric guitar (tracks 4, 7)
Jeffrey Scantlebury – percussion (track 9)[4]
Maurizio Ravalico – percussion
Gary Barnacle – saxophone (track 6)
Richard Edwards – trombone (track 6)
John Thirkell – trumpet (track 6)
Matthew Scrivener – violin
Iain Mackinnon – violin
Owen Little – viola
Robert Bailey – cello
Colin Davy, Sean Quinn, Komodo, DC Lee – backing vocals (track 1)
Production

Jay Kay – production, arrangement, engineering
Michael Nielsen – engineer, co-producer[4]
Al Stone – additional recording (vocals), mixing[54]
Adrian Bushby – engineering (track 11)
Martin Harrison – mixing on `Light Years` (Live at the `Theatre du Moulin`, Marseille, December 1994)
Creative Hands – design
Eddie Monsoon – photography
Chris Nash – photography