Do you know how many people are in Jamiroquai? I've been a fan since owning this album, though having rediscovered them through Pandora, I think there are better songs than most of what is on this. But I'd always imagined the band to be made up of Jay Kay - who used to sound like Stevie Wonder and now no longer does, to me - and maybe three others. There are nine people in the band. There are thirteen former members of the band. Doesn't that seem ridiculous? I guess, because Jay Kay seems so much like the singular focus of the band, it doesn't matter who else backs him up - are they mere interchangeable parts? This album has several high points, including 'Virtual Insanity,' with its awesome video that I mostly remember from Pop-Up Video, and, well, much of the first half of the album: 'Cosmic Girl,' 'Alright,' and 'Use the Force.' The end of the album isn't bad, either, but the middle is mostly just evidence that one of the qualifications for whoever's been in the band is that they smoke copious amounts of pot. Two consecutive tracks are aimless tributes to the didgeridoo. You listen to the album and suddenly, you're wondering where you are, where Jamiroquai went. Maybe that's what they meant by the title: taking off on some sort of magical journey, and then realizing when you open your eyes again that you haven't moved an inch.
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