Track Listing

1. Intro
2. If I Take You Home (Upon...)
3. Hot Stage Lights
4. Daredevil, baby
5. Ride, Ride, Ride
6. Being A Girl
7. Suspicion (She Knows Me Too Well)
8. Mean Sleep
9. Priest Or Police
10. Character
11. Interlude
12. No Sense Of Crime
13. At The End Of A Slow Dance
14. The Thrill Of This Love
15. Hole In My Heart
16. The Night Is Young

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57932 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-04
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Van Hunt's self titled album was released in the UK to much critical acclaim. Picking up where he left off... he's back with a new album entitled On The Jungle Floor. EMI. 2006.

Amazon.com
Here's something you didn't know about Van Hunt: Randy Jackson is his manager. Which says a lot about the "American Idol" judge's prime-time panning of pitchy would-be Stevie Wonders-- mainly, that he knows what he's talking about. If there is still a neo-soul show to be stolen, Van Hunt, for sure, has made off with it: This sophomore effort, with well-spaced nods to Prince, Curtis Mayfield, and the Isley Brothers, is way weightier than anything Maxwell or D'Angelo ever attempted and every bit as stylish… maybe more so. But what's most surprising is the disc's depth. Van Hunt knows his way around a smooth seduction--look no further than track two, "If I Take You Home (Upon ...)," which earns an A in that category--but he also has a little something to contribute to the modern rock conversation (the Kravitz-esque "Ride, Ride, Ride"), and he won't duck associations with disco ("The Thrill of This Love"), either. Even '80s-revivalism, as demonstrated here by "At the End of a Slow Dance," doesn't prove too great a challenge. Tie it all up with a bow (or, this being Van Hunt, maybe an ascot) and you still get a solidly singular vision. That is the magic of Van Hunt and what makes him, in alt-soul circles, the man. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

Expanding His range
Van Hunt sophomore CD finds him expanding his range and influences, and not just giving us a rehash of his excellent debut CD Van Hunt. And for that he has to be admired, as an artist that will develop his sound between CDs. I have to be honest and say that the rockier moments on here left me quite cold, but remind me of Prince & Lenny Kravitz. But there are moments on here that do hit the heights. 'Being a Girl', 'Character', 'Priest or Police' and the gorgeous (and my favorite song on the CD) Hole In my heart. The thing I love about both CDs (and I hope he continues with throughout his career) are his excellent, melancholy, abstract lyrics that are best exemplified on 'Priest & Police'. As I write Van Hunt is labeless, and thus is third Cd Selections From The Album Popular as a complete CD, is gathering dust awaiting release. Which is a crying shame, and a sad indictment on the music industry as we know it. Until such time as this is rectified, at least we can enjoy this diverse CD.

Great quality CD
CD was like brand new! Not a scratch! I would highly recommend this seller's merchandise.

I should've purchased the second cd first
I've heard a lot about Van Hunt over the years, so I figured I'd FINALLY buy his CD. I purchased the first album expecting a major "wow" factor. It did not happen for me. I think his second CD is much better than the first.