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Rooty is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx, released on 25 June 2001. Like its predecessor, Remedy, Rooty was well-received critically and commercially. Five singles were released from the album: "Romeo" "Jus 1 Kiss", Where's Your Head At", "Get Me Off" and the Australia-only single "Do Your Thing". The name of the album is taken from Basement Jaxx's regular club event called "Rooty", held at a small bar in Brixton. The cover art featured Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla. Felix Burton explained the album's concept as "not geared to one specific vibe. Musically, we made it so that it wasn't just for cokeheads who wanted pounding beats all night," a philosophy that gave the duo "musical freedom". As the title for the album, it was explained by the duo as "raw" and "soulful", as well as "about being happy about things that don't fit in" and "things that are a bit different. That's why the album's got an albino gorilla on the cover." Rooty has been well received by critics. John Bush of AllMusic gave it 5 out of 5 stars, calling it "so raw you can't believe they spent over an hour per track, so perfect you're glad they stopped noodling about long before most producers would, and so poppy they should get picked up by commercial radio in America as well as the rest of the world". David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave it an A− grade and called the album "where heart and feet meet and lovingly coexist". Robert Christgau of Vi
Romeo
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Breakaway
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SFM
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Kissalude
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Jus 1 Kiss
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Broken Dreams
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I Want U
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Get Me Off
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Where's Your Head At
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Freakalude
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Crazy Girl
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Do Your Thing
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All I Know
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