Welcome to the Jungle (Neon Jungle album)

Welcome to the Jungle
Studio album by Neon Jungle
Released	28 July 2014
Recorded	2013–14
Genre	Dance-pop electro-house pop rap
Label	RCA
Producer	Snob Scrilla, soFLY & Nius, Fear of Tigers
Singles from Welcome to the Jungle
"Trouble" Released: 1 September 2013 "Braveheart" Released: 19 January 2014 "Welcome to the Jungle" Released: 20 April 2014 "Louder" Released: 20 July 2014 "Can't Stop the Love[1]" Released: 15 December 2014

Welcome to the Jungle is the debut and only studio album by British girl group Neon Jungle, released on 28 July 2014 by RCA Records.^[2]

Critical reception

Welcome to the Jungle received mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who commended the group as a whole and their originality, whilst some felt they had not yet "found their sound".^[3] Ally Carnwath of The Guardian called the album a "mixed bag, front-loaded with singles and with the requisite number of formulaic club bangers, but also containing some flashes of personality and nicely executed ideas".^[4] Stoke Sentinel was more positive, saying that the album "has even more to give [with] no filler tracks here".^[5] Helena Ho of "Renownedforsound.com" gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and bemoaned its track listing, but she complimented individual tracks and called it "a solid debut from Neon Jungle, with a lot of ... standouts".^[3]

Cover versions

The song "Waiting Game" by Banks was covered on Welcome to the Jungle without the singer's knowledge.^[6] Her single of the song had debuted at No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2014^[7] after being featured in a Victoria's Secret commercial,^[8] and was due to be featured on her debut album, Goddess.^[9]

Banks posted to her Facebook account that although the use of her song was apparently legal, she felt "really icky" that so personal a song had been used on another album before it could appear on hers.^[6] Helena Ho described the Neon Jungle version as a "mess" that is "horribly over-sung and nowhere near captures the sultriness of the original",^[3] while Rebecca Mattina was more positive, saying that while their version "doesn’t quite have the same deep and intense allure that Banks commands with her emotionally delicate vocals, I can’t deny the power Amira and Shereen bring to those runs at the end".^[10]

The album also contains a cover version of Hozier's "Take Me to Church".^[9]

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Braveheart"	Cassie Davis Sean Ray	More Mega	3:44
2.	"Welcome to the Jungle"	Davis Ray Pierre-Antoine Melki Raphaël Judrin Yoan Chirescu	soFLY & Nius	3:34
3.	"Trouble"	Mathmatica Benjamin Berry Anita Blay	Mathmatica	2:32
4.	"Louder"	Duck Blackwell Adam Argyle Jetta John-Hartley	Blackwell	3:24
5.	"Can't Stop the Love" (featuring Snob Scrilla)	Davis Ray Wayne Wilkins	More Mega Wilkins	3:42
6.	"Bad Man"	Davis Ray	More Mega	3:29
7.	"Sleepless in London"	Davis Ray	More Mega Wilkins	3:14
8.	"So Alive"	Charlotte Aitchison Jarrad Rogers Ana Diaz	Rogers	3:14
9.	"Fool Me"	Blackwell Argyle John-Hartley	Blackwell	3:13

Deluxe edition
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Future X Girl"	Blay Aminata Kabba	2:47
11.	"London Rain"	Berry Blay Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike	3:23
12.	"Fool Me (Acoustic)"	Blackwell Argyle John-Hartley	2:51
13.	"Trouble (The Line of Best Fit Session)"	Mathmatica Berry Blay	2:33
14.	"Take Me to Church"	Hozier	4:04

iTunes Deluxe pre-order track
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Royals (The Line of Best Fit Session)"	Ella Yelich O'Connor, Joel Little	3:44

Australian version
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"Waiting Game"	Jillian Banks Chris Taylor	Jax Jones SOHN	3:03
9.	"So Alive"	Charlotte Aitchison Jarrad Rogers Ana Diaz	Rogers	3:14
10.	"Fool Me"	Blackwell Argyle John-Hartley		3:13

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	48
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	8

References

1. "Neon Jungle on Twitter: "We've got some big news to share with you…"". Twitter.
2. "Neon Jungle Announce New Song 'Louder', Debut Album Details – Big Top 40". bigtop40.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
3. "Renowned for Sound - Album Review: Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle". 29 July 2014.
4. Ally Carnwath. "Welcome to the Jungle review – Neon Jungle's debut is a mixed bag | Music | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
5. Sentinel, The (1 August 2014). "CD reviews: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neon Jungle, beck and Jenny Lewis". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
6. "BANKS – People keep asking why I let Neon Jungle put my...". Facebook. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
7. "UK Singles Chart: CLUK Update 18.01.2014 (wk2)". Retrieved October 23, 2014.
8. Saad, Nardine (12 December 2013). "Watch extended cut of Victoria Secret models Paris commercial". L.A. Times. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
9. "NME News 'Neon Jungle 'no comment' over claims they covered Banks song without artist's knowledge'". Nme.Com. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
10. "Track by Track Album Review: Welcome to the Jungle by Neon Jungle". AndPop.
11. "Australiancharts.com – Neon Jungle – Welcome to the Jungle". Hung Medien.
12. "Neon Jungle | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart