Saturday Night Experience, Vol. 1 [Extra tracks] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Saturday Night Experience

2. Another Chapter

3. Timeless

4. The Love (The Angel Remix)

5. Pure Joy

6. After Hours

7. The Lonely

8. The Love

9. Saturday Night Experience (Reprise)

10. Another Chapter (DJ Soma Grow Sound Mix)

11. Another Chapter (S & T Ball Room)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Atmospheric, aural cosmic recordings and superfly utilization of smooth vocalization over software and hardware systems. Head-bobbing and vibalicious improvisation over harmonic foundations. In other words 11 tracks featuring the dance diva, two of which are Japanese only tracks 'Another Chapter' (DJ Soma Grow Sound Mix) and 'Another Chapter' (S & T Ball Room Mix). 1999 release. Standard jewlcase.

Saturday Night Experience, Vol. 1,Jody Watley,Japanese Import,Club/Dance,Dance-Pop,Pop,R&B,Soul/R & B,Urban

Tracks:

Saturday Night Experience
Another Chapter
Timeless
The Love (The Angel Remix)
Pure Joy
After Hours
The Lonely
The Love
Saturday Night Experience (Reprise)
Another Chapter (DJ Soma Grow Sound Mix)
Another Chapter (S & T Ball Room)

Album Description

Atmospheric, aural cosmic recordings and superfly utilization of smooth vocalization over software and hardware systems. Head-bobbing and vibalicious improvisation over harmonic foundations. In other words 11 tracks featuring the dance diva, two of which are Japanese only tracks 'Another Chapter' (DJ Soma Grow Sound Mix) and 'Another Chapter' (S & T Ball Room Mix). 1999 release. Standard jewlcase.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track.

Customer Reviews:

Jody's Experimental Dance Classic.......2005-09-06

Even though Jody Watley has been off the mainstream celebrity radar for some time, she's been rather busy during the last few years. After the Atlantic Records incident (where they refused to release her "Flower" album domestically in the US), some fans feared that Ms Watley would've turned her back on the music business for good. Thankfully, and to her credit, she stuck in there and found her way.

Jody returned to her own label (Avitone) and signed a distribution deal with Universal Victor in Japan. This gave her the freedom she wanted to create a more organic album. I was in Japan when this album was released, and it was really something. Saturday Night Experience was unlike anything Ms Watley has released before. Never had the diva taken such a hard left turn.

In a nutshell, Saturday Night Experience is an atmospheric dance classic and an experimental album. The title track has a cool futuristic feel to it that grows on you the more you listen to it. Other tracks worth noting are:

Another Chapter - a solid dance track with an urgent beat and interesting lyrics.

Pure Joy - a dance track with a sharp bass line and melody - it's awesome!

After Hours - a jazzy, funky track that sounds great while driving.

The Love - this is the only track with a hint of the vintage Jody Watley dance trait that her fans have grown to love over the years. It's a fresh, percussive ditty that's superb.

Don't expect the same vocal performance of old, as this album isn't about that at all - it you do that, you've missed the whole point! It's worth shelling out the extra and buying the Japanese released album with the extra tracks.

"Saturday Night Experience" demonstrated Jody Watley's resilience and entrepreneurial talents. The lady has proved herself to be the ultimate survivor and that she's a trend setter - not a follower!

Timeless.......2003-05-01

Good record... but "Timeless" is simply GREAT ! Thanks Jody !

If you like electronica dance... You MUST have it...

Ciao Mario

The talented Ms. Watley continues to conquer new ground..........2002-11-04

This experimental EP by Jody Watley successfully broadens her already-outstanding artistic palette. Released in 1999, this set preceded her current full-length, "Midnight Lounge". SNE is a colorful and ecclectic affair, running the gamut from house to drums n' bass to lounge.

The dark, bass-heavy title track opens the set (an apparent, yet successful attempt at trip-hop). From there, Watley raises the tempo on the ponderous rave-up, "Another Chapter". The next track is arguably the most danceable; "Timeless" is a novelty progressive track featuring Watley's own sensual vocals over deep house beats, which successfully incorporate xylophone, of all things.

Sequencing and tracks aside, SNE includes some outstanding remixes. One of the great remix talents of the ever-morphing Ibiza club culture, the Angel, creates an ecclectic drums-n'-bass rendering of the skeptical "The Love". Anyone familiar with the Angels remixes for Towa Tei or Brand New Heavies will find this new direction surprising, but ultimately to their liking.

Also, DJ Soma remixes "Another Chapter" in two very different environments; the "DJ Soma Grow Sound Mix" is a mid-tempo funk arrangement, whereas the S&T ballroom mix is a fun and melodic exercise in Eurobeat.

Though it could be argued that Watley's new sound becomes more effectively utilized on "Midnight Lounge", "Saturday Night Experience" should be seen as an essential companion piece to "'Lounge". It would be simply unfair to dismiss SNE as just an EP because, as the track sequencing suggests, it is indeed an EXPERIENCE.

Jody Still Rules!.......2002-07-21

I bought this CD around 2-3 years ago and I still love it. It's smooth, atmospheric, and just plain fabulous. It's too bad it didn't get a release in the U.S. It could've started a new trend if it had. I especially love "Another Chapter", "Saturday Night Experience", and "Timeless". All the other tracks (& remixes) are truly wonderful as well. Please support a truly talented artiste and buy these kickin' CDs (SNE and Midnight Lounge).

I paid the extra money and I'm glad!.......2001-07-02

I am so sorry that Jody Watley's music (as well as a seemingly increasing number of top notch artists) is not being made available in the US. I loved Watley's first album but then felt she fell off until she reinvigorated herself on "Intimacy" one of the best R&B albums of the 90s. Since then, she has been releasing classic CDs one after another. This CD is no exception.

Jody embraces techno and drum & bass stylings into her sound with convincing results. The songs are sultry and hit a mellow, danceable groove along the lines of "Still a Thrill" but with a sleek 21st century update. Her vocals are a bit subdued as one reviewer noted but I didn't mind it. Her vocals are much like they were on "Still a Thrill" - kind of whispery and seductive rather than soaring and emotive. She sings this way to fit with the overall ambience of the music. Hats off to Watley for letting her musical direction dictate her vocal performance rather than any diva-like ego trips.

I think most Watley fans would like this CD. However, if you are looking for "Intimacy Part 2" or "Affection Part 2" rather than a more dance/techno oriented exploration then you might not want this. If you're open to new sounds and interested in hearing Watley successfully stretch her creative wings into some new territory that builds on her developed musical style, then this is a great purchase!

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