occurs sonically, with the addition of a harder digital edge to Jamiroquai's trusty jazz-funk." Rolling Stone gave the album 3 out of five stars, claiming "Synkronized is fifty minutes of sleek, sexy fun; a party album delivered with something like conviction. It's not exactly irresistible, but, really, what's the point of resisting it?" Spin gave the album the same rating, claiming "...redirects the band's British tendency toward smoothed-out old black jams....soaring strings, gyrating congas, hell-bent wah-wah's, and an undeniably live rhythm section that'll hustle your muscles and make you freak to the beat..." Entertainment Weekly claimed "Imagine if [Stevie] Wonder had made a disco album in 1977!....Synkronized is a hat trick done with the sharpest chapeau in the store." College Music Journal claimed "This incessantly upbeat expedition travels into the regions of Travolta-era disco...feverish funk...and instrumental iridescence...keeping your ears tuned to their funktastic audio adventures." Q magazine claimed the album was one of the "50 Best Albums of 1999". Prasad Bidaye of Exclaim! called the album, "Jamiroquai's most sophisticated production… The songs don't come anywhere close to the smooth balance of funk and environmentalism in their earlier material, but their philosophy of pre-millennial escapism makes this one of the most energetic recordings Jamiroquai has released in years." Edna Gundersen of USA Today wrote that "while the band's fourth album does boast a few jamming grooves, especially the brassy Black Capricorn Day, most of the tracks are to funk what Pop Tarts are to soul food." Writing for Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tom Moon wrote that "the liquid, slippery grooves are paramount, though they're sometimes buried under mountains of strings and arrangements that are a tad too busy. He also said that "Canned Heat" and several other tracks are thinly veiled rewrites of "Virtual Insanity" and the other radio songs from Traveling Without Moving." In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau gave the album a C− rating in his annual "Turkey Shoot", indicating "a bad record of some general import". Kay said in a 2001 Billboard interview that he was dissatisfied with Synkronized, "I never really locked into that album, lyrically. I wasn't there. I listen to it now, and I shake my head." Track listing Personnel Credits for Synkronized adapted from album liner notes.JamiroquaiJay Kay – vocals, arrangements, string arrangements, producer, artwork concept Toby Smith – keyboards, keyboard programming (tracks 1–9) Derrick McKenzie – drums Nick Fyffe