| An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Us3 |
| Cover: | An_Ordinary_Day_in_an_Unusual_Place.jpg |
| Released: | 15 May 2001 |
| Genre: | Jazz, hip hop |
| Length: | 1:15:53 |
| Label: | Boutique/Universal Jazz[1] |
| Producer: | J.C. Concato and Geoff Wilkinson |
| Prev Title: | Flip Fantasia: Hits & Remixes |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Questions |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place is the third album by the jazz-rap group Us3, released in 2001.[2] [3] DJ First Rate, Michelob, and Alison Crokett contributed to the album.[1] It was recorded in the home studio of Geoff Wilkinson.
The album's first single was "You Can't Hold Me Down".[4] Us3 promoted the album by playing the 2001 London Jazz Festival.[5]
The Weekend Australian called the album Us3's "most impressive outing yet, developing what began as a simple fusion of hip-hop, rap and jazz into a distinctively funky hybrid." The Sydney Morning Herald deemed it "another classy blend of jazz and beats ... intriguing yet accessible."
The Times & Transcript thought that "the tunes are mellow, with jazzy beats and jazzy bass and drums, but with rap style vocals and with the occasional instruments native to other countries, such as the sitar and the sundri." The Newcastle Herald stated: "Not a masterpiece but a strong album of brassy jazz grooves, mellow raps and sweet soul vocals."[6]