Listening to Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving is like... well, it's exactly like listening to Stevie Wonder's Innervisions if it'd been recorded with today's digital technology. Oh, and this record leaves you feeling like you've just won the lottery, instead of feeling like you've just been permanently impoverished.

Travelling Without Moving is purely a funk record, circa 1977. The high- gloss studio production, the danceable rhythms, and the light- weight song topics ("You Are My Love," for example) are all primary elements of a classic disco album. The message: let's just dance and have some fun.

The album's got its moments of pure, unadulterated musical magic. Songs like the hit opener "Virtual Insanity," and the wave- your- hands- in- the- air getdown of "Alright" could be future retro club anthems. Even "Cosmic Girl" and its perfectly- executed disco smash production brings visuals of polyester, earth- tone- colored suits and the flashing squares of a 1979 dance floor.

Sadly, Travelling Without Moving has its duds, too. Songs like the bland "Use The Force" and the horrible reggae number "Drifting Along" will have you shaking your head in terror the second they emerge from the speakers. But hey, it's for this very reason your disc player is programmable.

Aside from a few of those tacky songs, Jamiroquai's third effort is an enjoyable one. As a "listening experience," you'd be better off with 1995's Return of the Space Cowboy. If you want to get people on the floor with some irresistible funkboard boogie, Travelling Without Moving will get your party started like you were the president of the '70s Preservation Society.

-Ryan Schreiber