''Jinx'' is the fourth album by

Quarashi Quarashi is an Icelandic rap rock band from Reykjavík. The group consists of rappers Hössi Ólafsson (later replaced by Egill Olafur Thorarensen), Ómar Örn Hauksson, Steinar Orri Fjeldsted, and Sölvi Blöndal (who also acted as producer, k ...

, and is the only album the group released on a major

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. It was released on 9 April 2002. It was their first album to receive an international release.

History

After hearing Quarashi's album '' Xeneizes'', EMI Music Resources contacted Quarashi to perform at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival hosted by EMI in conjunction with Flugleiðir in New York City in the fall of 1999. The EMI emissary met with Quarashi, and the group went into a studio to record six songs (four with vocals), with the EMI emissary watching them. In February 2000, Quarashi began negotiations with record labels, wrote some new songs, and performed shows for record executives. On 27 April 2000 it was announced that Quarashi had signed a deal with EMI Music Resources, a deal which gave the group creative control. Soon after, they were signed to independent record label, Time Bomb Recordings. On 31 August 2000, it was announced that Quarashi had signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment Incorporated under the Columbia Records label. The deal was to last for six albums, the first of which would be produced in collaboration with

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and Brendan O' Brien.

Track listing

#"Stick 'Em Up" # "Mr. Jinx" #"Baseline" #"Malone Lives" #"Tarfur" #"Copycat" #"Transparent Parents" #"Weirdo" #"Xeneizes" #"Fuck You Puto" #"Dive In" #"Bless" #"Into Your Arms" (Japanese release only) #"Switchstance" (Japanese release only)

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Quarashi albums Albums produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)