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Jamie xx Albums Ranked — In Colour, In Waves and the Complete Discography
Jamie xx — born Jamie Smith — is the producer half of The xx who built one of the most distinctive solo catalogues in UK electronic music. Two studio albums, a Gil Scott-Heron rework, and a body of club-specific work that spans deep house, UK bass, and emotional club music. This is the complete Jamie xx discography ranked. For fans of his aesthetic: the Four Tet apparel and Floating Points clothing collections sit closest in spirit.
3. We're New Here (2011) — Gil Scott-Heron Rework
We're New Here was technically a rework album — Jamie xx taking the Gil Scott-Heron record I'm New Here (2010) and reconstructing it entirely, replacing the production while preserving the vocals. The result is something genuinely unusual: a record that sounds like no other Jamie xx project, drawing on spoken word, soul samples and early club music. It announced a producer with a specific sense of how to rebuild existing material — phrasing him as a remixer as much as a composer. Essential for understanding where In Colour's emotional register comes from.
2. In Waves (2024)
In Waves arrived nine years after In Colour, longer than almost anyone expected, and landed as a record that had clearly taken its time. The Jamie xx of 2024 is more confident in the club music elements — the opening tracks push directly into dance floor territory — while maintaining the emotional restraint that made In Colour work. Guest appearances from Robyn, Honey Dijon, and The xx's Romy and Oliver give it the collaborative texture of someone embedded in a specific scene rather than working in isolation. A deeper listen than In Colour on first approach, but more rewarding over time.
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1. In Colour (2015) — The Definitive Record
In Colour is the record that made Jamie xx's solo identity fully legible. Twelve tracks that move between festival-scale euphoria (Good Times, Loud Places with Romy) and something closer to solitude (Sleep, Obvs), held together by production that treats volume and space as compositional tools. The steel drum on I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) with Young Thug and Popcaan should have been a disaster — it's one of the defining track moments of 2010s electronic music. Pitchfork gave it a 9.3. It deserved it. The album's visual identity — pastel gradients, late-summer palette — is as precise as the music. It remains the clearest statement of what electronic music can feel like when the producer has total control of tone.
In Colour came out on Young Turks, the XL Recordings sub-label that also handles The xx, FKA twigs and Sampha — a home that understood exactly what Jamie xx was making and how to frame it. Read our full Jamie xx profile →
Essential Jamie xx — Beyond the Albums
The club-focused edits and DJ mixes reveal a different Jamie xx from the album producer — deeper house influences, harder rhythms. The Fabric LIVE mix, the Boiler Room set from 2015, and the extended live sets from the In Colour tour show a producer who understands the mechanics of a dancefloor as precisely as he understands the mechanics of a record. For a wider view of UK electronic music at this level, Floating Points merch and Bicep apparel represent the same emotional intelligence applied to different club contexts.
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