
Daptone - Daptone
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Release date: 2007-10-02
Audio CD
Deep Funk Revival, Pop, Pop/Rock Music, R&B, Rock/Pop, Soul
1. 100 Days, 100 Nights
2. Nobody's Baby
3. Tell Me
4. Be Easy
5. When the Other Foot Drops, Uncle
6. Let Them Knock
7. Something's Changed
8. Humble Me
9. Keep On Looking
10. Answer Me




I got this back in December, and I'm now kicking myself for not discovering her earlier albums, and I'm now in the process of buying them from Amazon. She can sing, and for the younger people reading this, you don't have to look like Beyoncé to get an album. (Sharon Jones is not ugly by any stretch of the imagination, by the way. Besides, she's a better singer than Beyoncé and most of the pretty girl singers that the Music Industry has forced on R&B/Pop/Rap and Hip Hop the last few years.) I'm eagerly awaiting her next release.
I bought this after reading the other reviews about the ablum and am THRILLED to say that all the good things are TRUE!!! This is a friggin' classic from A to tomorrow. All that which sounds paradoxically, classically true in Amy Wine-weed-and-whatever-else-detox-house is even better here with Sharon's vastly superior vocals. FYI, that which turns me on with this disc is largely true of James Hunter's "People Gonna Talk" disc. They both do a fantastic job of capturing that distinctive sound of late '60's soul/blues hit parade. It's largely from the brilliance of the engineering and production staff at the studio, so keep those guys in mind as you smile while listening to either (and if you like James, buy this and vice versa!).
I really hate all this retro this and throwback that.
THIS IS SOUL MUSIC, R and goddamned B !!!
RnB is not some idiot note bending over computer generated beeps and thuds. I dont care what MTV calls it.
Buy this today, and something tells me your Beyonce, Usher and Justine Timberlake
CD's will be in the trash tomorrow.