Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Funk for any era-made in 21st Century!!!

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. June 25, 2008

Oh YEAH!!!

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!). June 15, 2008

THE REAL DEAL

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. June 8, 2008

Soul music lives!

I was late, like most people were, in discovering Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, but I am so glad I did! Recently I heard the title cut being played in the Virgin Mega Store, and was totally blown away by the music and the vocalist. Turns out I had been seeing this CD on display for a LONG time - around the time when Amy Winehouse blew up. Yet Sharon and her group were getting little to no publicity, doing the same type of music as the troubled beehive-styled songstress. We see all of the acclaim that Winehouse got for her BACK TO BLACK CD, and I admit I really loved that CD because of the retro-soul style. But let me tell you, without this phenomenal band backing her up, Winehouse's CD would have been just average. With a much better vocalist at the microphone, 100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS is pure soul and I love the fact that SOUL MUSIC IS BACK and it's because of artists like Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings!

This CD takes you back to the days when soul music ruled the airwaves, when there were REAL musicians, REAL singers, and such a thing as professionalism and style. When I hear what is passing for so-called R&B these days, it's enough to make you vomit - minimally talented, overhyped and overrated "vocalists" warbling meaningless excuses called lyrics over 20 and 30 year old looped samples and computer generated beats. That is NOT what R&B and soul is. Thank God that there is an audience out here that demands the REAL thing, like what is featured on this disc.

Think of how important the Funk Brothers were to the Motown Sound of the '60s, of how essential James Brown's band was to his musical compositions, throw in the grit, funk and soulfulness of those old Atlantic, Atco and Stax records coming from down South and you'll get the gist of what this band is all about. Ms. Jones is a vocal powerhouse and her voice suits the retro-soul genre well. Had she been around back in the day, it's for certain that she would have given other high-profile soul divas some SERIOUS competition. My favorites: "100 Days, 100 Nights", "Nobody's Baby", "When The Other Foot Drops, Uncle", "Something's Changed", "Humble Me" (this is my absolute favorite of all the songs - has an Otis Redding-ish kind of feeling to it), "Keep On Looking" (you will be thinking of the JB's when you hear this one!) and "Answer Me", which is a gospel song with a Memphis soul twist. Fantastic!

I intend to pick up the other CDs by Sharon & the Dap-Kings, because if 100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS is any indication of what else is out there by them, then they have a new fan in me. Lovers of real soul music cannot afford not to own this. May 31, 2008

Sharon Jones 100 days 100 nights

This cd is ok but it is missing something in the production department, I don't know wheather its the engineering or what. Maybe it is so real that I miss the studio trickery you hear on most cds these days. Anyway I hear a little Curtis Mayfield, some Big O and some serious Southern Soul.It could be that I have been listen to a lot Sam Cooke lately. I'll listen to it about five more times and render my final verdict.(I got it!!! there are no background vocals!!!) May 19, 2008

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