Soul Time! [Vinyl 1LP]

Soul / Funk
premiera polska: 2011-12-16
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: kartonowe etui
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Sharon Jones po raz piąty!
Spadkobierczyni gigantów muzyki soul w typie Marvina Gaye'a, Stevie'go Wondera, Curtisa Mayfielda, Jamesa Browna, Arethy Franklin w formie.
Wielu artystów powraca do stylu retro, jednak Sharon Jones i Dap-Kings pozostają jednak w ścisłej czołówce współczesnych soulowych gigantów.
Po 4 kapitalnych albumach, kwestią czasu tylko było czekanie na jakąś specjalną kompilację.
Wytwórnia Daptone Records postanowiła wydać na jednym krążku zatytułowanym 'Soul Time!' 12 utworów.
Płyta w większości zawiera starsze utwory, które wcześniej ukazały się na siódemkach, składankach, numery z soundtracków oraz jedną piosenkę, która nie została zamieszczona jeszcze na żadnym albumie.
Niby to samo co zwykle czyli 100% nowego-starego brzmienia, jednak na tle dość miałkich współczesnych soulowo-popowych zmagań Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings po raz kolejny przypomnieli, że królowa jest tylko jedna!
Recenzje z prasy światowej tylko to potwierdzają.
Tytuł ukazuje się na dwóch nośnikach, winylowym i kompaktowym.


Editor's info:
2011 collection of rarities and non-album tracks from the Queen Of Modern Soul. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have developed an international reputation as the #1 group on today's Soul scene. Soul Time is an exploration of the full range of their dynamic sound through 12 songs handpicked by the Daptone Records gang, each one a precious exclusive. The needle drops on 'Genuine Pts. 1 & 2', a supercharged Funk arrangement that evokes the late Godfather not only with the spirited syncopation of the Dap-Kings rhythms, but also with the raw power of Jones' voice. It is performances such as these that have earned her the moniker the Female James Brown. Though it has long been one of their best-selling singles, it makes it's album debut here. 'Longer and Stronger', written for her 50th birthday, is a deep mid-tempo Soul celebration of the strength and determination with which Sharon Jones has earned her long overdue success. Whether you're a lifetime fan, or just getting turned on, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have yet again made a record that will blow your mind.


BBC
[. . .] Few acts have created their own universe as successfully as Brooklyn-based Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Forming in 1996, the band's quest to create bona-fide funk-soul has long outlived their original critics' view that the 10-piece band was merely some form of extended pastiche. Using only original instruments from the 60s and 70s and recording in glorious analogue, they eschew any post-modern references and create full-on, joyous grooves which achieve their aim of sounding like they were dug up in some dusty old vinyl shop.
Having cemented their reputation in the UK as being Mark Ronson's house band and featuring strongly on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album, their albums have never quite captured their full force as a live act. Soul Time!, a compilation of singles, B sides and live favourites of the past decade comes pretty close though, and serves as a perfect introduction to the band. Showcasing bandleader Bosco Mann's soulful writing, Soul Time! scores with its note-perfect emotion and keening brass arrangements.[. . .] by Daryl Easlea 2011-11-07


Guardian
[. . .] With every album Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings release, the suspicion increases that the recordings might be superfluous to proceedings: that what really counts with this band is the blistering live show. Soul Time! feels like merchandise-stall fodder: stacks of tracks have been issued before, and even those making their first appearance on disc are far from new - most glaringly Longer and Stronger, written to celebrate Jones's 50th birthday in 2006. Then again, newness is a relative concept for a band trading in funk and soul licks patented decades ago, whose avowed aim is to party like it's 1969. And even if the production job by Dap-Kings' frontman/bassist/chief songwriter Bosco Mann is too pristine, there is a crackle in the band's playing that, in the best songs, fans to a full-scale blaze. There is a filthy energy to the thrusting When I Come Home, while New Shoes bounces along with so much fierce attitude, it hardly matters that the song is an amalgam of cliches.[. . .]
by Maddy Costa

muzycy:
Sharon Jones: Vocals

The Dap Kings are:
Homer Steinweiss: Drums
Binky Griptite: Guitar
Bugaloo Velez: Congas
Dave Guy: Trumpet
Tommy 'TNT' Brenneck: Guitar
Bosco Mann: Bass
Neal Sugarman: Tenor
Ian Hendrickson-Smith: Baritone

utwory:
1. Genuine Pt. 1 [3:58]
2. Genuine Pt. 2 [3:04]
3. Longer and Stronger [3:40]
4. He Said I Can [2:49]
5. I'm Not Gonna Cry [3:24]
6. When I Come Home [2:54]
7. What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes? [[4:40]
8. Settling In [2:48]
9. Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects [2:21]
10. New Shoes [2:16]
11. Without A Trace [3:51]
12. Inspiration Information [4:21]

wydano: 2011
more info: www.daptonerecords.com
more info2: www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com, myspace.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings