Jones, Sharon & The Dap-Kings / It's A Holiday Soul Party
| Album: | It's A Holiday Soul Party | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Jones, Sharon & The Dap-Kings | Added: | Dec 2015 | |
| Label: | Daptone Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2015-12-06 | Pull Date: | 2016-02-07 |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 31, 2024: | The Modern World
8 Days Of Hannukah |
4. | Dec 24, 2024: | The Modern World
8 Days Of Hannukah |
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| 2. | Dec 30, 2024: | Actually Happy Hannuka
8 Days Of Hannukah |
5. | Dec 21, 2024: | Everything
God Rest Ye Merry Gents, Silent Night |
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| 3. | Dec 29, 2024: | The Modern World
8 Days Of Hannukah |
6. | Dec 19, 2024: | Some Songs Without Words
Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects, God Rest Ye Merry Gents |
Album Review
Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2015-12-04
Reviewed 2015-12-04
Soul queen Sharon Jones does a cool retro-sounding holiday record. You know what you're getting; it's good stuff. No FCCs.
1. (3:43) *** Sprightly R&B number about Hannukah; plenty of references to Judaica. Cool horn section does a minor-key take on 'Dreidel.'
2. (2:23) **** Soul opening segues to jingling of bells. "Ain't no chimneys in the projects." Storytelling with great vocalizations. Sweet strings.
3. (2:18) **** Super up-tempo of "White Christmas" with nice syncopation.
4. (3:09) *** Medley of a couple dozen Christmas standard with heavy soul bass. Clever.
5. (4:16) **** "Silent Night" with a cool bluesy sax section, and swung hard.
6. (2:57) ***** Wonderfully sunny harmonized number about "big bulbs." Baby, you got them big bulbs.
7. (2:59) ** Pretty faithful rendition of the 1960 blues hit (aka "Bells Will Be Ringing"). Good, but not really very different.
8. (3:19) ** Little Drummer Boy, but funky.
9. (3:19) **** "Silver Bells." Slow intro, then great and uptempo and soulful.
10. (3:19) ***** An original written by and sung by bandmember Binky Griptite. GREAT soul number, and wonderful string arrangement. Wow. Three tracks are 3:19 in a row. Huh.
11. (2:17) **** Saxes in harmony, "god rest ye merry gentlemen." Instrumental, super funky.
1. (3:43) *** Sprightly R&B number about Hannukah; plenty of references to Judaica. Cool horn section does a minor-key take on 'Dreidel.'
2. (2:23) **** Soul opening segues to jingling of bells. "Ain't no chimneys in the projects." Storytelling with great vocalizations. Sweet strings.
3. (2:18) **** Super up-tempo of "White Christmas" with nice syncopation.
4. (3:09) *** Medley of a couple dozen Christmas standard with heavy soul bass. Clever.
5. (4:16) **** "Silent Night" with a cool bluesy sax section, and swung hard.
6. (2:57) ***** Wonderfully sunny harmonized number about "big bulbs." Baby, you got them big bulbs.
7. (2:59) ** Pretty faithful rendition of the 1960 blues hit (aka "Bells Will Be Ringing"). Good, but not really very different.
8. (3:19) ** Little Drummer Boy, but funky.
9. (3:19) **** "Silver Bells." Slow intro, then great and uptempo and soulful.
10. (3:19) ***** An original written by and sung by bandmember Binky Griptite. GREAT soul number, and wonderful string arrangement. Wow. Three tracks are 3:19 in a row. Huh.
11. (2:17) **** Saxes in harmony, "god rest ye merry gentlemen." Instrumental, super funky.
Track Listing