Yola / Stand For Myself
Album: Stand For Myself   Collection:General
Artist:Yola   Added:Feb 2022
Label:Easy Eye Sound  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2022-02-26 Pull Date: 2022-04-30
Week Ending: May 1 Apr 24 Apr 17 Apr 10 Apr 3 Mar 27 Mar 20 Mar 13
Airplays: 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 4

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 26, 2023: Traditions
Stand For Myself
4. Apr 28, 2022: Hanging In The Bone Yard
Stand For Myself
2. May 14, 2022: Dust and Bones
Barely Alive
5. Apr 26, 2022: I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Be My Friend
3. May 14, 2022: Music Casserole
Be My Friend
6. Apr 26, 2022: Virtually Happy
Dancing Away In Tears

Album Review
Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2022-02-05
In her 2nd release Yola expands her repertoire by adding soul, gospel, and pop influences to her country/blues base. Produced & co-written by Dan Auerbach (Black Keys)the disk features sublime instrumentation that never overshadows her great vocal styling. Not surprisingly for a black women trying to make it in country music, thematically it centers on overcoming adversity while remaining hopeful or in her words: “The album is like a window into my mind, my life experiences, my politics, my hopeful and sentimental sides, and my hope for humanity at large,”

RIYL: Tina Turner, Elton John

1 Barely Alive - slow & soulful, vocals really shine (slow, 3:36)**:
2 Dancing Away In Tears - nice opening horns with disco feel (med, 3:48)
3 Diamond Studded Shoes - fun & uptempo with motown vibe (fast, 3:25)***
4 Be My Friend - soulful & sumptuous with Brandi Carlile on back vocals (med, 3:29)**
5 Great Divide - slow, waltz (slow, 3:36)*
6 Starlight - bluesy (slow, 4:03)**
7 If I Had To Do It All Again - full orchestration (med, 3:47)
8 Now You're Here - disco feel with McCrary sisters on back vocals (med, 4:09)
9 Whatever You Want - (fast, 3:53)
10 Break The Bough - uptempo with nice horns about losing her mother (fast, 3:21)
11 Like A Photograph - country-pop vibe (med, 5:03)
12 Stand For Myself - ode to persevering through adversity with soaring vocals & driving guitar (med, 4:14)***

Track Listing
1. Barely Alive   7. If I Had To Do It All Again
2. Dancing Away In Tears   8. Now You're Here
3. Diamond Studded Shoes   9. Whatever You Want
4. Be My Friend   10. Break The Bough
5. Great Divide   11. Like A Photograph
6. Starlight   12. Stand For Myself