| Yola / Stand For Myself |
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| Album: | Stand For Myself | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Yola | Added: | Feb 2022 | |
| Label: | Easy Eye Sound | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Mr. Bones Reviewed 2022-02-05 | ||
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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)*** | ||
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