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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings |
| 100 Days, 100 Nights |
| Daptone Records | 2007 | Album |
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Sharon Jones not only earns her title of the “Queen of Funk” on her spunky new record 100 Days, 100 Nights, she also burns, yearns, howls, and growls for it. This is the kind of album that you dream about owning on vinyl, that practically begs to come wafting down from open windows on hot city nights. With a tone that is consistently upbeat and defiant, even when she’s the woman left behind, Sharon Jones, with great support from the Dap-Kings (aka Amy Winehouse’s backing band), brings her own brand of funky fire to each and every song.
Jones is one of those artists who is able to balance sass with vulnerability just as easy as you please. When she sings, “When you left, I was in a mess” on “Keep on Looking,” listeners will be taken for quite a ride as they wallow briefly in self-pity with the singer before rebounding with Jones’s powerful wails of “Keep on looking.” This is a woman who does not suffer fools gladly. The defiant strut of “Nobody’s Baby” should make anyone think twice about treating this lady like anything but a queen. When she sings out, “I done left you here,” it comes off like a door slammed straight in the face.
100 Days, 100 Nights is a heavy record, for sure, but there are plenty of groovy bass lines and sexy shimmers to keep the album flowing along at a good pace. “Let Them Knock” has a simmering beach beat that practically burns, while a couple of swayers called “Be Easy” and “Humble Me” also do the job even if they aren’t quite the powerhouses of some of the other tunes. On the disc’s closing track, the ecstatic gospel belter “Answer Me,” when Sharon Jones cries out, “let me know my prayer is being heard,” you’ll be praying too—for another album next year.
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| Amy Wagner |
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