Back to those sweet soul sounds of the 60s and 70s seems to be the thing Sharon Jones and her Dap Kings swear by. They also swear by keeping everything as authentic as possible by recording analog and even going as far as not to use instruments that didn’t exist back then. Listening to their fourth album “I Learned The Hard Way” over and over, I can tell you that there’s a lot to be said for it.
At least half of the songs on here could’ve been big hits back in the day with Sharon Jones sounding like a true soul diva while the rest of the band is laying down a perfect foundation for Jones to go off over. The result is a stunning album that sounds like a recently discovered gem that someone dug up in some forgotten archive. Soul revival? Hell yeah!
Score: 9 out of 10
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