100 Days 100 Nights (Jones, Sharon / Dap-Kings)

Rock solid retro soul offereing that overcomes a bit of a kitschy presentation with a powerhouse vocal performance by the heretofore unknown Sharon Jones and the stellar, stinky groove of the Dap Kings. The album made it out of obscurity due to the association of the DapTone Records house band with the surprise success of the second Amy Winehouse album Back to Black. Winehouse's singing and songwriting were undoubtedly great soul revival work. But it was the down and dirty sound of the band that set her sound apart from the likes of Duffy, Adele and Joss Stone. Sharon Jones is even one step closer to the real thing, the music that came out of Stax, and Muscle Shoals in the 60's and 70's.

One day I walked into a CD shop and I hear this music. I go to the clerk-"hey man, what is playing," and he hands me the case of 100 Days, 100 Nights. I check the label, thinking some engineer someplace found a reel to reel box in a closet marked "Jones, S, working master. 7/23/67," and got an indie labal to issue the album. You do hear stories like this, and I am sure I am not the first guy this happened to when they first caught Sharon Jones. My heart leapt even futher with joy when I found out this was BRAND NEW MUSIC. Not only that; the story line got even better: 100 days was actually getting some airplay, and moving from the shelves. WOW! What we have here, folks, is a classic soul album, recorded by a master singer. Jones and her band mix soul and the blues old school, as in, yes, this could have been recorded on 7/23/67. Jones' work is bassically what you might hear on an Areatha Franklin or Betty Levette record--she has a gospal belters voice and the music, laced w... Read more

My girlfriend said that Sharon Jones is what happens when Tina Turner and James Brown have an illegitimate child and raise it funky. While I don't know if I can go QUITE that far, I will say that it's probably not the most entirely horrible description of what Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings embody. They are kind of a complete throwback band with a throwback singer. I guess the right word is ANALOG. They aren't a digital band. They have horns and guitars and a funky sound. The band is the reason that Mark Ronson or Amy Winehouse sound good, and also happens to be part of another stellar band that is known as the Budos Band (there's a few less Dap Kings than Budos Band members). Their sound could be likened to a modern Booker T and The MG's. A great number of talented, funk-minded individuals more concerned about making a great sound than looking good doing it... Not to say that they don't look good doing it too... The album starts off with the title track, 100 Days, 100 Nigh... Read more

This woman has it together. Bluesy, retro,and you feel as if you should be attending church at the same time. 100 days, 100 nights is an excellent song.

I got this back in December, and I'm now kicking myself for not discovering her earlier albums, and I'm now in the process of buying them from Amazon. She can sing, and for the younger people reading this, you don't have to look like Beyoncé to get an album. (Sharon Jones is not ugly by any stretch of the imagination, by the way. Besides, she's a better singer than Beyoncé and most of the pretty girl singers that the Music Industry has forced on R&B;/Pop/Rap and Hip Hop the last few years.) I'm eagerly awaiting her next release.

I bought this after reading the other reviews about the ablum and am THRILLED to say that all the good things are TRUE!!! This is a friggin' classic from A to tomorrow. All that which sounds paradoxically, classically true in Amy Wine-weed-and-whatever-else-detox-house is even better here with Sharon's vastly superior vocals. FYI, that which turns me on with this disc is largely true of James Hunter's "People Gonna Talk" disc. They both do a fantastic job of capturing that distinctive sound of late '60's soul/blues hit parade. It's largely from the brilliance of the engineering and production staff at the studio, so keep those guys in mind as you smile while listening to either (and if you like James, buy this and vice versa!).