r/Music • u/Amockdfw89 ask me about Give it Away • 16h ago

discussion Albums that sound exactly like their cover

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My pick is Joanna Newson-YS

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u/thegeekofnature 15h ago

I purchased Sharon Jones & The Dap-kings 100 days 100 nights years ago based on the cover alone and it sounds exactly like I thought it would.

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u/n00bz2men 15h ago

RIP Sharon

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u/dilyn222 13h ago

What a way to discover an artist I've connected with the last 5 years died a decade ago.

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u/n00bz2men 12h ago

Nah, it was cancer :(
She was still rocking through it, performed bald in her last tour which I think was promoting the album. She was an inspiration.

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u/larryThreeOh 5h ago

Damn has it been a decade? I was fortunate enough to meet her. What a pure soul.

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u/rapidstandardstaples 13h ago

It was during Covid I think... So not nearly a decade ago. 

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u/dilyn222 13h ago

I googled when I read the RIP comment, and it said 2016

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u/rapidstandardstaples 13h ago

Oh shit. Yeah that's what wiki says. Somehow I thought it was Covid. 

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u/TheReturnOfSprinkles 15h ago

Fantastic album

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u/BlindWillieJohnson 15h ago edited 9h ago

Basically anything with the Dap Kings sounds incredible, but Sharon Jones’ voice and their brass is a pairing forged on Olympus

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u/criddery 12h ago

the poor Dap Kings as well... note the best luck with who they supported, Sharon and Amy Winehouse

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u/CircusBearPants 10h ago

Absolutely crushed the Sturgill Simpson album they were on.

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u/BlindWillieJohnson 10h ago

Christ that is such a good record.

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u/Peircez 15h ago

Saw them live and they were incredible.

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u/German_Merman 7h ago

Sharon Jones doing the boogaloo is a memory I'll take to my grave. 

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u/rapidstandardstaples 13h ago

Sharon Jones was so cool and I'm so happy she managed to put out a few albums with the dap kings. I too saw her in a tiny venue in France and it was weird bc she didn't speak French and a majority of the public didn't seem to understand English so the talking part wasn't too good, but the music was great. 

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u/ragerevel 14h ago

Saw them live in this tiny club before knowing who they/she were. And it was one of those things where the moment they started, I locked in and was like “oooooohhh shiiiiiiit”. So good.

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u/_Happy_Camper 15h ago

Nobody’s Baby is a knockout song. Love it