Give the People What They Want
by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
  • Record Label: Daptone
  • Release Date: Jan 14, 2014
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
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  1. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Jan 14, 2014
    60
    Never a subtle singer, Jones attacks her soul anthems like a blunt force instrument. That’s fine, since nuance isn’t called for here. Force is, and Jones has enough of it to thrill. That still isn’t enough to drag the Dap-Kings out of the shadows of their idols.
  2. PopMatters
    Jan 13, 2014
    60
    As much as Give the People What They Want is a quasi-holding pattern and is middling in its success, hope that she can get back to doing what she does best, which just so happens to be the title of this very album.
  3. NOW Magazine
    Jan 9, 2014
    60
    The album is missing an emotional, drawn-out, heartbreaking ballad, but inspirational anthems like Retreat! find her sassing as loud and proud as ever.

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. nicholasbert
    Jan 20, 2014
    7
    Their formula is a decade old but their soul is still all there. Actually, with this record they seem to have gone a little forward in theirTheir formula is a decade old but their soul is still all there. Actually, with this record they seem to have gone a little forward in their 1965-1970 time bubble. Its great feat is sounding so impressively sixties; but there are truly beautiful songs on this new record, one for all "Making Up and Breaking Up".… Full Review »
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