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Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

  • Summary: The final album for Sharon Jones (who passed away in 2016 from cancer) & The Dap-Kings was recorded on eight-track tape in Brooklyn.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Magnet
    Dec 22, 2017
    90
    While it's hard not to hear Soul Of A Woman and mourn Jones' death, the joyful vibrancy and old-school expertise coursing through these tracks quickly supersede any hint of sadness. [No. 149, p.58]
  2. Uncut
    Nov 13, 2017
    90
    Soul Of A Woman proves to be so much more than your average swansong. ... Sly, spirited and sublime, it packs a whole lot of action into its 36 filler-free minutes. [Dec 2017, p.16]
  3. Nov 15, 2017
    90
    Soul of a Woman is a final set of genre-perfect old-school soul: brisk rumba-soul in “Sail On,” hand-clapping neo-Motown in “Rumors,” a girl-group slow dance topped with hovering strings in “When I Saw Your Face.” The band sounds as if it’s playing live in the studio.
  4. Nov 17, 2017
    80
    It's easy to read themes of mortality into the lyrics, but this is a stirringly indefatigable farewell.
  5. Nov 20, 2017
    80
    A record replete with drama and succour that wrestles with the messy business of being alive.
  6. Nov 17, 2017
    80
    Soul of a Woman catches Jones at her liveliest and most defiant as she lets her powerful voice loose in catchy, funky songs about overcoming hardships and dealing with fickle lovers.
  7. Nov 15, 2017
    75
    Jones’ best work came through exploring the emotional intricacies and broad passions of romantic relationships, and that’s no different on Soul of a Woman. In fact, these affairs of the heart smolder even more heatedly than usual on the record’s ballad-heavy second half.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Nov 24, 2017
    10
    the sould of the woman is powers. i am a powerful woman. i choose to have the destiny i have a right to live. don't tell me how to live mythe sould of the woman is powers. i am a powerful woman. i choose to have the destiny i have a right to live. don't tell me how to live my life. #andreamonet ftw Expand
  2. Jan 9, 2018
    8
    You can be forgiven for thinking this album released decades prior to it's creation, but cannot be forgiven for denying the greatness withinYou can be forgiven for thinking this album released decades prior to it's creation, but cannot be forgiven for denying the greatness within Sharon Jones' final project. Expand