Candy Store is the ninth studio album by Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer. The album was released in 2007 by Heads Up and was produced by Dulfer and Dave Love.[2]

Candy Store
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2007
StudioSugarhouse Studios, Zeezicht Studios, Spaarnvoude, The Netherlands
GenreJazz, smooth jazz
Length54:06
LabelHeads Up
ProducerCandy Dulfer, Dave Love
Candy Dulfer chronology
Live at Montreux 2002
(2005)
Candy Store
(2007)
Funked Up
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Jazzreview.com(not rated) link

Candy Store reached No. 2 on the Billboard magazine Top Contemporary Jazz chart.[3] The song "L.A. Citylights" reached No. 1 in Smooth Jazz National Airplay charts in the United States.[4] At AllMusic, Jonathan Widran called the album "one of contemporary jazz's finest and funkiest releases of 2007."[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Candy" (Chance Howard) – 4:11
  2. "L.A. Citylights" (Bank, Dulfer, Howard) – 3:45
  3. "Music = Love" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 3:54
  4. "La Cabana" (Bank, Dulfer) – 3:03
  5. "11:58" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 4:02
  6. "Summertime" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 4:28
  7. "Soulsax" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 4:24
  8. "Smokin' Gun" (Bed) – 4:51
  9. "Back to Juan" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer, Howard) – 4:27
  10. "If I Ruled the World" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 4:43
  11. "Everytime" (Bank, Bed, Dulfer) – 4:32

Bonus track on US release

  • 12. "Finsbury Park, Cafe 67 (2007 Version)" (Bank, Dulfer, Gert Jan Mulder) – 4:03

Bonus tracks on Europe release

  • 13. "My Philosophy" – 3:54"
  • 14. "Bum Bum" – 3:52"

Personnel edit

  • Candy Dulfer – saxophone, keyboards, vocals
  • Louk Boudesteijn – trombone
  • Jan van Duikeren – trumpet
  • Thomas Bank – keyboards
  • Ulco Bed – bass guitar, guitar
  • Manuel Hugas – bass guitar
  • John Blackwell – drums
  • Kasper van Kooten – drums
  • Chance Howard – background vocals
  • Trijntje Oosterhuis – background vocals

References edit

  1. ^ a b Widran, Jonathan. "Candy Store". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Candy Store". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ Top Contemporary Jazz. Candy Store Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
  4. ^ Smooth Jazz National Airplay Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.