Pop Pop is an album by the American musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1991.[2][3]
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| Released | September 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Skyline Recording, Topanga, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz, vocal jazz, folk | |||
| Label | Geffen[1] | |||
| Producer | David Was, Rickie Lee Jones | |||
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The album contains cover versions, ranging from jazz and blues standards to Tin Pan Alley to Jimi Hendrix's "Up from the Skies".[4] It reached No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums and No. 121 on the Billboard 200.
Production edit
The album was coproduced by David Was and Jones.[5] Charlie Haden played bass on some of its tracks.[6] The cover artwork resembles a package of bang snaps.
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Calgary Herald | B[7] |
The New York Times wrote that Jones's "vocal eccentricities, her swoops and shudders and pucker-sweet coos, seem at odds with the material rather than complicitous."[8] The Calgary Herald noted that "Jones's plaintive, muttering, whispering little-girl voice weaves a web of intimacy around the listener... Still, it's not for every taste."[7]
Track listing edit
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 5:55
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 3:57
- "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch) – 3:38
- "Up from the Skies" (Jimi Hendrix) – 4:32
- "The Second Time Around" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 4:50
- "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons, Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 4:07
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) – 3:14
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 2:22
- "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 4:22
- "I Won't Grow Up" (Carolyn Leigh, Mark Charlap) – 3:11
- "Love Junkyard" (David Weiss, John Keller) – 4:11
- "Comin' Back to Me" (Marty Balin) – 5:35
Personnel edit
- Rickie Lee Jones, vocals; acoustic guitar on "Comin' Back to Me"
- Robben Ford - acoustic guitar
- Charlie Haden, John Leftwich - acoustic bass
- Walfredo Reyes, Jr. - bongos, shakers
- Bob Sheppard - clarinet on "I'll Be Seeing You", tenor saxophone on "Love Junkyard"
- Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone on "Dat Dere" and "Bye Bye Blackbird"
- Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon on "My One and Only Love", "Hi-Lili Hi-Lo" and "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men"
- Charlie Shoemake - vibraphone on "Love Junkyard"
- Steven Kindler - violin on "Second Time Around"
- David Was - percussion, background vocals
- Michael O'Neill - acoustic guitar on "Up From The Skies" and "Love Junkyard"
- Michael Greiner - hurdy-gurdy on "Comin' Back to Me"
- April Gay, Arnold McCuller, David Was, Donny Gerrard, Terry Bradford - backing vocals
Technical edit
- Greg Penny, John Eden, Jon Ingoldsby - engineer
- Kevin Reagan - art direction, design
- Pascal Nabet Meyer - Executive Producer
References edit
- ^ Takiff, Jonathan (October 8, 1991). "Almost as under-produced...". Features Yo!. Philadelphia Daily News. p. 35.
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (July 21, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones Covers the Field". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 62.
- ^ Heim, Chris (September 27, 1991). "Pop pop". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. P.
- ^ Meyers Sharp, Jo Ellen (November 4, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones mixes it up". The Indianapolis Star. p. C6.
- ^ Gilbert, Matthew (October 3, 1991). "Recordings". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 7.
- ^ Levesque, Roger (November 3, 1991). "Ricki Lee's jazz full of feeling". Edmonton Journal. p. D4.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Kate (October 27, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C5.
- ^ Schoemer, Karen (September 15, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones Has Grown Up Into a Chanteuse". The New York Times. p. A34.