Candy Store (album)

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Candy Store
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2007
StudioSugarhouse Studios, Zeezicht Studios, Spaarnvoude, The Netherlands
Genre Jazz, smooth jazz
Length54:06
Label Heads Up
Producer Candy Dulfer, Dave Love
Candy Dulfer chronology
Live at Montreux 2002
(2005)
Candy Store
(2007)
Funked Up
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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]

Contents

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

  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

Bonus tracks on Europe release

Personnel

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References

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