For the album by Joan Jeanrenaud, see Pop-Pop. For Phillip Margera Sr., see CKY crew. For the toy, see Pop pop boat.

Pop Pop is an album by the American musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1991.[2][3]

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

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Calgary HeraldB[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

  1. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 5:55
  2. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 3:57
  3. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch) – 3:38
  4. "Up from the Skies" (Jimi Hendrix) – 4:32
  5. "The Second Time Around" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 4:50
  6. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons, Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 4:07
  7. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain) – 3:14
  8. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 2:22
  9. "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 4:22
  10. "I Won't Grow Up" (Carolyn Leigh, Mark Charlap) – 3:11
  11. "Love Junkyard" (David Weiss, John Keller) – 4:11
  12. "Comin' Back to Me" (Marty Balin) – 5:35

Personnel

  • 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

  • Greg Penny, John Eden, Jon Ingoldsby - engineer
  • Kevin Reagan - art direction, design
  • Pascal Nabet Meyer - Executive Producer

References

  1. ^ Takiff, Jonathan (October 8, 1991). "Almost as under-produced...". Features Yo!. Philadelphia Daily News. p. 35.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (July 21, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones Covers the Field". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 62.
  3. ^ Heim, Chris (September 27, 1991). "Pop pop". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. P.
  4. ^ Meyers Sharp, Jo Ellen (November 4, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones mixes it up". The Indianapolis Star. p. C6.
  5. ^ Gilbert, Matthew (October 3, 1991). "Recordings". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 7.
  6. ^ Levesque, Roger (November 3, 1991). "Ricki Lee's jazz full of feeling". Edmonton Journal. p. D4.
  7. ^ a b Zimmerman, Kate (October 27, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C5.
  8. ^ Schoemer, Karen (September 15, 1991). "Rickie Lee Jones Has Grown Up Into a Chanteuse". The New York Times. p. A34.
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