Candy Store (album) explained

Candy Store
Type:	studio
Artist:	Candy Dulfer
Cover:	Candy Store album cover.jpg
Released:	September 2007
Studio:	Sugarhouse Studios, Zeezicht Studios, Spaarnvoude, The Netherlands
Genre:	Jazz, smooth jazz
Length:	54:06
Label:	Heads Up
Producer:	Candy Dulfer, Dave Love
Prev Title:	Live at Montreux 2002
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Funked Up
Next Year:	2009

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.^[1]

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

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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Candy Store . AllMusic . 26 June 2019.
2. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=318&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Contemporary+Jazz&ci=3087653&cdi=9473369&cid=11%2F10%2F2007 Top Contemporary Jazz. Candy Store
3. http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Smoothjazz_Chart.asp Smooth Jazz National Airplay