Sax-a-Go-Go

Sax-a-Go-Go
Studio album by
Candy Dulfer
Released1993 (1993)
StudiosZeezicht Studios, Spaarnwoude, Netherlands
GenreSmooth jazz
Length53:57
LabelAriola
ProducersUlco Bed and Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer chronology
Saxuality
(1990)		 Sax-a-Go-Go
(1993)		 Big Girl
(1995)
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Sax-a-Go-Go is the second album by Dutch alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer, released in 1993. It entered the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart at No. 5 in February 1994, remaining on the chart for 31 weeks. The album peaked at number 79 in Australia. The album includes a version of Eugene McDaniels' Vietnam War protest song "Compared to What", and "I Can't Make You Love Me", a hit for Bonnie Raitt from her album Luck of the Draw (1991).

Track listing

  1. "2 Funky" (Ulco Bed) – 4:50
  2. "Sax-a-Go-Go" (featuring Easy Mo Bee) (Easy Mo Bee, Candy Dulfer) – 4:54
  3. "Mister Marvin" (Ulco Bed) – 5:33
  4. "Man in the Desert" (Candy Dulfer, Ulco Bed) – 5:37
  5. "Bob's Jazz" (Ulco Bed) – 4:53
  6. "Jamming" (Candy Dulfer, Ulco Bed) – 5:21
  7. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Allen Shamblin, Mike Reid) – 4:35
  8. "Pick Up the Pieces" (Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, White, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Malcolm Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Yze) – 4:12
  9. "Compared to What" (J Mac Daniels) – 5:56
  10. "Sunday Afternoon" (Prince) – 8:06

Track listing (US/Canada)

  1. "2 Funky" (Ulco Bed) – 4:50
  2. "Sax-a-Go-Go" (featuring Easy Mo Bee) (Easy Mo Bee, Candy Dulfer) – 4:54
  3. "Mister Marvin" (Ulco Bed) – 5:33
  4. "Man in the Desert" (Candy Dulfer, Ulco Bed) – 5:37
  5. "Bob's Jazz" (Ulco Bed) – 4:53
  6. "Jamming" (Candy Dulfer, Ulco Bed) – 5:21
  7. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Allen Shamblin, Mike Reid) – 4:35
  8. "Pick Up the Pieces (Single Version)" (Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, White, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre, Malcom Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Yze) – 4:02
  9. "Sunday Afternoon" (Prince) – 8:06
  10. "2 Funky (Radio Version)" (Ulco Bed) – 4:36

Personnel

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Sax-a-Go-Go
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "AllMusic Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  2. ↑ Billboard Chart History: Candy Dulfer
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. 1 2 see Average White Band
  5. ↑ see Les McCann
  6. ↑ see Gene McDaniels
  7. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Candy Dulfer – Sax-a-Go-Go" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 22, 2022. Select 1997年2月 on the drop-down menu
  8. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Candy Dulfer – Sax-a-Go-Go" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Sax-a-Go-Go in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1993 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".