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Cadillac Records (Deluxe)(Music From the Motion Picture)
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. I'm a Man - McDaniel, Elias
2. At Last - Gordon, Mack
3. No Particular Place to Go - Berry, Chuck
4. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Dixon, Willie [1]
5. Once in a Lifetime - Dench, Ian
6. Let's Take a Walk - Curtis, Greg
7. 6 O'Clock Blues - Brenneck, Thomas
8. Nadine - Berry, Chuck
9. The Sound - Campbell, Erica
10. Last Night - Jacobs, Walter
11. I'd Rather Go Blind - Foster, Bill
12. My Babe - Dixon, Willie [1]
13. Bridging the Gap - Dara, Olu
Track Listings (13) - Disc #2
1. Maybellene - Berry, Chuck
2. Forty Days and Forty Nights - Roth, Bernard
3. Trust in Me - Agar, Milton
4. Juke - Jacobs, Walter
5. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
6. Promised Land - Berry, Chuck
7. All I Could Do Was Cry - Davis, Roquel
8. My Babe - Dixon, Willie [1]
9. I Can't Be Satisfied - Morganfield, McKinl
10. Come On - Berry, Chuck
11. Country Blues - Johnson, Robert Ler
12. Evolution of a Man - Bailey, A.
13. Radio Station - Blanchard, Terence

CD Details

All Artists: Various
Title: Cadillac Records (Deluxe)(Music From the Motion Picture)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 12/2/2008
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks
Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Soul
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
Other Editions: Cadillac Records (Music From the Motion Picture)
UPC: 886974135227

Synopsis

Album Description

Deluxe Edition Two CD set. Cadillac Records stars Beyonce, Mof Def, Jeffrey Wright and Adrien Brody with the soundtrack featuring Beyonce, Mof Def, Columbus Short, Mary Mary, Raphael Saadiq, Solange, Little Walter and Nas with Olu Dara. The movie is about Leonard Chess who co-founded Chess Records, the pre-eminent blues label of the Fifties and Sixties, with his brother Phil. They formed Aristocrat Records in 1947 and the Chess label two years later with a mind-boggling flood of Blues, R&B plus Rock'N'Roll talent- Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon, Etta James and Little Walter.

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Member CD Reviews

Rodger S. from JOLIET, IL
Reviewed on 12/21/2010...

Excellent CD! Fabulous music from yesterday and today! Beyonce is magnificent!

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

CD Reviews

Blues for a younger generation

Nse Ette | Lagos, Nigeria | 12/04/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

""Cadillac records" is the soundtrack to the new movie about Leonard Chess who co-founded Chess Records, the pre-eminent blues label of the Fifties and Sixties. As such, the soundtrack is dominated by the Blues, with a few Jazz tunes.

The movie stars Beyoncé as Etta James and she gets to perform a few Etta James songs; a nice restrained reading of "At last", "Trust in me", "All I could do is cry", the retro doo wop-sounding "Once in a lifetime" (an original song and rather nice), and "I'd rather go blind" (the latter oversung in my opinion, sounding rather like an American Idol wannabe's attempt to impress Simon Cowell). Much has been made by a number of critics about her subpar vocals on these songs, but I feel she actually does quite well (except for that lone clunker I mentioned), much better than she does on her latest disc, but I digress.

Mos Def plays Chuck Berry and he sings "No particular place to go", "Nadine", "Maybellene", "Promised land" and "Come on". Jeffrey Wright sounds very convincing as Muddy Waters, all gruff and soulful singing "I'm a man", "I'm your hoochie coochie man", "I can't be satisfied" as well as "Country blues" with Bill Simms Jr. Columbus Short plays Little Walter and sings the swinging "My babe" which appears again done by The King, Elvis Presley.

A few other standouts are actually new songs; the rolicking Gospel "The sound" by MaryMary, "6 O'Clock blues" by Solange and the swinging Little Stevie Wonder-channelling "Let's take a walk" by Raphael Saadiq, each originally featured on each acts latest CDs.

There are a pair of Blues/Hip Hop cuts; "Evolution of a man" by Q-Tip featuring Al Kapone which samples "I'm a man", and "Bridging the gap" by Nas (and his father Olu Dara), also previously released.

The problem with albums like these is that people will tend to compare the performances to the originals and find them coming up short. I think it is great that the Blues is being introduced to a new generation of music lovers. Looking forward to seeing the movie."

Great Soundtrack

E. Harding | N.Y | 12/03/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ok like the first review i hated the rap tune on end of first disc, that said i dug the soundtrack get the 2 cd set. It was far better then the single cd. Beyonce did a great job with the Etta James tunes(fav's would be trust in me and at last), I hope the movie and big names on soundtrack will bring people to blues....where it all began. Enjoy all."

No room for tea parties on South Michigan Avenue

Luigi Facotti | Chicago Il | 12/24/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I find it amazing that with some 50 years of advances in recording technology that this soundtrack is so vapid compared to the originals. Muddy Waters was a powerhouse - Chuck Berry a musical technocrat and Etta James a presence.

When Muddy Waters sang on the original Chess masters - you knew there was someone home- his performances were ANGRY and authoritative - Jeffrey Wright's performances are fit for a tea party in the UK not for the Windy City.

It's all about soul and presence not technology and Beyonce unfortunately is no comparison to Etta James although her own compositions are good"

Wow! Nice, But....

Joi C. | Philly | 11/22/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I really enjoyed the motion picture Chess Records and the music was very good actually awesome, however this soundtrack is really not what I expected it to be. I love all types of music and I can listen to just about anything. I am not a beyonce fan and really dont care for her at all but I love Etta James and Howlin Wolf and the many others from this era. I was looking for a soundtrack that contained all of the songs that made the movie a hit.

The song that made Howlin wolf famous smokestack is not on here, instead there are songs that only exerts were played in the movie, now I dont know about you but the songs that made the movie heartfelt are gone from the soundtrack, maybe this is why so many people are getting rid of the CD. I wish there was either more song from the movie on here or there were just more songs added to this CD from the motion picture.

"

Excellent accompaniment to the movie

R. Kyle | USA | 04/02/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This soundtrack revisits the classic soul with an eye to holding onto the feeling while giving new artists a chance to hook their fans with the old stuff, too.

You've got contemporary artists like Beyonce, Mos Def, Jeffrey Wright alongside Elvis Presley and Little Walter here. Favorites here:

I'm a Man -- Jeffrey Wright

Once in a Lifetime -- Beyonce

Maybelline -- Mos Def

If you haven't caught the film, it's worth seeing. While it's not true to life, it's full of fabulous acting and music.

Rebecca Kyle, April 2009"