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Soundtrack: "The Commitments"

Soundtrack: The CommitmentsArtist: The Commitments
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music

List Price: £8.99  (EUR10.28)
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Seller: zoverstocks
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1675

Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 46 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4

MPN: 10286
UPC: 008811028626
EAN: 0000881102862
ASIN: B000002OGL

Release Date: August 1, 1991
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Tracks:

  • Mustang Sally - The Commitments, Andrew Strong
  • Take Me To The River
  • Chain Of Fools
  • The Dark End Of The Street
  • Destination Anywhere - Niamh Kavanagh, The Commitments
  • I Can't Stand The Rain
  • Try A Little Tenderness
  • Treat Her Right
  • Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - Niamh Kavanagh, The Commitments
  • Mr. Pitiful
  • I Never Loved A Man
  • In The Midnight Hour
  • Bye Bye Baby
  • Slip Away
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Product Description
MCA, 10286, 14 Track

Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on Irish writer Roddy Doyle's novel and lovingly directed with admirable restraint by the sometimes bombastic Alan Parker, this quirky 1991 tribute to the enduring and universal power of American R&B took some cynical criticism for its reliance on Baby Boomer-era classics such as "Mustang Sally", "Take Me to the River", and "In the Midnight Hour". But that sword cuts two ways: by casting a motley crew of real musicians, including the guts 'n' gravel-voiced young vocalist Andrew Strong, Parker didn't have to do much coaxing to reveal the obvious respect and affection his players have for this music. The material may not be fresh, but the love with which it's played is timeless. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars addictive listening   March 21, 2001
18 out of 20 found this review helpful

After watching the film, many times, felt compelled to purchase the cd, glad I did - brilliant listening, totally addictive, and with a unique sound of their own, have sinced copied it for the car. Tried to purchase Andrew Strong's debut cd but with no luck, still waiting


5 out of 5 stars Awesome gritty soul. Powerful. Great arrangements.   March 28, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Andrew Strong's powerful vocals combined with the soulful backup vocals are perfected by the great tight arrangements of these American Soul classics. The movie storyline is only fair but it's more than made up for by the incredible music created by this band and singers. The hardest working band in Dublin.


5 out of 5 stars ****1/2 - a loving tribute to classic American soul and R&B   August 17, 2004
Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have no idea how well the movie "The Commitments" actually did in the UK, but I saw it when it opened here in Denmark twelve or thirteen years ago, and the soundtrack was a huge hit, not least with people of my generation who usually didn't listen to 60s soul music (I was about 18 at the time).

This is a wonderful colletion of gritty soul and R&B with a bluesy edge, the arrangements, which include trumpet and two saxophones, are muscular but never overblown. Teenaged Joe Cocker-soundalike Andrew Strong is terrific on powerful soul stompers like "Mustang Sally", "In The Midnight Hour", and "Take Me To The River", and Angeline Ball and the predominantly female backing group share the lead vocals on equally great renditions of "Chain Of Fools" and "I Can't Stand The Rain".

This is one of my favorite soul records. It is beautifully executed and sooo well arranged, the production wisely hasn't sanded away all the grit, and all the vocalist are thoroughly convincing. Not the smoothest of soul, but that's fine by me....I like my soul bluesy ;o)
"The Commitments" soundtrack is not a novelty project, but rather a totally believable collection of some of the toughest soul and R&B-interpretations ever.
4 1/2 stars - highly recommended.


5 out of 5 stars Brilliant   December 3, 1999
s.a.bellino@dur.ac.uk (Durham, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The best track on this C.D is certainly Mustang Sally. Just listening to it takes you back to the film. Though all the others are superb too! Strong's version of Pickett's 'In the Midnight Hour'was brilliant and still played in club's all round the country, wheras the version of Aretha Franklin's 'Chain of Fools' was almost as gritty and heart felt as the original masterpiece!


5 out of 5 stars Dublin soul for party nights   March 22, 2004
Andy Millward (Broxbourne, Herts, UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Just as the film made a lively job of translating Roddy Doyle's homespun tale of Dublin squalor alleviated through dreams, so the music to accompany the film is a collection of spunky soul covers delivered with panache and (in view of the early amateurishness portrayed in the film) fine musicianship.

In fact, this collection is far more than soul - it's great party music to be enjoyed totally on its merits. Andrew Strong roars these songs with a voice coming up from his bootstraps - a male Janis Joplin singing classic soul songs with feeling and raw emotion. And in truth, it's very difficult not to be carried along, tap your feet, sing along and have a great time in the process.

Moral of the tale: Have fun and don't take life too seriously!

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