MCA Records – MCAD-10286 1991 / USA
Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen, Soundtrack, Boogie, Neo Soul : ' Try A Little Tenderness ' !!
CD fast wie neu !!
Porto CHF 1,10 Sammellieferung spart Porto!!
2 CD 2,50 3 CD 3,50 4 CD 4,50 5 CD 5,50
6 CD 6,50 7 CD 7,50 ab 8 CD bis ....... maximal 8,50
Wie eine hungrige Soulband im rauhen Dublin versucht, nach oben zu kommen, beschreibt der neue Streifen des englischen Regisseurs Alan Parker ("Mississippi Burning"). Per Anzeige fand er unbekannte Nachwuchsschau- spieler und drehte an Originalschauplätzen in der irischen Metropole. Mit 14 Coverversionen von Soul-Klassikern beweisen die Commitments, daß sie aber in erster Linie Musiker sind. Der schweißtreibende Soundtrack mit Perlen von Otis Redding, James Brown oder Wilson Pickett lebt von ungebremster Spielfreude. Zehn Commitments verwandeln Dublin damit in Soul-City.
Jeder, der den Film kennt, wird diese CD mögen und sie in der Sammlung haben wollen.
Kennt man den Film nicht, wird man trotzdem nicht enttäuscht als Blues / Soul Fan!! Aber es ist schon etwas eigene Musik und kein Mainstream!!
1 Mustang Sally 4:02
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Bonny Rice
2 Take Me To The River 3:36
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle*
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Al Green, Mabon Hodges
3 Chain Of Fools 2:58
Backing Vocals – Bronagh Gallagher
Vocals – Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle
Written-By – Don Covay
4 The Dark End Of The Street 2:34
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
5 Destination Anywhere 3:08
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Niamh Kavanagh
Written-By – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
6 I Can't Stand The Rain 3:12
Vocals – Angeline Ball
Written-By – Ann Peebles, Bernard Miller, Donald Bryant
7 Try A Little Tenderness 4:31
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly
8 Treat Her Right 3:35
Backing Vocals – Andrew Strong, Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Robert Arkins
Written-By – Gene Kurtz, Roy Head
9 Do Right Woman Do Right Man 3:15
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Niamh Kavanagh
Written-By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
10 Mr. Pitiful 2:07
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
11 I Never Loved A Man 3:09
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher
Vocals – Maria Doyle
Written-By – Ronnie Shannon
12 In The Midnight Hour 2:21
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Andrew Strong
Written-By – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
13 Bye Bye Baby 3:21
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher
Vocals – Maria Doyle
Written-By – Mary Wells
14 Slip Away 4:27
Backing Vocals – Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle
Vocals – Robert Arkins
Written-By – Marcus Daniels , Wilbur Terrell, William Armstrong
- Alto Saxophone – Félim Gormley
- Bass – Paul Bushnell
- Drums – Fran Breehan
- Guitar – Conor Brady, Dean Parks
- Keyboards – Eamonn Flynn, Mitchell Froome
- Percussion – Alex Acuña
- The Commitments – Andrew Strong, Angeline Ball, Bronagh Gallagher, Dave Finnegan, Dick Massey, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Johnny Murphy, Kenneth McCluskey , Maria Doyle, Michael Aherne, Robert Arkins
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Carl Geraghty
- Trumpet – Ronan Dooney
Soundtrack to the Alan Parker film "The Commitments".
Recorded at Ringsend Road Studios, Dublin; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles and The Hit Factory, London.