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Blues Brothers - Music from the Film: Original Soundtrack | 
| Artist: Blues Brothers
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1117
Format: Soundtrack, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82787
UPC: 075678278723
EAN: 0075678278723
ASIN: B000002J5K
Release Date: November 6, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Minnie The Moocher | | • | Jailhouse Rock | | • | Sweet Home Chicago | | • | Rawhide | | • | Peter Gunn | | • | Gimme Some Lovin' | | • | She Caught The Katy | | • | Old Landmark | | • | Shake A Tail Feather | | • | Everybody Needs Somebody To Love | | • | Think |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Inspired by the lovable Saturday Night Live white-boy blues schtick of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, director John Landis seemingly threw every harebrained stunt he could imagine--and millions of dollars in production costs and wrecked autos--onto the screen. The resulting film could have been mistaken for a bad case of Hunter S Thompson's DT's, but Landis never shortchanged the music: Cab Calloway, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles all get their moment in the spotlight. Miraculously, the chic-shabby Blues Brothers, anchored by the Stax rhythm section of Cropper and Dunn, hold their own against the legends, perhaps by the sheer joy and love they have for the music. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
A great place to start! July 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like the last reviewer, and many, many others, The Blues Brothers was a film I first watched when I was about 10 and it introduced me to a whole new world of music.
This soundtrack was the first record I ever owned and it is where I first heard a lot of artists that I may otherwise never of heard of, since I had only really listened to pop and ska before.
This is a great collection and younger people especially will find it it very educational. If you enjoy the soundtrack it would also be a good idea to look up some of the other artists featured in the film but not on the soundtrack, like Sam and Dave and John Lee Hooker.
A fun film and a fun soundtrack, try the other Blues Brothers recordings too, you won't regret it!
The album that started me off in music October 30, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sounds odd for some but this is the album that started me off on the path of my taste in music at the age of 10.
A fantastic album with fantastic musicians, superbly played music! A must for anyone that loved good grooves and big sounds!
Awesome Fun June 19, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'd like to start this review by saying that I am an 18 year old, who's main musical interests lie in rock, heavy metal and punk.
However, after a friend got me watching the film, I found myself astounded by the amazingly un-natural cool this music can have.In the film itself the music fits right into place, with star performances from such talent as Aretha Franklin and James Brown. Having loved the film I got the soundtrack and was not disappointed. This is some of the funkiest, FUNNEST music I've heard in a long time. Whilst rock n' roll provides danger and aggressiveness, this music provides class, style, fun and, dare I say it, magic.
Love it to bits. (Plus theme from Rawhide is totally amazing!)
Yowza! January 14, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is what music's all about - a gustsy band delivering classic blues/soul, aided and abetted by some of the living legends that made it all possible - and a reminder of a fine film into the bargain. Cover versions are always dangerous in the wrong hands, but here the debt to the originals is acknowledged, and arrangements show how to score a hit second time around. You thought Duane Eddy's version of Peter Gunn was nigh on perfect? Try the growling horns here for size! If there is a criticism, it's that Dan Ackroyd and the late John Belushi were not great vocal performers, though they certainly put in plenty of energy. Jailhouse Rock needs a deeper range, and Belushi ain't an Elvis. There again, when you've got the likes of James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles batting on your side, how can you go wrong? I could wax lyrical about all these tracks, but a special mention must go to Aretha's classic Think; listen to the soaring voice - that's how to do it, girl! Soul lives.
As good as the film! November 15, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Musicals aren't my thing, jazz/blues style music certainly isn't either but that didn't stop me loving the Blues Brothers film and after seeing that a few times how could I resist the soundtrack. The songs are the same as those in the film (sometimes you get these kind of soundtracks where they have originals rather than the ones in the film) and sound just as good. At the risk of stating the obvious, if you liked the soundtrack in the film, you won't be wasting your money on this!
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