| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/interscope | | UPC: 00606949317324 | | Release Date: 11/27/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60510563 | | Item#: MSKV99 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. World's Greatest, The - R. Kelly ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Fight - Alicia Keys ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Hold On - R. Kelly ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Change Is Gonna Come, A - Al Green/Booker T. & The MG's ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Sometimes - Bilal ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. 20 Dollars - Angie Stone ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. For Your Precious Love - Truth Hurts ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Bring It On Home To Me - David Elliot ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Greatest, The - Everlast ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Mistreated - Shawn Kane ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Tomorrow - Salif Keita ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. All Along The Watchtower - The Watchtower Four ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Odessa - Martin Tillman ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 15. See The Sun - Lisa Gerrard/Pieter Bourke ~ Original Soundtrack | |
| 1. The World's Greatest by R. Kelly
2. Fight by Alicia K eys
3. Hold On by R. Kelly
4. A Change Is Gonna Come by Al Green
5. Ain't No Way by Aretha Franklin
6. Sometimes by Bilal
7. 20 Dollars by Angie Stone
8. For Your Precious Love by Truth Hurts
9. Bring It On Home To Me by David Elliot
10. The Greatest by Everlast
11. Mistreated by Shawn Kane
12. Tomorrow by Salif Keita
13. All Along The Watchtower by The Watchtower Four
14. Odessa by Martin Tillman
15. See The Sun by Lisa Gerrard And Pieter Bourke
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | "The World's Greatest" (R. Kelly) was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. | | Personnel: Alicia Keys (vocals, piano, keyboards); Donnie Lyle, Arty White, Jonathan DuBose, Jr. (guitar); James Poyser (organ); Andre Booth, Percy Bady, Rodney Davis, Jr., Kendall D. Nesbitt (keyboards); Ahmir Khalib Thompson (drums); Norman Hedman (percussion); Abel Garibaldi, Ian Mereness (programming). | | Audio Mixers: Kyle White; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; Michael Verdick; Peter Mokran; Russell Elevado; Tony Maserati; Chad Fischer. | | Arrangers: R. Kelly; Gerald Isaac. | | Michael Mann's film biography Ali had one of the most hyperactive soundtracks in memory. Music underscores nearly every minute of the film, which seems at times to move less from scene to scene than song to song. Ever since Mann's Miami Vice days, his stylistically diverse, richly textured, and often dark musical selections have done as much to set the tone for his projects as the fast-paced editing and invariably "stone-washed" look of the cinematography. Mann and his composers, Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard, masterfully set the emotional tone of each scene without resorting to emotionally manipulative clich?s. But the sheer volume of the music in Ali sometimes overwhelms the substance of the story. The ice-cool style and the constant barrage of music keep the audience gliding on the surface without ever truly revealing the emotional core of the film's fascinating subject. And yet, despite all that music, the producers of this soundtrack album (the first of two released by Interscope) somehow felt the need to add songs that were never used in the movie. Unfortunately, they favored a pair of schmaltzy R&B-pop ballads by R. Kelly ("The World's Greatest" and "Hold On") over the fine Bourke/Gerrard score, which is represented here only by the trancey ambient song "See the Sun." But there are several strong tracks here that were used in the film, including Truth Hurts' soulful Motown ballad "For Your Precious Love," Everlast's moody half-rap "'The Greatest," and especially Selif Keita's powerful African anthem "Tomorrow," which was used powerfully in two of the film's more important moments. ~ Evan Cater | | This soundtrack to Will Smith's biopic portrayal of the immortal heavyweight champ is remarkably short on Rocky-style bombast. Instead we're served a tasty variety of mostly downtempo cuts courtesy of such talents as R Kelly, Alicia Keys, and Al Green, whose live rendition (backed by Booker T and the MGs) of "A Change is Gonna Come" is a special highlight. Meanwhile Angie Stone's hard luck "20 Dollars" also drips with Green-style Memphis funk. | | '60s recreations are much in evidence here, with Truth Hurts' version of "For Your Precious Love" and David Elliot's delivery of "Bring It on Home to Me" conjuring the spirit of Otis Redding, and the Watchtower Four's rendition of "All Along the Watchtower" doing the same for Jimi Hendrix. Everlast's heavy "The Greatest" provides some good movie plot exposition behind its phat beats, while in contrast Lisa Gerrard's ethereal "See the Sun" is very much in the vein of her work on the GLADIATOR soundtrack. |
Producer: Kerry "Krucial" Brothers; Everlast; Keith Ciancia; Soulquarians; Ray Murray; Steve Stoute; James Poyser; Jon Peters; Ahmir Thompson; Kathy Nelson; Lisa Gerrard; Alicia Keys; Pieter Bourke; R. Kelly; Tom Vedvik; Trevor Horn; Gerald Isaac; Lia Vollack; Chad |
Engineer: Kerry "Krucial" Brothers; Edwin Ramos; Abel Garibaldi; Jon Smeltz; Michael Verdick; Tim Donovan; Tony Black; Gerald Isaac; Carl Robinson |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/27/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 493173 | | Label : Interscope Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00606949317324 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (2/02, p.118)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...This soul-slanted set offers 2 new songs from R.Kelly plus the spiritied 'Fight' from Alicia Keys..." |
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