De-Lovely (2004) (Sheryl Crow/Elvis Costello/)

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Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records
UPC: 00827969064023
Release Date: 6/15/2004
Buy.com Sku: 61010044
Item#: M4XXET
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. It's De-Lovely - Robbie Williams ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
2. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Alanis Morissette ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
3. Begin The Beguine - Sheryl Crow ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
4. Let's Misbehave - Elvis Costello ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
5. Be A Clown - Kevin Kline/Peter Polycarpou ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
6. Night And Day - John Barrowman/Kevin Kline ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
7. True Love - Ashley Judd/Tayler Hamilton ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
8. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Original Soundtrack ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
9. I Love You - Mick Hucknall ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
10. Just One Of Those Things - Diana Krall ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
11. Anything Goes - Caroline O'Connor ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
12. Experiment - Kevin Kline ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
13. Love For Sale - Vivian Green ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
14. So In Love - Lara Fabian/Mario Frangoulis ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Natalie Cole ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
16. Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Jonathan Pryce/Kevin Kline ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
17. In The Still Of The Night - Kevin Kline/Ashley Judd ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists
18. You're The Top - Cole Porter ~ Original Soundtrack/Various Artists



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Audio Mixer: George Massenburg.
Recording information: Air Lyndhurst, London, England; Avatar Studios, New York, NY.
Arrangers: Stephen Endelman; Gilbert Goldstein; Sonny Kompanek.
The soundtrack to De-Lovely -- a film that imagines the unusual love story and marriage of classic American songwriter Cole Porter (who was gay) and Linda Lee Porter as the kind of all-singing, all-dancing production for which Porter himself might have written the songs -- is a whirl of contrasting, and occasionally clashing, performances that tries to embody the many sides of Porter's music. Porter was able to write profoundly romantic love songs and whimsical, witty, devil-may-care tunes with equal conviction, and De-Lovely tends to polarize these aspects. Elvis Costello's "Let's Misbehave," Mick Hucknall's "I Love You," and the cast's rendition of "Be a Clown" and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" are highly theatrical, and Costello's performance nearly crosses the line dividing playful and jokey. The set-piece quality of "Anything Goes" and the rehearsal-like "Night and Day" might disappoint some Porter fans looking for De-Lovely to double as a greatest-hits collection, but the stagy quality of the album emphasizes that it is first and foremost a soundtrack (to a musical production within the film, no less). It should come as no surprise, then, that the many pop, jazz, and rock star cameos have a costumey, dress-up feel, but a surprising number of them work well. "Begin the Beguine"'s silky melody combined with Sheryl Crow's husky voice makes for an appealing contrast, and Alanis Morissette's refined turn on "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" underscores the influence of Bj?rk's vocal phrasing on Morissette's singing. Robbie Williams also cleans up well, contributing a version of the title track that winks just enough. Somewhat more surprising is the fact that De-Lovely's actors provide some of the soundtrack's best moments. Kevin Kline's considerable musical skills make him an apt Cole Porter, and Ashley Judd's girlish, unadorned vocals add some intimacy to De-Lovely's larger-than-life feel, especially on the sweet duet with Tayler Hamilton, "True Love." Other highlights include swell-egant renditions of "What Is This Thing Called Love?," "Love for Sale," and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," by Lemar, Vivian Green, and Natalie Cole, respectively. Along with Diana Krall's "It Was Just One of Those Things" and Lara Fabian and Mario Frangoulis' "So in Love," these are performances by artists in their element, and they retain their own identities while fitting in with the rest of the soundtrack. De-Lovely is long and often scattered, but its attempts to breathe new life into Porter's work are admirable, even if they're not always successful. ~ Heather Phares
Director Irwin Winkler's 2004 film DE-LOVELY cleverly depicts Broadway songwriting icon Cole Porter looking back on his life as if it were a theatrical production. Given Kevin Kline's extensive background in musical theater, Winkler's decision to cast him as Porter proved to be inspired, and Kline is wonderful throughout the soundtrack. Mix in an eclectic array of musicians and what you have is a project that works as an effective bridge between generations. Where else will you find Sheryl Crow luxuriating in a bossa nova-arranged "Begin the Beguine," neo-soul songbird Vivian Green making like Ella Fitzgerald on "Love for Sale," or Porter himself having a grand old time warbling his own "You're the Top?" Other noteworthy performances include Englishmen Robbie Williams taking a slightly foppish romp through "It's De-Lovely," Elvis Costello giving a vaudevillian turn to "Let's Misbehave," and Natalie Cole pouring herself into a lush reading of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye."

Producer: Peter Asher (Compilation); Stephen Endelman (Compilation)

Engineer: Gary Chester; Phil Bodger

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 06/15/2004
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 90640
Label : Columbia (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00827969064023

  
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