Track Listing

1. Overture / And All That Jazz - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Female Chorus, Male Chorus
2. Funny Honey - Renee Zellweger, John C. Reilly, Colm Feore
3. When You're Good To Mama - Queen Latifah, Taye Diggs
4. Cell Block Tango - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Susan Misner, Deidre Goodwin
5. All I Care About - Richard Gere, Female Chorus & Cell Block Girls
6. We Both Reached For The Gun - Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger
7. Roxie - Renee Zellweger, Male Chorus
8. I Can't Do It Alone - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Taye Diggs
9. Mister Cellophane - John C. Reilly
10. Razzle Dazzle - Richard Gere, Female Chorus
11. Class - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah
12. Nowadays - Renee Zellweger, Taye Diggs
13. Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag - Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones
14. I Move On - Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger
15. After Midnight - Danny Elfman
16. Roxie's Suite - Danny Elfman
17. Cell Block Tango (He Had It Comin') - Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim feat. Macy Gray
18. Love Is A Crime - Anastacia

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #776 in Music
• Released on: 2003-01-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Enhanced, Soundtrack, Import

Amazon.co.uk Review
The movie version of Kander and Ebb's Chicago was long in the making but its well worth the wait. Director Rob Marshall's main change was to turn the classic musical numbers into fantasy sequences, but of course this isn't obvious on CD. Most importantly, the arrangements are bursting with life while being true to the show's spirit, and the casting is simply inspired.

Catherine Zeta Jones actually started her career on the British boards (she was in The Pajama Game and 42nd Street) so her turn as slinky Velma Kelly isn't that surprising; Renée Zellweger as Roxie Hart is more of a leftfield choice but she shows she can handle the singing demands with pizzazz. The real revelation may well be rapper Queen Latifah, who belts out "When You're Good to Mama" with a marvelous affinity for the material.

Okay, so the R&B reprise of "Cell Block Tango/He Had It Coming" by Queen Latifah, Macy Gray, and Lil' Kim fails to convince, while Anastacia's "Love is a Crime" is just bland (rest easy, purists, it's over the end credits). On the other hand, the CD provides two bonuses: "Class," which was cut from the movie, and "I Move On," a great duet written by Kander and Ebb for the final cut. It's really easy to mess up film adaptations of Broadway shows: happily, Chicago proves it can be done right. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Thank you Tommy Valando!
John Kander and Fred Ebb present CHICAGO, a musical set during prohibition in Chicago.
The story deals with the idea of a "celebrity criminal." The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by writer Maurine Dallas Watkins about real crimes & criminals she reported on!

The synopsis {possible spoilers ahead!}
Velma Kelly is a vaudevillian that murders her husband & sister {they were sleeping together.}
Chorus girl Roxie Hart murders her lover Fred Casely.
Roxie's husband Amos takes the rap, but Roxie is arrested & sent to a jail inhabited by Velma and other murderesses. Fraudulent Matron "Mama" Morton {whose mutual aid system suits her clients perfectly} controls the block. She helps Velma become the media's top murder-of-the-week.
Velma is not happy to see Roxie, who's stealing her limelight and her lawyer Billy Flynn. Roxie convinces Amos to pay for Billy Flynn to be her lawyer. Billy takes Roxie's case, and her story catches the eye of caring tabloid columnist Mary Sunshine. Roxie's press conference turns into a ventriloquist act with Billy dictating a new version of the truth, while Roxie mimes the words. Roxie becomes the new toast of Chicago and Velma's forgotten. Velma tries to talk Roxie into recreating Velma's old act, but Roxie turns her down, only to find she gets forgotten! Separately, Roxie and Velma realize there's no one they can rely on but themselves and the ever-inventive Roxie decides that being pregnant in prison would put her back on the front page..............

Want to know what happens? BUY THE DVD! then when you can't stop humming the songs in it, BUY THIS CD!

The songs {70 minutes, 17 seconds of them!}
1. OVERTURE/AND ALL THAT JAZZ 6:04 - Catherine Zeta-Jones's vocals are excellent ~ 10/10.
2. FUNNY HONEY 3:39 - a humorous song {I think so anyway!} 10/10.
3. WHEN YOURE GOOD TO MAMA 3:19 - a Pearl Bailey/Sophie Tucker/Mae West type double-entendre song, Queen Latifah's vocals are superb ~ 10/10.
4. CELL BLOCK TANGO 7:22 - the 6 merry murderesses of the cook county jail! {the foreign dialogue in this song is Hungarian.} All the ladies out there will love this song! 100/100!
5. ALL I CARE ABOUT 3:48 - a striptease based on Sally Rand and her fan dance {watch the film!} with "Billy Flynn" spoofing Al Jolson. An excellent song ~ 10/10.
6. WE BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN 3:57 - an excellent song, even better in the film! 10/10.
7. ROXIE* 3:20 - an autobiographical, observational, stand-up comedy routine! 10/10 {*one use of swearing.}
8. I CANT DO IT ALONE 3:50 - makes more sense with the film, but still a good song ~ 10/10.
9. MR. CELLOPHANE 3:57 - excellent vocals by Mr John C. Reilly ~ 9/10.
10. RAZZLE DAZZLE 3:45 - "back since the days of old Methuselah, everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler!" 10/10.
11. CLASS* 2:52 ~ Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones sing a fabulous duet! 9/10 {*some swearing, just thought you'd like to know!}
12. NOWADAYS 2:14 - reminiscent of "Maybe This Time" from CABARET ~ 10/10.
13. NOWADAYS/HOT HONEY RAG 3:26 - another song that makes more sense after seeing the film, but it's still a fabulous song ~ 10/10.
14. I MOVE ON 3:58 - Catherine and Renée also make a fabulous duo! 9/10.
15. AFTER MIDNIGHT 3:24 - a piece of music by the Simpson's theme tune composer! {Danny Elfman} 10/10.
16. ROXIES SUITE 3:52 - another jazzy piece of music by the Simpson's theme tune composer! 10/10.
17. CELL BLOCK TANGO {HE HAD IT COMING*} 3:37. Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim and Macy Gray. Cool, but not my kind of cool {rap / R n B etc} ~ 3/5 {*some swearing.}
18. LOVE IS A CRIME 3:19 - Anastacia Newkirk, the little lady with the big voice, belts out this divine song as only she can! 1000/1000!

If you're still undecided, this soundtracks film won 6 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globes and 2 BAFTAS!

Young, old, female, male, anyone and everyone, buy this CD, you won't regret it!

Utterly FABULOUS!

Dance-tastic soundtrack!
I was given the soundtrack as part of a dance routine. I had not watched the film, but the tunes that stood out the most were "Cell Block Tango" with its catchy chorus, and "Overture/And All That Jazz", with the soulful singing from Catherine Zeta Jones. It compelled me to rent the film, and I was not disappointed - I ended up buying my own copy!Only low point in the soundtrack is possibly track 15, as it is a bit down compared to the rest of the fantastic, catchy, upbeat tunes (or downbeat tunes with "Mister. Cellophane" which had me nearly in tears the first time I heard it!) If you loved the film, or enjoy dancing, maybe for routines, then this is a soundtrack to add to your collection…I loved it!

stunning
catherine-zeta-jones is the clear star of the screen adaptation of the musical. her voice is os rich and powerful and as she sings the most on the album you really get your moneys worth. renee zellweger also performs well especially cos shes not a natural perfromer. it alsio letys us see a new side of queen latifah with her belting voice which is full of character. there is not one song one this soundtrack whioch isnt grea not forgetting, of course the great song 'class' not featured in the main film!!!!!!!