Track Listing

1. Born In Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
2. The Blues Don't Bother Me - Matt "Guitar" Murphy
3. Harmonica Musing - John Popper
4. Cheaper To Keep Her - The Blues Brothers, Junior Wells, Dan Aykroyd, Lonnie Brooks
5. Perry Mason Theme - The Blues Brothers
6. Looking For A Fox - John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers
7. Can't Turn You Loose - The Blues Brothers
8. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - The Blues Brothers, Aretha Franklin
9. 634-5789 - Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Jonny Lang, The Blues Brothers
10. Maybe I'm Wrong - Blues Traveler
11. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky - John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers
12. John The Revelator - Sharon Riley, The Faith Chorale, Taj Mahal, Sam Moore, Joe Morton
13. Let There Be Drums - The Carl Lafong Trio
14. Season Of The Witch - The Blues Brothers, Dr. John
15. Funky Nassau - The Blues Brothers, John Goodman, Paul Shaffer, Dan Aykroyd, Erykah Badu, Joe Morton
16. How Blue Can You Get - Louisiana Gator Boys
17. Turn On Your Love Light - Joe Morton, The Blues Brothers, John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, J. Evan Bonifant
18. New Orleans - The Blues Brothers, Louisiana Gator Boys

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5465 in Music
• Released on: 1999-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 60 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
No need to say one word about the film itself, except what a fabulous excuse it is for a well-thought out R&B soundtrack. Fans of the classic original movie can at least say they weren't cheated on the important musical side, and they can rejoice at the reappearance of Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar as he strums away with the rest of the reunited Blues Brothers Band. The repertoire is covered with Aretha Franklin belting out an updated cover of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T", and a tighter performance of "Can't Turn You Loose". Nodding to the big number successes of the original is a new Gospel showstoppper in "Revelation", while "Riders In The Sky" is clearly a replacement "Rawhide". Does John Goodman fill the big shoes? Indeed he does. His throaty warble sits just right next to Dan Aykroyd's nasal mimicking. "Funky Nassau" is thebaton-passing number where each instrument is introduced and given a solo spotlight. The Brothers old and new get to prove their vocal range here too. Get out the Ray-Bans and smoke them turkeys! --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews

A worthy followup
Thank God both this and the previous Blues Brothers CD never included that ratty version of Stand by your man-the only thing that flawed the first movie.
But surely thats nor Aretha Franklin-unless they speeded her voice up-sounds more like the Temptations.
Nice version of Sandy Nelson's Let there be drums-and Season of the Witch could be Donovan's only entry into an album of the blues.
But where was James Brown-who is credited on the soundtrack?

How Blue Can You Get?
This is the album that accompanies the film of the same name. As with the first film OST, there seems to be a mixture of songs that are taken straight out of the film, and some that have been re-recorded for the CD. And also like the first film, this means that some of the "soul" has been taken out of the music.But the Louisiana Gator Boys numbers are worth it for the money alone. Too many big Blues names to list are on this CD, including Isaac Hayes, Koko Taylor, Steve Winwood, Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore, Aretha Franklin. Great to listen too in any mood.

I've got the blues
I'd been looking for this album ever since I watched the film but failed to find it till I discovered amazon...
The music of the blues never fails to fill me with joy and this album is no exception. Even though it's marketed as a film sound track, I feel it makes excellent bedfellows with my other blues albums. It never strays from the original belief that, "it's the music that matters!" I am proud to call myself a blues bro's fan and even though the second film was maybe a little over the top for die hard fans, it could never be critcised for the music, as is nicely presented here. This cd is a masterpiece of good honest blues and soul mixed with a little silliness for fans of the film. Hope you enjoy it as much as i do!