Dreamgirls - Various Artists

Main specs

Title: Dreamgirls

Performer: Various Artists

Genre: Soundtracks

Sub Genre: Film

Release Date: 29/01/2007

Recomended Retail Price: 16.99 GBP

Original Release Year: 2006

Label / Distributor: Sony BMG / Sony BMG/Arvato Services

Pieces in Set: 1

Studio / Live: Studio

Stereo: Stereo

Format: Performer

EAN: 886970410229

Catalogue Number: 88697041022

Additional notes

Album Notes: Based on the 1980s Broadway musical, Bill Condon's 2006 feature film, DREAMGIRLS, follows the ups and downs of a fictional '60s female R&B vocal group patterned after the Supremes. Featuring an impressive cast that includes Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and AMERICAN IDOL favorite Jennifer Hudson, the movie and its soundtrack present stirring performances by these and other actors. While many of the numbers are sung by the Dreamettes (Knowles, Hudson, and Anika Noni Rose, who later become the Dreams and then Deena Jones & the Dreams), most notably the energetic, horn-laden "Move" and the pop-tinged title track, the album also offers up outstanding numbers by Eddie Murphy (as James "Thunder" Early), such as the lively, James Brown-like "I Meant You No Harm/Jimmy's Rap." Though most of the songs in DREAMGIRLS appear in the original production, the collection also showcases a set of new tunes, particularly the soulful "Love You I Do" by Hudson, and "Listen," a dramatic, defiant solo track by Beyonce. For fans of the film, the play, and/or any of the artists involved, DREAMGIRLS is sure to astound with its moving musical set-pieces and top-notch talent.

Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Listen,' one of three new songs here -- and one of the best things on the album -- finds Beyonce getting her Whitney Houston on..."

Titles on disc 1

1.: Move - Hudson, Jennifer & Beyonce Knowles/Anika Noni Rose

2.: Fake Your Way To The Top - Hudson, Jennifer & Beyonce Knowles/Eddie Murphy/Anika Noni Rose

3.: Cadillac Car - Bundy, Laura Bell & Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce Knowles/Eddie Murphy/Rory O'Malley/Anika Noni Rose/Anne Warren

4.: Steppin' To The Bad Side - Battle, Hinton & Jamie Foxx/Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce Knowles/Eddie Murphy/Keith Robinson/Anika Noni Rose

5.: Love You I Do - Hudson, Jennifer

6.: I Want You Baby - Hudson, Jennifer & Beyonce Knowles/Eddie Murphy/Keith Robinson/Anika Noni Rose

7.: Family - Foxx, Jamie & Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce Knowles/Keith Robinson/Anika Noni Rose

8.: Dreamgirls - Hudson, Jennifer & Beyonce Knowles/Anika Noni Rose

9.: It's All Over - Foxx, Jamie & Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce Knowles/Sharon Leal/Keith Robinson/Anika Noni Rose

10.: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - Hudson, Jennifer

11.: When I First Saw You - Foxx, Jamie

12.: Patience - Murphy, Eddie & Keith Robinson/Anika Noni Rose

13.: I Am Changing - Hudson, Jennifer

14.: I Meant You No Harm/Jimmy's Rap - Murphy, Eddie

15.: One Night Only - Hudson, Jennifer

16.: One Night Only (disco) - Knowles, Beyonce & Sharon Leal/Anika Noni Rose

17.: Listen - Beyonce

18.: Hard To Say Goodbye - Knowles, Beyonce & Sharon Leal/Anika Noni Rose

19.: Dreamgirls (finale) - Hudson, Jennifer & Beyonce Knowles/Sharon Leal/Anika Noni Rose

20.: When I First Saw You - Foxx, Jamie & Beyonce Knowles

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