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Home > Complete List of "q-r" Artists > Queen Latifah > Item 10
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by Various Artists
Sales Rank: 175144
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$4.96
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on 11-3-2008.
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1. Overture/And All That Jazz - Taye Diggs, , Male Chorus, Renée Zellweger, , Catherine Zeta-Jones
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2. Funny Honey - Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, John Reilly, Renée Zellweger,
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3. When You're Good to Mama - Taye Diggs, , Queen Latifah
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4. Cell Block Tango - Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, , Deidre Goodwin, Mya Harrison, , Susan Misner, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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5. All I Care About - Taye Diggs, , Richard Gere
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6. We Both Reached for the Gun - Shaun Amyot, Cleve Asbury, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Richard Gere, Male Chorus, Rick Negron, Renée Zellweger,
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7. Roxie - Male Chorus, Renée Zellweger,
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8. I Can't Do It Alone - Taye Diggs, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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9. Mister Cellophane - John Reilly
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10. Razzle Dazzle - Richard Gere
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11. Class - Queen Latifah, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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12. Nowadays Roxie - Taye Diggs, Renée Zellweger,
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13. Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag - Taye Diggs, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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14. I Move On - Renée Zellweger, , Catherine Zeta-Jones
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15. After Midnight - Danny Elfman
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16. Roxie's Suite - Danny Elfman
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17. Cell Block Tango He Had It Comin' Not in Film [*] - Macy Gray, , Lil' Kim, , Queen Latifah
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18. Love Is a Crime Not in Film [*] - Anastacia
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The arrangements are the best of this material on recording, in my humble opinion. As most movie musicals take a Broadway score and butcher it with bland pop sensibility and overblown orchestral arrangements, those behind this recording chose to keep it on the minimalistic side, as it should be. At the risk of sounding a bit cliche, the arrangements succeed in transporting the listener from his car or living room to a smokey cabaret. Some of the strongest voices come from the most surprising cast members, noteably Renee Zellweger and John C. Reilly. For having never really sung before, her voice is surprisingly strong, expressive, and unique. Those familiar with Queen Latifah's performance in "Living Out Loud" were most certainly expecting "When You're Good to Mama" to be as absolutely fabulous as it indeed was (the woman should really do a jazz album and show off those pipes). Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere were really perfectly cast for the film and played the roles to the "t". Zeta-Jones' sexy, husky voice works well and Gere's adequate pipes, again, work well to drive home Flynn's smarmy charm. The bonus material, however, is fairly weak. Though I am an Anastacia fan, I am really not fond of the track "Love is a Crime" as it's simply a bland pop song trying to be an R&B track trying to have a showtune sensibility. The Queen Latifah, Li'l Kim, Macy Gray version of "Cell Block Tango" is a rather tepid attempt, as well. The only number from the film that I was dissapointed with was "Cell Block Tango". It's always been a favorite of mine and, in the film, it was staged and choreographed perfectly - beyond my wildest dreams, really. Unfortunately, it seems Rob Marshall felt the need to extract all humor from what should be a very darkly comic number by forcing the women to take themselves entirely too seriously. If you can get your hands on any of the cast recordings, you'll see what I mean. In the end, however, this recording is a sleek, intelligent, well-performed and well-executed soundtrack.
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Updated on 11-3-2008.
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