For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | November 2, 2010 |
| Recorded |
2010 (All tracks except Nina Simone's performance) 1966 (Nina Simone's sampled performance on "Four Women") |
| Length | 50:10 |
| Label | Atlantic |
For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the feature film For Colored Girls (2010), released on November 2, 2010.[1]
Critical reception
Andy Kellman with Allmusic gave the soundtrack a four star rating, commenting "Most of the artists -- an impressive mix of distinct personalities, much like the film’s cast -- contribute strong material that benefits from the context; each selection sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack for this particular film".[2] Nitsuh Abebe with New York Magazine called the release "solemn and portentous", saying "It’s being asked to perform an absurd, impossible task — somehow embracing as much as possible of the entire modern experience of black American women — so it stretches in a few directions".[3]
Track listing
| Standard edition | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
| 1. | "Main Title (with Joshua Bell, Aaron Zigman & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)" | Aaron Zigman | Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Longer & Stronger" | Sharon Jones, Bosco Mann, Homer Steinweiss, Neal Sugarman, Thomas Brenneck | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | 3:44 |
| 3. | "All Day Long (Blue Skies)" | Estelle Swaray, Avriele "Avenue" Crandle, Irving Berlin | Estelle | 3:45 |
| 4. | "What More Can They Do" | Laura Izibor | Laura Izibor | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Sun" | Warryn Campbell, Juan Winans, Lisa Kimmey Winans | Lalah Hathaway | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Ansomnia" | Zaki Ibrahim, Chin Injeti | Zaki Ibrahim | 5:09 |
| 7. | "Settle" | Montell Jordan, Jimmy "Professa" Russell, Anthony "Shep" Crawford, Kenya Ivey, Tavia Ivey | Gladys Knight | 3:32 |
| 8. | "La Donna In Viola" | Ntozake Shange, Aaron Zigman | Karen Slack, Andrea Jones-Sojola & The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Sechita (A Senhora em Amarelo)" | Jay Weigel | Anika Noni Rose & Carondelet Percussion Ensemble | 1:57 |
| 10. | "Stand Up" | Macy Gray, Melissa "Honey" Larochelle, Jeff Bluestein, Kannon "Caviar" Cross | Macy Gray | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Without a Fight" | Harmony Samuels, Eric Bellinger, Erika Nuri | Janelle Monáe, Harmony Samuels | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Four Women" | Nina Simone | Nina Simone, Simone, Laura Izibor & Ledisi | 3:55 |
| 13. | "I Know Who I Am" | Harvey Mason Jr., Joanna Cotten, Melissa Manchester, Greg Barnhill | Leona Lewis | 4:08 |
References
- ↑ Atlantic records reveals 'for colored girls soundtrack', Atlantic Records, 2010-10-13, retrieved 2010-11-04
- ↑ Kellman, Andy, For Colored Girls - Original Soundtrack, Allmusic, retrieved 2010-11-09
- ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (2010-11-05), Neil Diamond's Songs For Monkees Fan Funerals; the Burdens of the "For Colored Girls" Soundtrack -- Vulture, New York Magazine, retrieved 2010-11-09