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Personnel: Chris Thomas King, Dan Tyminski, Norman Blake, Sharon White (vocals, guitar); Sidney Cox (vocals, banjo); Suzanne Cox, Buck White (vocals, mandolin); John Hartford ...Read more
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? Orginal Soundtrack 2000
Let me make one thing clear. "O Brother..." is one of my favourite films of all time. Not only that, but the musical soundtrack is one of its strongest features and ...Read more
The same as the movie; nothing original here.
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The packaging was well done but is one of those paper folding covers as opposed to the standard plastic 'Jewel Case' that most CDs come in. I personally don't like these cases...Read more
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| Album Features | |
| UPC: | 008817006925 |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 2000 |
| Record Label: | Mercury |
| Genre: | Bluegrass, Country |
Track Listing
1. You Are My Sunshine
2. Po' Lazarus
3. Big Rock Candy Mountain
4. Down to the River to Pray
5. Man of Constant Sorrow
6. Man of Constant Sorrow
7. Keep On the Sunny Side
8. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
9. I'll Fly Away
10. Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby
11. Man of Constant Sorrow
12. In the Highways
13. O Death
14. Man of Constant Sorrow - (take With Band)
15. I Am Weary, Let Me Rest
16. Indian War Whoop
17. In the Jailhouse Now
18. Lonesome Valley
19. Angel Band
| Details | |
| Playing Time: | 61 min. |
| Producer: | T-Bone Burnett |
| Distributor: | Universal Distribution |
| Recording Type: | Studio |
| Recording Mode: | Mixed |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Chris Thomas King, Dan Tyminski, Norman Blake, Sharon White (vocals, guitar); Sidney Cox (vocals, banjo); Suzanne Cox, Buck White (vocals, mandolin); John Hartford (vocals, fiddle); Wilson Waters (vocals, tenor saxophone); Cheryl White, Sarah Peasall, David Rawlings, Porter McLister, First Baptist Church Choir of White House, TN, First Baptist Church of Norfolk Choir, Joseph Rice, Dub Cornett, Gillian Welch, Harley Allen, Robert Hamlett, Leah Peasall, James Hill, Isaac Freeman, Willard Cox, Sam Phillips , Alison Krauss, Maura O'Connell, Tim Blake Nelson, Tim O'Brien, Pat Enright, Hannah Peasall (vocals); Mike Compton (guitar, mandolin); Chris Sharp, Evelyn Cox (guitar); Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas (dobro); Ron Block (banjo); Sam Bush (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle).Audio Mixer: Mike Piersante.Liner Note Author: Robert K. Oermann.Arrangers: Ed Haley; Gillian Welch; Alan Lomax; T-Bone Burnett; Carter Stanley.Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of Homer's Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang prisoners. The film's earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, for which producer T-Bone Burnett picked the cream of the country crop."Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby," for example, is a summit meeting of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). The old school isn't forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of "O Death," courtesy of Ralph Stanley, and by the closing cut, where the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with "Angel Band."
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? Orginal Soundtrack 2000
Created: 01/01/07
) Let me make one thing clear. "O Brother..." is one of my favourite films of all time. Not only that, but the musical soundtrack is one of its strongest features and stands as a valuable cultural document in its own right. In short, this is an album that anyone who loves country, bluegrass or folk music is likely to want in their collection.
So why, as I write, am I tossing up whether to only give it four stars? The answer is that I'm attempting to review it, not as a collector's item or a socio-historical document but as an album of music for repeated listening in the comfort of your own home. For that reason I'm not going to review the film rather than the album, as some reviewers here have done, because I don't assume that every listener is going to have the movie playing back in their heads as they listen to the music.
Rather, my comments are based on how this album will sound to someone who has picked up on the hearsay, or watched the Grammy ceremony, and is tempted to go out and buy this as a musical compilation. And in that setting, many listeners are going to be disappointed. The fact that a song has integrity, emotion, historical importance or great musicianship doesn't automatically make it great entertainment.
There are some standout contributions: The title song is long-term loveable (although why four different renditions of the tune are needed on the album is a mystery - a couple of the "period" instrumental versions which work well on the movoe soundtrack are somewhat less successful as pure listening music. Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch are as usual faultless. Ralph and the other Stanleys are devastating. But how many times will you want to listen to the 4+ minutes of prison chant that opens the album? Or the squeaky kiddy song (the Peasalls)? Or the ancient ditties like "Big Rock Candy Mountain"? After a couple of spins, you may find yourself reaching for the skip button more than is comfortable.
I'm not really knocking this record - in a sense it's a masterpiece. And it's rightly selling by the millions.
So why, as I write, am I tossing up whether to only give it four stars? The answer is that I'm attempting to review it, not as a collector's item or a socio-historical document but as an album of music for repeated listening in the comfort of your own home. For that reason I'm not going to review the film rather than the album, as some reviewers here have done, because I don't assume that every listener is going to have the movie playing back in their heads as they listen to the music.
Rather, my comments are based on how this album will sound to someone who has picked up on the hearsay, or watched the Grammy ceremony, and is tempted to go out and buy this as a musical compilation. And in that setting, many listeners are going to be disappointed. The fact that a song has integrity, emotion, historical importance or great musicianship doesn't automatically make it great entertainment.
There are some standout contributions: The title song is long-term loveable (although why four different renditions of the tune are needed on the album is a mystery - a couple of the "period" instrumental versions which work well on the movoe soundtrack are somewhat less successful as pure listening music. Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch are as usual faultless. Ralph and the other Stanleys are devastating. But how many times will you want to listen to the 4+ minutes of prison chant that opens the album? Or the squeaky kiddy song (the Peasalls)? Or the ancient ditties like "Big Rock Candy Mountain"? After a couple of spins, you may find yourself reaching for the skip button more than is comfortable.
I'm not really knocking this record - in a sense it's a masterpiece. And it's rightly selling by the millions.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our The same as the movie; nothing original here.
Created: 06/10/06
The packaging was well done but is one of those paper folding covers as opposed to the standard plastic 'Jewel Case' that most CDs come in. I personally don't like these cases since the cover art is exposed and deteriorates over time similar to an LP cover. Unlike LPs most of these paper covered CDs don't have a plastic protective sheath. I also find these cases a bit difficult to fit into some CD racks.
The music and recording quality were quite varried; it is obvious that this compolation was not recorded by the same people in the same studio with the same engineer and equipment. Generally, the recordings were good to excellent. As a matter of fact I found these differences in the recordings refreshing in that with each different musical track you not only heard a different performer but were transported to a different place!
I could not begin to catagorize the music itself; there were some classic folk songs like 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' and gospel songs like 'Come Down to the River and Pray' mixed in with more obscure tunes some of which were original and some of which were more obscure folk, blues and mountain classics.
Obviously, there were some tracks I love and some that I don't even like but all in all I would say that I enjoy 80+% of the tracks (meaning when I'm listening I don't press the 'skip track' on my remote).
If you like gospel or folk music this CD is MUST HAVE for your collection and it has even gotten some well deserved acclaim from audiphiles for the recording quality of some of the tracks. Unlike most of my CD collection, since I purchased it I have listened to this CD over and over again and it is currently sitting in the 'short stack' of CDs next to my player with the other CDs that I listen to on a weekly basis; this is probably the biggest complement I can give this recording.
My ONLY reason for giving this CD a 4/5 rating is that some of the tracks are not as well recorded as others. BTW, I am not only a music lover I am an audiophile; much of my gear is studio grade so I am a bit more critical of recording quality than most.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
The music and recording quality were quite varried; it is obvious that this compolation was not recorded by the same people in the same studio with the same engineer and equipment. Generally, the recordings were good to excellent. As a matter of fact I found these differences in the recordings refreshing in that with each different musical track you not only heard a different performer but were transported to a different place!
I could not begin to catagorize the music itself; there were some classic folk songs like 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' and gospel songs like 'Come Down to the River and Pray' mixed in with more obscure tunes some of which were original and some of which were more obscure folk, blues and mountain classics.
Obviously, there were some tracks I love and some that I don't even like but all in all I would say that I enjoy 80+% of the tracks (meaning when I'm listening I don't press the 'skip track' on my remote).
If you like gospel or folk music this CD is MUST HAVE for your collection and it has even gotten some well deserved acclaim from audiphiles for the recording quality of some of the tracks. Unlike most of my CD collection, since I purchased it I have listened to this CD over and over again and it is currently sitting in the 'short stack' of CDs next to my player with the other CDs that I listen to on a weekly basis; this is probably the biggest complement I can give this recording.
My ONLY reason for giving this CD a 4/5 rating is that some of the tracks are not as well recorded as others. BTW, I am not only a music lover I am an audiophile; much of my gear is studio grade so I am a bit more critical of recording quality than most.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Qualities of original soundtrack of Coen brothers film.
Created: 23/02/10
) Half the genius of the film was the soundtrack, this is a great collection of all the blue grass / folk songs and music contained in the movie. I had great difficulty finding this CD but, as always, ebay came up trumps. A wintery Surrey now transformed into a cotton field in sunny Kentuc, every track is a pure joy, and this comes from a man raised on Zappa and the Sex Pistols!
There are four versions of Man of Constant Sorrow, all first class, my personal favourite Fly Away, and the amazing Indian War Whoop. If you like blues or true American folk, you will love this.
There are four versions of Man of Constant Sorrow, all first class, my personal favourite Fly Away, and the amazing Indian War Whoop. If you like blues or true American folk, you will love this.
Great sountrack!
Created: 06/09/08
) Well ... we know that if you loved the movie you will love this soundtrack ... plenty of reviews here will show you that. Anyone interested in buying this soundtrack needs to know that every musical piece that was in the movie made it into the CD ... even the little girls from the fair singing their gospel piece. That is why there are 4 versions of "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow". One with only the acoustic guitar (when the Soggy Bottom Boys were singing into the can), another with the entire band backing them up (when they performed at the rally) and 2 instrumental versions.
I'll be honest and even say that I had no idea that "You are my Sunshine" was such a depressing song ... like a lot of the songs on this CD are. What makes a difference is the melody and the music, it is just great.
If you are in the mood for more Bluegrass music after listening to this CD, then check out "Down From The Mountain" CD. It is a CD from a concert the Coen brothers had in Nashville at the time the movie came out, think of it as a "sister" companion to this great soundtrack.
I'll be honest and even say that I had no idea that "You are my Sunshine" was such a depressing song ... like a lot of the songs on this CD are. What makes a difference is the melody and the music, it is just great.
If you are in the mood for more Bluegrass music after listening to this CD, then check out "Down From The Mountain" CD. It is a CD from a concert the Coen brothers had in Nashville at the time the movie came out, think of it as a "sister" companion to this great soundtrack.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Bluegrass Music At It's Best
Created: 08/03/07
More music from the movie. I love country music and the Soggy Bottom Boys' I
Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow was wonderful, I'll Fly Away with Alison Krause and Gillian Welch was great. The list is too long to name each song individually. You won't regret buying this cd.
Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow was wonderful, I'll Fly Away with Alison Krause and Gillian Welch was great. The list is too long to name each song individually. You won't regret buying this cd.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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