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intereact!Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2004-10-19
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
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Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Soul and R&B legend Ray Charles may not have lived to see the success of Hollywood's ultimate tribute to him, but director Taylor Hackford's biopic (featuring a landmark performance by Jamie Foxx as the musical legend) will further burnish his legacy as one of the cornerstones of contemporary American music. Though it stretches from 1953's ecstatic, proto-soul "Mess Around" to a sublime, bluesy live take of "Georgia on My Mind" recorded in Japan in the mid-'70s, this 17-track song-score can only be an inviting appetizer to the singer's epochal body of work. Charles's artistry may have virtually defined soul music, yet it also triumphed in genres as far afield as blues ("Nightime Is the Right Time") and country ("I Can't Stop Loving You," "Bye Bye Love") during the '60s, the impossibly rich era from which the bulk of this soundtrack is culled. Crucially, fully a third of the cuts here are live recordings--including electrifying 1965 performances of "What'd I Say," "You Don't Know Me," and "Hallelujah I Love Her So" hand-picked for the film by Charles himself--the forum in which the singer consistently operated on a whole other artistic plateau from mere mortals. -- Jerry McCulley2) Album Description
This fall Universal Pictures and Walden Media will release the feature-length biopic Ray!, the never-before-told musical biographical drama of the late American legend Ray Charles. Featuring a remarkable performance from Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray! follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (La Bamba, An Officer And A Gentleman), the film features Foxx's uncanny lip-syncing to classic Ray Charles tracks (utilizing the artist's original master recordings). Ray! is an inspirational story about an amazing artist and human being, with Ray Charles music at the film's very core.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Ray charles [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This was a gift for someone. it made an excellent giftcause they are really into Ray.2) Something extrange [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I bought this CD, it has not arrived yet.Aparently it costed 12.97 but I am payng for two of this cds.Has anything like this happened to you?There are two cds with all the songs?Or did I make a mistake?Thanks for the answers.3) Songs are good but... [Rating: 3 out of 5]
These are great songs and it matches up well with the movie, however the sound quality is less than stellar. Sounded so much better in the actual movie. I can't understand why the CD producers didn't enhance the sound quality to be the same as the movie itself.4) This is THE Ray Charles greatest hits compilation to buy! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This has all of Ray Charles' hits from both Atlantic and ABC-Paramount, which make this THE collection to buy. Perfection, genious and emotion, all given to us by one of America's truly great artists!5) Ray will be long remembered with this album [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I'm one of the recent fans of Ray Charles since I've watched the movie. then I had to have a decent compilation about Ray, so I thought about the Sountrack, and it's been great!! It gets you trhought the whole feeling of the movie, since the beggining to the end of it. Ray is the Genius, he'll always be...