| Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | February 3, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Length | 60:29 | |||
| Label | Uptown/Universal | |||
| Producer | Paul Shaffer | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album that features the Blues Brothers. It is a soundtrack album to the 1998 film, Blues Brothers 2000, the sequel to the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.
In addition to tracks by the Blues Brothers Band performed with guest artists such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Dr. John, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett, there are songs by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Blues Traveler as well as an all-star blues supergroup, the Louisiana Gator Boys, featuring B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Charlie Musselwhite, Doctor John, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Billy Preston and other artists.
This is the first official Blues Brothers release to feature John Goodman, although his first performance as a member of the group occurred at the House of Blues in Los Angeles in 1995.[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Born in Chicago" | Nick Gravenites | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 3:05 |
| 2. | "The Blues Don't Bother Me" | Murphy | Matt "Guitar" Murphy | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Harmonica Musings" | Popper | John Popper | 0:32 |
| 4. | "Cheaper to Keep Her" | Mack Rice | Elwood Blues, Lonnie Brooks and Junior Wells | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Perry Mason Theme" | Fred Steiner | Blues Brothers | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Looking for a Fox" | Clarence Carter/Marcus Daniel/Rick Hall/Wilbur Terrell | Blues Brothers | 2:46 |
| 7. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | Otis Redding | Blues Brothers | 2:24 |
| 8. | "Respect" | Redding | Aretha Franklin and the Ridgeway Sisters | 3:00 |
| 9. | "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" | Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd | Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Jonny Lang and the Blues Brothers | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Maybe I'm Wrong" | Popper | Blues Traveler | 5:33 |
| 11. | "Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" | Stan Jones | Blues Brothers | 3:10 |
| 12. | "John the Revelator" | Son House | James Brown, Sam Moore and Cab Blues | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Let There Be Drums" | Sandy Nelson/Richard Podolor | Carl LaFong Trio | 1:14 |
| 14. | "Season of the Witch" | Donovan Leitch | Dr. John and The Blues Brothers | 5:09 |
| 15. | "Funky Nassau" | Tyrone Fitzgerald/Raphael Munnings | Queen Mousette, Cab Blues, Elwood Blues, Mighty Mack and The Blues Brothers | 4:11 |
| 16. | "How Blue Can You Get?" | Jane Feather | The Louisiana Gator Boys | 5:18 |
| 17. | "Turn On Your Love Light" | Deadric Malone/Joe Scott | Blues Brothers | 3:30 |
| 18. | "New Orleans" | Frank Guida/Joseph Royster | The Louisiana Gator Boys and the Blues Brothers | 4:01 |
Other songs in the film
In addition to the soundtrack, there are songs that appear in the film as background music that do not feature on the soundtrack. They include:
- "Last Night" by the Blues Brothers Band - plays when Elwood and Buster drive through the city, to Willie's Strip Club
- "Gumpstumper" by Ben Vaughan - plays during the car chase scene between Elwood, Mack, Buster and the Russian gangsters, after Willie's Strip Club is burnt down
- "Honkytonk Dancing Machine" by Tracy Byrd - plays in the background of the scene at Bob's Country Kitchen
- "Please Please Please" by James Brown and Blues Brothers - the lady is leaving at the end of the movie
- "Checkin' Up on My Baby" by Junior Wells and Lonnie Brooks - at the last credits, Junior Wells sang in the film before he died, and Lonnie Brooks sang too with his guitar at Willie's Strip Club
Credits
- "Mighty" Mack McTeer (John Goodman) - vocals
- Buster Blues (J. Evan Bonifant) - vocals
- Cab Blues (Joe Morton) - vocals
- Elwood J. Blues (Dan Aykroyd) - vocals, blues harp
- Steve "the Colonel" Cropper - guitar
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy - lead guitar
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
- "Blue" Lou Marini - alt, tenor and baritone saxophone
- Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin - trumpet
- Tom "Bones" Malone - trombone, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
- Birch "Crimson Slide" Johnson - trombone
- Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer - keyboards, producer
- Leon "The Lion" Pendarvis - keyboards
- Murphy "Murph" Dunne - keyboards
- Anton Fig - drums
- Steve Potts - drums
- Willie "Too Big" Hall - drums
- John Popper - harmonica
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[2] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[3] | Gold | 25,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
|
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ↑ "Bluesseiten, Blues Brothers Fanseite und David Bowie Fanseite".
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Blues Brothers 2000 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Music Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Blues Brothers 2000')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Blues Brothers 2000". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
External links
- Album page at Blues Brothers Central Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine