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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelWarner Music
UPC4943674055067
eBay Product ID (ePID)28050173851
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2004
GenreSoul, R&B & Soul
ArtistRay Charles
Release TitleRay [Original Soundtrack]
Additional Product Features
DistributionPhantom Import Distributi
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
ReviewsMojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A]chievement in corralling all forms of black music and country & western is captured gloriously..."
Additional informationComposer: Ray Charles. Even though RAY, the 2004 biopic featuring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, hit the theaters after the singer's death, Charles was heavily involved in the process of putting the film together, and co-produced the soundtrack. Consequently, the album functions as an extremely effective primer on the genre-transcending musical giant's career. As one might expect, it's heavy on Brother Ray's late-1950s/early-'60s salad days, digging into the gospel-inflected fervor of "I've Got a Woman," the gritty R&B of "Mess Around," and the soul-wracking distress call that is "Unchain My Heart." A number of live cuts are included as well, demonstrating the spontaneous invention that was part and parcel of Charles's gift, as on the jubilant "Hallelujah I Love Her So" and raw, sensual "What'd I Say." Ray's majestic way with a ballad is heard on two versions of his signature tune "Georgia on My Mind," and his pioneering R&B/country crossover work is ably represented by a live take on the sorrowful Eddy Arnold tune "You Don't Know Me." While there's no shortage of extant Charles anthologies, fans of the movie who take the soundtrack route to discovering the Genius's music will certainly not be short-changed.