- I've Got U Under My Skin - Neneh Cherry - Cole Porter
- In the Still of the Night - Neville Brothers - Cole Porter
- You Do Something To Me - Sinead O'Connor - Cole Porter
- Begin the Beguine - Salif Keita - Cole Porter
- Love For Sale - Fine Young Cannibals - Cole Porter
- Well Did You Evah? - Debbie Harry - Iggy Pop - Cole Porter
- Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things - Kirsty MacColl - Pogues - Cole Porter
- Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne - Robert Fletcher - Cole Porter
- It's All Right With Me - Cole Porter - Tom Waits
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Annie Lennox - Cole Porter
- Night and Day - Cole Porter - U2
- I Love Paris - Cole Porter
- So In Love - K.D. Lang - Cole Porter
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Cole Porter - Thompson Twins
- Too Darn Hot - Erasure - Cole Porter
- I Get a Kick - Jungle Brothers
- Down In the Depths - Cole Porter - Lisa Stansfield
- From This Moment On - Cole Porter - Jimmy Somerville
- After You, Who? - Cole Porter - Jody Watley
- Do I Love You - Aztec Camera
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Neneh Cherry Primary Artist
Sinead O'Connor Primary Artist,Vocals
Aztec Camera Primary Artist
Kirsty MacColl Primary Artist,Vocals
Debbie Harry Primary Artist,Vocals
Les Negresses Vertes Primary Artist
Jody Watley Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Fine Young Cannibals Primary Artist
Erasure Primary Artist
David Byrne Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
U2 Primary Artist
Lisa Stansfield Primary Artist,Vocals
Jungle Brothers Primary Artist
Thompson Twins Primary Artist
Annie Lennox Primary Artist,Vocals
Tom Waits Primary Artist,Vocals,Chamberlin,Percussion
Jimmy Somerville Primary Artist,Vocals
Salif Keita Primary Artist,Vocals
k.d. lang Primary Artist,Vocals
Neville Brothers Primary Artist
The Pogues Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mark E. Nevin Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Sandy Palmer Grassi Vocals (Background)
Teddy Borowiecki Accordion
Steve Sacks Tamborim,Vocals (Background)
Andy Morris Brass
Kenny Kosek Fiddle
Keletigui Diabate Balafon
Roland Gift Vocals
Randy Waldman Piano
Tony Hall Bass,Guitar
Tony Mola Repique,Timbaus,Vocals (Background)
Paul Barrett Keyboards
Andy Cox Guitar
Guy Pratt Guitar (Bass)
Willie Green Bass,Drums
Vinnie Colaiuta Drums
Ian Devaney Brass
Chris Stein Guitar,Synthesizer
Connie Grauer Keyboards
Chucho Merchan Bass
David Steele Keyboards,Bass
Saxa Saxophone,Percussion
Cyril Neville Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Shane MacGowan Vocals
Ben Mink Guitar
Greg Cohen Bass,Percussion
Edward Shearmur Piano
The Edge Guitar
Gato Negro Vocals (Background)
David Piltch Bass
Charles Neville Vocals,Saxophone,Percussion,Sax (Alto)
John Clayton Bass
Abraham Sirinix Vocals (Background),Clarinet,Percussion
Gaby le Magnifique Bongos
Stephen Gibson Trumpet
Eric Struthers Guitar
Frank Tontoh Drums
Jean Pierre Alcouffe Brass
Joroz Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Mathieu Canavese Accordion,Vocals (Background)
Nick Playtes Piano
Seku Tonge Vocals,Tambourine,Whistle (Human),Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument),Tamborim
Roddy Frame Guitar,Vocals
Zeze Drums
Helio Schiavo Caixa,Vocals (Background)
Paul O Bass
Timbao Vocals (Background)
Mel Gaynor Drums
Santos Chillemi Piano
Tom Bailey Vocals
Jimmy Macdonell Accordion
James Fearnley Accordion
Nick Plytas Piano
Aaron Neville Vocals
The Browns Vocals (Background)
Caixa Vocals (Background)
Charlie Negrita Vocals (Background),Surdo,Vibraphone
Jose Sena Nego Gato Surdo,Gritos,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Annie Sarabia Vocals (Background)
Martin Parry Drums
Paul Powell Bass
Kevin Whitehead Drums
Reinaldo Fernandes Repique,Vocals (Background)
Kim Zick Drums
Graeme Hamilton Piano,Trumpet
John Mitchell Director,Conductor
Gary Sanctuary Keyboards
Souleymanne Doumbia Percussion
Portinho Tamnorim Drums,Vocals (Background)
Lucien Vocals (Background)
Mazinho Marques Tamborim,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Fabrice Castelot Guitar
Brenda Dunlap Vocals (Background)
Portinho Drums,Vocals (Background)
Noel Eccles Congas
Art Neville Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone
Alannah Currie Vocals
Helno Vocals
Robert Musso Mixing
Sandy Palmer Grassi Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Andy Cox Producer,Mixing
Steve Lillywhite Mixing,Producer,Executive Producer,Supervising Producer
Andy Morris Producer
Bobby Brooks Engineer
Bill Allen Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Biff Dawes Engineer
Bill Jackson Engineer
Lisa Stansfield Producer,Performer
Roland Gift Producer
Jungle Brothers Performer
Neneh Cherry Producer,Performer
Nick Prout Engineer
Paul Barrett Producer
Danny Duncan Assistant Engineer
Chris Bandy Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Eoghan McCarron Engineer
Andre Cymone Producer
Sodi Mixing,Producer
Sinead O'Connor Performer
Aztec Camera Performer
Keith Fernley Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Kirsty MacColl Performer
Ian Bryan Engineer
Ian Devaney Producer
Chris Stein Engineer,Producer
Cole Porter Composer
John Carlin Producer,Liner Notes
Debbie Harry Performer
Les Negresses Vertes Performer
Chris Dickie Engineer
Ben Mink Producer
Greg Cohen Producer
Vince Clarke Arranger,Producer
Jody Watley Performer
The Edge Producer
Fine Young Cannibals Performer
Erasure Performer
Eric Calvi Engineer,Producer
David Byrne Arranger,Producer,Performer
U2 Performer
David Steele Mixing,Producer
F. Richard Pappas Executive Producer
Booga Bear Mixing,Producer
Jean Pierre Alcouffe Executive Producer
John Azelvandre Assistant Engineer
Roddy Frame Producer
Patrick Fremeaux Engineer,Coordination
Andy Bill Arranger,Producer
Andre Soulies Engineer
Max Garcia Assistant Engineer
Santos Chillemi Arranger,Producer
The Pogues Performer
Tom Bailey Mixing,Producer
Thompson Twins Performer
Marc Ramaer Engineer,Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Annie Lennox Performer
Tom Waits Producer,Performer
David Farrell Engineer
Robert Fletcher Composer
Frank Gargiulo Design
Johnny Dollar Producer
Justin Lansing Composer
Joseph Mailander Composer
Jimmy Somerville Performer
Chris Birkett Engineer,Vocal Recording
Brian New Mixing
Joe Gruvtek Seta Engineer
Lee Curle Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Robert Power Engineer
Karl Madert Engineer
Helene Silverman Art Direction
Fabrice Castelot Engineer
Brenda Dunlap Production Coordination
Simon Van Zwanenberg Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Salif Keita Performer,Translation
k.d. lang Producer,Performer
Nigel Godrich Assistant Engineer
Neville Brothers Performer
Iggy Pop Performer
Afrika Bambaataa Mixing,Producer
Phil Savage Engineer
Jim Goatley Engineer
Clive Mixing,Producer
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter
by Red Hot & Blue: Cole Porter Tri
Red Hot & Blue: Cole Porter Tri
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter
by Red Hot & Blue: Cole Porter Tri
Red Hot & Blue: Cole Porter Tri
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Overview
Cole Porter did not die of AIDS, but he is generally acknowledged to have been at least bisexual, which seems to be the justification for assembling an AIDS charity album in which contemporary artists perform songs he wrote in the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s. Producer/creators Leigh Blake and John Carlin (along with Steve Lillywhite, credited as supervising musical producer, who produced several of the individual tracks) appear to have suggested to the artists that they simply take Porter's lead sheets and come up with arrangements and recordings in their own individual styles. Leading off the album, Neneh Cherry demonstrates how far that can be from traditional approaches to Porter's music. Her "I've Got U Under My Skin" begins with a rap about AIDS over a hip-hop arrangement, and it never uses much more of Porter's original music and lyrics than the title phrase. No wonder the album booklet makes a point of printing Porter's words to the songs as written, since in some cases that's the only place they can be found. Cherry's effort and the Jungle Brothers' similar take on "I Get a Kick Out of You" (here called "I Get a Kick") prove to be the most radical reinterpretations. And there are tracks in which the artists have taken the opposite tack, going for re-creations of styles from decades past. Sinead O'Connor is accompanied by the Malcolm Griffiths Orchestra in a swinging performance of "You Do Something to Me" that Porter would have found familiar, and Lisa Stansfield also takes a retro approach in a horn-filled arrangement of "Down in the Depths," while Jody Watley's "After You, Who?" sounds like something a '50s nightclub singer might do, complete with strings. But most of the time, the artists just sound like themselves. Tom Waits' falsetto treatment of "It's All Right with Me" wouldn't sound out of place on his Swordfishtrombones album, for example, and David Byrne's "Don't Fence Me In," with its Latin percussion, could be on his Rei Momo. Sometimes, the artists' familiar styles play into emotional statements of the Porter lyrics, such as with Annie Lennox's torchy "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" and k.d. lang's moody "So in Love." Other times, especially in the cases of some of the dance-pop artists, the song-as-written is largely subsumed to the arrangement; Jimmy Somerville's "From This Moment On" at one point forgets it's based on a Porter song and borrows from Donna Summer's "I Feel Love." And then there are a few artists who clearly just wanted to have some fun, in particular the teaming of Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop on "Well, Did You Evah?," a song that previously provided comic opportunities to Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Like most various-artists albums and most tribute albums, this one is wildly uneven; like most charity albums, it's in the service of a good cause. ~ William Ruhlmann
Product Details
Release Date: | 09/25/1990 |
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Label: | Chrysalis Records |
UPC: | 0094632179920 |
Rank: | 87512 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Iggy Pop Primary Artist,Guitar,VocalsNeneh Cherry Primary Artist
Sinead O'Connor Primary Artist,Vocals
Aztec Camera Primary Artist
Kirsty MacColl Primary Artist,Vocals
Debbie Harry Primary Artist,Vocals
Les Negresses Vertes Primary Artist
Jody Watley Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Fine Young Cannibals Primary Artist
Erasure Primary Artist
David Byrne Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
U2 Primary Artist
Lisa Stansfield Primary Artist,Vocals
Jungle Brothers Primary Artist
Thompson Twins Primary Artist
Annie Lennox Primary Artist,Vocals
Tom Waits Primary Artist,Vocals,Chamberlin,Percussion
Jimmy Somerville Primary Artist,Vocals
Salif Keita Primary Artist,Vocals
k.d. lang Primary Artist,Vocals
Neville Brothers Primary Artist
The Pogues Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mark E. Nevin Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Sandy Palmer Grassi Vocals (Background)
Teddy Borowiecki Accordion
Steve Sacks Tamborim,Vocals (Background)
Andy Morris Brass
Kenny Kosek Fiddle
Keletigui Diabate Balafon
Roland Gift Vocals
Randy Waldman Piano
Tony Hall Bass,Guitar
Tony Mola Repique,Timbaus,Vocals (Background)
Paul Barrett Keyboards
Andy Cox Guitar
Guy Pratt Guitar (Bass)
Willie Green Bass,Drums
Vinnie Colaiuta Drums
Ian Devaney Brass
Chris Stein Guitar,Synthesizer
Connie Grauer Keyboards
Chucho Merchan Bass
David Steele Keyboards,Bass
Saxa Saxophone,Percussion
Cyril Neville Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Shane MacGowan Vocals
Ben Mink Guitar
Greg Cohen Bass,Percussion
Edward Shearmur Piano
The Edge Guitar
Gato Negro Vocals (Background)
David Piltch Bass
Charles Neville Vocals,Saxophone,Percussion,Sax (Alto)
John Clayton Bass
Abraham Sirinix Vocals (Background),Clarinet,Percussion
Gaby le Magnifique Bongos
Stephen Gibson Trumpet
Eric Struthers Guitar
Frank Tontoh Drums
Jean Pierre Alcouffe Brass
Joroz Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Mathieu Canavese Accordion,Vocals (Background)
Nick Playtes Piano
Seku Tonge Vocals,Tambourine,Whistle (Human),Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument),Tamborim
Roddy Frame Guitar,Vocals
Zeze Drums
Helio Schiavo Caixa,Vocals (Background)
Paul O Bass
Timbao Vocals (Background)
Mel Gaynor Drums
Santos Chillemi Piano
Tom Bailey Vocals
Jimmy Macdonell Accordion
James Fearnley Accordion
Nick Plytas Piano
Aaron Neville Vocals
The Browns Vocals (Background)
Caixa Vocals (Background)
Charlie Negrita Vocals (Background),Surdo,Vibraphone
Jose Sena Nego Gato Surdo,Gritos,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Annie Sarabia Vocals (Background)
Martin Parry Drums
Paul Powell Bass
Kevin Whitehead Drums
Reinaldo Fernandes Repique,Vocals (Background)
Kim Zick Drums
Graeme Hamilton Piano,Trumpet
John Mitchell Director,Conductor
Gary Sanctuary Keyboards
Souleymanne Doumbia Percussion
Portinho Tamnorim Drums,Vocals (Background)
Lucien Vocals (Background)
Mazinho Marques Tamborim,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Fabrice Castelot Guitar
Brenda Dunlap Vocals (Background)
Portinho Drums,Vocals (Background)
Noel Eccles Congas
Art Neville Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone
Alannah Currie Vocals
Helno Vocals
Technical Credits
Mark Wallis EngineerRobert Musso Mixing
Sandy Palmer Grassi Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Andy Cox Producer,Mixing
Steve Lillywhite Mixing,Producer,Executive Producer,Supervising Producer
Andy Morris Producer
Bobby Brooks Engineer
Bill Allen Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Biff Dawes Engineer
Bill Jackson Engineer
Lisa Stansfield Producer,Performer
Roland Gift Producer
Jungle Brothers Performer
Neneh Cherry Producer,Performer
Nick Prout Engineer
Paul Barrett Producer
Danny Duncan Assistant Engineer
Chris Bandy Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Eoghan McCarron Engineer
Andre Cymone Producer
Sodi Mixing,Producer
Sinead O'Connor Performer
Aztec Camera Performer
Keith Fernley Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Kirsty MacColl Performer
Ian Bryan Engineer
Ian Devaney Producer
Chris Stein Engineer,Producer
Cole Porter Composer
John Carlin Producer,Liner Notes
Debbie Harry Performer
Les Negresses Vertes Performer
Chris Dickie Engineer
Ben Mink Producer
Greg Cohen Producer
Vince Clarke Arranger,Producer
Jody Watley Performer
The Edge Producer
Fine Young Cannibals Performer
Erasure Performer
Eric Calvi Engineer,Producer
David Byrne Arranger,Producer,Performer
U2 Performer
David Steele Mixing,Producer
F. Richard Pappas Executive Producer
Booga Bear Mixing,Producer
Jean Pierre Alcouffe Executive Producer
John Azelvandre Assistant Engineer
Roddy Frame Producer
Patrick Fremeaux Engineer,Coordination
Andy Bill Arranger,Producer
Andre Soulies Engineer
Max Garcia Assistant Engineer
Santos Chillemi Arranger,Producer
The Pogues Performer
Tom Bailey Mixing,Producer
Thompson Twins Performer
Marc Ramaer Engineer,Second Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Annie Lennox Performer
Tom Waits Producer,Performer
David Farrell Engineer
Robert Fletcher Composer
Frank Gargiulo Design
Johnny Dollar Producer
Justin Lansing Composer
Joseph Mailander Composer
Jimmy Somerville Performer
Chris Birkett Engineer,Vocal Recording
Brian New Mixing
Joe Gruvtek Seta Engineer
Lee Curle Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Robert Power Engineer
Karl Madert Engineer
Helene Silverman Art Direction
Fabrice Castelot Engineer
Brenda Dunlap Production Coordination
Simon Van Zwanenberg Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Salif Keita Performer,Translation
k.d. lang Producer,Performer
Nigel Godrich Assistant Engineer
Neville Brothers Performer
Iggy Pop Performer
Afrika Bambaataa Mixing,Producer
Phil Savage Engineer
Jim Goatley Engineer
Clive Mixing,Producer
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