Swing - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Swing is the original soundtrack
from the 1999 independent film
of the same name, Swing, starring as female lead the British
singer and - here for the first time - actress Lisa Stansfield
, who has written and interpreted most of the new tracks, featuring along with cover version
s of evergreen
s, and previously unreleased instrumental
themes. The album
includes 15 tracks, 10 of which are sung by Lisa Stansfield, 2 by Georgie Fame
, and 3 are instrumental
, written and played by Ian Devaney, Stansfield's husband and collaborator, as well as producer
and arranger
of the record. The soundtrack has reached Number 6 in the U.S. Top Jazz Albums Chart, but did not enter the general Billboard Hot 200, nor other charts in other countries, including the UK
albums chart.
on Lisa's then label, BMG
/Arista
, which re-released it—remastered and in digipak—in 2003
. At the time of re-release, deluxe editions of the Stansfield's whole back catalogue were also issued, represented by her first 5 studio
albums. Each album was reissued separately, with the addition of a number of bonus track
s on each, and also in one complete package titled The Complete Collection
, which included 15 additional tracks and a bonus disc with more B-sides, rarities and remixes
. This multiple collection does not include any of the 15 songs from the original 1999 film soundtrack. Moreover, the soundtrack album is the only remastered re-release of Lisa's long playing works not containing any bonus track.
The only two songs on the album on which Stansfield herself does not sing are "Gotta Get on This Train" and "I Thought That's What You Liked About Me", which are instead interpreted by Georgie Fame. Although she did not sing on either of the two tracks, both were written by her, along with usual collaborators Ian Devaney and Richard Darbyshire. The record also features three instrumental tunes, composed and played by Devaney only (the two "Martin's Theme"s and the "Love Theme"). The style of the album, more than the swing the title refers to, centres around white soul
, r'n'b
, sentimental ballads
and syncopated rhythms in Motown tradition, the record label where the songwriting partnership Holland–Dozier–Holland, composers of track 3, "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", penned a number of chart hits. The soundtrack also includes a cover of George
& Ira Gershwin
's "Our Love Is Here to Stay".
, except #4, #9 (interpreted by Georgie Fame
), #5, #8 and #12 (instrumental
, played by Ian Devaney).
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
from the 1999 independent film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
of the same name, Swing, starring as female lead the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
singer and - here for the first time - actress Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
, who has written and interpreted most of the new tracks, featuring along with cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s of evergreen
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...
s, and previously unreleased instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
themes. The album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
includes 15 tracks, 10 of which are sung by Lisa Stansfield, 2 by Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame is a British rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. The one-time rock and roll tour musician, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer, often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman.-Early life:Fame took piano lessons from the...
, and 3 are instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
, written and played by Ian Devaney, Stansfield's husband and collaborator, as well as producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
of the record. The soundtrack has reached Number 6 in the U.S. Top Jazz Albums Chart, but did not enter the general Billboard Hot 200, nor other charts in other countries, including the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
albums chart.
Background
The soundtrack album came out in the same year as the film1999 in music
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on Lisa's then label, BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
/Arista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
, which re-released it—remastered and in digipak—in 2003
2003 in music
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. At the time of re-release, deluxe editions of the Stansfield's whole back catalogue were also issued, represented by her first 5 studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
albums. Each album was reissued separately, with the addition of a number of bonus track
Bonus track
In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
s on each, and also in one complete package titled The Complete Collection
The Complete Collection (Lisa Stansfield)
The Complete Collection is a 6-CD boxset, released in June 2003, on BMG / Arista label, collecting all of 5 studio albums by British pop / soul singer Lisa Stansfield , the original track listings of which are enhanced by a number of remixes, rarities, bonus tracks and one previously unreleased...
, which included 15 additional tracks and a bonus disc with more B-sides, rarities and remixes
RemixeS
RemixeS is a compilation of French singer Mylène Farmer's singles by various famous DJ's, including JXL, Felix Da Housecat and Paul Oakenfold.-Brackground, writing and release:...
. This multiple collection does not include any of the 15 songs from the original 1999 film soundtrack. Moreover, the soundtrack album is the only remastered re-release of Lisa's long playing works not containing any bonus track.
The only two songs on the album on which Stansfield herself does not sing are "Gotta Get on This Train" and "I Thought That's What You Liked About Me", which are instead interpreted by Georgie Fame. Although she did not sing on either of the two tracks, both were written by her, along with usual collaborators Ian Devaney and Richard Darbyshire. The record also features three instrumental tunes, composed and played by Devaney only (the two "Martin's Theme"s and the "Love Theme"). The style of the album, more than the swing the title refers to, centres around white soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, r'n'b
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, sentimental ballads
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
and syncopated rhythms in Motown tradition, the record label where the songwriting partnership Holland–Dozier–Holland, composers of track 3, "Baby I Need Your Lovin'", penned a number of chart hits. The soundtrack also includes a cover of George
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
& Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
's "Our Love Is Here to Stay".
Track listing
All tracks interpreted by Lisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
, except #4, #9 (interpreted by Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame is a British rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player. The one-time rock and roll tour musician, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer, often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman.-Early life:Fame took piano lessons from the...
), #5, #8 and #12 (instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
, played by Ian Devaney).
- "It Ain't What You Do" – 2:43 (Sy OliverSy OliverMelvin "Sy" Oliver was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader...
, James YoungJames YoungJames Young was a Scottish chemist best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal.-Early life:James Young was born in the Drygate area of Glasgow, the son of John Young, a cabinetmaker and joiner...
) - "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" – 2:42 (Alex KramerAlex Kramer (songwriter)Alex J. Kramer was a Canadian songwriter....
, Joan WhitneyJoan Whitney KramerJoan Whitney Kramer was an American singer and songwriter.She was born as Zoe Parenteau in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Finch College in New York City. In 1934, while playing a showgirl in The Great Waltz on Broadway, she took the stage name Joan Whitney...
) - "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" – 3:38 (Brian HollandBrian HollandBrian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
, Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Eddie Holland) - "Gotta Get On This Train" – 2:04 (Stansfield, Devaney, Darbyshire)
- "Martin's Theme" – 1:24 (Ian Devaney)
- "Why Do We Call It Love" – 4:54 (Stansfield, Devaney, Darbyshire)
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" – 2:43 (GeorgeGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
& Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
) - "Love Theme" – 1:06 (Ian Devaney)
- "I Thought That's What You Liked About Me" – 3:54 (Stansfield, Devaney, Darbyshire)
- "Watch the Birdie" – 2:25 (Don RayeDon RayeDon Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...
, Gene Paul) - "The Best Is Yet to Come" – 2:49 (Cy ColemanCy ColemanCy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
, Carolyn LeighCarolyn LeighCarolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come."-Biography:...
) - "Martin's Theme (Reprise)" – 0:43 (Ian Devaney)
- "Blitzkrieg baby" – 2:38 (Fred FisherFred FisherFred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
, Doris Fisher) - "Two Years Too Blue" – 3:56 (Stansfield, Devaney, Darbyshire, Mead)
- "Mack the KnifeMack the Knife"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the...
" – 3:12 (Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
)
Personnel
- Lisa StansfieldLisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
– vocals, lyricsLyricsLyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
and harmonies - Ian Devaney – keyboards, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and arrangementArrangementThe American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
s - Gavin HarrisonGavin HarrisonGavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson....
, John Wadham, Kevin Whitehead – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Geoff Gascoyne – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Nigel Mooney, Hugh Buckley – guitars
- Clarence ClemonsClarence ClemonsClarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
, Leo GreenLeo GreenLeo Green is a British musician, broadcaster, producer, actor, musical arranger, concert promoter.-Early life:Green is the son of the late BBC Radio 2 broadcaster, writer and musician Benny Green and actress Toni Kanal, and is the brother of the writer and musician Dominic Green.-Career in the...
, Chris "Snake" DavisSnake DavisSnake Davis is a session musician who has played with some of the worlds biggest artists. In the 1980s he fronted York band Zoot and the Roots....
, Richie Buckley, Carl Geraghty – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... - Matt Holland, John ThirkellJohn ThirkellJohn Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years...
– trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Vicky Brown – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
s and extra arrangements - Stephen McDonnellStephen McDonnell-Playing career:Steven is the current right corner forward on the Armagh senior football panel. He most recent successes include his sides 2006, Ulster senior football championship winning medal for his part in Armagh's easily won victory over rivals Donegal...
– trumpet and extra arrangements - Adrian McGovern – recordingRecordingRecording is the process of capturing data or translating information to a recording format stored on some storage medium, which is often referred to as a record or, if an auditory medium, a recording....
and mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
engineer - Tim Baxter – assistant engineer
- Tony CousinsTony CousinsTony Cousins is a former Irish footballer and the current coach of League of Ireland club, Longford Town. He is the older brother of Andrew Cousins and first cousin of Tommy Dunne....
– mastering - Tommy Manzi – managementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
- Martin Rhodes – studioStudioA studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television...
management - Jacquie Darbyshire – personal management
- Rachel George – personal assistant
Chart information
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| French Albums Chart | 81 |
| U.S. Top Jazz Albums | 6 |