| Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | 
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Sales Rank: 4422
Category: Music
Artist: Various Artists
Publisher: Capitol
Studio: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Label: Capitol
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 21799
UPC: 094632179920
EAN: 0094632179920
ASIN: B000008JUM
Release Date: September 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | I've Got U Under My Skin - Neneh Cherry | | • | In the Still of the Night - The Neville Brothers | | • | You Do Something to Me - Sinead O'Connor | | • | Begin the Beguine - Salif Keita | | • | Love for Sale - Fine Young Cannibals | | • | Well Did You Evah? - Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop | | • | Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things - Kirsty MacColl, , The Pogues | | • | Don't Fence Me In - David Byrne | | • | It's All Right with Me - Tom Waits | | • | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Annie Lennox, | | • | Night + Day - U2, | | • | I Love Paris | | • | So in Love - k.d. lang | | • | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Thompson Twins | | • | Too Darn Hot - Erasure | | • | I Get a Kick - Jungle Brothers | | • | Down in the Depths - Lisa Stansfield | | • | From This Moment On - Jimmy Somerville | | • | After You, Who? - Jody Watley | | • | Do I Love You - Aztec Camera |
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Amazon.com
There's a long tradition of artists banding together for a noble cause, but--needless to say--good intentions are no guarantee of good art. Fortunately, the twain do meet and the project even succeeds with creative flair in this compilation. It kicked off the Red Hot AIDS Benefit series back in 1990 and in fact launched its own sort of minigenre, including theme albums devoted to George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. In fact, this eclectic mix of Cole Porter covers interpreted by a wide swath of contemporary artists unfurls a pretty ambitious agenda in addition to its message of AIDS awareness and compassion. Here, the legacy of this ultra-sophisticated, closeted master of the popular song from the era of the "lost generation" is presented as a source of rejuvenating inspiration. Porter's craft seems validated by the very flexibility of the original songs as they get retrofitted to encompass styles ranging from U2 and Tom Waits to Jungle Brothers. There's an occasional miscalculation (Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop's didactic "updating" of Porter's bon vivant wit doesn't compare well with the original), but moments of stunning fusion abound (Sinead O'Connor and Annie Lenox contribute especially memorable gems). Instead of getting lost in translation, Red Hot + Blue adds a whole new dimension to the art of swellegance. --Thomas May
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Defectt in CD August 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The CD's I purchase although appearing brand new and packaged as such both skipped, repeating a portion of the track over and over.
I suppose this may happen but I have not experienced this it all my other purchases of music.
As to the content on other tracks; interesting interpretation of the great Cole Porter.
Thomas McIntyre
 Cole Porter standards like you never imagined them August 10, 2008
Porter's good old standards; we all know them. But, I never could have imagined them done to such beats, with such rhythms. Brilliant and fun; a great discovery.
 Crazy MP3 Link January 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It says click here to download, which is what I wanted to do. It turns up some crazy album. Amazon will have to get a LOT better at searching and user interface to win me over from iTunes.
At last October 3, 2007
I purchased this when it was released, (on cassette), listened to it so much over time, not even re-spooling could save it and I actually morned its passing. To find it so many years later on DVD was like Christmas morning. So many talented artist.
Red Hot & Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter July 25, 2007
Awesome CD, used to have the cassette tape. We decided we had waited long enough to here this grouping of music again....so bought the CD. Especially as it was sold as a money raiser for AIDS. Wonderful songs, fab groups singing them. We love it.
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