Performance is a 1970 soundtrack album to the film Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. It features music from Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger.
Performance | |
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Soundtrack album by various | |
Released | September 19, 1970 |
Length | 36:26 |
Label | Warner Bros. |
Producer | Jack Nitzsche |
Singles from Performance | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
A single from the album, "Memo from Turner" sung by Mick Jagger (b/w the instrumental "Natural Magic") was released in 1970 reaching #32 on the UK singles chart.
Tracks
editSide 1
- "Gone Dead Train" 2:56 - Randy Newman (Jack Nitzsche/Russ Titelman)[3]
- "Performance" 1:49 (Bernie Krause,[4] Merry Clayton)
- "Get Away" 2:09 (Ry Cooder)
- "Powis Square 2:25 (Ry Cooder)
- "Rolls Royce and Acid" 1:50 (Jack Nitzsche)
- "Dyed, Dead, Red" 2:35 (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
- "Harry Flowers" 4:03 (Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman)
Side 2
- "Memo from Turner" 4:08 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- "Hashishin" 3:39 (Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ry Cooder)
- "Wake Up, Niggers" 2:47 (The Last Poets)
- "Poor White Hound Dog" 2:50 (Merry Clayton)
- "Natural Magic" 1:40 (Jack Nitzsche)
- "Turner's Murder" 4:15 (Merry Clayton Singers)
Screen credits
edit- Original music by Jack Nitzsche
- Conductor: Randy Newman
- Singers: Mick Jagger, Merry Clayton, Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Santoor: Nasser Rastegar-Nejad
- Moog synthesizer: Bernard Krause
Music performers
- Ry Cooder – guitar
- Amiyo Das Gupta – sitar
- Lowell George – guitar
- Milt Holland – drums, percussion
- Gene Parsons – drums, guitars
- Russ Titelman – percussion
- Bobby West – bass
Cover Versions
edit- William Orbit recorded "Harry Flowers" for his Strange Cargo III (1993)
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Richardson, Chris (2 July 2015). "Randy Newman: Once a Rocker". Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Cope, Julian ("the Seth Man") (June 2010). "Unsung: Beaver & Krauserocksampler". Head Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2018.