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StudioBuena Vista Pictures
Release DateDecember 5, 2000
UPC Code008817006925
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About O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest strains of country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel music flow. Producer T Bone Burnett enlists the voices of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, and kindred spirits for performances of traditional material, in arrangements that are either a cappella or feature bare-bones accompaniment. Highlights range from the aching purity of Krauss's "Down to the River to Pray" to the plainspoken faith of the Whites' "Keep on the Sunny Side" to Stanley's chillingly plaintive "O Death." The album's spiritual centerpiece finds Krauss, Welch, and Harris harmonizing on "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby," a gospel lullaby that sounds like a chorus of Appalachian angels. --Don McLeese Amazon.com\'s Best of 2001

Tracks

  1. Po Lazarus - J. Carter & Prisoners
  2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McLintock
  3. You Are My Sunshine - Norman Blake
  4. Down In The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
  5. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
  6. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
  7. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - Norman Blake
  8. Keep On The Sunny Side - The Whites
  9. I'll Fly Away - Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss
  10. Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby - Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss & Emmylou Harris
  11. In The Highways - The Peasall Sisters
  12. I Am Weary - The Cox Family
  13. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instrumental) - John Hartford
  14. O Death - Ralph Stanley
  15. In The Jailhouse Now - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Tim Blake Nelson
  16. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (With band) - The Soggy Bottom Boys featuring Dan Tyminski
  17. Indian War Whoop (Instrumental) - John Hartford
  18. Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
  19. Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (504 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteGood As NewQuote
Bought this CD as USED but it looks and sounds as good as new. This music is haunting, beautiful, or charming...depending on the specific tune. This is really pre-country / bluegrass classical folk stuff. You will either understand its origins and love it, or think it is stupid. October 24, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteCultural RevivalQuote
This soundtrack is nothing short of a cultural revival. If it took a wonderful movie and its soundtrack to bring this music back to the forefront and garner the attention it received and deserves, so be it.

What better way could there be to reintroduce such wonderful music? At the moment I can't think of any.

Like many have said before there's not a bad track. This soundtrack is full of surprises and rich nuances that make it a joy to listen to over and over again.

Even if you haven't seen the movie this soundtrack is worth getting. September 26, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteA great CDQuote
We love the music on this Cd and also loved the DVD which we had purchased earlier. I would recommend the CD to anyone who enjoys the music on the DVD. September 15, 2008

rating: 4 Quoteold time country songsQuote
If you have seen the movie, then you know the music is great! This a fun CD to put in when your driving around with the top down on your convertible or riding in your jeep/old bronco. Parts of the movie come to mind when you hear the songs. Keeps you smiling. July 8, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteSome good old negro songsQuote
especially "Lonesome valey" - i like it most - this one is the peace of masterpeace. June 3, 2008

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