Original Sin (album)
| Original Sin | |
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| Pandora's Box studio album | |
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Publication |
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| Label (s) | Caroline Records, Virgin UK (EMI) |
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Rock , Wagnerian rock |
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running time |
67:14 minutes |
Original Sin is a concept album from and was produced by Jim Steinman's studio project Pandora's Box . Most of the songs are penned by Steinman, but two cover versions are also featured on the album. It was the only album with this project. Although it became a commercial flop (with the exception of South Africa ), some songs went platinum with other performers . This album is sometimes highly valued and has received positive reviews on sites like amazon.de. Since the budget of US $ 150,000 given by the record company was not enough, Steinman invested a million dollars from his personal fortune in order to be able to complete the album according to his ideas. Steinman is proud of the songs on the album, even if Original Sin sold poorly compared to his other albums and songs. The album came to number 43 in Sweden.
The album was re-released in 2006. In addition to the CD, there is a DVD containing videos of It's All Coming Back to Me Now and Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) , as well as a short making-of interview and depictions by Steinman.
Track list
Steinman regularly turns old material into newer projects, and most of Original Sin has been recycled. Some demo versions of songs recorded by others are also listed. Some songs were intended for the debut album of "The Dream Engine".
| No. | title | Lead singer | later cover versions |
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| 1 | The invocation | Ellen Foley | from Steinman's musical Neverland |
| 2 | Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight) | Intro and Outro by Laura Theodore; Lead vocals sung by everyone, mainly Gina Taylor and Ellen Foley | Taylor Dayne on the soundtrack of the 1994 film The Shadow , Meat Loaf on Welcome to the Neighborhood , rewritten as God is dead for the musical Dance of the Vampires |
| 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | Ellen Foley | Original version of The Doors (1967) |
| 4th | Safe sex | Gina Taylor | A demo version was recorded by Karine Hannah while she was working on an album with Steinman. However, their management announced in 2002 that the cooperation would no longer take place, there was no more detailed explanation. It is expected on the debut album of "The Dream Engine". |
| 5 | Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) | Holly Sherwood | Meat Loaf on Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
| 6th | Requiem metal | An excerpt from Verdi's Requiem Mass | reused as a playback for Wasted Youth on Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
| 7th | I've Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately | Monologue , spoken by Jim Steinman | reused in an early version of Dance of the Vampires |
| 8th | It's All Coming Back to Me Now | Elaine Caswell |
Celine Dion on Falling into You Meat Loaf and Marion Raven on Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
| 9 | The opening of the box | An excerpt from The Storm from Steinman's 1981 album Bad for Good | reused in dance of the vampires |
| 10 | The Want Ad | Monologue spoken by Ellen Foley | from Steinman's musical Neverland |
| 11 | My Little Red Book | Ellen Foley | Originally written in 1966 by Burt Bacharach and written by Manfred Mann for the film What's New, Pussy? recorded, the arrangement follows very closely the cover version of Love . |
| 12 | It just won't quit | Elaine Caswell | Meat Loafs Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
| 13 | Pray Lewd | Piano solo with parts from Original Sin , It's All Coming Back to Me Now and It Just Won't Quit , played by Steven Margoshes | covered at some concerts by The Dream Engine |
| 14th | The Future Ain't What It Used to Be | Gina Taylor | Erika Christensen on the Wuthering Heights soundtrack (reusing Roy Bittan's original piano piece), Meat Loaf and Jennifer Hudson on Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
Rory Dodd was mostly there as backing vocal and his voice was barely recognizable in the songs, in contrast to Fire Inc, where he could be heard more clearly in the background. Todd Rundgren also helped out with backing vocals this time. Another Bat-out-of-Hell veteran who cast her voice was Ellen Foley.
Videos
Music videos were produced for the songs It's All Coming Back to Me Now and Good Girls Go to Heaven . Ken Russell directed It's All Coming Back to Me Now . The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Steinman wrote the concept, inspired by Russell's contribution in the episode film Aria. The video features leather, snakes, tombstones and cock rings with sunken skulls and a glorious, erotic ceremony depicting the fantasies of a girl who nearly died in a motorcycle accident while paramedics take care of her. When Jim Steinman's manager saw the video, he yelled, “This is a porn video!” The two days of shooting were beyond time and money, with an hour costing £ 35,000. Russell and Steinman even sketched a scene in which a motorcyclist drives up the stairs of a local church, jumps over to the top of the corner towers, and then explodes, but the church leaders did not approve.
The video for Good Girls Go to Heaven was shot in a prison and directed by Brian Grant. The video shows the arrival of a new inmate named Jenny (the name appears in the first line of the song). When the song starts, the other inmates dance around Jenny.
occupation
Pandora's Box
- Elaine Caswell - vocals
- Ellen Foley - vocals
- Gina Taylor - vocals
- Deliria Wilde - vocals
- Jim Steinman - keyboards
tape
- Eddie Martinez - guitar
- Steve Buslowe - bass
- Tony Levin - Bass with Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight)
- Roy Bittan - grand piano
- Steven Margoshes - piano with Pray Lewd
- Jeff Bova - synthesizer , keyboard, programming
- Jimmy Bralower - drums , programming
- Todd Rundgren, Eric Troyer, Rory Dodd, Holly Sherwood, Laura Theodore - backing vocals
- Curtis King, Tawatha Agee, Vaneese Thomas, Brenda King, Darryl Tookes - additional backing vocals
2006 special version
In the slipstream of the release of Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose , Virgin / EMI released a special edition. The CD contains the original remastered album while the DVD contains two promotional videos and additional promotional material.
DVD title list
- Jim Steinman Opens Pandora's Box - 18:18
- Prologue (A Teenager In Love) (Video) - 0:58
- It's All Coming Back to Me Now (video) - 6:38
- Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) (Video) - 6:12
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jonathan Karp in Washington Post: THE BAT OUT OF HELL. In: Washington Post. January 26, 1997, accessed February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Swedish single charts. swedishcharts.com
- ↑ Sexlies . jimsteinman.com