Original Sin (album)
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| Original Sin | ||
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| Studio album by Pandora's Box | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Recorded | The Power Station, New York City | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Producer(s) | Jim Steinman | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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Original Sin is a concept album performed by Pandora's Box and produced by Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote the majority of this album, although there are a couple of cover versions. It was the group's only album. Although a commercial flop, it is held in very high regard by Steinman fans: it attracts favourable amateur reviews on sites such as Amazon.com.
Although the album was not a commercial success (except in South Africa), many of the songs have gone platinum with other artists. Jim Steinman is said to be very proud of the songs on this album, even though Original Sin sold very poorly in comparison with his other albums and songs. The album charted at #43 in Sweden. [1]
Steinman regularly reworks previous material for a newer project, and much of Original Sin has been recycled, as listed in the table below. Some demo versions of tracks recorded by others are listed. Some tracks will also be released on The Dream Engine's debut album.
The album was rereleased in 2006 along with a DVD featuring the videos for "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" and "Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)".
Contents |
[edit] Track listings and cover versions
| Track No. | Title | Main Vocalist | Subsequent Cover Versions |
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| 1 | The Invocation | Ellen Foley | |
| 2 | Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight) | intro and outro by Laurie Sargent, lead vocals by all the girls, primarily Gina Taylor | Taylor Dayne on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie version of The Shadow; Meat Loaf on Welcome to the Neighborhood; rewritten for Tanz der Vampire/Dance of the Vampires |
| 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | Ellen Foley | this is a cover version: The Doors (1967) |
| 4 | Safe Sex | Gina Taylor | A demo of "Safe Sex" performed by Canadian vocalist Karine Hannah has been leaked onto the internet from the period when she was working with Steinman on an ill-fated album; it is expected to appear on The Dream Engine's debut album[2] |
| 5 | Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) | Holly Sherwood | Meat Loaf on Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
| 6 | Requiem Metal | a sample from Verdi's Requiem Mass | |
| 7 | I've Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately | monologue performed by Jim Steinman | re-used in an early draft of the American version of Tanz der Vampire/Dance of the Vampires |
| 8 | It's All Coming Back To Me Now | Elaine Caswell | Céline 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 extract from The Storm, from Steinman's 1981 album Bad for Good | reused in the American version of Tanz der Vampire/Dance of the Vampires |
| 10 | The Want Ad | monologue performed by Ellen Foley | featured in Jim Steinman's musical Neverland |
| 11 | My Little Red Book | Ellen Foley; written by Burt Bacharach | |
| 12 | It Just Won't Quit | Elaine Caswell | Meat Loaf on Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell |
| 13 | Pray Lewd | piano solo of Original Sin, It's All Coming Back... and It Just Won't Quit, performed by Steven Margoshes | covered at some Dream Engine/Over the Top concerts |
| 14 | The Future Ain't What It Used to Be | Gina Taylor | Erika Christensen on Wuthering Heights OST; Meat Loaf and Jennifer Hudson on Bat Out of Hell III |
Rory Dodd mostly contributed background vocals and his voice was barely distinguishable in the songs, unlike that of Fire Inc, where he is definitely more audible in the background. Todd Rundgren also helped out with the background vocals this time. Another Bat Out of Hell veteran who contributed with her voice was Ellen Foley.
- "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (1989) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample features the guitar middle section, and some of Elaine Caswell's vocals.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Pandora's Box
- Elaine Caswell — Vocals
- Ellen Foley — Vocals
- Gina Taylor — Vocals
- Deliria Wilde — Vocals
- Jim Steinman — Keyboards
[edit] Band
- Roy Bittan — Grand Piano
- Jeff Bova — Synthesizers, Keyboards, Programming
- Jimmy Bralower — Drums, Programming
- Eddie Martinez — Guitars
- Steve Buslowe — Bass Guitar
[edit] Additional musicians
- Tony Levin — bass on "Original Sin (The Natives Are Restless Tonight)"
- Steven Margoshes — piano on "Pray Lewd"
- Todd Rundgren — backing vocals
- Eric Troyer — backing vocals
- Rory Dodd — backing vocals
- Holly Sherwood — lead vocals on "Original Sin" and "Good Girls…", backing vocals
- Laura Theodore — lead vocals on "Original Sin", backing vocals
- Curtis King — additional backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee — additional backing vocals
- Vaneese Thomas — additional backing vocals
- Brenda King — additional backing vocals
- Darryl Tookes — additional backing vocals
[edit] 2006 Special Edition re-issue
In the slipstream of the release of Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, Virgin / EMI released a two disc special edition. The first disc contains the remastered original album, while the second disc is a DVD, containing the two promo videos, and some additional promotional footage.
[edit] DVD track listing
- "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 (Bat Girls Go Everywhere)" (video) - 6:12
[edit] DVD credits
- Produced and Directed by Mark Wightwick, Executive Producer: Sue Winter
- Directed by Ken Russell, produced by Vasconcellos
- Directed by Ken Russell, produced by Vasconcellos
- Directed by Brian Grant, produced by Jonathan Cooke
DVD Produced by Abbey Road Interactive
[edit] References
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Pandora%27s+Box&titel=Original+Sin&cat=a
- ^ A short clip was made available on their MySpace in August 2006: http://www.myspace.com/thedreamengine
