Young Man, Older Woman: The Cast Album (1993 Studio Cast) [Cast Recording] [Cast Recording]

Editorial Reviews
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Millie Jackson has always been, shall we say, "theatrical." A rapper before rap became its own genre, a stand-up comedian who makes Eddie Murphy sound tame and a female R&B singer whose stage show makes Madonna's seem timid, Jackson has long laced her Southern soul songs with long monologues full of frank talk about sex and even franker demands for female equality in the bedroom. On recent tours, Jackson has taken the next logical step and turned her monologues and characters into a storyline built around "Young Man, Older Women," a song from her last album. Now that stage show has been documented in a semi-live album, Young Man, Older Woman--The Cast Album. Written by Doug and Helen Smith and narrated by the beefy transvestite Kenneth "Chocolate Thunder" Montague, the story finds Jackson married to comedian Reynaldo Rey. She sings straightforwardly about "Living with a Stranger," but the mood shifts as he turns aside her bawdy suggestions with cracks about her weight problem. She responds with the bluesy taunt, "You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone)." She walks out and finds herself unhappy being single, so she goes to see a quack psychiatrist, who tries to seduce her in an effort to free her inner self. Jackson finally decides she has to make it as an independent woman, and she belts out the showstopper, "Taking My Life Back." The album is an uneven combination of high-fidelity studio recordings and low-fidelity live recordings. The material, too, is an erratic mix of raunchy humor and generic, sentimental soul songs. The other performers tend to disappear behind the wattage of Jackson's personality, and her jokes too often go for the obvious rather than the surprise twist. She is an underrated soul singer, but none of her new songs taxes her talents too strenuously. --Jeffrey Himes

Tracks:

Introduction
Baby, I'm Ready Now
Dialog
Living With A Stranger
The Weight Of Love
You Gonna Miss Me
Dialog
Don't Wanna B N Luv
When A Woman Makes Up Her Mind
Dialog
I Wish It Would Rain Down
Dialog
Someday We'll All Be Free
Dialog
Taking My Life Back
People In My Head
Dialog
Young Man, Older Woman

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Millie Jackson has always been, shall we say, "theatrical." A rapper before rap became its own genre, a stand-up comedian who makes Eddie Murphy sound tame and a female R&B singer whose stage show makes Madonna's seem timid, Jackson has long laced her Southern soul songs with long monologues full of frank talk about sex and even franker demands for female equality in the bedroom. On recent tours, Jackson has taken the next logical step and turned her monologues and characters into a storyline built around "Young Man, Older Women," a song from her last album. Now that stage show has been documented in a semi-live album, Young Man, Older Woman--The Cast Album. Written by Doug and Helen Smith and narrated by the beefy transvestite Kenneth "Chocolate Thunder" Montague, the story finds Jackson married to comedian Reynaldo Rey. She sings straightforwardly about "Living with a Stranger," but the mood shifts as he turns aside her bawdy suggestions with cracks about her weight problem. She responds with the bluesy taunt, "You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone)." She walks out and finds herself unhappy being single, so she goes to see a quack psychiatrist, who tries to seduce her in an effort to free her inner self. Jackson finally decides she has to make it as an independent woman, and she belts out the showstopper, "Taking My Life Back." The album is an uneven combination of high-fidelity studio recordings and low-fidelity live recordings. The material, too, is an erratic mix of raunchy humor and generic, sentimental soul songs. The other performers tend to disappear behind the wattage of Jackson's personality, and her jokes too often go for the obvious rather than the surprise twist. She is an underrated soul singer, but none of her new songs taxes her talents too strenuously. --Jeffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

A very exciting and funny album!.......2002-10-12

I've been a Millie Jackson fan for years. I like Millie because she's real, she's better than all the other female singers and she's funny, and she makes this album a good album to check out.

I first heard this album back in 93 when I was over my aunt's house. I thought that it was a comedy album, but it happened to have some songs on it. The album begins with this gay man that talks about the "new" Millie Jackson. It's funny because after each song there was a dialog. So to be honest, I dont know whether to call this a comedy album or an live R&B album.

My favorite song on this album is "Someday,we'll all be free". It sounds better than the original from Donny Hathaway. But when I heard the song, it sounded kinda funny because Millie's voice was real deep.

I'm not really into half the songs on there, I was just intrested in the dialogs because they were real funny. That guy, Reynaldo Rey played her husband and kept insulting her about her weight! I swear, it was funny!

But if you want a good laugh and some good music, this album's the one. "Taking my life back" starts out as Millie saying to herself "I can do this! I'm taking my life back" she
sings for a few minutes than she talks about relationships. This happens to be the funniest track on the album.

But I think this album is basically for women since she talks about men the whole time. The stuff Millie says on here isnt any diffrent than what these female comedians be saying on TV.

But I like Millie Jackson. I've been a big fan of her since I was a kid. I grew up on her music. I always thought she was sexy!

I give this album 3 stars. It's a good R&B album, but I like some of her older albums better.

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