For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album for the feature film For Colored Girls (2010), released on November 2, 2010. Critical reception Andy Kellman with Allmusic gave the soundtrack a four star rating, commenting "Most of the artists -- an impressive mix of distinct personalities, much like the film’s cast -- contribute strong material that benefits from the context; each selection sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack for this particular film". Nitsuh Abebe with New York Magazine called the release "solemn and portentous", saying "It’s being asked to perform an absurd, impossible task — somehow embracing as much as possible of the entire modern experience of black American women — so it stretches in a few directions". Track listing Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes Sample Credits "All Day Long (Blue Skies)" contains lyrics from "Blue Skies" written by Irving Berlin. "Four Women" uses samples from the original recording of "Four Women" performed by Nina Simone, used courtesy of The Verve Music Group. Personnel Credits are adapted from Allmusic and the album’s Liner Notes Performance Kevin Arline - Bass Guitar (7) Joshua Bell - Violin (1, 14) Warryn Campbell - Instruments played by (5, additional on 12) Caviar - Vocal Group Chant (10) Shep Crawford - Drum Machine, Keyboards (7) Keith Eaddy - Bass played by (10) Nathan East - Bass played by (13) Estelle - Vocals (3) Voncielle Faggett - Background Vocals (7) Macy Gray - Vocals (10) Eric Hall - Saxophone (3) Lalah Hathaway - Vocals (5) Hollywood Studio Symphony - Other Instruments (1, 8, 14) Laura Izibor - Vocals (4, 12), Piano (4) Andrea Jones-Sojola - Soprano Vocals (8) Daniel "Adaggio" Jordan - Strings (3) Brian Kierulf - Other Instruments played by (4) Gladys Knight - Lead Vocals (7) Lake View Terrace Voices of Praise - Choir (13) Honey Larochelle - Additional Vocals (10) Ledisi - Vocals (12) Leona Lewis - Lead Vocals (13) Harvey Mason Sr. - Drums (13) Alfreda McDaniels - Background Vocals (7) Janelle Monáe - Vocals (11) Professa Funk - Guitar (7) Kevin Randolph - Keyboards (13) Harmony Samuels - Instruments played by (11) Antonio "Da Maestro" Santiago - Keyboards (7) Simone - Vocals (12) Nina Simone - Vocals, Piano (12) Michael Skinkus - Hand Drums (9) Karen Slack - Soprano Vocals (8) Derrick Tabb - Bass played by, Snare