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Various Artists
Magnolia soundtrack
CD courtesy of
Reprise Records
When writer/director Paul Thomas
Anderson made Magnolia, he also
wanted to use the film as a vehicle to
launch the career of one of his fa
vorite singers, Aimee Mann.
Anderson even went so far as to
have one of Mann’s songs sung by the
main characters in a brief and unusual
segment of the film.
Mann is an excellent singer and
songwriter, and this album shows off'
her talent as her work comprises nine
of the 13 tracks — only two other
bands are featured in the four remain
ing tracks.
The one problem with the album is
that it fails to include much of the
score to Magnolia, which surpasses
the music used in the film.
Perhaps the producers of the al
bum should have been more con
cerned with including more than one
two-minute track of the amazing
score by Jon Brion, instead of trying
to launch the career of Aimee Mann
by showcasing mainly her work on
this album. (Grade: B-)
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Various Artists
The Rough Guide
to Tex-Mex
World Music Network
-Kyle Whitacre
This collection of Mexican ballads
and polkas is a great guide for someone
looking for a CD that w ill provide an in
troduction to Tex-Mex ranchero music.
assuming of course that the listener en
joys a healthy dose of the accordion.
Like previous efforts by groups such
as Los Super Seven, the World Music
Network’s Rough Guide to Tex-Mex gets
weighty help from accordion superstar
Flaco Jimenez, w ho’s represented here
by three songs on the 19 song collection.
Jimenez’s tracks are among the best on
the CD, which also features contribu
tions by Place’s brother Santiago
Jimenez Jr. The two songs by Santiago
represent the more traditional Tex-Mex
style, including the instrumental “Alma
De Tejas," a lively polka number that
begs to be danced to.
Also on the collection are Los
Pinkys, a local band from Austin, w ith
two songs from their Esta Pasion album.
Los Pinkys distinguish themselves with
a good mix of English and Spanish
singing, though it’s unfortunate that the
collection does not include “Real Cool
Dude,” their standout song on Esta Pa
sion. Surely the compilers of Rough
Guide could have included it m place o
"I ley Baby, Que Paso,” the dreadful
song by The Texas Tornadoes (here pei
formed by Jimmy Sturr) that anyone
who has attended a Mexican wedding
has no doubt had to suffer through.
The standout on the album has to be
Mingo Saldivar’s rendition of Johnny
Cash’s “Ring of Fire” (or, in S
“Rueda IX* Fuego”). Creative!
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