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Various Artists
Soundtrack to the
motion picture
The Next Best Thing
CD Courtesy of
Maverick Recording Co.
The first single from the soundtrack is,
of course, the remake of Don McLean’s
“American Pie.” Madonna continues to be
favorably original even in doing a cover.
“American Pie” is reason enough to buy
the entire soundtrack. Since the song is not
going to be released as a single, this is the
only chance at purchasing the song.
A second new Madonna song, ‘Time
Stood Still” written specifically for the
movie, is also on the soundtrack.
This soundtrack is definitely a good
listen. Madonna apparently can do no
wrong when it comes to successfully con
tinuing her career (Grade: A).
—Jeff Wolfshohl
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The soundtrack to the new Madonna
movie. The Next Best Thing, contains an
eclectic choice of tracks.
The album was produced by “her
greatness,” Madonna, so there was a cer
tain selectivity that accompanied the
make-up of the album.
There is a mix of pop, dance and elec-
tronica artists who are mostly new to the
music scene. One of tlie exceptions is
Christina Aguilera, who contributed “Don’t
Make Me Love You,” which could be a
good contender as the second single to be re
leased from the soundtrack.
Elton John
The Road to El Dorado
CD Courtesy of
DreamWorks Records
This man was knighted. Boggles
the mind, doesn’t it?
Elton John’s soundtrack to the
DreamWorks animated feature The
Road to El Dorado never transcends
what it is basically meant to be —
filler material for a movie targeted at
kids under the age of seven. What is it
that makes companies like Disney and
DreamWorks think that kids actually
enjoy this tripe?
What’s most insulting about this
album isn’t the fact that it sounds
like every other animated soundtrack
since The Little Mermaid, but that it
doesn’t even try to be anything else.
There’s the title song called “El Do
rado,” the theme song, “Someday
Out of the Blue,” a token duet with
Randy Newman (“It’s Tough to be a
God”), and a miscellaneous instru
mental titled ... “Cheldorado.” To
say that these songs are hardly dis
tinguishable from each other is a
gross understatement.
In addition to the blandly com
posed music, the lyrics by Tim Rice
defy logical analysis. In the song “16th
Century Man” he offers such inspired
couplets as “We are Spanish not
Caribbean/We are human not amphib
ian” and “Just because we're Hispan
ic/Doesn’t mean we're oceanic.”
Huh?
Couldn’t DreamWorks have gotten
authentic Spanish music to accompa
ny this film, instead of the watered-
down offerings Sir Elton has lazily
cooked up?
This album would have gotten a
lower score, but the CD booklet un
folds into a cute little treasure map the
kids might enjoy. Hey, it’s something.
(Grade: D)
— Juan Loya
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daisies of the galaxy
CD Courtesy of
DreamWorks Records
Each track on the Eels’ new album
daisies of the galaxy sounds as
though it should begin with the
words “Once upon a time....”
Even the album cover, which-
sembles a preschool Dick and Jani
reader, gives the impression thatfe
album is meant more for those still
wearing Osh Kosh B’Gosh, except
for maybe the “explicit lyrics”dis
claimer on the top right hand come:
Granted, songs such as “It’s a Mot
erf#&!@r” probably won’tpassna;
time muster at pre-K.
The majority of the songs playoc
in a slight, wispy manner that one
w'ould expect from a lullaby; thesoi
“Flyswatter,” if not for its driving
drum beat, sounds like a song taken
straight from a ballerina music bos.
Adding to the hushed nature ofthe
music is singer Mark Oliver Everetti
soft voice which barely rises above:
mumble.
This is an album one could fall
asleep to and dream peacefully of lol
lipops and hummingbirds (ifoneis
into that sort of thing).
The album features contribution-
from such musicians as Grant Lee
Phillips and Peter Buck of REM,
though Buck’s instrumental "Estate
Sale" is largely forgettable. The bom-
track, “Mr. E’s Beautiful Bluesfisik
lone up-tempo song on the album,giv
ing it a nice perky finish to an other
wise sleepy assortment of melodies.
(Grade: B)
—Juanhm
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