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March 29, 2007
Music Review - Music and Lyrics OST
Grayson's Music Post
Artist: Various Artist
Album: Music and Lyrics
Genre: Soundtrack
Release Date: February 13th, 2007
who doesn't love hugh grant chick-flicks? love actually was brillant. about a boy, hilarious. and notting hill, while cheesy, not a bad date movie. music and lyrics is much the same, where grant stars opposite drew barrymore. anyways, a friend's gf gave me the soundtrack, so i figured i'd give it a whirl. music and lyrics' soundtrack is fun, showing off grant's own vocal capability along with barrymore's "girl-next-store" sing-along-ness. the soundtrack also includes (randomly) a song by swedish rocker, the teddybears and one by the sounds (also very swedish). the sounds are great, by the way, but i'll save that discussion for another post.
music and lyrics's most chick-flickish and radio friendly track is way back into love, where in the movie, hugh grant and drew barrymore appear to be singing of their own feelings. the soundtrack includes both the demo where barrymore sings and a studio version with haley bennett (who does the vocals in the video on this blog). bennett also does a fun take on britney spears' "toxic" in buddha's delight, a goofy pop track.
most soundtracks are not that good, with the exception of the first few the O.C. mixes, and music and lyrics is not spectacular itself. it's an interesting cd to have if you enjoyed the music or if you just want a few of the songs. unfortunately, iTunes only lets you buy the tracks by teddybears and the sounds individually. if you want the cute hugh grant/ drew barrymore duets, you'll need to buy the whole album.
hot trax:
- pop! goes my heart
- way back into love
- buddha's delight
Posted by graysony at March 29, 2007 10:17 AM