| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596188821 | | Release Date: 1/30/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60077250 | | Item#: MSF3GC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 41182 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. That's How Strong My Love Is - Roland Gift ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Be For Real - Afghan Whigs ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Easy To Be Stupid - Howlin' Maggie ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Suffering - Satchel ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Graduation Day - Chris Isaak ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Beautiful Girl - Pete Droge & The Sinners ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. I'll Miss You - Ween ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe - Afghan Whigs ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Beth - Kiss ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Groove Me - King Floyd ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Stroll, The - The Diamonds ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond ~ Original Soundtrack | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Producers: Roland Gift, Jools Holland, Greg Dulli, Harold Chichester, Marc Becker, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert, Bruce Calder, The Satchel Partnership, Erik Jacobson, Dave Stewart, Greg Frey, Thom Bell, Bob Ezrin, E. Walker, Tom Catalano. | | Engineers: Ron Burrows, John Curley, Marc Becker, Tom Boyer, Joe Tarsia, Bruce Calder, The Satchel Partnership, Mark Needham, Brett Eliason, Greg Frey, Jay Messina, Corky Stasiak, Wolf Stephenson, Tommy Couch, Sr. | | It is apt that the soundtrack to BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, a film that follows several men as they attempt to understand their relationships with the women in their lives, consists entirely of songs by men, about the women they love. It takes a while to get to the cheery stuff, though; the first ray of optimism (King Floyd's 1970 funk-pop hit "Groove Me") is preceded by eleven songs documenting unrequited love, impassioned pleas, and love affairs doomed from the start. | | Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals kicks things off with the soulful "That's How Strong My Love Is," reminiscent of mid-'70s Van Morrison. The Me Decade is well-represented here--Billy Paul's "Me And Mrs. Jones," Kiss' "Beth" and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" are all prominently featured. The Afghan Whigs cover Barry White's "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe," shifting the song to a minor key and giving it an ominous, threatening tone. Satchel, Pete Droge and Chris Isaak contribute original compositions, as does Ween, whose doleful ballad "I'll Miss You" is mind-bogglingly and unlike anything the band has ever released. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/30/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 61888 | | Label : Elektra Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075596188821 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (2/2/96, p.59)
- "To accompany this BIG CHILL-ish flick about a high-school reunion of Gen Xers, exec producer Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs has spiked the soundtrack with Top 40 standards from...the '70s?..."- Rating: B |
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