| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596251228 | | Release Date: 6/13/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60413055 | | Item#: MCKHNP | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Breakout - Foo Fighters ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Do It Again - Smash Mouth ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Deep Inside Of You - Third Eye Blind ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Totalimmortal - The Offspring ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. World Ain't Slowing Down, The - Ellis Paul ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Any Major Dude Will Tell You - Wilco ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Only A Fool Would Say That - Ivy ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. Can't Find The Time To Tell You - Hootie & The Blowfish ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Bodhisattva - Brian Setzer Orchestra ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Bad Sneakers - The Push Stars ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Reelin' In The Years - Marvelous 3 ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Strange Condition - Peter Yorn ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Barrytown - Ben Folds Five ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Razor Boy - Billy Goodrum ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 15. Where He Can Hide - Tom Wolfe ~ Original Soundtrack | |
| From Twentieth Century Fox comes Me, Myself & Irene, the new comedy from the Farrelly Brothers starring Jim Carrey and Rene Zellweger. The Elektra soundtrack, features a host of today's coolest chart toppers, performing new music and covers of classic Steely Dan tracks.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | It should have been a winner, but it wasn't. The very thought of Jim Carrey re-teaming with the Farrelly Brothers for Me Myself & Irene was irresistible. Carrey helped launch the Farrellys' career with Dumb & Dumber, which helped prove that Carrey wasn't merely a one-hit wonder. Since then, Carrey turned into one of the biggest stars in American cinema, and the Farrellys turned into masters of modern comedy with Kingpin and the peerless There's Something About Mary. So, the very thought of them joining forces to tell the story of a Rhode Island cop with split personalities, both in love with the same woman, seemed like a surefire success. Somehow, it all worked on paper but not in practice. There were good moments, but it all played a little dull, which is a strange thing to say about a movie that goes out of its way to offend. | | Sadly, the same thing is true about the film's soundtrack, which also has a great core idea -- modern artists covering classic Steely Dan songs -- but also fails to catch fire. Part of the problem is that the album has too many songs that aren't by the Dan, the best of which is Ellis Paul's Freedy Johnston-sound-alike "The World Ain't Slowin' Down" and Foo Fighters' dynamic "Breakout." The other problem is that the covers are either too faithful or not imaginative enough. Most artists don't play around with the arrangements, and when they do, the results aren't particularly different, as in Ivy's swinging bachelor pad arrangement of "Only a Fool Would Say That" or Brian Setzer's rampaging "Bodhisattva," both of which sound remarkably faithful even though the groups are pushing toward new ground. Really, only Smash Mouth manages a wholly different interpretation, but that's because they make "Do It Again" sound exactly like a Smash Mouth song. The rest are predictably different (the Marvelous 3's terrible punkish reading of "Reelin' in the Years") or enjoyably straight (Wilco's "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," Ben Fold Five's "Barrytown," Billy Goodrum's "Razor Boy"), but neither of which make the soundtrack particularly worth hearing. It's not bad time spent, but when it's finished, you can't help but think that it could have been a lot more than what it was. Sort of like the movie itself. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Like the movie, this album is not likely to become a classic, however, some fun songs are included from pop superstars like the Foo Fighters, Offspring, Third Eye Blind, Smashmouth, Better Than Ezra, and more, playing new music as well as some classic Steely Dan tracks. ~ Stacia Proefrock | | The soundtrack to rubber-faced comedian Jim Carrey's black comedy ME, MYSELF & IRENE is as schizophrenic as his character; it doesn't know whether to be a modern rock collection or a Steely Dan tribute album. Eight of the 15 tracks are Fagan/Brecker compositions interpreted by some of pop music's front line. | | The Foo Fighters open the set with their trademark uplifting aggro-pop while Smashmouth sets a quirky tone with its So-Cal "Walking on the Sun"-ified version of "Do it Again." Third Eye Blind's latest power ballad makes a soundtrack guest appearance with "Deep Inside of You." The Offspring submit a faithful rendition of A.F.I.'s "Totalimmortal," while Ellis Paul offers the radio-ready "The World Ain't Slowin' Down." Wilco has the perfect Fender Rhodes-spiced touch on "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," and Ivy injects technology into "Only a Fool Would Say That." Hootie & The Blowfish sport big harmonies on "Can't Find the Time to Tell You," and the brass powerhouse and hollow-body guitar sound of the Brian Setzer Orchestra puts an interesting spin on "Bodhisattva." Pop rockers Marvelous 3 add a hard rock edge to the classic "Reelin' in the Years," while Ben Folds Five make "Barrytown" their own. |
Producer: John Kirkpatrick |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/13/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 62512 | | Label : Elektra Entertainment | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075596251228 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (8/3/00, p.55)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Each of these groups captures something of Steely Dan's peculiarly rounded, plummy resonance....even the originals...sustain that classic Dan combo of sharp musical strategies and silken sound." |
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