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In the last scene in this film is song, which is not listed in soundtrack. All in all it's not a terrible soundtrack, it's just not overwhelming. It's the sort of thing your little sister would like and I meant that in the best possible way. Just so you know, I am not a fan of The Calling's cover of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"; the band pulls it off, but Alex Band's muffled-grit doesn't work. Sheryl Crow gets old-timey with "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and truly, I had no idea who was singing until I checked the back of the CD case ; she does a great job with it. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.
Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Nah, it's Jewel covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" on the soundtrack to the upcoming Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy of the same title. Now, the highlight of whole collection is Ryan Adams' "Gonna Make You Love Me". I only have Adams' second solo record "Gold" as a guide, but he is one of the better singer/songwriters that I've heard in a long, long time. The song is short coming in at only two and a half minutes, but it's meant for finger-drummin' and toe-tappin'.
Sweet Home Alabama [Original Soundtrack]
As "cute" as everyone says Sweet Home Alabamais, I think I'll wait to see it when I happen to catch it on HBO or something. I didn't hold my breath when I was given the soundtrack to review - I figured it would have a predictably girly sweetness. It does, by the way; but it's not intolerably saccharine. The disc hits stores September 24 and also features a new song from Avril Lavigne titled "Falling Down" and material recorded for the movie by the Calling and newcomers Jason Chain and Charlotte Martin.
The mildly entertaining romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama features an equally take-it-or-leave-it soundtrack that mixes country, rock, and pop and excerpts of George Fenton's score. Despite the cognitive dissonance that Jewel's glossy cover of Skynryd's title track causes, it's actually not a bad reworking of the Southern rock classic into an adult alternative single. Most of the album features winsome, perky, or feisty music by female artists, such SHeDAISY's "Mine All Mine" and Avril Lavigne's "Falling Down," who sound so similar to each other that it's hard to believe one song is considered contemporary country and the other alternative-leaning teen pop. Of course, Sweet Home Alabama will please anyone who liked the music in the movie, but the soundtrack really isn't successful on any other terms. A DJ Homicide remix of Uncle Kracker's "To Think I Used to Love You," from Kracker's upcoming No Stranger to Shame, is also featured on the soundtrack, along with previously released tracks from Sheryl Crow, Ryan Adams, Dolly Parton and the Freestylers.
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