1 |
Rebel
Rebel - David Bowie |
2 |
Amphetamine - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
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3 |
24 Hourse - Shack
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4 |
Where
Are You Now - Honor Society
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5 |
Lunar
One - Seventeen Evergreen
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6 |
Femme Fatale - Nico
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| 7 |
Twice
Is Too Much - Exist
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8 |
Road
- Nick Drake
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9 |
Someone
To Fall Back On - Aly Michalka |
10 |
I
Want You To Want Me - Aly Michalka
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11 |
Pretend
- Scott Porter and Glory Dogs
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12 |
Stuck
In The Middle - The Burning Hotels |
13 |
Blizzard
Woman Blues - The Daze |
14 |
Everything
I Own - Vanessa Hudgens |
15 |
What
Light - Wilco |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
We know what you’d be
thinking just by looking at the album art of this soundtrack
CD: Another teen flick showcasing a geeky male lead and two
hot chicks. Another soundtrack album brimming with irrelevant
pop songs. Another opportunity for those Disney Channel girls
(Aly Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens) to showcase their vocals.
What, High School Musical wasn’t good enough an excuse?
Don’t worry, because we are assuring
you that this soundtrack is a must own for all respectable
music lovers. A glance through the artistes featured in this
album is enough to tell you that. David Bowie, Honor Society,
Seventeen Evergreen and The Velvet Underground are just some
of the established musicians you’d hear on this CD.
And that is before we reach the halfway mark of this 15 track
album.
The 57 minute soundtrack kicks off the rhythm
with Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel”, a stylistically
arranged song which you will instantly fall in love with.
Honor Society’s hip and youthful “Where Are You
Now” is a radio friendly tune, while Seventeen Evergreen’s
psychedelic electronic approach in “Lunar One”
will please fans who prefer non mainstream music. When you
reach The Velvet Underground & NIco’s “Femme
Fatale”, we are betting that your heart would have melted
with pure bliss.
Amidst these too cool to be true artistes,
we are also urging you to listen out for tracks performed
by the cast of this underrated Todd Graff directed music drama
comedy. Scott Porter (the hero of the movie) and the Glory
Dogs croon “Pretend”, an agreeable tune which
echoes every lovelorn teenage boy’s sentiments. I Can’t
Go On, I’ll Go On, the band featured in the movie, has
several outstanding songs in this CD. The Disney Channel girls
are exceptionally lovely in their performances: Michalka performs
the perfect and emotional “Someone to Fall Back On”,
while Hudgens sings the energetic and catchy “Everything
I Own”.
Do
not diss this soundtrack as something you won’t be impressed
with. Get a copy and experience for yourself what it is like
to indulge in the magic that is music heaven.
ALBUM
RATING:
Recommended Track: (9) Someone to Fall Back On – I Can’t
Go On, I’ll Go On (featuring Aly Michalka)
Review
by John Li
Posted on 31 August 2009
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