1 |
Love
You Madly - Cake |
2 |
We've Got to do Something - Infant Sorrow |
3 |
You Can't Break a Heart and Have It - Black Francis
|
4 |
Get
Me Away From Here I'm Dying - Belle & Sebastian
|
5 |
More
Than Words - Aloha Sex Juice |
6 |
Dracula's Lament - Jason Segal |
| 7 |
Inside of You - Infant Sorrow |
8 |
F*****g
Boyfriend - The Bird and the Bee |
9 |
Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt. - Desmond Dekker |
10 |
Nothing
Compares 2 U - The Coconutz |
11 |
Baby
- Os Mutantes |
12 |
These
Boots Are Made For Walkin' - The Coconutz |
13 |
A
Taste for Love - The Coconutz |
14 |
The
Secret Sun - Jesse Harris |
15 |
Everybody
Hurts - The Coconutz |
16 |
Animal
Instincts - Transcenders featuring J7 D'Star |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
The soundtrack to Nicholas Stoller’s hilarious movie
about a lovesick TV music composer who gets dumped by his
actress girlfriend is a diverse collection of songs which
lovesick listeners will adore. In the movie, our hero goes
to Hawaii only to find the girl and her new rock star boyfriend
are, alas, staying at the same hotel.
What’s
a lovesick guy like him to do in times like this? Listen to
this 52-minute album of course.
Kicking
off the disc is California band CAKE’s “Love You
Madly” which captures the protagonist’s burning
desire to love his girlfriend aptly. The spot on track is
radio friendly and catchy, so it should have no problem making
its way to your mobile music player. Then we have a band specially
created for the movie named Infant Sorrow (the lead singer
is the girl’s new boyfriend). The group performs “We’ve
Got to do Something” and “Inside of You”
on this album, which are typically pop tunes which are accessible
but forgettable. Other songs integrated nicely into the movie
are the off key but amusing “Dracula’s Lament”
performed by Jason Segel (the actor who plays the out of luck
composer) and the operatic “A Taste for Love”
by the cast of the movie.
The
track which tickles us the most is indie alternative duo The
Bird and the Bee’s “F*****g Boyfriend”.
The electro pop tune plays out in its unedited glory on this
album, which earns a “Parental Advisory – Explicit
Content” label on the disc’s cover.
The
Hawaiian backdrop of the movie is nicely captured in tracks
like Aloha Sex Juice’s “More Than Words”,
The Coconutz’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” and
“Everybody Hurts”. These familiar tunes are performed
with simple “oohs” and “aahs” by the
bands with a fitting laid back and relaxed mood – these
songs will make any heartbreak more bearable.
ALBUM
RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (8) F*****g Boyfriend
Review
by John Li
|
