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 | Title : The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20021126
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Eliza Thornberry and her simian pal Darwin take on an African safari, evil poachers, and a London boarding school in Eliza's big-screen debut. That's quite a tall order for a 12-year-old--and a movie soundtrack--to handle, but like the dynamic tween, The Wild Thornberrys Movie delivers. Youssou N' Dour and Sting, Angelique Kidjo with Dave Matthews and Las Hijas del Sol contribute world music celebrations flavored with exotic percussion and soulful vocals, while Baha Men skid around on the manic pace of reggae-pop with 'Accident.' Paul Simon's jungle-folk-tinged 'Father and Daughter' is more traditional rock, as is the Pretenders' cheerfully uptempo cover of Intaferon's 1980s obscurity 'Get Out of London,' and Peter Gabriel's 'Animal Nation,' which harkens to the throbbing guitar electronics found on his 1992 album Us. Even the teen pop-centric tracks are high quality--Nick Carter's sunny keyboard nugget and Sita's irresistible 'Happy.' Appealing to kids and adults both, without pandering to either crowd, The Wild Thornberrys Movie is an enjoyable delight through and through.
Buyer Reviews :
Another example of the built-in danger of soundtracks, THE WILD THORNBERRYS boasts the best Paul Simon song since GRACELAND, an angelic closing tune, and a lot of worthless atmospheric boredom in between.
'Father and Daughter' is a great tune, a great guitar part and one of the best Paul Simon vocals in years, but the song is completely swamped by all of the dull, unimaginitive aural wallpaper that follows; most of it seemed outdated and boring the first time I listened to this CD.
Does the world really need yet another recording of P. Diddy (or whatever he's calling himself this week) saying 'C'mon, OK, Let's Go, C'mon, OK, OK, C'mon, OK, C'mon, OK' for almost 5 minutes? Enough is enough already, relegate this no-talent to K-Tel 'Remembering Rap' albums and let's move on.
Even the once-great Peter Gabriel falls for the soundtrack-trap, donating two pedestrian tunes, including one with Shaggy (another classic no-talent). The Pretenders walk their way through 'Get Out Of London', rendering it totally null and void.
The only vaguely bright spots on this CD are Sita's 'Happy', Reel Big Fish's cover of Toots & The Maytel's 'Monkey Man' (though it was already covered to perfection on THE SPECIALS classic first LP), and a little piece of perfection which closes the record, 'Awa Awa,' by Wes. It's a shame the first and last tunes on this CD are wrapped around a whole lot of nothing.
There is a lot of blah'n'boring stuff here, including the now obligatory soundtrack-snores from Baha Men and Sting, that should have been kept on a shelf somewhere.
(by David Bradley)
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