Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Various Artists Title: One From the Heart Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sbme Special Mkts. Release Date: 2/1/2008 Album Type: Soundtrack Genres: Folk, Pop, Soundtracks Style: Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 696998581326, 886972423425, 5099751513025 |
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Tom Waits's first full foray into the movie business would have been much more widely praised at the time, and the soundtrack would played today, if the film had not met with bewilderment and accusations that Francis Ford ... more » |
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Amazon.com Tom Waits's first full foray into the movie business would have been much more widely praised at the time, and the soundtrack would played today, if the film had not met with bewilderment and accusations that Francis Ford Coppola's ego had created a monstrous, expensive folly. To be sure, One from the Heart is a curate's egg of a movie, but the songs, production, (by Waits's early studio mentor, Bones Howe), and the performances capture pure romance far better than the gauche visuals of the movie. Set over the course of one night, the soundtrack essays the thoughts of a pair of lovers--Waits and Crystal Gayle. Although working in an unfamiliar idiom, Gayle is a fine singer who is well suited to the material. Lush string and smoky jazz-club arrangements adorn these torch songs. There are a few hints of the weird and surreal Waits, particularly on the splendid "You Can't Unring a Bell." For Waits's fans that love his romantic sides, this album contains as many reasons to be cheerful as Blue Valentine and Closing Time. --Rob Stewart Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsGravel and glass Patrick Cullie | Lyons, CO USA | 10/26/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) ""One From The Heart," the soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola's interesting but flawed first movie from Zoetrope is one of the best kept secrets in popular music. The pairing of Wait's scratchy growl with Gayle's sweet contralto is inspired. And the album contains some of Wait's most accessible and poignant lyrics. The duet, "Picking Up After You," one of the all-time best break-up songs, contains the classic line that only Tom Wait's could write. "I told you before/I'm not going to tell you again/You don't defrost the ice box with a ball point pen." The musicianship is stellar (Shelley Manne on drums! Jack Shelton on trumpet!) and features the cream of the crop of the LA jazz scene. The sound, typical of Wait's, is intentionally retro, almost lounge in spots. Highlights are "Old Boyfriends," "Little Boy Blue," and "One from the Heart," (Is that a siren? Or a saxaphone?") A tribute to lost love, regained love and oddly enough, the city of Las Vegas, "One From The Heart" is a classic." Who cares about the movie? David | Australia | 02/25/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "This shockingly good album is one from Tom Waits' "authentic jazz" mode. It creates a heady mood all its own, which I can only imagine has little to do with the movie. The band is swinging (in the Frank Sinatra sense) and the songwriting is top class (in the Cole Porter sense). "Old Boyfriends" and "Broken Bicycles" are two of the most brilliantly poignant combinations of words and music you'll ever hear. Tom Waits' vocals are at their smoothest, and while Crystal Gayle does a good job, to my taste she does sometimes tend to "over-emote" a bit. A petty quibble, but I can't help greedily imagining if, say, Roberta Flack had done the female vocal parts... Still, this one's pure class." Big Fan David | 02/23/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "I've always been surprised that even the most rabid Tom Waits fans have never HEARD of this great album. It's soulful from beginning to end. The movie's definently a curio--but if you haven't seen the Laserdisc version, give it a chance. It's longer than the video version--and while it doesn't make the film GREAT, it certainly helps to understand the emotions of the characters better."
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