- Audio CD (6 April 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack, Import
- Label: Lakeshore
- ASIN: B00000I9VG
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 293,138 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. On The Road Again - Canned Heat |
| 2. Here Comes The Sun - Richie Havens |
| 3. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane |
| 4. World's They Rise And Fall - The Incredible String Band |
| 5. Baba Baba Mektoubi - Jil Jilala |
| 6. Road - Nick Drake |
| 7. The Tortoise's Song - Khalifa Ould Eide/Dimi Mint Abba |
| 8. Follow - Richie Havens |
| 9. Hideous Kinky - Musicians Of The London Pops Orchestra/Kudsi Erguner |
| 10. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane |
Product Description
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While there's little of the sexual titillation hinted at in the title, director Gillies MacKinnon's '60s-period adaptation of Esther Freud's novel instead focuses on pilgrimages both personal and spiritual through the eyes of a young child whose mother has escaped an unhappy English marriage for adventure and enlightenment in Marrakesh and Algeria. The soundtrack serves the proceedings well, balancing period rock pieces with often captivating samples of North Africa's rich indigenous folk music. Even the more familiar Western pieces here (Canned Heat's "On the Road Again," "Here Comes the Sun" by Richie Havens, Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love") find new resonance in this context, as do less familiar gems such as The Incredible String Band's "Worlds They Rise and Fall" and "Road" by Nick Drake. Jil Jilala's "Baba Baba Mektoubi" and "The Tortoise's Song" by Khalifa Ould Eide and Dimi mint Abba offer mesmerizing, if very different, introductions to the musics of North Africa, while the title-cut collaboration between Kudsi Erguner and members of the London Pops Orchestra forges a satisfying, albeit slightly New Age-y, alliance between East and West. --Jerry McCulley
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One of my favourite CDs - the soundtrack is as successful as the film in creating the atmosphere of old Morocco. Slap in some hippie favourites and you have an essential travelling album! The traditional Arabic music and the western songs compliment each other - both capturing the free spirit of the film and the free spirit in the listeners. I've also grown very fond of the piece 'Hideous Kinky' (Musicians Of The London Pops Orchestra/Kudsi Erugner) scored for the film. As far as soundtracks go, this is one of my favourites - the only drawback is that some of the songs on it (for example the Jefferson Airplane tracks and Canned Heat's 'On the Road Again') are ones you'd already have... but not in this context!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My opinion- the music was the only redeeming feature of 'Hideous Kinky'. I wasn't convinced by the characters or inspired by the setting, but I was struck in a big way by the choice of such eclectic and atmospheric songs- available here on this involving c.d. soundtrack. It was simply genius to bring together these various styles and derivations of music and set them as an accompaniment to the events of Kate Winslet et al- it almost made me connect with the film (well at least for as long as the camera tracked the landscape with these tunes as a counterpoint).
I'd heard some of the tracks before, but most were a complete revelation, plus some that I recognised from my parents record collection that I had previously slated, but must now fess up and praise. This c.d. is like a musicalal hub- such are the variations here that each song leads into a different genre of music- your musical education will surely be greatly revitalized. I may not know much about music, but I know what I like.
I'd heard some of the tracks before, but most were a complete revelation, plus some that I recognised from my parents record collection that I had previously slated, but must now fess up and praise. This c.d. is like a musicalal hub- such are the variations here that each song leads into a different genre of music- your musical education will surely be greatly revitalized. I may not know much about music, but I know what I like.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this by mistake, thinking i was buying the film. However, i played it and it is superb, not at all what i was expecting. There are some classic tracks on here together with some morrocan influenced stuff. Its nice. Very ecclectic and strangely grown up. I like it very much and am glad im too daft to know what im buying half the time!
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