- Audio CD (28 May 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Columbia
- ASIN: B000H30BT0
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,429 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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There's no sense in trying to stay poker faced while listening to the soundtrack to the poker movie Lucky You, because the songs it culls and the artists who sing them will crack your composure quicker than an ace player can call a beginner's bluff: Opener "Lucky Town," the vintage Bruce Springsteen gem that rolls over the film's title sequence and turned its trailer into something non-players could get their hearts around, sets a fine mood for gritty melancholy, but Madeline Peyroux makes short work of it with the dizzy delirium of "Dance Me to the End of Love." By the time Ryan Adams and Bonnie Raitt are dealt in, the soundtrack's tableaux has taken on the look of a late-night boozy diner gathering--Liza Minelli backs up against Springsteen's elegant "The Fever" with her brooding but bubble-voiced "Maybe This Time," but not before George Jones steers her toward reflection with his ruminative, impossibly sad "Choices." The buzz around this CD has had a lot to do with a couple of original songs: Kris Kristofferson confronts his advancing age the way longtime fans would want him to (that is, with wit and warmth and imagination) on the poignant "They Ain't Got 'Em All." And after Bob Dylan reminds the lucky owners of this collection why they became fans in the first place with "Like A Rolling Stone," he swallows them whole with a new composition. "Huck's Tune" outlines a love grown unhealthy, and it is no split pot. With this small miracle of a song, he raises the ante to impossible heights. --Tammy La Gorce
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Lucky You / Glück im Spiel - Music from the Motion Picture (Original Soundtrack CD) by Various - 12 Tracks:
1. Bruce Springsteen: Lucky Town
2. Madeleine Peyroux: Dance Me To The End Of Love
3. George Jones: Choices
4. Liza Minnelli: Maybe This Time
5. Bruce Springsteen: The Fever
6. Bonnie Raitt: Bartender's Blues
7. Kris Kristofferson: They Ain't Got 'Em All
8. Drew Barrymore: The Cold Hard Truth
9. Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone
10. Ryan Adams: Let It Ride
11. George Jones: I Always Get Lucky With You
12. Bob Dylan: Huck's Tune
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4.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great new Dylan song, but so-so soundtrack, 6 May 2007
By Sherringford Clark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lucky You (Audio CD)
I'm sure most people want to hear about the new Dylan song, "Huck's Tune." It is in fact a very good song, very much in his new style of songwriting: evocative, allusive, elegiac. It's similar lyrically to "Tell Ol' Bill" but I don't like it quite as much, although I prefer it to "Waiting for You" or "Cross the Green Mountain." As always, Dylan's singing is great and the musical backing excellent: quiet, country-waltz-ish. It creates a certain mood and sustains it for four minutes, even alludes to "Moon River," which tells you what Dylan is trying to do here. Another very solid soundtrack entry for Dylan.
One thing, I'm not sure of the recording date, but perhaps pre-"Modern Times" because it would certainly be out of place on that album. Another thing, the title "Huck's Tune" seems to be slapped on (the name of the lead character in the film is Huck), because Dylan doesn't mention the name at all in the song.
The rest of the soundtrack is spotty - two Springsteen songs (and not his best), one by Ryan Adams (whom I never liked), a cheesy jazz version of a Leonard Cohen song (sounds like Barnes & Noble music), and a song sung By Drew Barrymore (which is not that bad - better than some other songs here). After "Huck's Tune," the best songs are Bonnie Raitt's version of "Bartender's Blues" and Kris Kristofferson's new song. There are alos 2 George Jones tunes and "Like a Rolling Stone," which sounds really out of place. Every soundtrack album that features a new song by Dylan always uses old ones as well, must be to capitalize on the price he charges or something.
Anyway, the only reason to own the soundtrack is for "Huck's Tune," which gets 5 stars but the soundtrack only gets 3, so 4 in all.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bob Dylan Who?, 8 Jan 2008
By tom johnson "Tom the Librarian" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lucky You (Audio CD)
After all the hoo-hah abouot most people only care about the new Dylan song, I must say that there are many other good reasons to listen to this soundtrack. I always enjoy thematic stuff, and so there's the song from "Cabaret," Liza singing "Maybe this time," and my own personal favorite, George Jones (who can do no wrong!) singing "I always get lucky with you." I bought the soundtrack for that cut alone. But, yes, Mr. Dylan's was also much appreciated. I don't see how anyone could go wrong with this whole album!
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Boring Movie Great Soundtrack, 28 May 2008
By L. Giron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lucky You (Audio CD)
what's not to like about having three living legends on one soundtrack. (Springstein, Dylan, and Ryan Adams) Further, you get to hear Drew Barrymore sing a slow heartbreaking song and she does a pretty good job of it. The movie is like watching paint dry - or more aptly- watching poker on television with no commercials to look forward to. The last dylan song is great. Was it written for this movie??? I don't know but I like it.
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