- Audio CD (1 Feb 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack, Import
- Label: Sbme Special Mkts
- ASIN: B0012GMYP0
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 397,371 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
a wonderful soundtrack for a forgotten film, jazzy, upbeat, downbeat, haunting and unforgettable. this is vintage waits, and gayle adds a touch of class with her silky vocals, an excellent collaboration. anyone with an ounce of romance in their soul and an ear for originality ought to listen to this. the film is pretty good too, if you can find it which i cant.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Apparently, Francis Ford Coppala asked Tom to do this album after Tom had already decided to shift his sound to that Swordfishtrombones/Frank's Wild Years sort of organy, New Orleans, jangly sound of the 80's that Tom favored. Tom apparently obliged and, with Crystal Gale doing duets with him on most of the songs, created his last 70's sounding record in, what? 1981.
Have you seen this movie? The soundtrack is more prominent, louder, than in almost any other movie. It almost has the function of a musical narrator, telling the journey of the story. This soundtrack definitely stands alone without the movie while it is also very enjoyable to hear it used so much throughout the movie.
Just cuz this is 25 years old doesn't mean it don't swing. If you're a fan of Tom's 70's material, and, for me, it's his finest period, you gotta have this album. Smokey piano lounge music with nighttime, love hurtin' lyrics that Tom is so good at.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Gravel and glass
26 Oct 2000
Format:Audio CD
"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.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Who cares about the movie?
25 Feb 2002
Format:Audio CD
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.
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.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Big Fan
23 Feb 1999
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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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