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The Wedding Singer - Volume 2
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Is it forgivable that the second volume of songs from Adam Sandler's mid-'80s-revival comedy begins with Kajagoogoo's famously limp "Too Shy"? Not really, but the rest of the disc does a good job of recapitulating worthy memories from the era of torn-sweatshirt necks and mulletheads--not just with new-wave novelties but with Madonna and Hall & Oates staples ("Holiday" and "You Make My Dreams", respectively) as bouncy and glossy as anything the also-present Depeche Mode ("Just Can't Get Enough") and Dead or Alive ("You Spin Me Round [Like a Record]") ever put on the radio. The Cars' "It's All I Can Do" and the J. Geils Band's "Love Stinks" encapsulate the Sandler character's romantic frustrations, while the star's own "Grow Old With Me" actually points toward a serious career as a singer/songwriter for our boy. Eek. --Rickey Wright
More great 80s music from the movie
Review date: 2003-01-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
Few movies deserve a two-volume soundtrack, but The Wedding Singer is one of those rare exceptions. While Volume 2 is not quite as good as the first album, it still contains some exceedingly good 1980s tracks. This music is not the best the decade produced, but it does represent a good cross-section of styles and sounds. Several of these songs were also very prominent in the movie--for example, the movie opens with Adam Sandler singing (sans patch) Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" and closes with Spandau Ballet's slow ballad "True." "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo is a quintessential 80s song, and anyone who grew up in the 80s can hardly forget the temporarily huge A Flock of Seagulls ("Space Age Love Song"). "Private Idaho" is a typically fun B-52's song. As hard as it is to admit, Hall & Oates were once a wildly successful duo, and "You Make My Dreams" is one of their better songs. No soundtrack from the 80s would be complete without a track from Madonna, and although "Holiday" is far from her best song, this is the song Robbie Hart chose to sing on his ill-fated return to the wedding singer stage after having been left standing at the altar. While the 1980s was about much more than greed, some would probably consider Flying Lizards' "Money (That's What I Want)" a veritable theme song of the decade. Remarkably, two CDs still do not contain all of the great 80s songs from the movie itself, and we all have some other tracks we wish had been included on the soundtracks, but this is still a great collection of quintessential 80s music.
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Reviews
Wedding singer soundtrack makes you march a waltz!
Review date: 2001-01-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
This cd takes you back to your 80's party days. Many say the 80's was a boring decade, this cd brings back all the memories of the fun and romantic times YOU had. A fantastic blend of love and rock, romantic songs to pluck away at the heart strings and 'hillarious' rock which reminds you of the fantastic movie. The final song by Adam Sandler brings instant memories of the fantastic and funny ending of a truly great 'retro' movie.
a great soundtrack
Review date: 2000-10-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
Although I found this movie to be a little boring and a bit of a cliché, the soundtrack is anything but that and includes some of the freshest rock music around by some of the biggest names in the business. Overall the album has a very downbeat feel to it and the styles vary from folk rock, to alternative rock, to trip hop, to soft rock to hard rock, with even a bit of dance thrown in. Although the album is not very upbeat and does not leap out at you its still quite brilliant and really fits the tone of the movie, so once you've seen the movie you'll understand why there is no feelgood "commercial" hit single in the album, despite this its still a brilliant album but just for more of a downbeat as opposed to a party type mood.
Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
Original Soundtrack
Recording label: Maverick
Manufacturer: Maverick
EAN: 0093624698425
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Soundtrack,
Release date: 1998-08-10
Universal product code (UPC): 093624698425
Number of discs: 1
Disc 1 Tracks:
1. Too Shy
2. It's All I Can Do
3. True
4. Space Age Love Song
5. Private Idaho
6. Money (That's What I Want)
7. You Spin Me Round
8. Just Can't Get Enough
9. Love Stinks
10. You Make My Dreams
11. Holiday
12. Grow Old With You
Publishers: Maverick