Across the Universe
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Free Music Review: Buy the Deluxe version, not this
Hit: 1 Stars
Interscope Records has released three variations of soundtrack albums from the film - a standard edition and two deluxe editions. The standard edition contains 16 tracks from the film soundtrack. The first version of the deluxe edition features 31 tracks - all of the vocal performances and one of the three instrumental tracks. This 31-track version is available solely at the Best Buy retail chain and in a digital version via iTunes. A second version of the deluxe edition is available at other retail outlets. The second version differs from the 31-track version in that it omits two tracks: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?". The total time for these two missing tracks is 5 minutes.
If you can get the 31-track version without a lot of hassle, then do so, even though the singer of the 2 songs, Dana Fuchs, isn't considered a particularly good singer or actor and the two missing songs aren't highlights. I see no point in buying the 16-song single CD version when for $2 more you get more than 54 minutes of extra music.
The 29-track version is excellent and worth the money. Virtually every song is done in a manner very different from the original by the Beatles and yet it is very enjoyable and tasteful. Great, innovative cover versions, an amazing feat.
A final comment. Interscope Records is to be distained for releasing 2 different Deluxe versions and causing both buyers and sellers a lot of needless decision making problems. Obviously Best Buys made some marketing arrangement with Interscope Records but it won't generate enough extra cash to compensate for all of the bad PR and angst that this will generate.
Free Music Review: Get the deluxe version instead
Hit: 4 Stars
The deluxe version has about twice as many songs for much less than double the price. Unfortunately, it was released later than this standard version so I essentially have the wrong version.Free Music Review: Beatles Fan or Not ... ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is "awesome"!
Hit: 5 Stars
The fact that I have been a Beatles Fan since the "60s" is of no consequence in my rating of this CD. It is an unbelievably excellent tapestry of Beatles music. I have yet to see the movie but the music is put together so fantastically that with a little bit of imagination one can envision the various scenes of the movie. This is "must-have" CD for any Beatles fan .... of any age. I listened to the entire CD in one sitting and immediately put it on my IPOD. My 12-year old grandson fell in love with the music and promptly put the tracks on his Nano as well. In talking with several people who have listened to it .... the results are unanimous; this is one awesome collection of well-intepreted Beatles music.Free Music Review: most fitting adaptation
Hit: 5 Stars
can't find enough words to really express this playlist - but- here goes:
disappointed 'girl wasn't included as it opens the movie. 'all my loving' is jim sturgess' first full song and his intent is on assuring his girl his trip overseas is purely upright and he'll be right back. Great idea! 'i want tyo hold your hand' is t.v. carpio's intro song and its ambiguity is not really apparent untl later. A capella done with a twist? evan rachel wood's intro song 'it won't be long' is very pleasing although you know it will be broken as her character is doomed to no future with her prom guy. 'i've just seen a face' is jim's second song and his rendition holds such promise for soon to be star-crossed lovers. 'let it be' is such an apt tune for those midsixties turmoil that accompanied the film's depicturing of changing values. Both timothy t. ? and carol woods take are very poignant. joe cocker's triple character rendition of 'come together' was a perfect transition for the promise of hopeful things to come. It fit well in the scheme of the collage of feelings coming then. bono's 'i am the walrus' was fitting in that it showed our ability to leap, sight unseen, into new vistas of thinking and being. jim's third song is 'something' and again brings promise to our expectations of relationships. truly, man is uplifted by woman. dana and martin perform a fitting duet of lost opportunity and new promise in 'oh! darling! jim's fourth song is 'strawberry fields forever' and its background is the strain of relationship going into crisis. It is shown covering our star-crossed lovers ups-and-down while also depicting the war effort at home and in vietnam where 'max' is trying to cope wth killing to survive. Well contrasted imagery. jim's fifth song is the title track 'across the universe' and depicts 'jude's' situation as an outsider in america and his relationship with 'lucy,' which he wants to maintain, yet, knowing it has to change as his job demands same. Very surreal imagery, here. dana's second song is 'helter skelter' that fully explodes as a "janis joplin" rocker and the many ups and downs that been occurring throughout the film by this time. More good imagery. joe anderson's 'happiness is a warm gun' is such a poetic license at this time in the movie as it depicts 'jude's' ex girlfriend perception of lost love, 'max's' drug dependency, and all the lost opportunities since the beginning. evan's second song 'blackbird' is a lament for the lost relationship for her character 'lucy' and 'jude' to reconcile to the times.(touching point to bring in the return of the charcoal stick that 'jude' used to paint her prtrait on the building wall - and shown as faded...) joe's second song 'hey jude' is most fitting for recapping the movies' promise and what reconcilling can do if taken to fulfillment. brings all pieces back together for a btter assemblage than the first time; the return of 'jude' to america imagery is most promising. the album concludes with bono's 'lucy in the sky with diamonds' and covers the film's end credit is superb as you just enjoy julie taymoor's vision for pulling off such a collage of persons, events, and circumstances. Seen the movie four times and plan on getting the dvd asap!!
Free Music Review: Across the Universe CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Came on time, was in good condition. I ordered a second one for my family