Reservoir Dogs [PA]

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Producers include: George Baker, Bengt Palmers, Buddy Killen, Jay Joyce, Giles Reaves. Dialogue spoken by Steven Wright, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Lawrence Tierney and Eddie Bunker. All dialogue written by Quentin Tarantino. Also available with PULP FICTION as a 2-CD set. Personnel: Harry Nilsson (vocals). Only five songs here were featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino's rousing crime film ("Little Green Bag," "Hooked on a Feeling," "I Gotcha," "Stuck in the Middle With You," and "Coconut"), but the record includes Steven Wright's introductions from the film (separately indexed, thankfully), as well as Tarantino's infamous interpretation of the meaning of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and Harvey Keitel's monologue on how to rob a jewelry store. In total, that's about fifteen to twenty minutes of material. Padding out the rest of the disc are three new songs that were heard in passing in the film -- "Fool for Love" is very good, "Harvest Moon" passable, and "Magic Carpet Ride" is abominable. After this, the disc has passed the half hour mark by two minutes. The amount of music you'll actually want to listen to makes it even shorter, but it is a soundtrack you'll want to return to. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Director Quentin Tarantino has a knack for picking superb backing tracks for his films, and the soundtrack to his bold debut, RESERVOIR DOGS, is no exception. Nestled between Steven Wright's sad-sack song announcements is the disc's opening tune, the George Baker Selection's "Little Green Bag," a shuffling groove with a faux-tropical melody line that's hard to shake, followed by Blue Swede's candy-coated pop gem "Hooked on a Feeling," with its unmistakable "hooga-chakka" intro. Joe Tex's eminently funky "I Gotcha" and the too-cool-for-school "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel are killers, while Sandy Rogers's "Fool for Love" and Harry Nilsson's charming "Coconut" round out the soundtrack's essentials. The rest of the disc is filled in with the band Bedlam's covers of "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Harvest Moon" and separately tracked selections of dialogue from the amazingly influential film.

Q (4/93, p.86) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...we have to put up with covers of "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Harvest Moon," but fans of RESERVOIR DOGS realize that it is a small price to pay for such a souvenir..." Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.67) - Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...An eclectic post-Scorcese pop score that reshaped the modern soundtrack with its dialogue samples and oddball bubblegum soul."

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