Great Expectations

Performer: Original Soundtrack
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Producers include: Tori Amos, Chris Cornell, Alain Johannes, Richard Smith, Chris Thomas. Engineers include: Mark Hawley, Marcel Van Limbeck, Peter Nashel. A winner of an album all the way around, this soundtrack features a combination of modern and classic rock tracks, and should appeal to fans of both. The newer generation of rock artists comprises most of the album, delivering well-crafted pop songs that also retain a certain amount of '90s angst. Selections by Tori Amos, Mono, Pulp and Poe are among those artists' better work. The older generation of rock royalty is represented here by the Grateful Dead and Iggy Pop. But the real standout tracks are eagerly awaited solo cuts from Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland. Cornell's "Sunshower" is a mid-tempo track, similar to Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun." Weiland's "Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down" showcases his vocal ability and is a Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles-flavored song along the lines of STP's "Lady Picture Show." Overall, an extremely listenable album that will whet your appetite for the movie.

Rolling Stone (2/5/98, p.58) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...accompanying the cobblestone plots and Victorian mores of Charles Dickens, an assortment of mostly thirtyish singers wrestles with theshifting difficulties of continuing adulthood....offers some absorbing tracks..." Entertainment Weekly (1/16/98, p.71) - "...GREAT EXPECTATIONS surpasses our own lessened expectations for alt-rock movie grab bags." - Rating: B

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