VARIOUS ARTISTS
''ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, DISC ONE''
OCTOBER 23 2007
98:53
DISC ONE
1 - Jim Sturgess - Girl/0:59
2 - Evan Rachel Wood - Hold Me Tight/2:32
3 - Jim Sturgess - All My Loving/2:24
4 - T.V. Carpio - I Want To Hold Your Hand/2:40
5 - Joe Anderson - With A Little Help From My Friends/3:09
6 - Evan Rachel Wood - It Won't Be Long/2:14
7 - Jim Sturgess - I've Just Seen A Face/1:42
8 - Carol Woods - Let It Be/3:43
9 - Joe Cocker - Come Together/4:20
10 - Dana Fuchs - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?/1:17
11 - Evan Rachel Wood - If I Fell/2:35
12 - Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio - I Want You (She's So Heavy)/3:40
13 - Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, T.V. Carpio - Dear Prudence/5:12
14 - The Secret Machines - Flying/3:53
15 - The Secret Machines - Blue Jay Way/4:35
DISC TWO
1 - Bono, The Secret Machines - I Am The Walrus/4:41
2 - Eddie Izzard - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite/2:37
03 - Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio, Martin Luther McCoy - Because/2:26
4 - Jim Sturgess - Something/2:57
5 - Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy - Oh! Darling/2:27
6 - Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson - Strawberry Fields Forever/3:30
7 - Jim Sturgess - Across The Universe/2:15
8 - Martin Luther McCoy - While My Guitar Gently Weeps/3:56
9 - Jim Sturgess - Across The Universe/3:23
10 - Dana Fuchs - Helter Skelter/3:38
11 - Joe Anderson, Salma Hayek - Happiness Is A Warm Gun/3:03
12 - Evan Rachel Wood - Blackbird/3:01
13 - Joe Anderson - Hey, Jude/4:08
14 - Dana Fuchs - Don't Let Me Down/3:04
15 - Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs - All You Need Is Love/3:16
16 - Bono, The Edge - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/4:20
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As soundtracks to Beatles-inspired movies go, Across the Universe -- the companion piece to Julie Taymor's pseudo-psychedelic fantasmagoria extravaganza that tells the story of the '60s through the tunes of the Fab Four -- has bewilderingly gaudy moments, but it's not as appallingly tacky as Sgt. Pepper or as stuffy as All This and World War II. Still, Taymor's overly designed fantasia is at once too tasteful and too garish, which is an odd combination for an odd movie -- and something that may be more gripping onscreen than it is on record. Dana Fuchs furiously channels Melissa Etheridge (especially on "Helter Skelter") when her performance is isolated as music, although the biggest surprise is that Bono not only looks like a dead ringer for Robin Williams in the film, but he sounds a bit like him too, with overly earnest readings of "I Am the Walrus" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Much of the rest slides by agreeably enough. Jim Sturgess has the same plainspoken delivery as Ewan MacGregor in Moulin Rouge, which helps in love songs from "All My Loving" to "Something" -- and he does a credible job on the rockabilly revamp of "I've Just Seen a Face" -- while Joe Cocker steals the show with his slinky, funky, spacy version of "Come Together." And, apart from Bono and Fuchs' too-strong soulful belting, nothing is distracting -- but the biggest strength of Across the Universe may be that, when considered in its entirety, it mainly whets the appetite for the original recordings.
DoWnLoAd
''ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, DISC ONE''
OCTOBER 23 2007
98:53
DISC ONE
1 - Jim Sturgess - Girl/0:59
2 - Evan Rachel Wood - Hold Me Tight/2:32
3 - Jim Sturgess - All My Loving/2:24
4 - T.V. Carpio - I Want To Hold Your Hand/2:40
5 - Joe Anderson - With A Little Help From My Friends/3:09
6 - Evan Rachel Wood - It Won't Be Long/2:14
7 - Jim Sturgess - I've Just Seen A Face/1:42
8 - Carol Woods - Let It Be/3:43
9 - Joe Cocker - Come Together/4:20
10 - Dana Fuchs - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?/1:17
11 - Evan Rachel Wood - If I Fell/2:35
12 - Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio - I Want You (She's So Heavy)/3:40
13 - Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, T.V. Carpio - Dear Prudence/5:12
14 - The Secret Machines - Flying/3:53
15 - The Secret Machines - Blue Jay Way/4:35
DISC TWO
1 - Bono, The Secret Machines - I Am The Walrus/4:41
2 - Eddie Izzard - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite/2:37
03 - Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio, Martin Luther McCoy - Because/2:26
4 - Jim Sturgess - Something/2:57
5 - Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy - Oh! Darling/2:27
6 - Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson - Strawberry Fields Forever/3:30
7 - Jim Sturgess - Across The Universe/2:15
8 - Martin Luther McCoy - While My Guitar Gently Weeps/3:56
9 - Jim Sturgess - Across The Universe/3:23
10 - Dana Fuchs - Helter Skelter/3:38
11 - Joe Anderson, Salma Hayek - Happiness Is A Warm Gun/3:03
12 - Evan Rachel Wood - Blackbird/3:01
13 - Joe Anderson - Hey, Jude/4:08
14 - Dana Fuchs - Don't Let Me Down/3:04
15 - Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs - All You Need Is Love/3:16
16 - Bono, The Edge - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/4:20
REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As soundtracks to Beatles-inspired movies go, Across the Universe -- the companion piece to Julie Taymor's pseudo-psychedelic fantasmagoria extravaganza that tells the story of the '60s through the tunes of the Fab Four -- has bewilderingly gaudy moments, but it's not as appallingly tacky as Sgt. Pepper or as stuffy as All This and World War II. Still, Taymor's overly designed fantasia is at once too tasteful and too garish, which is an odd combination for an odd movie -- and something that may be more gripping onscreen than it is on record. Dana Fuchs furiously channels Melissa Etheridge (especially on "Helter Skelter") when her performance is isolated as music, although the biggest surprise is that Bono not only looks like a dead ringer for Robin Williams in the film, but he sounds a bit like him too, with overly earnest readings of "I Am the Walrus" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Much of the rest slides by agreeably enough. Jim Sturgess has the same plainspoken delivery as Ewan MacGregor in Moulin Rouge, which helps in love songs from "All My Loving" to "Something" -- and he does a credible job on the rockabilly revamp of "I've Just Seen a Face" -- while Joe Cocker steals the show with his slinky, funky, spacy version of "Come Together." And, apart from Bono and Fuchs' too-strong soulful belting, nothing is distracting -- but the biggest strength of Across the Universe may be that, when considered in its entirety, it mainly whets the appetite for the original recordings.
DoWnLoAd
