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Aimee Mann - Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture Audio CD

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Aimee Mann Band: Aimee Mann
Title: Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
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Release Date: 1999-12-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: One 2: Momentum 3: Build That Wall 4: Deathly 5: Driving Sideways 6: You Do 7: Nothing Is Good Enough [Instrumental] 8: Wise Up 9: Save Me 10: Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp 11: Logical Song - Supertramp 12: Dreams - Gabrielle 13: Magnolia

A must-hear for Aimee Mann fans!
I am a huge Aimee Mann fan and bought this CD when it released. I loved the movie, Magnolia, and one of the highlights was all of the Aimee Mann music played throughout. I cannot tell you how many times I have played it because it is just. that. good!

My all-time favorite Aimee Mann songs, "Wise Up" and "Momentum" and "Driving Sideways" are from this soundtrack. I have to say that I haven't heard an Aimee Mann song that I didn't like, though.

A fun bonus is the presence of Supertramp on this soundtrack. I forgot that I really like them until I heard "The Logical Song" and "Goodbye Stranger" on the CD.

This is a great CD for on the road or chilling at home!.


As good as the film
Her song "Wise Up," was profoundly moving when sung by virtually the entire cast of the movie in that all so powerful montage. Magnolia the film is the reason I became an Aimee Mann fan. A collection of songs that capture the same varied emotions of the film, most of which are sung by the captivating Aimme Mann, this is a must have if you loved the movie. .


My Introduction To Aimee
It seems equally incredible that this knowledge gap closed because of a movie; I never expect much from soundtracks, however enjoyable they may be, because I generally don't go to a flick to hear music. It seems incredible to me now that nine years ago I had never heard of Aimee Mann or her music. (When you go to a concert, do you expect to see a great movie?) So watching "Magnolia" was a unique experience. It was 100% worth the price of a ticket, but of that, only 20% was due to the movie itself --and I liked the movie a lot. Songs like "One," "Driving Sideways," and "Wise Up" made up the other 80%.

Given such an intro, a five star review of this disk should surprise no one. What might surprise is that I was debating whether to give it three or four, because there are five tracks here I could do without. The two Supertramp songs are unnecessary. Both were played to death on top 40 radio in the 1970s and 80s, and neither added much to the film. "Dreams," by someone named Gabrielle, is a pleasant enough R&B ballad. (ie: filler). Jon Brion's composition "Magnolia" is OK in an aural wallpaper mood-setting sort of way if you're into that sort of thing, which I'm not, most of the time. Aimee's own "Nothing Is Good Enough" is, unaccountably, an instrumental version; someone at Reprise Records must not have gotten the memo explaining that Ms. Mann is all about lyrics, and that the music is so good because it's been crafted to serve the lyrics.

The five stars, then, are for the eight Aimee Mann songs presented whole as Aimee Mann songs: "One," "Momentum," "Build That Wall," "Deathly," "Driving Sideways," "You Do," "Wise Up," and "Save Me. " They're strong enough to make up for the weak ones. Strong, because of her choice of subject matter --desolation, desperation, self-destruction, self-deception, loneliness, and longing to name a bagful--, and strong, because of her handling of that subject matter. The music somehow carries its emotional freight without coming across as oppressive. When Mann writes about people doing or experiencing these things, she is also writing about people who have turned around to face their demons, name them, and thereby defeat them. Or at the very least open a pathway to defeating them. Under even the most crushing of burdens there still lurks hope. Which is what "Magnolia" is about, come to think of it. If a complex movie like that can be about any one thing.

But then Aimee's music inspired Paul Thomas Anderson to make his film. They are its guiding spirit. And that, I suppose, is what the best movie soundtracks do. .


A classic gem of a soundtrack...
The perfect soundtrack to go with a perfect film. I absolutely love this soundtrack. Ever since I saw the film back in 1999, it instantly became one of my all time favorites, and shortly after, I bought the soundtrack. I can't say enough about it. It's beautiful. Aimee Mann is a genius! Her songs are so powerful, and I can see why P. T. Anderson wanted to adapt her songs into a screenplay. Buy it from Amazon NOW!.


Amazing from beginning to end
The transitions are great. The tracks on this album flow so well. I've loved Aimee Mann since her 'Til Tuesday days, but can never get enough of her voice on this soundtrack.


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