Audio CD review:
The Village People, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones (II), Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand - Can't Stop The Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album

The Village People, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones (II), Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand - Can't Stop The Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album

Band: The Village People, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones (II), Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand Title: Can't Stop The Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Rating: Release Date: 24 September, 1996 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Can't StopThe Music 2: Samantha - David London 3: Give Me A Break - The Richie Family 4: Liberation 5: Magic Night 6: The Sound Of The City - David London 7: Milkshake 8: Y.M.C.A 9: I Love You To Death 10: Sophistication - The Richie Family

Customer Reviews Can't Stop It But They Did Shrink It Unfortunately Casablanca Records got cold feet about releasing the album as it was originally intended: a two-disc set with longer versions of most of the songs using different mixes which featured strings and horns arranged by the Village People's usual arranger Horace Ott. There is a lot of "baggage" associated with this album: the movie for which this was a soundtrack and the backlash against disco which preceded it's release. The released album features single edits and reduces or in some cases altogether eliminates Ott's contributions to the tracks. To hear these songs as originally intended you would have to collect the Ritchie Family's "Give Me A Break" album and several 12" singles which were released as promotional items to club DJs only. Despite my disappointment this is still a highly enjoyable album, David London's "The Sound Of The City" (probably the only track to make it to the album in it's original version) is a standout, the lyrics and Gershwinesque arrangement paint a loving picture of New York that could have been created in Tin Pan Alley days. "Milkshake" is silly, campy fun and "Liberation" is a disco anthem to freedom and liberation in a time when a pop group couldn't get more specific as to who needed liberating (have we made much progress since then? I think we haven't). "Y. M. C. A. " is simply an overdub of Ray Simpson's vocals over the single edit of the original recording but the title track is a great song and one of the best things the group recorded since Ray replaced Victor Willis. If you're a Village People fan you should get this cd and if you're a serious fan like me this will at least tide you over until you've collected all those rare DJ 12" singles. . Ritchie Family, and camp, make this worthwhile. "Can't Stop the Music" was intended to be anthemic, but falls flat. There's something a bit depressing about this album. I think the producers were attempting to change their sound to adapt to 1980 sensibilities, as evidenced by "rockish" "Liberation," but this too simply does not feel like the Village People that made its earlier hits. However, there are two reasons I recommend this though only to disco devotees. First, there are some good songs. My favorite is the Ritchie Family's "Give Me a Break," which I think is their best. The Village People's "Milkshake" is great in a campy way. Second, one will enjoy the soundtrack more if they have seen the film in all its horrendous glory. No review can do it justice: Xanadu pales in comparison to its hamhanded production and "plot. " It's so bad it's wonderful!. Wonderful So Many happy memories attached to it of happy times!! Got to disagree what the above reviewer says about The Ritchie Family. I love this album. They are a wonderful camp disco extravaganza of a group with powerful and soulfull vocals. Anyone with a sense of camp and a love of fully orchestrated disco anthems will love their work with Jaques Morali and Henri Belolo. We have fallen a long way since as full orchestrations are rarley found these days and the time spent recording pop today is high speed for quanity not quality! (JK is one of the few artists still doing the real thing these days. ) If you love Disco you gotta get this!. . You can see a complete list of all The Village People, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones (II), Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand discography, or go back to the The Village People, David Hodo, Glenn Hughes, Randy Jones (II), Felipe Rose, Ray Simpson, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand tabs