Wicked-Sound of Breakbeat Gara

Wicked-Sound of Breakbeat Gara

Editorial Reviews
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When jungle started out, it was part and parcel of the house scene--an odd breakbeat mutation that wasn't too proud to flaunt extended diva samples and cheesy piano breakdowns. Since then, jungle has excised the flashier elements in favor of an unrelenting, hardcore brutality. That has its own fascination, but the emergence of breakbeat garage--vocal house tracks with antic rhythm programming that lands on everything but the 4/4--reminds us of the road not taken. Wicked, a compilation of 10 breakbeat garage tracks, gives American audiences a first chance to hear this London phenomenon in full flower. It's a strange variation on eight or nine different clubland trends that, like most such innovations, seems to demand completely new ways of dancing. But anyone who's paid attention to Timbaland's rhythmic inventions shouldn't find it too disorienting. Of course, anyone who's paid attention to Timbaland might also miss the presence of actual songcraft--there's not an "Up Jumps Da Boogie" or "Are You That Somebody?" to be found here. Which is why this is club music of the highest order, but radio fare by no stretch of the imagination. At least not yet. --Jeff Salamon

Tracks:

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Waiting - Elizabeth Daily
Fire In The Twilight - Wang Chung
I'm The Dude (Instrumental) - Keith Forsey & Steve Schiff
Heart Too Hot To Hold - Jesse Johnson & Stephanie Spruill
Dream Montage (Instrumental) - Gary Chang
We Are Not Alone - Karla DeVito
The Reggae (Instrumental) - Keith Forsey
Didn't I Tell You - Joyce Kennedy
Love Theme (Instrumental) - Keith Forsey

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Few could challenge John Hughes in 1980s teen coming-of-age flicks. This brat-pack extravaganza boasts the anthemic "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds, a hit so large it vaulted them into the collective consciousness. The rest of it is more disposable. Elizabeth Daily (aka E.G.) was a kindred spirit of Pia Zadora in that people kept trying to make her famous, although in retrospect it's hard to figure out why. The Karla DeVito track "We Are Not Alone" still wears well, although it may be because it's synonymous with some great imagery from the movie. Producer Keith Forsey went on to work with Billy Idol and Charlie Sexton with mixed results. --Scott Wilson

Customer Reviews:

Beginning of a fistful of young stars-to-be.......2007-05-13

First movie for many of them, excellent soundtrack to go by!!!

Breakfast Club Soundtrack.......2007-05-08

This is a great CD it has some great songs on it!

Excellent soundtrack for an excellent movie!!.......2007-04-10

This soundtrack album to the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club is excellent! I am not the kind of person to only like the main song from the movie, Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me), and think that the remaining nine songs are not worth listening to. There are a few other songs that I like: "Waiting" is great, "Fire in the Twilight" is excellent, too, "Heart Too Hot To Hold" is great, the "Dream Montage" is quite dreamy and melodic, "We Are Not Alone" is a real dance rocker, and the "Love Theme" is also great, too. For those of you folks who think that the Simple Minds song on this album is the only song worth listening to, you're missing out. Stop complaining! Get to know the other songs on the album, you obviously won't regret it.

Memories.......2007-03-16

I Loved the movie and the sound track from the day I saw it!! Everyone has to see part of themselves in at least 1-2 characters in the movie. The songs just stick in your head and play over and over...."Sitting on ice while the clock is watching losing face" what better description of high school detention is there?

Great 80's snapshot - and good music too!.......2006-05-19

Hey, whats all this shouting about the Breakfast Club soundtrack being only worth buying for the Simple Minds track? Some people are so narrow minded...!
I love all the tracks on here. This is a great album for anyone who still loves the music of the 80's, and you don't even have to be a fan of the film to appreciate it. Full of big, urgent sounding songs with lots of crashing syn-drums and percussion...Just the ticket! The Simple Minds track "Don't You Forget About Me" was of course a huge hit, but this group have a substantial following and plenty of their own Cds, so fans of that track can investigate those if they want more of the same.

I'd happily give just as much attention to EG Daily (great voice), Wang Chung (hearing this made me check out the "To Live And Die In LA" soundtrack as well) and Karla DeVito, who also contribute stirling numbers. The specially written instrumental theme tunes are also pretty good. But the stand out track in my opinion is "Heart Too Hot to Hold", which ran alongside the closing credits in the film, a fantastic barn-stormer with typical emotionally over-wrought lyrics. In fact nearly all the tracks have the vocals belted out at top volume, such much so that Karla DeVito and Joyce Kennedy (the singer on "Didn't I Tell You") must have passed out after the recording session was over....they don't make 'em like this any more!

So if you can forget the awful fashions and brat-pack egos of the movie, you can still enjoy this CD.