Jackie Brown: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture (1997 Film) [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]

jackie brown: music from the miramax motion picture (1997 film) [explicit lyrics] [soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
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"Stuck in the Middle With You" and "You Never Can Tell" now induce indelible visual images that have little to do with Steealer's Wheel and Chuck Berry their respective creators. They've been co-opted (and, some might argue, corrupted) by Quentin Tarantino, arguably the most music-savvy of '90s filmmakers. The soundtrack to Tarantino's Jackie Brown is heavy on '70s R&B (Bobby Womack, Brothers Johnson, Bill Withers, Minnie Ripperton) studded with oddities (Johnny Cash singing "Tennessee Stud," a track from blaxploitation queen/Jackie Brown star Pam Grier), and snatches of hardboiled dialogue. --Steven Stolder

What the Critics Say
By all accounts Jackie Brown is a low-key film, and the same could be said for the soundtrack.... But with contributions from the Delfonics, Randy Crawford, and Bill Withers, it will certainly endure.

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Jackie Brown: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture (1997 Film) [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

A good CD
Biased
i dont dig on sountracks....
"Boo Yah!" A great soundtrack and movie.
Top Notch Collection of Soul... but still missing something

Jackie Brown: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture (1997 Film)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Maverick
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002NJM
Release Date: 1997-12-09

Tracks:

Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
Beaumont's Lament - Samuel L. Jackson - Robert DeNiro
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
Melanie, Simone And Sheronda - Samuel L. Jackson - Robert DeNiro
Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) - Bill Withers
Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash
Natural High - Bloodstone
Long Time Woman - Pam Grier
Detroit 9000 - Council Cargle
(Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm - Foxy Brown
Street Life - Randy Crawford
Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time - The Delfonics
Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton
Just Ask Melanie - Samuel L. Jackson - Robert DeNiro - Bridget Fonda
The Lions And The Cucumber - The Vampire Sound Inc.
Monte Carlo Nights - Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods

Amazon.com

"Stuck in the Middle With You" and "You Never Can Tell" now induce indelible visual images that have little to do with Steealer's Wheel and Chuck Berry their respective creators. They've been co-opted (and, some might argue, corrupted) by Quentin Tarantino, arguably the most music-savvy of '90s filmmakers. The soundtrack to Tarantino's Jackie Brown is heavy on '70s R&B (Bobby Womack, Brothers Johnson, Bill Withers, Minnie Ripperton) studded with oddities (Johnny Cash singing "Tennessee Stud," a track from blaxploitation queen/Jackie Brown star Pam Grier), and snatches of hardboiled dialogue. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

A good CD.......2007-03-29

This CD has a lot of good music and in the order it was in the movie. I like this one and have listened to it more than a few times.

Biased.......2006-03-14

I have to admit that my high rating of this album is mostly because of Pam Grier's presence. I am a huge Pam Grier fan and she can do no wrong. However, the soundtrack is very good because it does a good job of blending 70s music (Blaxploitation) with the "Tarantino movie sound" i.e. heavy guitar & rock based. Go back to Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. I have an even greater appreication for Bobby Womack who doesn't have the smoothest voice in R&B, but his raspy/scratchy voice is very unique.

i dont dig on sountracks...........2005-11-03

But I bought this one. Couldn't help it. The music was such a prominent part of the film, more so than any other film I've seen. It was a good film, ok. I'm not in love with it. But the music was in tune with the great parts of the film- never ever witnessed this before. Witness: Samuel Jackson slipping on the gloves and coldly assasinating Chris Tucker. Could that song, don't even know what it's called, be more shocking, fitting, pretty much every adjective. And then the end of the flick with Jackie driving with a tear in her eye singing along- I do the same thing without the tear. Truth told I didn't know much about this music before I saw the movie. But it makes me feel like I was there and that makes my life more exciting and that makes a good album. Pulp fiction OST was really good too but to put it straight up, Jackie Brown is black soul that white boys don't get the pleasure to hear. Boo-yah!

"Boo Yah!" A great soundtrack and movie........2005-07-27

Seeing "Pulp Fiction" was quite a revelation. I thought,"This is the kind of movie I've waited for my whole life." Although I was only 16 when I saw it at the movies. So I couldn't wait for the follow-up to Pulp. And I waited, and waited, and waited seemingly forever for Quentin Tarantino's next movie. Finally in December of 1997 came "Jackie Brown". I didn't see the movie when it came out but I'd always look at the soundtrack in the music stores wondering if I should buy it. After all, the soundtrack to Pulp was as incredible as the movie. Really, the music is intregal to the movie, you can't separate the two. So I never bought the soundtrack to Jackie because I hadn't watched the movie. Then last summer I finally watched the movie on T.V. I quickly realized that it was quite a good movie and had some really cool music as well. Now I'm ashamed to say that I waited so long to watch the movie and thus buy the soundtrack, and the movie on DVD. There are great hits here such as "Midnight Confession", "Strawberry Letter #23", and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" which is essentially the movies theme. But there are wonderful lost classics such as "Street Life", Minnie Ripperton's "Inside My Love", Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Stud", Bobby Womack singing "Across 110th St", and of course Pam Grier herself singing "Long Time Woman". If you haven't seen the movie I recommend you do. It's excellent. You should probably wait to buy the soundtrack until after you've seen the movie too, otherwise the songs won't have the same impact. Either way though it's another in the long line of quirky, funky, and phenomenal Tarantino sountracks.

Top Notch Collection of Soul... but still missing something.......2004-12-07

This is an excellent soundtrack collection, the songs for the film fit perfectly into the theme. If you're a fan of soul music, after seeing the film you'll probably immediately jump at the chance to own this soundtrack. That's where I was coming from.

Most of the songs that you hear from the film are all here. You can be sure that the stand out moments of the movie with their related music is all here. From the opening segment with Bobby Womack's "Across 110th Street", to "Inside My Love" and of course The Delfonics' "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" which is almost the theme song for the movie. This is not purely a soul soundtrack, although Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Stud" is a welcome inclusion (especially relating back to the film), but the last two tracks might make most expecting pure soul just end the disc. No matter the tracks included are nothing to argue with, except possibly the inclusion of Foxy Brown's "Letter To the Firm". As a rap fan, this is a horrible inclusion, it shows up in the movie for like 10 seconds when Max is in the music store (you could have inserted any song here, just a waste).

My only other problem with the soundtrack is that it did not give me everything I wanted or expected. With the disc only running 51 min. with the skits it really could have been done better. The Supremes' "Baby Love" is missing as is Jermaine Jackson's "My Touch of Madness" (which is pretty hard to get a hold of), and most notably The Delfonics "La-La (Means I Love You)". Also, if you have watched the DVD you'll no doubt be trying to figure out the infectious tune played during the menu's: it's The Meter's "Cissy Strut", also not included. In addition, none of the music that serves as the score is included here. Most of these songs were actually composed by the legendary Roy Ayers originally for the "Coffy" soundtrack (which actually also stars Pam Grier). I would recommend getting this soundtrack for same score.

All in all it's a solid soul soundtrack. It fails in comparison to other soul soundtracks and compilations that I have (Dead Presidents, Chronicles etc.), but I would certainly recommend it for soul fans as well as fans of the film. If it had included all or most of the films song it would no doubt be a corner stone in anyone's collection.

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