Muriel's Wedding: Music From And Inspired By The Film [Soundtrack]

muriel's wedding: music from and inspired by the film [soundtrack]

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Vintage pop cheese served up in smelly splendor here by The Carpenters, Peter Allen (the deathless "I Go to Rio"), Dusty Springfield, The Rubettes, and, above all, ABBA. No new singles, but the orchestrated "bridal version" of "Dancing Queen" is a showstopper. Big fun. --Jeff Bateman

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Muriel's Wedding: Music From And Inspired By The Film [Soundtrack]

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Happy, bubbly, fun
ABBA, ABBA, ABBA!!! This is Fantastic!
Great soundtrack, decent soundtrack CD
Good songs
Just the right mix of Abba and other artists.

Muriel's Wedding: Music From And Inspired By The Film
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GLW
Release Date: 1995-04-04

Tracks:

Bridal Dancing Queen (Edited Orchestra Score) - The Wedding Band
Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Lonely Hearts - The Wedding Band
The Tide Is High - Blondie
Waterloo - Abba
I Go To Rio - Peter Allen
Bean Bag - The Wedding Band
T-Shirts & Jeans - Razorbrain
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield
Bridal Dancing Queen (Full Orchestra Score) - The Wedding Band
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba
Happy Together - The Turtles
Muriel's Wedding - The Wedding Band
Dancing Queen - Abba

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Vintage pop cheese served up in smelly splendor here by The Carpenters, Peter Allen (the deathless "I Go to Rio"), Dusty Springfield, The Rubettes, and, above all, ABBA. No new singles, but the orchestrated "bridal version" of "Dancing Queen" is a showstopper. Big fun. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Happy, bubbly, fun.......2007-01-09

A feast for the ears with a hint of 70's nostalgia and some ethereal & romantic work on the Dancing Queen theme. Sure to brighten anyone's day.

ABBA, ABBA, ABBA!!! This is Fantastic!.......2005-07-15

This wonderful '70's soundtrack features lots of terrific songs. Of course the highlights are ABBA's Waterloo, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, and Dancing Queen. Too bad Mamma Mia isn't on there but it's still wonderful! I hear that Muriel's Wedding features a lot of ABBA songs. ABBA is my favorite group and I really want to see the movie. If anyone writes another review for this soundtrack, please tell me when all of the ABBA songs play. Thanks so much. Actually I did see the part where Muriel and Rhonda lip-synch to Waterloo in some of ABBA's famous costumes doing ABBA's famous choreography and it was laugh-out-loud hilarious!!!
Many of the other songs on here are great too. Some highlights are Peter Allen's I Go to Rio (this makes me tap my feet every time I hear it), Blondie's The Tide Is High (it sounds like a great song to listen to while cruising the Bahamas or some other islands), and The Carpenter's We've Only Just Begun (this is the ideal wedding song along with I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do).
Also Bridal Dancing Queen is far from being album filler. It is beautiful and sometimes (I know this sounds sappy) brings tears to my eyes because it is so soaring.
The only tracks I think I could do without are the short version of Bridal Dancing Queen (since there is already the superior longer version) and Lonely Hearts. That song is so short (1 minute) that it has no emotion and feels rushed and superfluous.
But overall it's better to have too much than too little and this great, fun, and well produced soundtrack is one of the best I've come across. And I have A LOT of soundtracks.

Great soundtrack, decent soundtrack CD.......2001-06-18

A fine souvenir of a terrific film and an excellent sampler in its own right, even though it doesn't fully capture the film's moving soundtrack experience. Having seen the film a few times, I still don't recall the Carpenters and Dusty Springfield tunes being there (oh ... "music inspired by", I see), but they're good songs nonetheless. The Rubette track (a 1974 UK smash) is much appreciated and the orchestral version of "Dancing Queen" demonstrates how well Abba's music holds up in other contexts. The film was chock full of Abba songs, though only three found their way to this disc ("Fernando" and "Mamma Mia" are among the film-significant tunes missing), but I guess they didn't want to make this an Abba Greatest Hits CD. Still in all one of the better and more evocative soundtrack CDs of recent years.

Good songs.......2001-05-24

I have never seen this movie, I bought this album solely for the music on it. A great mix of 70's pop including songs by Abba and The Carpenters. But of course there is also some original score music too, like the wonderful orchestral "Bridal Dancing Queen" and "Lonely hearts". This album has a great mix of upbeat songs and will put anyone in a happy mood. I think I should see the movie!

Just the right mix of Abba and other artists........1998-08-24

Wonderful movie and fun music.

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