Grease (Songs From Grease) - Various Artists

Advantages: Fun score, great performances, surprising arrangements
Disadvantages: BAD version of Beauty School Dropout

...Of the numerous recordings of Grease in my collection of stage and film music (five), this is the one I listen to the most often and the one ‘most deserving of wider recognition.’ There are so many opinions here on Ciao of the film soundtrack and I feel I’m being a bit strange and different by writing on any of the others… This is the most recent Broadway revival of the show, and they did some pretty radical things to the score for it. They didn’t write any new songs, nor did they incorporate any of the songs written for the film, which to me is a great relief. Don’t get me wrong, I love the four songs from the film, but they don’t fit in with the rest of the score. The original songs from the Grease stage show (six years before the film came out) are all pastiches of various kinds... Read review

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Advantages: Completely insane, and shouldn't be allowed
Disadvantages: Very short, and not really value for money

...Rockview") to discover that this was typical of both their sound, and their title selection. So, a little while later, with some money in my pocket, I decided to go looking for some more Less Than Jake material. Standing in HMV, I spotted this album, reduced to £9.99, and picked it up to have a look. It's not often that a CD can have me laughing before I played it, much less before I've even bought it, but a simple glance confirmed that this looked like eight songs from the "Grease" soundtrack. I had to have it! So I did! I took it home, I put it on. For sixteen minutes, I listened and I laughed. After that, I hit "play" again. For another sixteen minutes, I listened and I laughed. This went on for some time. Then my flatmate came home. She listened and laughed. We invited friends over. They listened and laughed. See what I mean about... Read review

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Advantages: great tracks to sing along to
Disadvantages: none

...for help from anybody. A good song with a twist Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee - Olivia Newton-John +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sandy sings this at the car-race when she realises that she must change if she is to keep Danny by her side. It is quite melancholy. We Go Together - Olivia Newton-John +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is the song sung by the whole cast at the fairground. The whole cast are together, all the couples are happy, all problems are sorted and its the end of high school. Its a really upbeat song, a whop bop aloo bop a wop bam boo!! I love this song as you know that everybody is happy now!! Love Is a Many Splendored Thing ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sorry, cannot recall this one from the film. Grease - Frankie Valli - the closing version of the opening song... Read review

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