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The soundtrack begins with 'Misirlou', the classic Pulp Fiction track. I even have it as a ringtone... The album starts as the film does- belting. We then travel through the movie; the Royale with cheese, the boogie-ing, the drugs, the guns, reaching the climatic 'Ezekiel 25:17' by Mr Cool ... Read review
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Tarantino's 1994 smash, and although that sound runs throughout the soundtrack (along with bits and pieces of dialogue from the movie), this is a pretty eclectic bunch...
Tarantino's 1994 smash, and although that sound runs throughout the soundtrack (along with bits and pieces of dialogue from the movie), this is a pretty eclectic bunch...
Tarantino's 1994 smash, and although that sound runs throughout the soundtrack (along with bits and pieces of dialogue from the movie), this is a pretty eclectic bunch of really terrific songs. I don't know how it all manages to hang together, but it does (you might say the same for the interwoven stories in the movie). Where else are you going to find Chuck Berry, Maria McKee, Al Green, The Statler Brothers, Kool & the Gang, Urge Overkill (singing a Neil Diamond ballad!), Ricky Nelson, Dusty Springfield, and the Tornadoes (among others)on one album? McKee's beautiful "If Love is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" is a standout, partly because it's less familiar. One of the few soundtracks of the '90s that went into the CD player and stayed there for weeks and months thereafter. --Jim Emerson
Advantages: Hip and funky, like the film Disadvantages: N/A
...begins with 'Misirlou', the classic Pulp Fiction track. I even have it as a ringtone... The album starts as the film does- belting. We then travel through the movie; the Royale with cheese, the boogie-ing, the drugs, the guns, reaching the climatic 'Ezekiel 25:17' by Mr Cool himself- Samuel L Jackson.
It's difficult to review a soundtrack so closely in time with the film, without starting to review the film. Lets put it this way- the film couldn't ... ...you've never seen the film, fear not. If you like the soundtrack- give the movie a try. The Pulp Fiction soundtrack stands on its own from the film as a very good compilation album, but has the ability to take those fans of the film right back into that diner. ...
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