Salsa Around The World - Various Artists

Advantages: Great collection of songs
Disadvantages: Candy by Mandy Moore seems to be missing

...Centre Stage is one of my favourite films and the soundtrack is one of the things that make it so. I can't listen to Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel or Jamiroquai - Canned Heat without thinking of the dance routines and trying to re-enact bits too. The CD has 14 of the best songs from the film as follows; 1. Mandy Moore - I Wanna be with you (the one where Jodie and Cooper get it on) 2. International Five - First Kiss 3. Ashley Ballard - Dont Get Lost in the Crowd 4. P.Y.T. - We're Dancing (plays at start of closing credits) 5. Thunderbugs - Friends Forever 6. Cyrena - Get used to This 7. P.Y.T - A Girl can Dream 8. Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (the jazz class routine) 10. Elvis Crespo and Gizelle D'Cole - Come Baby Come (Salsa club and throwing sponges) 11. Michael Jackson - The Way... Read review

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Advantages: Reminds you of the film's atmosphere; varied selection of artists/genres
Disadvantages: Some tracks seem out of place

...Often, movie soundtracks seem to fall into one of few categories: the original score, where a composer will concoct melodies to paint a musical landscape of the story told in moving picture; the compilation of tracks by "Various Artists" that cohere with a theme inherent in the movie's setting (whether it be folk music, 60's classics, charged heavy metal and/or hip hop); or some mixture of the two. Then we have those soundtracks that are compilations of such a wide variety of tracks we at first wonder how we are supposed to connect the hodge podge with the movie in any way. The soundtrack to Y Tu Mamá También is one of these - a compilation of the miscellaneous persuasion, boasting genres of music from lounge to pop to quirky Latin rap, to music a European like me - who is uneducated in popular world music - simply cannot pigeon... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing melodies and profound beautiful lyrics
Disadvantages: Absolutely none

.... ***************************************** It is very difficult to "judge" an album of this maestro, and indeed I will do no such thing. I will merely try to describe what I personally feel about his music, adding some information, only very little, as there is so much to say about this man. To fully appreciate Silvio's music, an understanding of Spanish is extremely useful, although certainly not a necessity; but his lyrics are as important as his music, if not more so. They are heart felt poems about various topics; love, life, personal reflections and injustice in the world. His is deeply and has always been deeply motivated by all the injustices going on in the world, including of course, the embargo on his native Cuba, where he has always resided and still does. In his latest album "Cita Con Angeles" (Rendez-vous with Angels), there is a song which carries the same title... Read review

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