Slow Slow Quick Quick Slow - Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

Advantages: Songs are in the order they appear in the film
Disadvantages: A few Ballroom numbers that may not be to everyones taste

...and Le Disc ( another Ballroom number )! 6. TIME OF MY LIFE (instrumental version) by The John Morris Orchestra 7. WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? by Tom Johnston 8. DO YOU LOVE ME by The Contours ( Brill song this makes me dance and sing at the top of my voice, up tempo) 9. LOVE MAN By Otis Redding ( this is where Jonny trys to show Baby how to dance, another one to dance to! 10. STAY By Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs 11. WIPEOUT By The Surfaris ( no singing in this, a tune even people who have not seen Dirty Dancing will have heard before) 12. HUNGRY EYES By Eric Carmem ( a great power ballad) 13. OVERLOAD By Zappacosta 14. HEY BABY By Bruce Channel ( will have you singing along and swaying side to side, everytime i hear this i have to stop myself from adding the oohh aahh! 15. DE TODO UN POCO By Michael Lloyd and Le Disc ( Ballroom... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun
Disadvantages: Bizarre

...imagine. Another Romeo and Juliet track is given the remix treatment to somewhat unsettling effect. 'When Doves Cry' starts off in a plaintive fashion, but moves into a section where the music behind the vocals makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable. I'm not sure if it's intended to sound sinister, but it definitely comes across that way. The lyrics are wonderful and I always find myself impressed by this track, even if I don't necessarily enjoy it. Also unsettling, but in a different way is 'Happy Feet', another Strictly Ballroom remix. The vocals and playing of Jack Hylton and his orchestra are given enough of a 1990s makeover to sound like a dance band has never sounded before, complete with record scratching. Great fun, but very bizarre. Back to the operatic songs, but this time on the bizarre front, Benjamin Britten's settings... Read review

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Advantages: The Best Recording Ever
Disadvantages: None

...into sighs and scales which rise and fall without assuagement. A spikyish theme is introduced after 1”40; there’s angst here and just a little craziness too. Quick modulations of key add to the restlessness. Thoughts flit from one crisis to another without any real conclusion to any of them. The quick spirited cello theme laid over more the placid orchestra make the orchestra sound like it is trying to placate the cello, but the distraction is too much. One by one, the other instruments succumb to the prickly theme and take it up. Your ear can’t rest throughout this. You’ll be supping your wine a bit more quickly too. There are menacing timpani and farting trombones, and definitely hints of Pomp and Circumstance in this (the bit just before Land of Hope and Glory starts). After 7 minutes the whole thing slows down like it... Read review

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