African Swim & Manny & Lo

John Lurie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Strange & Beautiful
• ASIN: B00000I0E4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,572 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Titles

2. Al Al Al Al

3. Big Trouble

4. Men Working

5. Teddy Bears Nik Pop

6. Sex With Al

7. Gun Dance

8. Tomato Fight

9. Al Is Hated

10. Vibe Whoops

11. Goodbye to Peach

12. African Swim [End Titles]

13. Manny and Lo [Main Titles]

14. Tiffany's Bedroom

15. Driving into Country

16. She's Not a Nurse

17. Manny Leaves Lo

18. Monster Trucks

19. Lo Crawls Through Window

20. Wild Bill

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lurie's Best Soundtrack Work, October 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: African Swim & Manny & Lo (Audio CD)

Lurie says African Swim is his best soundtrack work, and from the sound of it he is right. Pity the movie was never released. Lurie blends avante-jazz and pop together in such a way that you would never think of this as back ground music. This album is extremely listenable, and a real treat to anyone who likes the Lounge Lizards. All hail the king of all cool!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indeed, Lurie's best soundtrack work, October 29, 2000

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Allan MacInnis (Vancouver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: African Swim & Manny & Lo (Audio CD)

This is a terrific album. The music is wonderful, playful, strange, rich, and all the other things Lurie's music can be; I have a vested interested in the song titles for "Al Al Al Al," "Sex with Al," and "Al is Hated" -- but I can still be objective here. Unlike the DOWN BY LAW or STRANGER THAN PARADISE recordings, recorded earlier in Lurie's career, the music here demonstrates the full range of Lurie's talents, and even show him striking off in new directions; there's a hilarious punk rock rave up ("She's not a Nurse" -- "...she only dresses like a nurse"), funny, goofy songs that could easily be Marvin Pontiac outtakes ("Big Trouble"), and guest appearances by members of Medeski, Martin and Wood and Marc Ribot. Lurie plays quite a bit of guitar on this release, as well. Worthwhile.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LURIE LIKES TO SWIM, February 7, 2001

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oguz (Istanbul , Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: African Swim & Manny & Lo (Audio CD)

THIS IS REALLY A GREAT ALBUM BY LURIE.HE PLAYS GUITAR MORE THAN SAX , BUT ITS VERY GOOD MUSIC. MEDESKI MARTIN&WOOD , MARC RIBOT PLAYS TOO. THEY ARE SONGS LIKE "NURSE" PUNK-CORE ,THE OTHER SONGS MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD . LYRICS FORM "BIG TROUBLE" IS REALLY VERY FUNNY. A GREAT ALBUM. IF U KNOW TURKISH, TRY TO READ IT.