Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt

Rebecca Pidgeon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC
• ASIN: B0015I2P04
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Behind the Velvet Curtain

2. Long Island Poem

3. Baby Please Come Home

4. That's Life, That's Hollywood

5. Wouldn't It Be Nice (Beach Boys Cover)

6. I Cried

7. When You Were Mine (English/Portuguese Duet with Luciana Souza)

8. Been and Gone/Voce Nao Me Ve (performed in the movie by Luciana Souza)

9. Dawn/Manha" (Vocal in Portuguese performed by Rebecca Pidgeon)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From dreamy bossa nova to Country...Beautifully done, August 8, 2009

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JDB (Bridgeport, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt (Audio CD)

I wasn't anxious to write a review, but couldn't let the only other review of this lovely recording be a rating of 1 star. This album is typical of Rebecca Pidgeon - a little folk, jazz and country all mixed together. Rebecca writes lovely songs (If you haven't heard her before, be sure to check out "Raven") Perfect, very spare acoustic accompaniments. Several lovely bossa nova songs. Nice version of "Wouldn't It Be Nice." I haven't seen the movie that some of these songs came from, but the CD stands on its own merits. I might have ordinarily given it 4 stars, but didn't think that the 1 star I saw when I checked out this site was fair at all.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like RP........., September 29, 2009

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This review is from: Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt (Audio CD)

I'll join in with JDB and bump this up to a more appropriate rating.

JDB is right, Rebecca puts out solid recordings, and this one is no exception.

Nor is it exceptional. If you like RP, then this one will fit right in. Still, I consider Tough On Crime or New York Girl's Club to be substantially better.

1.0 out of 5 stars The songs are verrrryyyyyyy slooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww ....., April 29, 2011

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MovieMusic (Nautical Newport) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt (Audio CD)

I have "Tough On Crime", which is better than this, but they are both hamstrung by too much intellect in the songs and not enough feeling. Some people will see this as a plus, but I don't think there are any good songs here. And there is an irritating vocal mannerism here on the first two songs. She sings "San Francisco-ho" on the first track, and "blame-hame", "shoulder-her", "chatter-her", "answer-her" among others on the second track. It irritates me so much I've only listened twice and I'm not going back.

The only passable song here is the one she didn't write, The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice", but her voice is so thin in the high register that it doesn't really work.