Desperate Housewives: Music Inspired By [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B0009G6NQA
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dialog – Mary Alice

2. SheDaisy – God Bless The American Housewife

3. Dialog – Edie

4. Shania Twain – Shoes

5. Anna Nalick – Band Of Gold

6. Dialog – Lynette

7. Liz Phair – Mother’s Little Helper

8. Indigo Girls – Mrs. Robinson

9. Martina Mc Bride – Harper Valley PTA

10. Dialog – Bree

11. LeeAnn Rimes – Running Out Of Time

12. Joss Stone – Treat Me Right (I’m Yours For Life)

13. Sara Evans – One’s On The Way

14. Dialog – Gabrielle

15. Macy Gray – Boom Boom

16. Gloria Estefan – Young Hearts Run Free

17. Dialog – Susan

18. Idina Menzel – Damsel In Distress

19. KD Lang – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife

20. Dialog – Mary Alice

See all 21 tracks on this disc

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music that fits the Housewives, June 11, 2007

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Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (College Park, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desperate Housewives: Music Inspired By (Audio CD)

This CD combos old covers with new artist (Band of Gold, Mrs Robinson, Harper Valley PTA) with new pieces by Joss Stone, Sara Evens, Idina Menzel (from the cast of Wicked-SEE THE REVIEW)..and piece of dialog for the Housewives cast first season for a great sound track

I love the cuts of SHeDAISY's God Bless the American Housewife and Shania Twain's Shoes. They move this soundtrack along

The one cut that dont work is Danny Elfman's Easter Egg cute (that is a cut supposely after the CD is over of his singing versionof the Desparate Housewives theme, BYPASS THIS CUT!

Catch the Housewives spirit, Get the CD!!

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, Cute CD, November 30, 2005

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Kat (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desperate Housewives: Music Inspired By (Audio CD)

I'm not a fan of the show, having never seen this, but when I saw the artists who sing on the album I felt compelled to buy it. What resulted was a fun, upbeat, girl-centered album, almost all (if not entirely) female singers. The music is fun, and the random quotes from the show add an interesting aspect. I've never seen it, but previewing the show like this is easy and effortless. The only problem would be that I can't just listen to it randomly because the quotes are in the way, especially when I just want to hear music. But all in all, it's a fun album and worth checking out!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack for pop-country music fans, March 31, 2009

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desperate Housewives: Music Inspired By (Audio CD)

As ever with soundtracks, I bought this because the music appealed to me. I know nothing about the TV series, though the pictures in the booklet illustrate women that seem extremely happy with life and appear to be anything but desperate. One thing to note, for those to whom it matters, is that the title includes the phrase telling you that only some of the music actually featured in the TV series - from and inspired by. Seven of the tracks here are actually brief spoken comments by Mary Alice, Edie, Lynette, Bree, Gabrielle, Susan and Mary Alice again. Fans of the series may be interested in these, but I'll focus on the songs.

Many but not of the songs are covers of famous songs. The singers are a mix of pop, rock and contemporary country, but the end result is very satisfying. The first song here is God bless the American housewife, a very appropriate song for a soundtrack about housewives, performed by SheDaisy. As the album progresses, it is very clear that most, if not all, of the songs fit the housewife / mother theme, even where it isn`t immediately obvious from the title. So you'll hear covers of Band of gold (about a deserted housewife), Mother's little helper (about a mother dependant on drugs), Mrs Robinson (the classic Simon and Garfunkel song, here performed by the Indigo Girls), Harper Valley PTA (about a mother defending herself against criticism), One's on the way (about a pregnant mother), Young hearts run free (about a housewife wishing she could be young and free) and Dreams of the everyday housewife.

Nobody who knows my preferences will be surprised to learn that my favorite tracks are those by Martina McBride (Harper valley PTA, originally recorded by Jeannie CD Riley) and Sara Evans (One`s on the way, originally recorded by Loretta Lynn). At around the time that Martina recorded Harper Valley PTA, she also recorded a whole covers album of old country songs, Timeless. It may even be that Harper Valley PTA was originally intended for that album as it was recorded in a similar style to the tracks that made it to that album, but you won't find it there, not even on the UK edition that includes four bonus tracks. (If you've heard that album, you'll know exactly what to expect here.) Of the others, I particularly enjoy Shania Twain's original song, Shoes, and the covers by Liz Phair (Mother's little helper, originally recorded by the Rolling Stones) and Gloria Estefan (Young hearts run free, originally recorded by Candi Staton). The album closes with the theme song for Desperate housewives, sung by Danny Elfman, the only male vocalist here.

I only came across this soundtrack by accident, but I'm glad I did. The music here is somewhat eclectic and your favorites are likely to depend on your own personal tastes, but there's a lot of great music here.