Downtown 81 [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Recall
• ASIN: B000W8FY4C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,981 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, essential, July 28, 2008

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diggy (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Downtown 81 (Audio CD)

You'd be hard pressed to find latin funk mingling with art rock, electro, hip hop and ambient in today's East Village. This album is a brilliant collection of a unique, pre-Juliani/Disney New York City moment where art, music, fashion, and the scene came together in a vibrant pastiche of sounds, attitudes and colors.

All the tracks are worth listening to and are completely varied but still cohesive. Standouts are the Kid Creole and Coati Mundi tracks, which put early Talking Heads into perspective, Suicide's "Cheri" (sexy Jesus & Mary style dirge), and DNA's post punk freakout song Blond Redhead.

Check out the movie too. It's a brilliant, slightly cheesey and strange time capsule, more about mood and vibe than plot. The filmmakers were unwitting witnesses to the last great art movement in NYC.