Elizabethtown - Volume 2 [SOUNDTRACK]

Nancy Wilson (Composer), Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: October 14, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000CRQYTM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,945 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Director Cameron Crowe is the kind of guy who you just know makes killer custom compilations for his friends. Lucky for us, this is basically what this album is. While it¹s nominally linked to Crowe's movie of the same name, it feels like a leisurely stroll down his record shelves. The tone here is a lot more varied than on the first CD, which was mostly rootsy Americana. Sure, there are return artists like Tom Petty ("Learning to Fly," from 1991's Into the Great Wide Open), Ryan Adams ("Words"), and Lindsey Buckingham ("Big Love"), but the newcomers are more intriguing. Two of the best and least expected ones are paired in the middle of the album. The lovely, dreamy "...Passing By" was culled from the 2001 debut by German electronica master Ulrich Schnauss; following it are Sweden's Concretes and their buoyant, '60s-infused "You Can't Hurry Love" (not the Supremes tune). Meanwhile, Rachael Yamagata's "Jesus Was a Crossmaker" is a cover, and it preserves the wonderful mix of folk and pop of the 1971 original by cult icon Judee Sill. This is the rare sequel that feels richer than the album it follows. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 125 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Track listing , February 23, 2006

By	Megan Cohen (New York City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For those of you who, like me, want to know who performed what:

1. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
2. English Girls Approximately - Ryan Adams
3. Jesus was a Crossmaker - Rachael Yamagata
4. Funky Nassau - Beginning of the End
5. Loro - Pinback
6. Moon River - Patty Griffin
7. Summer Long - Kathleen Edwards
8. Passing By - Ulrich Schnauss
9. You Can't Hurry Love - The Concretes
10. River Road - Nancy Wilson
11. Same In Any Language - My Morning Jacket
12. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today - Washington Phillips
13. Words - Ryan Adams
14. Big Love - Lindsey Buckingham
15. I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations

Great soundtrack!

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 15 songs. No waste. Better than Vol. 1., February 18, 2006

By	Manny Hernandez "Author of Ning For Dummies" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

You may not like all Cameron Crowe movies. As a matter of fact, I found Elizabethtown a bit dissapointing. But one thing you can't argue is that all of them carry an impeccable music selection, something that comes from Crowe's days as a write for Rolling Stone magazine. "Elizabethtown" was no exception to this, and aware of the fact, the movie saw two soundtrack volumes spinning off of it. I have found Volume 2 to be more solid than Volume 1 in general, with 15 tracks that have no waste. Topping the list are the tracks by Tom Petty, Kathleen Edwards and Ryan Adams. I give it five stars: great selections of classics and classics-to-be.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great "mix tape" from Cameron Crowe, February 8, 2006

By	Penguin Boy (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews

As with all his film soundtracks, even if you've never heard the songs or artist before, you're not going to be disappointed. This is the eclectic kind of collection that always leads you to seek out more songs by the artist involved.