Selena [Limited Edition]

Soundtrack (Artist), Selena (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: EMI Latin
• ASIN: B00006I0B6
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,118 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Disco Medley Part I: I Will Survive/Funktown

2. Where Did The Feeling Go?

3. Disco Medley Part II: Last Dance/The Hustle/On The Radio

4. Is It The Beat?

5. Only Love

6. Oldies Medley: Blue Moon/We Belong Together

7. Dreaming Of You

8. A Boy Like That

9. I Could Fall In Love

10. Cumbia Medley: Como La Flor/La Carcacha/Bidi Bom Bom/Baila Esta Cumbia

11. Viviras Selena

12. One More Time

13. Spoken Liner Notes By The Band And Family

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Selena Movie Soundtrack, July 22, 2008

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Patrick Thomas "music nut" (Grass Valley,Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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When I was living in L.A. with my brother-my brother asked who was Selena.I did'nt know who she was after hearing about her trajic death that year.I saw the movie on HBO later on my own and loved it.I got into Selena's music inculding this soundtrack.This remastered soundtrack is outstanding-The spoken liner notes by the band and family members is very interesting.This edition includes lyrics as well.The music itself-so wonderful and good.Whether it's in english or spanish-I still love it.Okay,I'm a Gringo who loves all types of music incudling Selena.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Selena Motion Picture Soundtrack, January 2, 2011

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Tonja - See all my reviews

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I LOVE SELENA!!! I had broken my CD years ago and wanted to get another one. I wanted to try a used one and I found the to have good quality in the soundtrack and fast service in sending the soundtrack I give both the CD and seller 5 stars.

Thank you,

~Tonja~

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Introduction to Selena's Talent and Recordings, March 25, 2011

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Paige Miller "TheBurnoutKid" (USA) - See all my reviews
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Selena the movie was an effort by fans and family to encapsulate the life of a beloved Tejano superstar, introduce her to a new generation of fans, and to keep her memory alive. The soundtrack to the film is then a great companion and testament to the film's vision and presents Selena in a very marketable way.

The soundtrack is obviously designed to introduce English-speaking fans to a predominantly Spanish-singing artist. Selena's two most well-known English tracks, "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" are featured predominantly in the film and are therefore necessary additions. Other English songs like "Is it The Beat?" and "Only Love", and strangely her cover of "A Boy Like That" are tracks from earlier in the singer's career and are not featured at all in the film, but are obviously included as a way to draw new English-speaking fans in. The only Spanish songs included are on the "Cumbia Medley", a mash-up of live performances from her 1993 "Live" album and her performance at the Houston Astrodome in 1995. None of them are heard here at their full-length.

The final tracks on the album, "Viviras Selena" and "One More Time" are Spanish Language and English Language tributes to the singer respectively. Neither one really pulls off as a stand-alone track, but are nice additions and again in line with the mission-statement of the film. The addition of an oldies mash-up (not performed by Selena or her band) which is heard in the film for less than a minute but NOT of the other featured Spanish songs boggles my mind.

Over all the soundtrack serves its purpose, introducing new Selena fans to her recordings and giving them a taste of what could've been (by over-including English tracks) and celebrating her memory with an overview of her career.