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Sweet Home Alabama

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One cannot help but instantly fall in love with the soundtrack to "Sweet Home Alabama". Where else can you find country, bluegrass, alt-country, rock, and dance? The songs on the cd cover a broad range of musical tastes and include some of the hottest singers of today and a few of the legends from the past.

Jewel kicks off the cd with a suprisingly awesome version of the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd megahit "Sweet Home Alabama". This song has been redone in the past, but I have to say that this version is the best I've heard yet. Where most would trash the quality, Jewel adds her own special touch and the result is rockin!

Country group SHeDaisy have one of the strongest performances of the album with "Mine All Mine". Written by Kristyn Osborn, one third of the sister act, "Mine All Mine" reflects the struggle of the movie's character, who is torn between the man of her future and the man of her past. The harmony's of the Osborn sisters quite takes your breath away. Simply stunning.

The biggest surprise of the album, in my opinion, is Avril Lavigne's "Falling Down". What you expect is the punk rock riffs that have made her popular. What you get is a mature, well written, beautifully delivered song about "falling back down to Earth". It's definantely one of the highlights of the soundtrack.

One of the most enjoyable performances on the album comes from veteran rocker Sheryl Crow, who lends her voice to the legendary Hank Williams' "Long Gone Lonesome Blues". Gone is the rock queen we've all grown accustomed to hearing and in comes the laid-back, guitar-picking country diva from within. It's amazing to listen to Sheryl sing this song and you're almost transported back to the golden days of country and the Grand Ole Opry. It has all of the makings of a big radio hit if the powers that be are smart enough to release it.

A few of my favorite tracks include: Ryan Adams' and Uncle Kracker's southern-rock flavored "Gonna Make You Love Me" and "To Think I Used To Love You (DJ Homicide Remix), the sweet-voiced country/bluegrass legend Dolly Parton's "Marry Me", Jason Chain's "You Got Me", and Shannon Mcnally's "Now That I Know".

The only song that I really had a problem with was The Calling's remake of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself". Yes, their version still rocks and keeps to the original lines of The Georgia Satellites , but it almost sounds like they're trying too hard. Now don't get me wrong, it's not a bad song. I just wish that The Calling would've added their own little touch to it instead of trying to immitate the original.

If you're looking for an eclectic mix of great music, then the "Sweet Home Alabama" soundtrack is just for you. This is one soundtrack that should be played with the speakers cranked up! One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard.

Gennie Bailey-Rogers

Loved this CD. Bought it after I saw the movie. The movie wasn't great, but it was sweet and you left feeling good, what more could you want. The music was even better. Especially loved "Bring on the Day" by Charlotte Martin, "You Got Me", but Jason Chain, and really loved Shannon McNally's "Now that I know". They should be playing these on the radio. Great mixture of different styles of music so it wasn't boring. And, I actually liked Jewel's version of Sweet Home Alabama after I listened to it a few more times. Buy it.

I love this movie. Finally decided to invest in the soundtrack - how disappointed I was that the music on this cd has nothing to do with the ORIGINAL movie except some of the titles. My library consists of many a soundtrack and I've never heard of not having the movie artists. Based on this I have no reason to ever buy it. Isn't that what the word "original" means.

Unlike a lot of reviewers, I love the Jewel cover of the title song--it's mellow and cool. This is a fun soundtrack with a great variety of songs. I particularly love the Dolly Parton track. I highly recommend it for all you "rock-a-billies" out there!

...and I liked this soundtrack. I am not very discerning about music, nor do I know much about it, but I loved this great mixture of different types of music.

Best of all, I like that while listening to it, I am reminded of scenes from the movie, which I loved.

Makes me want to sing along...and to see the movie again!

this soundtrack is awesome! The jewel song "sweet home alabama" is very fun, and the avril lavigne song "Falling Down" is very uplifting, much better than the original songs on her album. I would definitly recommend this album to any true fans of country rock!:)

I had to type something to these "so-called" Jewel fans. Her cover rocks and if you like southern rock you will love this soundtrack. I recently moved away from Georgia and found this movie fun, scenic and romantic. Great music too!

the film, cute, the story, predictable, the soundtrack, interesting. some of the songs were a real treat (the calling, Jason chain) and i love jewel as much as the next alt rock fan but a lynyrd skynyrd cover?...Please! just kinda gave me the feel they should have put the dynamite under them when they sat in the studio and decided to try it. Also, a little disappointed by the avril levigne song, but hey she's young, she'll learn. generally though, you liked the movie you will like the cd.

This is a terrific CD and the music fits the movie beautifully! Lots of unreleased cuts, recorded just for the movie. Some classics (like Dolly Parton's "Marry Me" and the title track) and some I was unfamiliar with but love!

One would think that a movie about the South would at least have southern bands singing the songs. No one, not even Jewel, can top the orignial Sweet Home by Lynyrd Skynyrd, so why they didn't include the original is a mystery. Also, they left out the Charlie Daniels Band "A Few More Rednecks", which was in the movie.
The good side is that Uncle Kracker's song is hella cool, and that The Calling does a faithful cover of "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" Ya should prolly just download the good songs off the internet instead of spendin'cash on this CD.