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Election: Music From The Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1999
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 20, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: April 20, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Sire / London/Rhino
  • ASIN: B00000IL0H
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #259,648 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Get Set - Taxi Ride
2. Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
3. Rising Sign - Hurricane #1
4. If You'll Be The Teacher - Mandy Barnett
5. Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
6. This Road I'm Travelling - Mojave 3
7. Born To Be With You - The Damnations TX
8. Drown In Small Cowgirl Boots - Jolene
9. Find A Way To Win - Tim Carroll
10. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now - Patience & Prudence
11. Right In The Back Of My Mind - Spacehog
12. La Piscine Couverte - April March
13. Only God Knows - Martin's Dam
14. Weird - Sebadoh
15. El Tostado - Joey Altruda And The Cocktail Crew
16. Election - Rolfe Kent

Editorial Reviews

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Like its late-'90s spiritual soulmate Rushmore, director Alexander Payne's Election is a sharp, mature comedy of morals and character in high-school drag, pitting obsessive overachiever and student-body candidate Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) against a multifrustrated teacher's (Matthew Broderick) best efforts to stop her. And like Rushmore, its smart, eclectic soundtrack eschews the tyranny of Top Fortydom for an eclectic mix of modern pop and a few suitably ironic chart chestnuts (Donovan's hippy-dippy "Jennifer Juniper"; the Commodores' "Three Times a Lady") that gratifyingly becomes an integral part of the film's ethos rather than a tacked-on marketing clause. Late-'90s pop of the jangly school (Taxiride's raga-rock inflected "Get Set," Hurricane #1's "Rising Sign") mixes with subtle, country nods (Mandy Barnett's "If You'll Be the Teacher," "Drown in Small Cowgirl Boots" by Jolene) and retro touches (The Damnations TX's "Born to Be with You," Patience & Prudence's chirpy faux-'50s "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now") to create a witty and effective musical backdrop to the backstabbing political metaphors. Rolfe Kent's equally piquant orchestral score, dominated by Randy Newman-esque string and woodwind arrangements that are by turns playful and longing, is represented by a concise suite of cues. --Jerry McCulley