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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | Big Daddy Soundtrack

A cast of rock stars take custody of some other artists’ musical offspring.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


In the same way that Adam Sandler adopts that adorable little moppet in this new summer comedy, a few rock stars take custody of some other artists’ musical offspring in this soundtrack disc.

Like Sheryl Crow, who gets all maternal with an acoustic-based take on Guns N’ RosesSweet Child O’ Mine; Everlast, whose hip-hop crew folks around with Neil Young’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart; or Shawn Mullins, who fosters a new version of George Harrison’s What Is Life. Otherwise, this is the typical set of tunes old (If I Can’t Have You, Babe) and new (Mel C’s Ga Ga, Limp Bizkit’s Just Like This). Extra points for including a few gags from the flick between songs.