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Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The Beach Soundtrack

This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


This soundtrack to Titanic heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio’s new trouble-in-paradise flick is a bit like a tropical vacation on its own.

There’s plenty of sunshine and light, generated by the girlie-pop of Spice Girls wannabes All Saints; some exotic, lush adventures courtesy of electronica excursions from Leftfield, Moby and Underworld; intoxicating island grooves in the form of Asian Dub Foundation’s cover of Lee (Scratch) Perry’s Return of Django; and even a few of those weird friendships that people only seem to make on vacation — like electronica duo Orbital teaming with composer Angelo Badalamenti on the ebb and flow of Beached, or Sugar Ray delivering a jangly, Fly-guy interpretation of Brian Eno and John Cale’s Spinning Away. It’s worth the trip.