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Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard

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Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard

 
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Label: Sony
Rating: 4.5
 
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Description: On this third installment of the Ally McBeal soundtracks series, featured performer Vonda Shepard delivers another solid collection of emotive blues- and country-inflected power ballads. The surprises here are the three tracks sung by the TV show's guest thespian Robert Downey Jr. If this soundtrack was intended to be a star vehicle, it's a jalopy. Downey's contrived rasp, hardened vocals, and awkward phrasing fail to impress (proving that the elongating line of talented actors with musical aspirations should confine their singing fantasies to the shower). On his dumbed-down duet with Sting on the Police classic "Every Breath You Take," Downey sounds like he's straining to emulate Sting, and Sting approaches the song as a walk-through. Fortunately, Barry White's mirror-ball hit "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and Tina Turner's anthemic "When the Heartache Is Over" provide some much-needed uptempo relief from the album's sluggish middle section. The collection heads home with Shepard and label newbie Anastacia covering Gary Wright's "Love Is Alive" in dance-floor-lite funk (although it suffers the unfortunate coincidence of being released in proximity to Joan Osborne's superior rendition from One Night at McCool's). The CD closes with Shepard's well-orchestrated interpretation of Todd Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends," and Ally McBeal fans, despite the Downey debacle, should be able to answer affirmatively with little hesitation. --Beth Massa
 
 

 
Tracklist of Ally McBeal: For Once in My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard

Disc 1
1 For Once In My Life - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Home Again - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
3 Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
4 Chances Are - Vonda Shepard and Robert Downey Jr.   no lyrics yet - submit it
5 Every Breath You Take - Robert Downey Jr. and Sting   no lyrics yet - submit it
6 You And Me - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
7 Snakes - Robert Downey Jr.   no lyrics yet - submit it
8 Reason To Believe - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
9 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green   no lyrics yet - submit it
10 When The Heartache Is Over - Tina Turner   no lyrics yet - submit it
11 You're the First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White   no lyrics yet - submit it
12 Love Is Alive - Anastacia and Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Alone Again (Naturally) - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it
14 Can We Still Be Friends - Vonda Shepard   no lyrics yet - submit it

Reviews:

Good grooves, chill and enjoy

I enjoyed this cd more than I thought I would - not being that much of an Ally McBeal fan. Vonda Shepard has an impressive voice and Robert Downey Jr was surprisingly good also! Al Green, Sting and Tina Turner topped it off perfectly. Good kick back and chill music.

Great CD, especially for Ally McBeal fans!!

I really liked the songs on this CD as they relate to the show Ally McBeal of which I was a big fan.

I think Robert Downey Jr. is extremely talented musically and wish he would make his own CD. He has showcased his talent in many of his films and plays musical instruments and writes music as well. He has joined Elton John in concert recently. I think he doesn't get enough credit for his abilities both as an actor and a singer.

This CD is great, especially to Ally McBeal fans as I can picture scenes from the show when I hear the songs and it is like reliving some of the great episodes.

If you like Ally you'll love this one

It is impossible to listen to these songs without recalling the various episodes in which they were featured. That, of course, is one of the mysterious qualities of music - the evocation of past time, places and events. This really is a good collection of songs, especially from the bitter-sweet entry/exit of Robert Downey, Jr.

I disagree with the Amazon.com reviewer who criticized the performance of both Downey and Sting. I thought them both magnificent. It was quickly apparent that Downey was not a professional singer but the attempt was valiant and almost heroic. I think of all the action that occurred in that bar, how integral it was to the storyline. It was more important than the office in many ways. Barry White and Al Green shined in their solos performances but it is Vonda who carries the day, she being a star unto herself. Great album.