"the edge of reason" soundtrack enlights my day...

The soundtrack of "Bridget Jones: The edge of reason" is a mix of pop songs, old classics and music that is meant to make you laugh, thinking about the movie. It's a predictable selection, for sure, but who cares? Isn't it funny and delicious to listen to Barry's White "you're the first, the last..." or "I'm not in love", by 10cc, on the same album? This CD brings three highlights, in my opinion. The first, probably the best song on the compilation, is the version of "everlasting love", sang by Jamie Cullum. This guy has an amazing voice and really makes the song sound better. I also love the emotional cover of "Sorry seems to be the hardest word", by Mary J. Blige and at last, but not least, the duo between Rufus Wainwright and Dido, "I eat dinner" -- absolutely funny.



I have the three CDs of "Bridget Jones" movies and whenever I feel like, I listen to them,to remember the movie, which is also great. Check out the international version of the album, with 3 extra tracks!

A Song Missing

Actually I rate this CD 3.5. I bought it in the stores because I love Bridget Jones and the music was good in the movie. I especially liked the song "I belive in a thing called love" by the Darkness which it says is on the CD but the copy I bought did not have it on there. Instead, it was replaced by "My First, Last, Everything" by Barry White. I like that song as well but am wondering if it is certain Imports of the CD that have different songs of them. Everything else was exactly as listed so...bizarre.

Average collection of contemporary classics for singletons

Using the same formula as its predescessors (Bridget Jones' Diary and Bridget Jones' Diary 2), this CD contains an impressive line-up of contemporary pop and r&b greats from both sides of the pond. While most of the new tracks are reworked pop classics made to sound more relevant and modern, it is the obligatory evergreen tracks that shine and lift this collection above mediocrity.



The aforementioned remakes include UK Britsoul queen Jamelia's "Stop" and Sting's interesting duet of his own old hit "We'll Be Together" with Annie Lennox. Robbie Williams (who also contributed to the first BJD instalment's soundtrack) offers a rather melancholic and dreary tune "Misunderstood" which has since inexplicably become a Top 10 hit single in the UK. Oh well.



Classics that are featured here include "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon, 10CC's "I'm Not In Love" and also the perennial "You're My First, the Last, My Everything" by the late great Barry White (which is mysteriously omitted from the US version but appears in all other international pressings).



Add all the plusses and minuses together and you end up with a slightly above-average effort that attempts to recreate the excitement that was Bridget Jones's Diary. Close, but no cigar.