Elektra: The Album
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| Release Date: |
January 11, 2005 |
| Label: |
Wind-Up |
| Rating: |
3.5 |
Description: This Jennifer Garner-starring film version Marvel Comics' martial arts expert/assassin-as-superhero never quite found its focus as successful big-screen adaptation. But its modern-rock song-score "Album" (Christophe Beck's more traditional orchestral score is also available) has no such obstacle, gathering together new recordings that punctuate the film's milieu with often forceful effectiveness. Jet keeps things lively with "Hey Kids," another rollicking dose of snotty retro-pop from the Aussie newcomers, while "Breathe No More" by Evanescence (previously only available as a live cut) is essentially a solo showcase for the emotive moodiness of singer Amy Lee's dusky voice, yet one that finds ample resonance with the film's title character. A shadowy remix of Finger Eleven's "Thousand Mile Wish," Taking Back Sunday's new "Your Own Disaster" and Strata's "Never There" mine a similarly introspective vein, contrasting well with more lively cuts like The Donnas' "Everything Is Wrong" and NYC's Twenty-Twos giving Veruca Salt's "5 Years" a nervy kick.
--Jerry McCulley
Tracklist of Elektra: The Album
Reviews:
A complete copy of Spider-Man 2
If you take a look at the awsome Spider-Man 2 soundtrack you'll see that Elektra has a lot of the bands off that. Perhaps they shouldn't be so cheap and get some other bands instead of copying a good soundtrack.
Some of the songs are okay, but just like the movie, the soundtrack is a bomb.
Go buy the one thousand times better Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.
A review
#1 was good but #2-#4 sucked. I stoppped at #4 because it would waste my time.
A wonderful surprise....
Well I just purchased this album in March 2005, since I am overseas things arrive later here. It is the first album I have purchased in about a year. I generally download music, one song at a time. Whole albums disappoint me. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I can listen to the ENTIRE album and be satisfied. The hidden surprise for me was The Dreaming, fronted by Christopher Hall, formerly of Stabbing Westward. SW fans, like myself, should rejoice in the fact that one of the better bands is still living on despite a breakup. The music is very similar and Hall's vocals are better than ever. That along with the other tracks, made it worth the thirteen bucks I paid and then some.