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If film and music fans sometimes wonder why soundtracks are often little more than pastiches of past pop hits and chart flavors of the moment, it's largely due to the blockbuster success of releases like this collection from 1987's surprise Patrick Swayze/Jennifer Grey romantic hit. The film's retro
If film and music fans sometimes wonder why soundtracks are often little more than pastiches of past pop hits and chart flavors of the moment, it's largely due to the blockbuster success of releases like this collection from 1987's surprise Patrick Swayze/Jennifer Grey romantic hit. The film's retro-romantic concerns came shrewdly wrapped in a (largely manufactured) dance craze conceit tailor-made for such pop chestnuts as the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," the Zodiacs' "Stay," and the Five Satins' "In the Still of the Night." Mickey and Sylvia once again argued that "Love Is Strange"--if not quite as strained as Swayze's own attempt at balladry, "She's Like the Wind." Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes" showcased the former Raspberries leader to good effect, but the real soundtrack sweepstakes winner here was the Jennifer Warnes/Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." That performance not only won the Best Original Song Oscar the following year, but became one of the era's most performed songs and a ubiquitous radio staple. --Jerry McCulley (Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)
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Track listing1. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
3. She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
5. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
6. Yes - Merry Clayton
7. You Don't Own Me - The Blow Monkeys
8. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel
9. Overload - Zappacosta
10. Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia
11. Where Are You Tonight? - Tom Johnston
12. In The Still Of The Night - The Five Satins
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