Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals Reviews

Latest Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals Reviews

• London Dreams Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

  
  A class above the usual Bollywood fare.

  reviewed by Vibhuti Patel

  • Bollywood Release

• The Performance Dame Shirley Bassey

  
  A return to what Bassey does best: sweeping, orchestral overstatement.

  reviewed by Tom Hocknell

  • Radio 2 Album of the Week

• I Told You I Was Freaky Flight of the Conchords

  
  Try not to embarrass yourself by laughing in public.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

  • 6 Music Album of the Day

• Life on Earth: Music from the 1979 BBC TV series Edward Williams

  
  Evokes the exotic and the awe-inducing with disarming subtlety.

  reviewed by David Sheppard

• Dr. Who and The Daleks Various Artists

  
  An essential purchase for collectors of Who paraphernalia.

  reviewed by Ian Wade

• Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams

  
  The singer’s voice can’t compete with the scale of the music around him.

  reviewed by Mike Diver

• Crazy Love Michael Bublé

  
  An album which would surely have been voted ‘ring-a-ding-ding’ by Frank and Dean.

  reviewed by Adrian Edwards

  • Radio 2 Album of the Week

• Filmmusik Anthology Volume 4 & 5 Irmin Schmidt

  
  His film work borrows from both past and present with surefootedness.

  reviewed by Chris Power

• Blue A. R. Rahman

  
  A fantastic follow up to Slumdog Millionare.

  reviewed by Steve Chatha

  • Bollywood Release

• Love is the Answer Barbra Streisand

  
  This double album celebrates Streisand’s enduring star quality.

  reviewed by Adrian Edwards

  • Radio 2 Album of the Week

• This Is My Life: The Greatest Hits Dame Shirley Bassey

  
  A perfect celebration of her distinctive artistry.

  reviewed by Adrian Edwards

• White Lunar Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

  
  Less demanding than any other work by these two seasoned players.

  reviewed by Jon Lusk

• Dil Bole Hadippa! Pritam Chakraborty

  
  An attempt at a heartfelt soundtrack that falls rather flat.

  reviewed by Tajpal Rathore

  • Bollywood Release

• Land Of The Lost Michael Giacchino

  
  A surprisingly intricate and detailed score with sufficient passages of romance and drama

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• I Love You, Beth Cooper Various Artists

  
  A messy, unnecessary and utterly forgettable soundtrack.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• This Girl's in Love Traincha

  
  Dutch singing star Traincha makes a polished bid for the big time.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• Riceboy Sleeps Jónsi & Alex

  
  Riceboy Sleeps operates at a heady level of beauty

  reviewed by Chris Power

• Dedicated To You Kurt Elling

  
  Out of a set of American Songbook tunes, Elling's created another original.

  reviewed by Kathryn Shackleton

• Awaydays Various Artists

  
  It was grim up North in the late 70s. This album reflects it.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Alan Silvestri

  
  There's much to like here in the sheer energy and obvious artistry of the scoring.

  reviewed by Michael Quinn