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Starship's energetic "Wild Again" could feel at home on their No Protection album, as it is typical of their late 1980's pop-rock hybrid. The rocking boogie rock/blues of the Fab T-Bird's "Powerful Stuff" made me remember when I first heard them with "Tuff Enuff." It's perfect for any kind of party.

Robbie Nevil's "Since When" has his trademark pinched falsetto with a classic 80's sound. A sharp contrast is the most famous number by the human beatbox himself. Bobby McFerrin's Grammy-winning "Don't Worry Be Happy" began life here before being included on his Simple Pleasures CD. Yes, it's that "song that I wrote, hope you like it note for note. Don't worry, be happy." Another #1 single is the Beach Boys' "Kokomo," proving that they could still make hits two decades after their prime. Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas, Key Largo, Montego Bay, Martinique, and Port-au-Prince are the Caribbean places named. No, they haven't changed a bit.

Of the cover songs, the Georgia Satellites' raucous cover of Chan Romero's "Hippy Hippy Shake" is the most welcome. They're the perfect 80's band to do a song covered by The Swinging Blues Jeans and yes, the Beatles. John Cougar Mellencamp's cover of Buddy Holly's "Rave On" starts slow but picks up with the folky accordion style from his Lonesome Jubilee album. The original's better, but a good try from JCM. Ry Cooder teases up Elvis's "All Shook Up" with his usual bluesy guitar.

Preston Smith's calypso-tinged "Oh, I Love You So" is another good party song, with sounds reminiscent of Jimmy Buffett.

And what better way than for Little Richard to finish up with his own "Tutti Frutti," sung with the original "Boy, don't you know what she do to me" lyric? Dessert after cocktails? Definitely!


i love the album BUT   June 14, 1999
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

WHERE IS THE SONG BY JIMMY CLIFF---"SHELTER OF YOUR LOVE"? I NBOUGHT THE ALBUM THINKING THE SONG WAS THERE --IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.COULD YOU PLEASE E MAIL ME WITH A NAME OF AN ALBUM OR WHERE I COULD GO TO FIND THIS SONG--WRITTEN PRODUCED AND PERFORMED BY JIMMY CLIFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH! SHERRIE


Decent   September 11, 1999
 3 out of 10 found this review helpful

I like it a lot. I also like to think about being a bartender at times. i would love to serve drinks to people and stand on a bar.


Good, not great.   August 18, 2000
 3 out of 7 found this review helpful

John Cougar Mellencamp's "Rave On" is a bit too huffing narcissistic macho and so it doesn't match the pure earnest Buddy Holly origina. "Kokomo" is a surprisingly creative work by Nancy Reagan's favorite band, the Beach Boys. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is sui generis of course. The classics, "Tutti Frutti" and "Hippy Hippy Shake" lie beyond reproach. The Fabulous Thunderbirds's "Powerful Stuff" is a passionate and sexy lyric laid on an Olympic guitar performance. Really good music lies on two thirds of the cuts. THe electicism of the collection takes the listener in ten directions, and in this case it weakens the listening experience.


OK soundtrack for a Fantastic movie!!!   January 8, 2006
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

the song that you are looking for is "shelter of your love" by jimmy cliff. this soundtrack is pretty good, but it leaves out some of the better songs such as the one mentioned before and "this magic moment" by leroy gibbons.