Raising Helen | 
| Creators: Various Artists, Mark Vogel
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 94888
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 162452
UPC: 720616245229
EAN: 0720616245229
ASIN: B000244GSQ
Release Date: May 25, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Whip It - Devo | | • | Extraordinary - Liz Phair | | • | Love Like This - Mark McGrath | | • | Sister Sunshine - Five for Fighting | | • | If You Walk Away - Fefe Dobson | | • | Whose Life Am I in - Kristyn Osborn | | • | Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt | | • | Amazing - Josh Kelley | | • | At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel, | | • | Thinking Over - Dana Glover | | • | Stand Back - Joan Osborne | | • | Sweetest Pain - Haylie Duff | | • | Fashion - David Bowie | | • | Destiny - Zero 7 | | • | Never Be the Same - Ingram Hill |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Its plot pure cloying Hollywood formula: NYC career woman Kate Hudson finds parenthood thrust upon her when her sister is suddenly killed; call it Suddenly Stepmother. It's effective TV-scale sitcom/melodrama, with a pop song-score to match. Mixing predictable Top 40/new wave chestnuts (Bowie's "Fashion," S&G's "At the Zoo," "Whip It" by Devo) with a slate of young modern rock and pop label investments that includes Five For Fighting, Kristin Osborn of Shedaisy, Haylie Duff and Fefe Dobson, the collection effectively evokes the film's central conflicts, but breaks little new ground. Liz Phair makes the closest thing to a star turn on the slinky pop-rock cruncher "Extraordinary," while the contributions of John Hiatt and Joan Osborne anchor the bubbly collection with enough maturity and emotional gravitas to keep it from blowing away in a strong breeze. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Sweet, feel-good music... October 19, 2004
I. Gutierrez
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to say this is a very good compilation. I saw the movie and liked it a whole lot but that wasn't so much what attracted me to this cd, it was the songs by themselves. The mix of songs is quite balanced and it's music that just makes you feel really good. It's got a little bit of something for everyone, new stuff, oldies, sweet songs, something a bit groovier, you name it...
It lacks a few more big, outstanding songs but they're all good. I guess the best tracks were, for me, "Extraordinary" by Liz Phair, "Sweetest Pain" by Haylie Duff, "Thinking Over" by Dana Glover and of course, "Whip It" by Devo, which is such an integral part of the movie. And oh yeah, Simon and Garfunkel's "At The Zoo" is one of those songs you actually enjoy getting stuck in your head all day.
A perfect cd to listen to in your car, it'll make your trips less hectic, get you singing along and continue smiling long after you've reached your destinations. Wherever you choose to listen to it, I have to tell you, it's just really good. :)
 old meets new November 7, 2005
M. Sinclair (DFW, Tx-soon in NYC.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was so touched by this film, which looked flaky from the trailers, so I waited for it to come from BB video online... I almost forgot how much I love John Hiatt, but "Feels Like Rain" anchors this cd, and being 53, it was a treat to hear my wonderful Mr. Bowie, some newer pop artists, although for my taste, there is a bit too much fluff from a couple of them, and on the other hand, I was introduced to a couple of artists who I really dug."Whip It", here-to-fore viewed by my memory as seeing me dance around with my first-born and making her laugh out loud, so it had only a sort of gratuitous fun flavor from the 80's- for the first time had touching meaning for me- it is central to the movie, and used in the most creative way I can imagine. (I called her at college and asked her if she will dance with us to it again next time she's home, but...)On the whole, unless you have seen this very wonderful movie- this cd might not be for you, but after taking the movie in (you just gotta love Garry Marshall's unusual and always fresh approach)- this entire cast was fabulous,the cd holds more meaning and was a very nice surprise, over all.
Pretty good July 1, 2006
E. Riddle
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the music from this movie it's fun and it's sweet something I like to listen to on a regular basis
Fun, Fun, Fun March 12, 2006
Happy mom (Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD has such great songs on it. Such a nice mix. Easy to listen to. I always try to find soundtracks as they give you a great variety of music this one is great from start to finish.
 Question January 29, 2005
B. Kim (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Does anybody know the songs that were playing on "BZ's mix," at the party that Audrey's character was throwing?
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