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| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | 
 enlarge | Artists: Will Young, Jamelia, Kylie Minogue, Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Robbie Williams, Jamie Cullum, Beyonce Featuring Jay-z, Sting Featuring Annie Lennox, Various Artists (6 More)
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 31880
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000356602
UPC: 602498641583
EAN: 0602498641583
ASIN: B00063F8C6
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 They Missed 2 Great "MADE for Bridget" Tracks November 21, 2004
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Despite the panning from critics, I've heard from friends that the new Bridget Jones Film is better (actually funnier) than the first. This CD Compilation Soundtrack contains a great mix of songs from and inspired by the Film. But the producers missed 2 great "Made for Bridget Jones" tracks - "Just Like That" from the CD Amber - "My Kind of World" and "Anyway (Men are From Mars)" featured on Amber's "Naked" CD (available through her Boutique at www.Amber-MCC.com). "Just Like That" is a Pat Benatar-esque Song with Perfect Pop Lyrics: "Just Like That; Without a Past That Holds Us Back; Just Like That; It Looks Like Our Lives are Just Beginning; Just Like That; Dancing Like Romeo and Juliet; Just Like That". This song would have been PERFECT played under the Closing Credits. And Anyway (Men Are From Mars) from "Naked" (www.Amber-MCC.com) is classic Bridget: "You're So Cool; I am Emotional; You Need a Wife; I Need a Match for My Soul; You Stare at the Moon; I Reach for the Stars; I am from Venus; You are from Mars". Oh well! The only solution is to buy both Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason Soundtrack and AMBER - "My Kind of World".
Captures the essence of Bridget Jones... November 22, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just saw Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and I immediately went out and bought the soundtrack. I was thrilled to see Joss Stone, Robbie Williams, Beyoncé and Carly Simon were all part of the tracks. I especially like 'Your Love is King', by Will Young. It perfectly fits how Bridget and Mark feel for each other!
This, along with the first Bridget Jones soundtrack, is a must own!
 Formulaic, predictable juxtapositions and a little too bland December 11, 2004
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
The juxtapositions of the songs featured on this recording turn some good songs into dross. Taken as a whole, this soundtrack is mindnumbingly predictable and twee.
I generally like soundtracks - well, I have done in the past! - but this CD takes the form to a new low. In the olden days, a soundtrack for a film (if it was released at all! Heck! Why does a soundtrack have to be released at all? It was an 'optional extra' in the past and still is in some countries) included some rather interesting music - usually written by a young and up-and-coming composer/arranger or a more well-known and respected composer. Sometimes a song would be included (see 'The Towering Inferno' soundtrack) and sometimes musical classics were used (see '2001:A Space Odyssey' or 'Barry Lyndon'). Sometimes some very superb new music would be included (see 'Lawrence of Arabia' or 'The Gadfly' or any Derek Jarman/Peter Greenway film soundtrack).
Now what are we presented with?
A bunch of mere Pop/Rock songs from well known Pop/Rock singers (dead or alive) - cobbled together and ignominiously used as a marketing tool. The soundtrack has become mere propaganda for the film - rather than a wonderful aspect of the film that may be enjoyed separately!
Some good soundtracks are still being made and released - 'Lord of the Rings', 'Amelie' (just about any French [or Chinese] film you care to mention features a very good soundtrack) and 'Solaris' are fine examples. However, Bridget Jones' Diary II: The Edge of Reason offers nothing more than a collection of ordinary to pleasant Pop/Rock songs assembled for marketing purposes. In fact, you could go through your Lp record/CD collection and make your own CD soundtrack for Bridget Jones III: The Edge of the cliff!
Recipe:
One Barry White number.
One or two current female pop balladeers (Dido, Joss Stone, Norah Jones, et cetera ad nauseam)
One hunky pop boy (Justin Timberlake, Ronan Keating - basically whoever is popular at the moment)
One 'alternative moment' (perhaps a song from The Smiths or New Order or something - but nothing too wild! N.I.N. or P. J. Harvey are right out! However, Nick Cave is almost a possibility....)
One or two 'Classic Soul' moments (perhaps something from Al Green, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers or Smokey Robinson)
Mix it all up and serve!
The beauty of this approach is that you don't have to bring in some talented composer to actually assemble/compose a real soundtrack for you!
For one reason alone... May 20, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Frankly, I haven't heard this CD (I have seen the movie, and know the actual soundtrack...not the commercial one that actually gets sold). All I did was see if "...Thing Called Love" by The Darkness was on here. Frankly, not the hugest fan of the song. But ever since I've seen the movie, that song will ALWAYS remind me of the scene where Hugh and Colin chase each other around (and through) the fountain. Two full-grown British men (somehow, the "formal" accent just makes the whole thing funnier) fighting in a fountain to the delight of onlookers. I CRACKED UP! I have no idea why that scene hit me the way it did, but for that, the soundtrack is worth a listen.
Bridget Jones2 Soundtrack August 29, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Good mix of music from different genres with some songs "covered" by newer artists. They do a good job of re-doing ths songs in their own way without losing the original integrity of the song. Fun to listen to in the car while dealing with rush hour!
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