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| Jesus' Son: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1999 Film) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Joe Henry
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 72499
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 720616550521
EAN: 0720616550521
ASIN: B00004U03T
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Near mint condition! Disc may have a few light scratches
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| Tracks:
| • | Last Date - Cramer, Floyd | | • | The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) - Tex, Joe | | • | Yes, I'm Ready - Mason, Barbara | | • | Unchain My Heart - Sharp, Robert | | • | A Lover's Holiday - Thomas, Cliff | | • | Sweet Pea - Roe, Tommy | | • | Jesus' Son - Henry, Joe [3] | | • | She's a Jar - Tweedy, Jeff | | • | (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone - Kirby, Dave | | • | Indian Reservation - Loudermilk, John D. | | • | The Ballad of the Green Berets - Moore, Robert [Gree | | • | The Family Who Prays - Louvin, Charlie | | • | Airline to Heaven - Bennett, Jay |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Leave it to someone as cool as Joe Henry to kick off a movie soundtrack with country pianist Floyd Cramer's instrumental "Last Date," wind it down with the Louvin Brothers' gospel gem "The Family Who Prays," and plop the late, great Doug Sahm smack dab in between ("Is Anybody Going to San Antone?"). Working with a film set in the early 1970s drug subculture, coproducer Henry handpicks a few of the obvious ("Ballad of the Green Berets" and "Indian Reservation") choices, but he offsets them with a pair of his own works--the clever title track original and a cover of the Ray Charles classic "Unchain My Heart"--and two from the always available Wilco. Add a pinch of Texas soul (Joe Tex) and a spoonful of Mississippi R&B (Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson,) and Henry delivers a recipe that's rare for movie soundtracks: one that tastes as good on the inside as it looks on the outside. --Scott Holter
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| Customer Reviews:
 undeserving of the movie December 20, 2002
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
i'm bothered by the absence of heroin by velvet underground. it doesn't shine in the same quiet way as the movie.
DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT SONG??? March 29, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When the two are at that dance and then a slow song comes on and they both start dancing to it... does anyone know that song that they slow dance too??????
Great original music too! November 20, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In addition to the tunes that found their way onto this CD, this film had some great original music, including the absolutely beautiful title piece written by Joe Henry. I'm usually not much on soundtracks that just collections of other people's songs, but this unusual collection combined with the original music make this a gem.
 Who's got ears, let them hear. June 28, 2000
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The soundtrack to "Jesus' Son" is a superb collection of songs that wonderfully serves the film's grim yet hopeful tale of a junkie's odyssey through despair into redemption. Many of the tracks are period pieces from the era in which the story is based, accurately evoking the awkward transition from the free-thinking 60s into the less-assured 70s. Floyd Cramer's piano on "Last Date" opens the disc on a suitably melancholy note, reflecting the heartache present throughout the film. That mood never dissipates. Even an upbeat tune like Tommy Roe's bubblegum classic "Sweet Pea" sounds sad, having heard it within the context of Alison Mclean's film (despite the fact it is used during a pretty hot dance of seduction by Samantha Morton). Joe Henry's cover of "Unchain My Heart", and the two songs by Wilco will interest the alternative country fan base, as will Doug Sahm's brilliant "(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone?" - after all, he influenced legions of country and roots-rock acts. But for my money, the real bounty here is the inclusion of SSgt. Barry Sadler's "The Ballad of the Green Berets", Barbara Mason's "Yes I'm Ready", Paul Revere and the Raiders' "Indian Reservation", and the aforementioned "Sweet Pea". What a joy to have these great songs close at hand without having to scrounge through the old, scratchy 45 collection. These tunes are too good to be relegated to a K-Tel "Baby Boomer Hits" compilation.
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