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"About Last Night" came out at the height of the bonanza of Chicago-set movies of the 1980s. The soundtrack selections, which use artists at their peak in that time period, in addition to supplementing the appropriate scenes, provide some really enjoyable listening after the fact. The tracks are not in the order that the songs were played in the film, but for casual listening this sequence makes for better balance. The disc leads off with Sheena Easton singing the upbeat "So Far So Good" which in the film accompanies the first day Danny (Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Demi Moore) play hooky from work to attend a Cub's game and later take a scenic walk. Easton's other selection; the outstanding "Natural Love" is in the same vein but more "serious". John Oates' "(She's the) Shape of Things to Come" is a nice vocal with a strong background and provides a male perspective. A true inspiration is Jermaine Jackson's "Words into Action", at least the way it's used in the picture. One of Danny's favorite ways of impressing a date at his place is for them to listen to the stereo (and in the scene shown, play this song) through separate pairs of headphones. J.D. Souther's "Step by Step" is slow in pace and OK. My favorite number is Bob Seger doing "Living Inside My Heart" which you hear during a montage of activities from the "honeymoon" phase of Danny and Debbie's living together life. "Trials of the Heart" by Nancy Shanks is an OK slow female vocal. After that cut, however, the CD goes downhill with the next three selections: Michael Henderson's "Til You Love Somebody" and Paul Davis' "If We Can Get Through the Night", neither of which are memorable. The the Del Lords' "True Love" is mostly monotonous, but does set us up for a contrast in sound as we go into the excellent final track, John Waite's "If Anybody Had a Heart" which plays during the Hollywood ending and the final credits. I enjoyed the movie immensely and although my interest in pop music began to fall off in the 1980s, the songs used here got my feet wet with some of the artists of the decade. This is a nice package with titles clearly marked on the CD and on the back jewel case insert. There is additional information about the songs inside the front insert. Overall, if you liked "About Last Night" on the screen or if you just like 80s music, you'll like this soundtrack CD.Read full review
Love the music, loved the movie. I was looking for the song by Bob Seger, Living Inside My Heart, mainly. But the other songs are good also. The quality is good and I received it a week earlier than they promised, so a win-win situation.
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It's the only way to get the songs that are great.
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AN outstanding movie soundtrack, full of good 80's music from top artist of the time period
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Great music from a great era
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