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Various Artists - Phantom Of The Paradise '1974

Phantom Of The Paradise
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Album name Phantom Of The Paradise
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Date 1974
GenreSurf
Play time 00:35:43
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 238 MB
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One of the best and most outrageous rock & roll movies of the '70s, Brian
DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise was an updated adaptation of Gaston Leroux's
The Phantom of the Opera (years before Andrew Lloyd Webber staged his own
version), with Paul Williams as Swan, a powerful and decadent rock tycoon who
manipulates a reclusive genius into a rock opera for the opening of his new
venue, only to turn him into a fearsome enemy. In addition to playing Swan, Paul
Williams wrote the songs for the film, and while he clearly understood the
alternately seamy and glamorous milieu his character inhabits, Williams was a
gifted pop craftsman but never a real rock & roller, and despite the very real
wit of tunes like the '50s pastiche "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye," the Beach Boys
put-on "Upholstery," and the hard rock opus "Life at Last," this music sounds
less like rock & roll than stuff that's supposed to remind a listener of rock &
roll, and it works better in the context of the movie than it does as an album
(not unusual for a film soundtrack). Despite that, Phantom of the Paradise is
still one of Williams' most entertaining and adventurous albums of the '70s, as
he branches out melodically while replicating different sounds and genres, and
with vocal contributions from Jessica Harper and Raymond Louis Kennedy (the
latter voiced the crazed hard rock hero Beef, played hilariously on screen by
Gerrit Graham), he shows he can write well enough for characters that perhaps he
could have written a decent for-real rock (or pop) opera. Good fun for fans of
the movie, and an interesting detour in Paul Williams' career as a songwriter
and oddball pop culture icon.

Tracklist:
1 01. The Juicy Fruits - Goodbye Eddie, Goodbye (03:33)
1 02. Bill Finley - Faust (03:27)
1 03. The Beach Bums - Upholstery (02:51)
1 04. Jessica Harper - Special To Me (Phoenix Audition Song) (02:48)
1 05. Paul Williams - Phantom's Theme (Beauty And The Beast) (04:41)
1 06. The Undead - Somebody Super Like You (Beef Constuction Song) (04:32)
1 07. Ray Kennedy - Life At Last (02:15)
1 08. Jessica Harper - Old Souls (02:43)
1 09. Paul Williams - Faust (05:03)
1 10. Paul Williams - The Hell Of It (03:46)

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