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Ultra Lounge Vol 7

Crime Scene

1996

I was chided earlier for including a review from All Music Group that was not particularly flattering to for one of the Ultra Lounge series. These reviews are included with the album postings to give some insite into the contents and history of the group and/or album. These comments are NOT necessarily my own feelings about the posted item. I would not be posting items that I myself did not enjoy. This volume is another one that the reviewer was not especially fond of, but you know what.........I LIKE IT!!!

That's all there is to say about that!

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One of the kitschier installments in the Ultra Lounge series, Vol. 7, Crime Scene features a cross-section of easy-listening and movie music culled primarily from Capitol Records' vaults. All of the songs are allegedly "about" or inspired by detective and crime novels and films, so you have movie and television themes (Nelson Riddle's "The Untouchables," "Peter Gunn Suite" as performed by Ray Anthony), as well as songs whose titles imply a crime connection of some sort. It's an enjoyable collection, but it's too incoherent and campy to really be consistently entertaining.

1 Dragnet/Room 43 Ray Anthony
2 I Spy Earle Hagen
3 Thinking of Baby Elmer Bernstein
4 From Russia With Love Count Basie
5 Big Town Almeida & Laurindo
6 Man With the Golden Arm Billy May
7 The Untouchables Nelson Riddle
8 The James Bond Theme Leroy Hadidi
9 Mission: Impossible Billy May
10 Harlem Nocturne Spike Jones New Band
11 Walk on the Wild Side Si Zentner
12 Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Elliott Fisher
13 The Wild Ones Lou Busch
14 Staccato's Theme Elmer Bernstein
15 Search for Vulcan Leroy Hadidi
16 Peter Gunn Suite: Walkin' to Mother's/Fall Out/Dreamsville/Peter Gunn Ray Anthony
17 The Silences Vikki Carr
18 Music to Be Murdered By Jeff Alexander

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