Search - Various Artists :: You Me & Dupree

This soundtrack feels like listening to a stranger's iPod set to "random": The selection of old and new tracks doesn't make much sense, but something interesting floats to the surface more often than not, and the overall vibe is fun. It's a misshapen but oddly effective collection of perfect bop-your-head, hum-along songs, and ultimately the CD is a lot more satisfying than anybody who's seen the movie had any right to expect. Probably due to budget considerations, there aren't any big names or hits here--unless you count, ahem, Tone Loc and his "Funky Cold Medina" and Young MC?s "Bust a Move." Instead we get an Elvis Costello-ish number by Jags ("Back of My Hand," from 1979) and a Bruce Springsteen-esque song by the Michael Stanley Band ("He Can?t Love You," from 1980--complete with wailing sax). And while there's a Fatboy Slim track, it's actually one of his early efforts, under the Pizzaman alias ("Happiness"). Also of note are the undeservedly obscure Mink DeVille doing his 1978 cult hit "Spanish Stroll" while Brazilian hero Marco Valle offers the lilting samba of 1967?s "Os Grilos (Crickets Sing for Anamaria)." --Elisabeth Vincentelli