Dean O'Dwyer is an up-and-coming DJ, but when a motorcycle accident leaves him paralyzed, he abandons his turntables for a wheelchair. Forced to live out of his car on skid row, Dean begins his descent into depression when he meets Father Joe Roselli, a passionate young priest.  Father Joe introduces Dean to the world of faith-healing, and he soon discovers that he possesses the otherworldly power to heal people, but in an odd twist of fate, he is utterly unable to heal himself. Despite Father Joe’s warnings, Dean angrily decides to use his newfound gift for fame and fortune...

The soundtrack for Sympathy for Delicious is another one of those collections of tracks that no doubt work well in the movie, but listened to in isolation represent a rather bizarre combination of styles.

The album kicks off with 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee' which if you play too loud people will point and stare at you. It's quite an odd recording as it has a church organ and single male voice, singing as your average Joe would at a church service. This is followed by the bizarre 'Dean Wakes' - another church organ based track.

Sadly none of the tracks by The Besnard Lakes took my fancy - and I certainly wouldn't want to have to listen to them again of my own free will. They're bland and emotionless, with the exception of 'Dean is Free'.

Interesting tracks include Do Make Say Think's 'Auberge Le Mouton Noir'; The Kills's 'U.R.A. Fever'; and The Bee Gees 'I Started A Joke' (the original version and not the more modern recording that's included on their Greatest Hits).

Track listing:

01 - 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee' - John Carrol Lynch & Jason Hiller
02 - 'Dean Wakes' - The Besnard Lakes
03 - 'Auberge Le Mouton Noir' - Do Make Say Think
04 - 'Dean Ponders' - The Besnard Lakes
05 - 'U.R.A. Fever' - The Kills
06 - 'Playing for Nina' - Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
07 - 'Matilda Healing' - The Besnard Lakes
08 - 'El Mago Cardona' - Xocoyotzin Herrera
09 - 'After Gig Dean Burns Oogie' - The Besnard Lakes
10 - 'End Of 1st Day Of Healings' - The Besnard Lakes
11 - '2nd Day Of Healings' - The Besnard Lakes
12 - 'Mark's Master' - Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
13 - 'Dean Signs With Nina' - The Besnard Lakes
14 - 'Wages Of Fame' - The Besnard Lakes
15 - 'The Healing Song' - Burnt the Dipthongs Feat. Cedric Bixler, Orlando Bloom, DJ Disk, Juliette Lewis, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Deantoni Parks
16 - 'Ariel Collapses' - The Besnard Lakes
17 - '107 Reasons Why' - Do Make Say Think
18 - 'Rene's Healing' - The Besnard Lakes
19 - 'Dean Is Free' - The Besnard Lakes
20 - 'I Started A Joke' - The Bee Gees

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Darren Rea