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Arrested Development
At Long Last... Music and Songs from...

 

Composer: David Schwartz
Artists: Various
Label: Varèse Sarabande
RRP: £13.99
Release Date: 19 November 2013


Arrested Development: At Long Last... Music and Songs from... contains 42 songs and music cues from the four seasons of the original TV series. The album lasts for 59 minutes and the tracks were selected by the show's composer David Schwartz. The end result is a heavy dose of the original madcap songs and its signature ukulele tunes. 

The soundtrack features exclusive extended versions of several key songs including 'Balls In The Air', 'Getaway' and 'Shot By Love.' Also included are fan favourites 'Big Yellow Joint', 'Fantastic 4 (medley)' and 'Motherboy'. These songs are hand-selected by Schwartz based on fan requests through the years.

You really have to be an Arrested Development fan to get the most out of this album. With a lot of tracks last under (or slightly over) the one minute mark, the music cues won't mean much to the casual soundtrack collector.

There are plenty of tongue in cheek tracks - like 'It Ain't Easy Being White' that will make fans of the show smile.

And was it just me? Or does 'Boomerang' sound incredibly similar to 'Come On Eileen' (1982) by Dexys Midnight Runners?

Track listing:

01 - 'Arrested Development (Main Title)'
02 - 'She’s Cute'
03 - 'Getaway (Extended Version)'
04 - 'Practice Kisses'
05 - 'Sound of Silence / The Cockroach (Medley)'
06 - 'Balls In The Air (Extended Version)'
07 - 'Face Blindness (L&M)'
08 - 'You’ll Never Hear From Me Again'
09 - 'As It Is Such (Medley)'
10 - 'Tobias Eat Pray Gay (Medley)'
11 - 'Motherboy'
12 - 'Franklin’s Brown Sugar'
13 - 'It Ain’t Easy Being White' - Vocal: by Will Arnett
14 - 'Shot By Love (Extended Version)'
15 - 'Mr.F'
16 - 'The Yellow Boat'
17 - 'All You Need Is Smiles' - Vocals: by Jeffrey Tambor & David Schwartz
18 - 'Big Yellow Joint'
19 - 'Big Rock’n Yellow Joint'
20 - 'The Cute Test'
21 - 'Aloha Lei To You'
22 - 'Oh Phoenix'
23 - 'Andele'
24 - 'Bang Bang Bang Bang (Buster Dance)'
25 - 'I’m Blue, Man'
26 - 'Mock Trial'
27 - 'Not Your Father, Mopy, Tiny Town (Medley)'
28 - 'What Could Be Better'
29 - 'She Winked'
30 - 'Free At Last'
31 - 'Oh My (Medley)'
32 - 'Get Along, Little Sheep'
33 - 'Big Ska'
34 - 'Buster & Lucille & George & GOB'
35 - 'Fantastic 4 (Medley)'
36 - 'The Invisible Girl'
37 - 'Rub It In'
38 - 'The Chipper'
39 - 'Teamocil' - Vocals: by David Cross, Portia de Rossi and Danielle Cipolla
40 - 'You Here With Me'
41 - 'Police Cruise'
42 - 'Boomerang' - Performed by Lucy Schwartz

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Darren Rea

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