Capitol Records releases the soundtrack from The Song. The movie follows aspiring singer-songwriter Jed King (Alan Powell) as he struggles to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his father, a country music legend. After reluctantly accepting a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival, Jed is love-struck by the vineyard owner’s daughter, Rose (Ali Faulkner), and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose 'The Song', which becomes a breakout hit. Thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation in the form of fellow performer Shelby Bale (Caitlin Nicol-Thomas), Jed’s life and marriage begin to fall apart, proving even the wisest of men is a fool for love...

On the first listen through of this album I couldn't work out whether it was the song writing or the performances, but on occasion I felt a little embarrassed for the singers. But then I started to notice a pattern... the majority of tracks where Alan Powell is the singer are more than a little cringe worthy. I don't know why, because he doesn't have that bad a voice.

'Son of a King', 'Split the Baby' and 'All I Wanna Be' are performed by Alan Powell in a smug "look at me, I'm a singer" cheesy sort of way. It's the sort of performance where he's not as good as he thinks, which makes an average delivery seem rather embarrassing.

But then the other songs on the album aren't exactly memorable or likely to have you replaying the album very often, if at all. In fact, the only two tracks I'd want to listen to again were 'Kentucky Voice' (which is toe tappingly catchy); and an interesting cover of The Byrds's 'Turn Turn Turn'.

Track listing:

01 - 'The Song (Awaken Love)' - Alan Powell
02 - 'Son of a King' - Alan Powell
03 - 'Kentucky Voice' - Ricky Skaggs
04 - 'Split the Baby' - Alan Powell
05 - 'You Made Me Love You' - Taylor Walling
06 - 'Can't Hold On (Jed)' - Alan Powell
07 - 'I Love You Truly' - Jill Paquette
08 - 'Confetti' - Caitlin Nicol-Thomas
09 - 'All I Wanna Be' - Alan Powell, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas
10 - 'Falling Like Stars' - Caitlin Nicol-Thomas
11 - 'Ooh's and Ahh's' - NEEDTOBREATHE
12 - 'A Prayer in Open D' - Emmylou Harris
13 - 'Chasing After the Wind' - Alan Powell
14 - 'Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season)' - Roger McGuinn, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs
15 - 'End of the Matter' - Alan Powell

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Nick Smithson