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Mad Hot Ballroom
Joseph Baker, Steven Lutvak
Mad Hot Ballroom
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
 
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The ultimate source of music for learning dance steps featured in the film! You too can salsa, tango, merengue, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and line dance to the Mad Hot Ballroom Soundtrack.

     
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All Artists: Joseph Baker, Steven Lutvak
Title: Mad Hot Ballroom
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rykodisc
Original Release Date: 5/13/2005
Re-Release Date: 6/28/2005
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 014431082023, 014431082061

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The ultimate source of music for learning dance steps featured in the film! You too can salsa, tango, merengue, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and line dance to the Mad Hot Ballroom Soundtrack.

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Ezra Shapiro | Los Angeles sprawl | 07/19/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I'll be back to give 5 stars to the DVD of the film when it's released. The movie is terrific, and my 7-year-old and I were mesmerized. But we're not as positive about this soundtrack. It's great if you want a recap of the music in the movie. Also great if you're unfamiliar with jazz and dance music of the last century and need a sampler. But if you want to just sit and listen, this may not be the album for you. The leaps from big band to salsa to tango to whatever are startling; you might prefer recordings that stick to a single genre. I also don't think the sound engineering on this album was that crisp; the music is sometimes pretty muddy. Follow the names of the performers you see here and explore their other recordings. There's a ton of great stuff out there."
Great CD for people who have seen the film and would like th
Dorrie Wheeler | 07/08/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Mad, Hot Ballroom is a documentary film in limited release about the ballroom dance program started in the New York Public School system. The soundtrack was released by Bulletproof/Rykodisc. The 15 track compilation includes a smorgasborg of different music. The CD opens up with the early 90's classic "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)." According to the track listing this is a song to "stomp" to. Each song has a suggested dance. Peggy Lee's "Fever" is suggested as a "foxtrot" song. It's a great CD for people who have seen the film and would like the music from the film to institute their own ballroom dance program. It is also a cool CD for people who just like many different types of music on one CD.

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Great Music for Practicing Your Ballroom Dancing
Paul Wake | Utah | 02/20/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"A couple reviewers have mentioned that "Corazon de Acero" is missing (by Lucia Mendez; she has a CD on Amazon you could buy that has this song on it, and perhaps you could burn it onto a new CD incorporating it and the music from this soundtrack CD) Not having that music is a major gap. Also missing, though, is "The Way You Look Tonight" (Sinatra, of course), and that's a shame as well. The other missing music isn't as much of a loss. Even with these limitations, it's a good CD for practicing the steps that watching the movie motivated you to dust off or learn."