Track Listings (17) - Disc #1| All Artists: Various Artists Title: The Powerpuff Girls: The City of Soundsville Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 1 Label: Rhino / Wea Release Date: 9/18/2001 Genres: Pop, Soundtracks, Children's Music Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 081227433024, 081227433048 |
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Should Bubbles, Buttercup, and Blossom someday retire from Townsville, they could keep on breaking bad and kickin' booty in clubland. The proof's in The City of Soundsville: Music from The Powerpuff Girls, which swirls tec... more »     |
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Amazon.com Should Bubbles, Buttercup, and Blossom someday retire from Townsville, they could keep on breaking bad and kickin' booty in clubland. The proof's in The City of Soundsville: Music from The Powerpuff Girls, which swirls techno beats around a launch pad of loopy electronica. Coolest of all about Soundsville is its concept: Each of its 17 tracks, save the opening title song and exit numbers "Hearts and Stars" and "Super Secret City of Soundsville Song," serves as thumbnails for a component or character from the show--thus the boingy, waterlogged sounds of "Amoeba Boys"; the faux-dramatic tones of "Him"; the raunch of "Gangreen Gang," where flatulence hits the dancefloor; and the funky thump of "Boogie Man." Also staking out a slice of the soundscape are Mojo Jojo, whose aura of doom races along to a booming backbeat; Pokey Oaks, making even a techno tune dawdle; Mayor, who declares that techno music is it, and seizes the helm; Fuzzy Lumpkins, presiding over a pulsing twang number; Professor, who blasts the beat into overdrive as his hypothesis heats up; and Princess, demanding we talk to the hand while a "Pump Up the Volume"-ish number whips Daddy Warbucks's daughter into a techno tantrum. The girls get an individual go at carving out their crime-fighting styles in song, too: Blossom devises a heart-pounding tactical plan; Buttercup kicks up the amps and gets to smashing and crashing; and Bubbles busts a tinkly, aerobics-instructor-like move. Soundsville boils down to a bunch of loops, blips, and beats with quacky cartoon life breathed into them, but it's brilliant--a real bounds-of-reality buster. Sample it when crabbiness creeps in, and the day is saved. --Tammy La Gorce Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThe City Of Soundsville a fun listen Christopher B Cook | Cumming, GA United States | 10/10/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) ""The City Of Soundsville," a compilation of tracks from the Powerpuff Girls TV show mixed with some techno beats, is as sun to listen to as the show is to watch. While I'm no techno fan, the tracks are easy on the ears, and the running commentary of the characters (culled from episode tracks) is noticeable but not a distraction.Some tracks run warm to cool; the best of the tracks is the one for Bubbles, which is as adorable as she is. This CD is a must for PpG fans." Don't you hear the joy? Here we go! Daniel J. Hamlow | Narita, Japan | 09/03/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) "The City of Soundsville, where Jim Venable, composer of the Powerpuff Girls music, has mixed the themes of various characters with techno/industrial beats and loops, making them less esoteric than they would be in their original format. On average, most of the songs clock in at a bite-sized 2:25 minutes each.In the introductory main narration and theme, the sound of the girls zip zip-zipping through the air in a streak of red, blue, and green are also included. Townsville is given the same treatment for variants of the introductory words "the city of Townsville." It also contains a shameless plug, "the CD of Soundsville," which is what this CD is."Mojo Jojo" could have used one of the uber-chimp's reiterative rants to make it better. His maniacal laughs are included, but they just aren't the same. His repeated "Curses!" seems to have been taken from "Just Another Manic Mojo." So it could have been better, which is higher than good, because then it would not be worse, so therefore it should have been better.Diluted industrial/funk accurately characterizes "Gangreen Gang," which is introduced by Grubber's raspberry. The leader Ace is the only other Gangreen member heard distinctly. The group's raucuous laughter seems buried in the sounds. One of the best interpretations here.The '70's funky-disco soul of "Boogie Man" isn't as modified as much as the other tracks. The "Blame it on the boogie" speech is included here as well.Short cuts: "Pokey Oaks" features pizzicato sounds used when the kindergarden is shown in the series. Ms Keane has some lines in here. The Mayor's woodwind fanfare is mixed with "this techno music is dope." "Fuzzy Lumpkins" is a banjo and Jew's harp number featuring the monster's stuttering guffaws and yeehaws. Not quite Rednex, but okay nonetheless. The Amoeba Boys' number is a slow lazy number with their lazy drawls. The Professor's number is a quick-paced number with dialogue on hypotheses and experiments. However, Princess's obnoxious tone clashes with the music. "My daddy. My daddy"? Puhleeze!The terrific trio's themes are variations on the main theme which reflect their personalities to a tee. Buttercup has some hard guitar riffs and the most exciting of the three. Interspersed within is her narration during her explanation of the mayor's rescue in "The Bare Facts": "Smash! Crash! Wham!" and the like. "It's booty-kicking time" with this one. The cutesy "Bubbles" reflects the "joy and the laughter" of the trio. Her coloring dialogue on the schoolbus in "Mime For A Change" can be heard, as well as her trademark giggles. Blossom's theme doesn't have much variation, as she is the most sensible, and the dialogue emphasizes her leadership role, not to mention her ego: "I knew there was trouble and I had to act fast" or "I knew it was up to me to save the day." But her track is just as entertaining as the others."Him" is given an eerie slow-clunking industrial theme to match the androgynous villain's sinistry, with feminine "Yeeees!" and other words in growling masculine. "Hearts and Stars" is technofied Powerpuff dialogue with the concluding "So once again, the day is saved by the Powerpuff Girls." "Super Secret City of Soundsville Song" might as well be an extended remix of the closing theme sung by Bis.For those who wanted the themes to the TV series with a spoonful of techno to make the medicine go down, this is just the sugar and spice needed." A review from a Puffnut Gary Teixeira | Longmeadow, MA United States | 10/23/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "A truly kickin' CD! It's got a fast pace, a great beat, awesome music, and like the first PPG CD, Buttercup's song totally rocks!"
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