The Virgin Suicides

By Air (2000). Album #147.

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When albums like today's roll around, I'm more intrigued than ever to read the book. It's not that I demand or deserve an explanation. It's just hard to imagine how someone could rate this album so highly? Perhaps I'm taking the 'Albums you should hear before you die' title too literally. Billions of our ancestors died before this album was recorded. Are our lives so much better?

I digress. Some soundtracks can stand alone The Virgin Suicides is too obviously a score, and without the movie to fill in the gaps it doesn't stand up. Paired with the fact that I didn't enjoy the film, the score doesn't win points for nostalgia either.

"Dirty Trip" and "Dead Bodies" are the tracks that stood out on first listen, but half a day later as I write this, I can't bring them to mind.

Rating

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