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Love Actually [Original Soundtrack] [828765676021]

Original Soundtrack
1 disc

1. Trouble With Love Is, The - Kelly Clarkson
2. Here with Me - Dido
3. Sweetest Goodbye / Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
4. Turn Me On - Norah Jones
5. Take Me as I Am - Wyclef Jean
6. Songbird - Eva Cassidy
7. Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
8. Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters
9. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
10. All You Need Is Love - Lynden David Hall
11. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
12. I'll See It Through - Texas
13. Too Lost in You - Sugababes
14. Glasgow Love Theme - Craig Armstrong
15. White Christmas - Otis Redding
16. Christmas Is All Around - Bill Nighy
17. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Olivia Olsen
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 56760
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Includes liner notes by Richard Curtis.
In the liner notes that accompany the soundtrack to LOVE ACTUALLY, the movie's director Richard Curtis writes that the songs here are the "life and soul of the film." This perspective is naturally a welcome change from the often-mercenary and seemingly random perspective that plagues many original soundtrack releases. One listen quickly verifies Curtis' claim, as the disc is filled with unabashedly romantic modern pop.
Anyone who's seen comedies starring Hugh Grant knows his trademark combination of self-effacing, witty humor and slightly sophisticated regular-guy appeal. The music here (including artists such as the Beach Boys and Norah Jones) sounds exactly like what one might imagine a Grant character would be listening to on his home stereo. From the melancholy electronica-framed strains of Dido's gorgeous "Here with Me" to Joni Mitchell's world-wizened, contemporary take on her classic "Both Sides Now," the material on LOVE ACTUALLY perfectly suits the film's warmly humorous take on one of life's most joyous and confusing subjects.
Critic Reviews

Uncut (1/04, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Justin Timberlake's 'Like I Love You' is an astounding, epoch-defining pop single..."