Track Listing

1. 24hours Open
2. Pushing the Sky
3. Time to Know
4. Clutch
5. Musawe
6. Yo Pumpkin Head
7. Diggin'
8. 3.14
9. What Planet Is This!
10. 7minuets
11. Fingers
12. Powder
13. Buterfly
14. No Reply
15. Dijurido
16. Gotta Knock a Little Harder
17. No Money

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120113 in Music
• Released on: 2006-01-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Import
• Original language: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Tagalog
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

A More Fast and Furious Bebop Album Than Is Usual
If you have seen the Cowboy Bebop movie (Knockin' on Heaven's Door) and enjoyed the soundtrack then this is the album you want. If you haven't, but you're still a Bebop fan, then this is well worth the buy anyway.
O.S.T. Blues is, in many ways, an oddball in comparison to the other Bebop albums. In essence it is still well in tune with the series, but like the film this album takes on a little more of a classical rock influence feel to it. Tracks such as 'pushing the sky'(an aggressive guitar tune) and 'diggin'(a sort of country rock beat)sung by Steve Conte, being prime examples of this - but both equally memorable in lyrics and tune. There are still thumping jazz pieces in the form of 'what planet is this!', as well as a more typical jazz piece in 'clutch'.
Being a movie soundtrack there are a number of orchestrial movie-type scores that dot the playlist, most notably '7 minutes' which is used to great effect in the film during the Vincent chase as well as the section where the ISSP storm a water treatment facility. Other orchestrial and choir pieces turn up in 'Powder' and the excellent 'no reply'. 'Dijurido' is an enchanting vocal and orchestrial mix.
Probably the focal piece of the album is 'gotta knock a little harder' with the excellent blues vocalist Mai Yamane again providing a great performance. This piece in particular along with 'Rain' (not shown on the playlist - 18th track) seems to be another couple of songs that match the persona of Spike - not knowing where he belongs or even if his life is real.
Overall this is a very good album for fans of the Bebop film and series, with Yoko Kanno and the semi-fictional band 'The Seatbelts' successfully stepping forward to evolve their music.