Track Listing

1. Across 110th Street - Womack, Bobby
2. Beaumont's Lament - Various Artists
3. Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
4. Who Is He And What Is He To You - Withers, Bill
5. Tennessee Stud - Cash, Johnny
6. Natural High - Bloodstone
7. Longtime Woman - Grier, Pam
8. Letter To The Firm - Brown, Foxy
9. Street Life - Crawford, Randy
10. Didn't I Blow You're Mind - Delfonics
11. Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots
12. Inside Your Love - Ripperton, Minnie
13. Lions And The Cucumber - Vampiros Sound Incorporation
14. Monte Carlo Nights - Vampiros Sound Incorporation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6320 in Music
• Released on: 1998-01-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 154 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
"Stuck in the Middle With You" and "You Never Can Tell" now induce indelible visual images that have little to do with Steealer's Wheel and Chuck Berry their respective creators. They've been co-opted (and, some might argue, corrupted) by Quentin Tarantino, arguably the most music-savvy of 1990s filmmakers. The soundtrack to Tarantino's Jackie Brown is heavy on '70s R&B (Bobby Womack, Brothers Johnson, Bill Withers, Minnie Ripperton) studded with oddities (Johnny Cash singing "Tennessee Stud," a track from blaxploitation queen/Jackie Brown star Pam Grier), and snatches of hardboiled dialogue. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

Superlative compilation album
If you're reading this review and thinking about buying this album stop reading this review and get your charge card out.
This is, bar none, the best compilation album I've ever come across. I'm shamed to admit I was unfamiliar with many of the tracks and artists until I saw the film. In hindsight I now understand the magnitude of the gaping whole this was in the development of my muscial appreciation. A vista of 70's soul-funk really opened up for me post-Jackie-Brown.

Underrated
Much like the film, the soundtrack to Jackie Brown is criminally underrated. Possibly due to the fact that Pulp Fiction is almost perfect, possibly because people expect more surf music and uber quotable dialogue on the CD. This is QT's Blaxploitation film and that's reflected in the music in a big way. If you're into that kind of thing, it's a good collection of 70's funk, soul and a few oddities like Johnny Cash's "Tennesee Stud" and "Detroit 9000". The only real flaw is Pam Grier's "Long time woman" which sounds very much like an actress singing.
Give the dialogue a chance and it's very cool, laid back and you might even find yourself murmering "if you know Beumont..."and so on. The same goes for the music, it's a grower, trust me.

A groovy soundtrack to take you back to the film
The fitst time I played this soundtrack I was a little disappointed, although I have seen the movie hundreds of times, the soundtrack just seemed a feeble reminder. I did give it time though, and it really grows on you. As with the Pulp Fiction soundtrack there are small excerpts from the film, which add to the enjoyment/amusement factor, although don't play it in front of your granny! Excellent CD.