Only five songs here were featured prominently in
Quentin Tarantino
's rousing crime film ("Little Green Bag," "Hooked on a Feeling," "I Gotcha," "Stuck in the Middle with You," and "Coconut"), but the record includes
Steven Wright
's introductions from the film (separately indexed, thankfully), as well as
Tarantino
's infamous interpretation of the meaning of
Madonna
's "Like a Virgin" and
Harvey Keitel
's monologue on how to rob a jewelry store. In total, that's about 15 to 20 minutes of material. Padding out the rest of the disc are three new songs that were heard in passing in the film -- "Fool for Love" is very good, "Harvest Moon" passable, and "Magic Carpet Ride" is abominable. After this, the disc has passed the half-hour mark by two minutes. The amount of music you'll actually want to listen to makes it even shorter, but it is a soundtrack you'll want to return to. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine