Good Luck Chuck

Review

by Andrew Leahey

With the awkward casting of ingénue Jessica Alba as a clumsy penguin specialist, Good Luck Chuck is hard to take seriously -- even by the most lenient of romantic comedy standards. It's surprising, then, that the film's soundtrack should be anything but a run-of-the-mill collection of milquetoast pop. While Lionsgate does include some predictably unnecessary tracks here, mostly notably Olivia Newton-John's outdated "Physical," the bulk of the album reads like a hipster-approved list of who's hot in 2007. Art Brut, Shout Out Louds, and Aidan Hawken are all present to boost the soundtrack's indie cred, as are '80s goth pioneers Bauhaus (although their position in the track list -- sandwiched between "Physical" and the a cappella vocals of Andrew Gold -- is frankly bizarre). Singer/songwriter …  » Read more

Tracks

				Title	Performer	Time
		1		I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow	Flaming Lips	3:34
		2		Accident Prone	Honorary Title	3:21
		3		Good Luck Chuck	Dandy Warhols	4:47
		4		Love It When You Call [Cherrytree House Version]	Feeling	3:35
		5		Good Weekend	Art Brut	2:50
		6		Hurry Up Let's Go	Shout Out Louds	2:18
		7		Shut Me Out	Hawken	2:49
		8		You're Gonna Get It	Jones	4:55
		9		The Whistle Song	Pepper	3:40
		10		You Might Think	Cars	3:08
		11		Physical	Newton-John	3:43
		12		Bela Lugosi's Dead	Bauhaus	9:42
		13		Crazy in Love	Gold	0:36

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