Sex and the City 2: Soundtrack Review

Liza Minnelli sings Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." If that's not enough reason to give the Sex and the City 2 movie soundtrack a listen, I don't know what is.

While Sex and the City 2 is getting mixed reviews thanks to a far-fetched plot (what, you've never run into an ex-lover halfway around the world?), its soundtrack is an equally odd mix of the ridiculous and the sublime. Besides Liza doing Beyonce, there's Alicia Keys doing Debbie Harry, and Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte singing "I Am Woman."

Here's a quick Sex and the City 2 soundtrack review.

Sex and the City 2 Soundtrack Review: Song reviews
Keys' glitzy take on "Rapture" is the most compelling song on the soundtrack. The soulful remake includes a portion of the Sex and the City theme music weaved into the Blondie classic. Ricki-Lee's "Can't Touch It" is a potential girls-night-out clubbing anthem aimed squarely at the movie's largely female demographic.

Much of the soundtrack is composed of recycled material, but at least it's good recycled material, like Erykah Badu's "Window Seat," Keys' "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down," and Cyndi Lauper's timeless ballad "True Colors."

Jennifer Hudson, whose Louise was one of the most likable characters of the first SATC movie, contributes the duet "Love is Your Color" with Leona Lewis, but, like many of the ballads on the album, it falls flat.

The Sex and the City Men's Choir contributes three songs, adding to the soundtrack's Broadway-esque feel. While Minelli's "Single Ladies" is only enjoyable for its novelty factor, its inclusion is evidence that the soundtrack's supervisors don't take it too seriously, and therefore neither should we.

Sex and the City 2 Soundtrack Review: Summary
As a companion piece to the film, the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack is a success. As a record you'd want to listen to over and over on its own... not so much.

Sex and the City 2 Soundtrack Review: Full track listing

1. "Rapture" - Alicia Keys

2. "Everything to Lose" - Dido

3. "Language of Love" - Cee-lo

4. "Window Seat" - Erykah Badu

5. "Kidda" - Natacha Atlas

6. "Euphrates Dream" - Michael McGregor

7. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Liza Minnelli

8. "Can't Touch It" - Ricki-Lee

9. "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" - Alicia Keys

10. "Love Is Your Color" - Jennifer Hudson & Leona Lewis

11. "I Am Woman" - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

12. "If Ever I Would Leave You" - Sex and the City Men's Choir

13. "Sunrise, Sunset" - Sex and the City Men's Choir

14. "Till There Was You" - Sex and the City Men's Choir

15. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - Shayna Steele, Jordan Ballard, Kamilah Marshall

16. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Liza Minnelli with Billy Stritch

17. "True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper

18. "Divas and Dunes" - Aaron Zigman

Sex and the City 2 Soundtrack Review: Sources
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dnftxzesldke