Various Artists - Nightmare Revisited (CD 2008)

The only redeeming features on this album are Sallys Song by Amy Lee and perhaps Oogie Boogie's Song by Rodrigo Y Gabriela but even these cannot save the whole album. Although there are a few orchestral tracks (which should have had vocals but for some reason didnt get them, I must admit disappointment overall with the whole thing.

My daughter played this to me in the car (via her ipod) and said that she had thought about giving me the CD to listen to while I was driving, but decided not to torture me... and because it probably would have accidentally frisbee'ed out of the car window at some stage (most probably to the strained strains of Jack & Sally's duet at the end finale!).

The emotions of most of the singers are either bland or totally absent ... some even sound as if they were made to sing their parts as a punishment!

If you are a hardcore Manson fan or one of the original Punk Rockers (from its roots the first time around, circa 35 years ago when punk rock was hard core, foul-mouthed, discordant and very anti-any musical abilities or rules) then maybe you'd enjoy this ... but if you loved the original film music and are hoping to hear something similar, then you'll be really disappointed.

Should you be considering buying this then I recommend that you list to a few sample tracks first. The album is definitely not to my taste, but someone out there probably loves it ... good luck to them! Personally I think it's frisbee time.