Trust the Man Soundtrack Review

It's four o’clock in the afternoon. The sky is darkened with storm clouds, and a thin drizzle is falling over the land, dripping off of the awning under which I sit, and onto the old bricks below. It's a stormy day in England, where the ivy has grown up over the ancient bricks and mortar of the bookshop that I frequent. The smooth tapping of the rain washes in with the warmth from inside and the soft glow of the lamps. It pecks out a supple yearning rhythm that calms.

This is the image that I get in my head when I listen to the Trust The Man sound track. It's heavy jazz tunes and light melodic segues contrast each other, and yet mingle in a dance like Romeo and Juliet would have danced, had they survived. It's a collective eclectic grab of artists all of similar sounds that run on this particular soundtrack, giving the album a mellow tone. The artist that stands out the most is new-comer soloist Libby Johnson.

The sound track presents itself as sort of a smooth way to relax, but still hip, never falling too far away from the modern tones of new age jazz, nor too close to the ragged edges of rock and roll. Rather, it serves as a balance of uplifting and even melodies, giving the impression that the movie is the same way. Having not had the pleasure of seeing it yet, I can only speculate, but the tone the sounds set shows that even below the conflict of fictional writing, one can find peace.

This album is a collection of songs, as opposed to scores, from the motion picture, Trust The Man and is very well put together, with various artists that drift into various styles, all staying somewhat mellow and warm. After a hard day's work, this is definitely the album to put in the car CD Player and listen to on the way home. It serves well as music to be played in a coffee shop, or in a warm house on a soft sofa.

• Clarity and quality (can you hear it?): I give it a full 10
• Length (Since no one wants to pay $20 for 10 seconds): full 10 - over an hour's worth of music
• Variety (It's not the same song over and over): 7 out of 10 - some songs were very similar in feel

Overall : 8 out of 10