The next CD on my Top 16 greatest 80s soundtracks of all-time is Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer". I watched this movie a long time ago, but I don't remember much about it. This movie is known more for it's excellent soundtrack rather than the actual movie. "The Jazz Singer" contains 10 songs, including some of Diamonds best songs.
From Wikipedia.org:
The Jazz Singer is an album by Neil Diamond from 1980, which served as the soundtrack album to the 1980 remake of the film The Jazz Singer. The soundtrack was released in November 1980 originally on Capitol Records, instead of his then-usual Columbia Records, because the film was produced by EMI Films, owned by the parent company of the label for which the soundtrack was released. The soundtrack was re-released in February 1996 on Columbia Records in the United States and Sony elsewhere. After Diamond signed with Capitol Records, this album was reissued by Capitol globally in 2014.[2]
The film's reviews were negative, earning Diamond the first Razzie for Worst Actor at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards, but made a modest profit at the box office, grossing almost double its budget. However, its soundtrack was a huge success and became Neil Diamond's biggest selling album in the United States, selling over 5 million copies there and reaching #3 on the pop albums chart. This would mark the second time a Neil Diamond soundtrack outperformed the movie it came from (after Jonathan Livingston Seagull). Three of the songs from the album became Top 10 pop singles, with "Love on the Rocks", "Hello Again" and "America" reaching #2, #6, and #8 respectively
I don't post all of the songs from each soundtrack, just the best songs from that soundtrack. Ten of this soundtrack's fourteen songs are worthy of the best songs designation. Enjoy.
1) "America":
2) "America" (reprise)":
3) "Love On The Rocks":
4) "Amazed and Confused":
5) "On The Robert E. Lee":
6) "Hello Again":
7) "You Baby":
8) "Summer Love":
9) "Hey Louise":
10) "Jerusalem":
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