1988 soundtrack to the
movie of the same name by
Joe Jackson. The
movie is about
Preston Tucker who built a new kind of
car in
1948 and was
ruined by the
automobile industry even though his
car contained many
safety and other
features that they all adopted
later. The movie starred
Jeff Bridges and was
directed by
Francis Ford Coppola. I got to see the movie as a
birthday present since my
friends knew I was a big
Joe Jackson fan.
Unlike 1983s Mike's Murder, Joe's music is actually the soundtrack of this film. It has the sounds of Jumpin' Jive but it's mostly original music, and not all period instruments--there's a bit of synthesizer here and there.
Interestingly, the music playing when Homer Simpson is dreaming of The Land Of Chocolate in The Simpsons seems stolen note-for-note from the Captain of Industry (overture) from this album. Check it out. Also, the song "Shape In A Drape" was released as a single from this album, and you may have heard it on the radio.
Track listing (lots of instrumentals):
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