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The Million Dollar Hotel: Music From The Motion Picture (2000 Film)
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1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet - U2 with Daniel Lanois
2. Never Let Me Go - Bono and the MDH Band
3. Stateless - U2
4. Satellite Of Love - Milla Jovovich and the MDH Band
5. Falling At Your Feet - Bono and Daniel Lanois
6. Tom Tom's Dream - The MDH Band
7. The First Time - U2
8. Bathtub - The MDH Band
9. The First Time (Reprise) - Daniel Lanois and the MDH Band
10. Tom Tom's Room - Brad Mehldau with Bill Frisell
11. Funny Face - The MDH Band
12. Dancin' Shoes - Bono and the MDH Band
13. Amsterdam Blue - Jon Hassell, Greg Arreguin, Jamie Muhoberac, Peter Freeman
14. Satellite Of Love (Reprise) - The MDH Band featuring Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell, Greg Cohen
15. Satellite Of Love (Danny Saber Remix) - Milla Jovovich with Jon Hassell and Danny Saber
16. Anarchy In The USA - Tito Larriva and the MDH Band
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
Wim Wenders's films are inextricably linked to their companion soundtracks, with music playing as essential a role as any star actor--just see Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World, and Paris, Texas for proof. And now we have The Million Dollar Hotel. On this outing Wenders turns to U2's Bono, who not only contributes two tracks from his band but also collaborates with a host of outstanding artists, including Bill Frisell, Brian Eno, and Daniel Lanois. Even without the film, the songs resonate with a haunting glory. --Tod Nelson
Amazon.com
The soundtrack to a Wim Wenders joint is often as creative and satisfying as the movie itself (see Until the End of the World and Wings of Desire), serving not only as a companion to the film but as a stand-alone work of art. The Million Dollar Hotel is no exception, indeed it ups the ante. The film is based on a story conceived and written in part by U2's Bono, and his influence is all over the score. U2 contribute three stunning songs, most notably a collaboration with Daniel Lanois, "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," a soaring pop ballad with lyrics penned by writer Salman Rushdie (from his novel of the same name) that stands among the best U2 cuts ever recorded. In addition, Bono joins the all-star "Million Dollar Band" (comprising Mr. Fly himself, Daniel Lanois, Bill Frisell, Brian Eno, and others) for a host of great tracks, including the ethereal groove of "Never Let Me Go." And as if that weren't enough, The Million Dollar Hotel also features a duet between Brad Mehldau and Frisell ("Tom Tom's Room"), a surprisingly smoky cover of Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" by model-actress-chanteuse Milla Jovovich, and a raved-up, Americanized, Spanish-language version of the Sex Pistol's "Anarchy in the U.K." ("Anarchy in the USA") sung by Tito Larriva with the Million Dollar Band. Despite such a wide ranging host of contributors, Bono's sure hand keeps the album within the same emotional spectrum, colored by a kind of melancholic longing and a wistful wonder, resulting in not only one of the best and most original soundtracks ever recorded but a sure nominee for Album of the Year. --Tod Nelson
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The Million Dollar Hotel: Music From The Motion Picture (2000 Film)
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2000-03-14)
- Publisher: Island UK
- Label: Island UK
- Format: Soundtrack, Import
- Studio: Island UK
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 102 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #39758
Avg. Customer Review:
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Only for U2 fans 2007-01-03
Comment: I am a big U2 fan and I don't really like this. There are a couple really good songs on it but other than that... not for the average listener.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Where's Waldo 2005-10-26
Comment: I am an avid U2 fan and understand that as the band experiments, reinvents, pushes the envelope, etc. that we have to be patient and listen, re-listen, and give the music a chance. So it is with this record. But finding the U2 aspect of the soundtrack is a little like finding Where's Waldo. On some tracks its very obvious, on others its virtually impossible.
I'll keep listening but so far its a disappointment.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Buy it for the Frisell stuff 2005-03-22
Comment: I bought this way back in 2000 for the U2 songs (in fact, I have still not even seen the film). Repeated listenings over the past 5 years has led me to the conclusion that the finest material on this album is the instrumental stuff comprised of the non-U2 groups. Bill Frisell fans should pick this album up for sure, as a couple of songs he plays are breathtakingly beautiful.
Unfortunately, you'll have to skip over the song titled "Satellite of Love" because Milla screams and gargles over a good portion of it, leading me to cringe uncomfortably - I really like her in movies, but this vocal performance is sad and annoying.
But aside from that, the album is worth buying for the reasons I gave above.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: In the night, under a full moon... 2004-04-14
Comment: ...to relax with a good music!
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Clueless 2004-03-31
Comment: Okay, so it may not be a GREAT album, but the Milla-bashing is just inexusably misinformed. Milla's smoky vocals are lovely. It is Bono who does the horrid squawking at the end. If you listen toward the end of the song they take the FX off and you can hear him. It would have been a great song without it.
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