Top Ten Most Underrated Soundtracks, a la Toni

#10: FRIDA This CD is as singular, in my mind, as Frida Kahlo herself. But it also introduced me to Lila Downs, and now I own EVERYTHING Ms. Downs has ever recorded. OUT OF THIS WORLD EXCITEMENT, that artist! #9: PRACTICAL MAGIC. Now I personally didn't like this movie except for the actors who were in it, just not my kind of story line, I guess, though the HOUSE those women lived in was my dream house. Anyway, the soundtrack is bomb! #8: A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG. Did you catch this movie? If not? Mandatory viewing, in my opinion. But the soundtrack supports itself if you never see the flick. #7: LOVE AND BASKETBALL. For the funkster in you. Double BB, both my male children, my bro-in-law and his wife, my nieces and nephews, and me? This movie and/or this soundtrack will get all of us in a huddle for shared delight. #6: MEMOIRES OF A GEISHA. Saturated, lush, the full range of moods - I get lost in this music. #5: HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT. And when we unroll the scroll of classic 'chick flicks', i.e. Fried Green Tomatoes, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Steel Magnolias, Thelma & Louise, etc., etc., WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE AMONG THEM? #4: SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE. In the vein of the movie, whimsical, light, fun song selection [love Eartha Kitt's songs on this], and even Jack Nicholson crooning 'La Vie en Rose' makes -- well, sense! #3: DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD. I love cajun/bayou music anyway -- y'all heard of Beausoleil? mmmm. #2: HAVANA [also an exquisite & powerful movie] #1: DEAD MAN WALKING