Swingers Too!: Get A Nightlife. Again. : More Music From... "Swingers"
Anyone looking to comprehend the understated power of the Rat Pack should first read Nick Tosches's brilliant Dean Martin biographyDino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. By cutting past nightclub clichés to matters both carnal and appreciably dark, Tosches locates the music and the period's special appeal. Looking to take that bygone era a few steps closer to absurdity, try this collection--a mop-up of tracks featured in the movieSwingers, but left off theoriginal soundtrack.Dean Martin,Sammy Davis,Mel Torme, and the awkwardAnn-Margretare all naturals and deserve to be here. But you have to wonder who invitedPaul Ankato this party. Probably the same joker who added Marty & Elaine's cover of theBee Gees' "Staying Alive" andHeart's completely out-of-place hard rock contribution, "Magic Man." Very strange, indeed.--Rob O'Connor