Acid Jazz Movie & TV Themes

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 

 Acid Jazz Movie and TV Themes contains a number of familiar themes ("Mission: Impossible," "Rollerball, " "Love Boat, " "Top of the Pops, " "Dirty Harry, " "The Flintstones") that have been arranged as acid-jazz songs. Clearly, the album was designed to appeal to the hipper-than-thou audience that celebrates kitsch, not quality, but peel back the ironic layers, and there are some intriguing beats and textures here. There just aren't enough to make it worthwhile to anyone but patient, open-minded listeners.

Acid Jazz Movie & TV Themes

Tracks:

 1. The Professionals - Lovetrain 

 2. Dave Allen At Large (Blarney's Stoned) - Kozmic Trooths 

 3. Mission Impossible - James Taylor Quartet 

 4. Rollerball (Executive Party) - Akimbo 

 5. The New Avengers - Snowboy 

 6. Countdown (Calender Countdown/Disco Conundrum) - Pippa And The Four From The Top 

 7. Love Boat - Spice 

 8. Angels - Van Groove 

 9. The Sweeney - Flying Squad 

 10. The Graduate (Mrs. Robinson) - James Taylor Quartet 

 11. The Cricket (Soul Limbo) - Sockadelic 

 12. The Heist (Money Is) - Corduroy 

 13. Allegretto Per Signora - Wipeout 

 14. Dirty Harry - James Taylor Quartet 

 15. Snooker (Dragracer) - The Hurricanes 

 16. Riot On 103rd Street - Mother Earth