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Simpsons Soundtrack

08/30/07
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(PR) A soundtrack so highly anticipated that even Homer would get off the couch to celebrate its arrival, THE SIMPSONS: TESTIFY is finally here! Set for release on September 18, 2007 from Shout! Factory, THE SIMPSONS: TESTIFY music CD spotlights material culled from award-winning composer Alf Clausen and features the unmistakable voices of America’s most beloved TV family: Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith), and Springfield’s various townsfolk (Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer). The soundtrack kicks off with Danny Elfman's unforgettable main title theme, and continues with a collection of the best songs from the last nine seasons of the longest running primetime comedy on TV today. The album arrives just in time to accompany the premiere of Season 19 of THE SIMPSONS on FOX.

Only on THE SIMPSONS: TESTIFY can you find a range of great talents from Jackson Browne to “Weird Al” Yankovic, both willing to engage in self-parody that reflects the show’s uncanny irreverence. And then there is David Byrne, who while hearing a list of his vast musical accomplishments, adds with pride “And I used to wrestle under the name ‘El Diablo!’” It is Byrne who helps Homer realize the full odious potential of “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders,” even contributing an extended salsa remix, “No Me Gusta Flanders.” We’re also treated to the lyrical styling of the endearingly homicidal Sideshow Bob (as voiced by Kelsey Grammar) as he reexamines his overwhelming loathing of Bart Simpson on “The Very Reason That I Live.”

THE SIMPSONS: TESTIFY puts the music front and center, as the songs featured were mixed specifically for this new album. For the first time, the brilliant re-imagining of Broadway hits Evita, My Fair Lady, and The Sound Of Music can be fully appreciated for all of their satirical nuance. In “My Fair Laddy,” Groundskeeper Willie plays Eliza Doolittle to Lisa’s Henry Higgins, as Willie learns both elocution and manners to the refrain of “What flows from the nose, does not go on my clothes.” And in “Yokel Chords,” Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel and his hillbilly brood take the place of the von Trapp family, with Lisa again playing the role of teacher. In this memorable parody from the most recent season, the Sound Of Music line “I am sixteen going on seventeen” becomes “I have eight teeth, going on seven teeth.” Of course.

Any SIMPSONS fan will no doubt remember Ricky Gervais memorable appearance as the Marge-obsessed Charles Heathbar, who serenades Marge with “Lady,” which spends more time explaining its lyrics (in song) than actually saying anything romantic, with the possible exception of the closing exhortation, “don’t die.”

Track Listing: 1. “The Simpsons” Main Title Theme 2. Testify 3. The Very Reason That I Live (Featuring Kelsey Grammer) 4. He’s The Man (Featuring Shawn Colvin) 5. Stretch Dude And Clobber Girl 6. “The Simpsons” End Credits Theme (Performed By Los Lobos) 7. Ode To Branson 8. Sold Separately 9. Island Of Sirens 10. They’ll Never Stop The Simpsons 11. You’re A Bunch Of Stuff 12. What Do I Think Of The Pie? 13. Baby Stink Breath 14. Tastes Like Liberty 15. Jellyfish 16. Homer & Marge (Featuring “Weird Al” Yankovic) 17. “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” (Medley) (Featuring David Byrne) 18. I Love To Walk 19. Marjorie (Featuring Jackson Browne) 20. “The President Wore Pearls” Medley 21. Glove Slap (Featuring The B-52s) 22. O Pruny Night 23. America (I Love This Country) 24. America Rules 25. Welcome To Moe’s 26. We Are The Jockeys 27. Song Of Shelbyville 28. “A Star Is Torn” Medley 29. Who Wants A Haircut? (Featuring Baha Men) 30. “My Fair Laddy” Medley 31. Springfield Blows 32. “King Of Cats” Itchy & Scratchy Medley 33. Lady (Featuring Ricky Gervais) 34. You Make Me Laugh 35. Lady Riff (Featuring Ricky Gervais) 36. Poppa, Can You Hear Me? 37. “Yokel Chords” Medley

Previously Unaired Bonus Tracks 38. Hullaba Lula (Featuring Kelsey Grammer) 39. Song Of The Wild Beasts 40. Dancing Workers’ Song 41. Oldies And Nudies

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