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List Price: $10.98 | | Label: Polygram UK
Salesrank: 80890
Released: April 25, 2000 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Frog Prince: Original Movie Soundtrack Track Listing:
1. Train to Paris
2. First Day
3. Jazz Club - Mack the Knife
4. Jazz Club - Let It Be Me
5. With Jean-Phillipe
6. Jenny
7. Reflections
8. Frog Prince
9. Dreams
10. Kiss
11. Jazz Club - Sweet Georgia Brown
12. Jazz Club - Georgia on My Mind
13. Kiss by the Fountain
14. Jenny & Roz
15. Flonflons du Bal
16. Epilogue
Editorial Review:
1995 release on Polygram's Spectrum label, the CD debut of Enya's first solo recordings after leaving Clannad, the 1985soundtrack to the 1984 film 'The Frog Prince'. Enya performs15 of the album's 16 tracks; Edith Piaf handles the other. Enya also wrote or co-wrote 11 of her 15 tracks, many of which are instrumentals.
The Frog Prince: Original Movie Soundtrack Reviews:
Not likely to please MOST Enya fans 
2006-01-08 - Completists will probably tell you otherwise: Ignore them!
If you're looking at this because you enjoy the multi-layered vocal and keyboard sounds Enya usually brings to bear on songs like "Only Time" and "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", you should look elsewhere.
First, Enya's voice is only heard on 2 of these tracks: the title tune and "Dreams", neither of which is particularly memorable. Second, another 4 tracks are taken up by a competent if uninspired jazz combo along with 1 from French ingenue Edith Piaf ("Les Flons-Flons du Bal"). That leaves 9 instrumental Enya tracks of which nearly all end up resembling the interludes of G.E. Smith and his Saturday Night Live orchestra thanks to showy saxophone work.
BOTTOM LINE:
"The Train to Paris" is probably the best tune here. From there, it's all downhill.
Interesting album, not what I expected 
2005-11-14 - I bought this CD because it seems to be Enya's first post-Clannad album and I thought I'd just try it out.
You get a 16 track recording, only 11 of which appear to be Enya's work, 4 are some Jazz Club something and one is by Edith Piaf. It doesn't really sound anything much like her later work which I found to be disappointing. Two songs have her singing, a couple more have vocalizations but it all has a less polished sound compared to The Celts onward. It all manages to come across as early 80's romantic soundtrack stuff, not bad but not really what I wanted.
A big disappointment
2005-08-30 - Even considering this a very early work of Enya, I must critize it. Especially when you love ANYWHERE IS, ORINOCO FLOW or ONLY TIME don't you even bother to buy it. The mid-80's soundtrack consist (except of few non-Enya tracks) just of songs of a very simple melody and synthetic arrangements. The two songs which are sung by Enya are poor and she sings it with a very unnatural, high voice:( Only Enya collectors should buy this...
For those who must have everything by Enya 
2002-05-23 - Even compared to her work on "The Celts," this is different. I found it hard to hear much of her style in this, and there's a goofy synth sound that should have stayed out of the songs. Overall, the vocal tracks are the best, the theme is nice, but gets slightly repetitive. A good disc, and a very interesting part of Enya's history. I recommend trying it before you buy it.
For those who really love Enya and her music
2001-06-30 - This, of course, doesn't come across as the Enya we know and love, but it is a beautifully done sound track. She only sings two songs (and it's a short--37 minutes--CD), but it definitely belongs in every true Enya fan's collection. Besides the 11 cuts that she composed, there are four pleasantly done jazz standards, and a song from Edith Piaf. By the way, those two songs are beautiful...not like her present work, but beautiful in their own right.
