The original soundtrack to Edward Burns' crime drama Ash Wednesday features songs and artists popular in the early '80s, when the film was set. Actually, many of the tracks -- such as
Golden Earring's "Radar Love,"
BTO's "Let It Ride," and
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" -- come from the '70s but nevertheless set the necessary gritty atmosphere for the film. The soundtrack also features two songs from
Zebra, "Tell Me What You Want" and "Behind the Door," as well as
Judas Priest's "Deciever,"
the Scorpions' "No One Like You,"
Triumph's "Fight the Good Fight," and
Motörhead's "Shoot 'Em Down." Lemmy Kilmister, along with
Vivian Campbell and
Eric Singer, also turns up on a cover of
Kiss' "Shout It out Loud."
Matthew Sweet's typically bittersweet "It Don't Matter to Me" is another of the album's new tracks and one of its highlights, along with
Matthew Ryan's "Be My Vision." Overall,
Ash Wednesday does a good job of capturing the film's feel through music, even if it doesn't always make for the most captivating listening experience. ~ Heather Phares