Petra Goes to the Movies

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Petra Goes to the Movies
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Studio album by
Petra Haden
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2013
Recorded2012
Label ANTI-
Producer Petra Haden, Justin Burnett
Petra Haden chronology
Ten Years
(2008)		Petra Goes to the Movies
(2013)		Seemed Like a Good Idea
(2016)

Petra Goes to the Movies is an album by Petra Haden.

Contents

Music and release

The album was recorded in 2012 at John Kilgore Sound & Recording (New York, NY), Petra Haden's House (Los Angeles, CA), PJ Hanke Studios (Los Angeles, CA), The Body Shop (Los Angeles, CA), and Vox Recording Studios, (Los Angeles, CA). [1] Some of the tracks feature Haden on both lead and backing vocals alone. [1] Other tracks have guest musicians: pianist Brad Mehldau, guitarist Bill Frisell, and bassist Charlie Haden. [1]

The album was released by ANTI- on January 22, 2013. [2] Petra Haden gave public performances of material from the album early in 2013. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The AllMusic reviewer preferred the all-vocal tracks, because the others "sound a little too traditional and somewhat less interesting when compared to the rest of the album". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Rebel Without a Cause" [From Rebel Without a Cause] – 2:50
  2. "God's Lonely Man" [From Taxi Driver] – 2:00
  3. "Cool Hand Luke Main Title" [From Cool Hand Luke] – 2:07
  4. "Cinema Paradiso" [From Cinema Paradiso] – 3:00
  5. "A Fistful of Dollars Theme" [From A Fistful of Dollars] – 1:51
  6. "Psycho Main Title" [From Psycho] – 2:02
  7. "Goldfinger Main Title" [From Goldfinger] – 2:10
  8. "Carlotta's Galop" [From 8 1/2] – 3:00
  9. "It Might Be You" [From Tootsie] – 5:15
  10. "The Planet Krypton" [From Superman] – 1:21
  11. "Superman Theme" [From Superman] – 3:54
  12. "My Bodyguard" [From My Bodyguard] – 2:50
  13. "Pascal's Waltz" [From Big Night] – 1:23
  14. "Calling You" [From Bagdad Cafe] – 4:47
  15. "Hand Covers Bruise" [From The Social Network] – 4:20
  16. "This Is Not America" [From The Falcon and the Snowman] – 4:59

Personnel

Guests

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sendra, Tim "Petra Haden: Petra Goes to the Movies". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Petra Goes to the Movies". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Randy (February 6, 2013) "'Petra Haden Goes to the Movies' Live on Feb. 9". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Layman, Will (January 24, 2013) "Petra Haden – Petra Goes to the Movies". PopMatters.
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