Time Out NY Gives "The Wire" Soundtrack Five Stars

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On the HBO series The Wire, music, says Time Out New York's Jesse Serwer, "is presented with an integrity typical of a show distinguished by its naturalistic storytelling." Welcome and "refreshingly nonmanipulative" as that is for fans of the show, it also means that viewers don't often get to hear much of the songs as scenes shift. But the new soundtrack, ... and all the pieces matter, solves all that.

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The five-star Time Out review of the album points to the various versions of the show's theme song, Tom Waits's "Way Down in the Hole," as all "equally passionate." Serwer also credits the show's inclusion of tracks by Baltimore rappers (which also appear on the simultaneously released Beyond Hamsterdam album) for bringing wider attention to the city's local hip-hop scene.

To read the review, visit timeout.com/newyork.

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  • Wednesday, January 9, 2008
    Time Out NY Gives "The Wire" Soundtrack Five Stars

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    On the HBO series The Wire, music, says Time Out New York's Jesse Serwer, "is presented with an integrity typical of a show distinguished by its naturalistic storytelling." Welcome and "refreshingly nonmanipulative" as that is for fans of the show, it also means that viewers don't often get to hear much of the songs as scenes shift. But the new soundtrack, ... and all the pieces matter, solves all that.

    Various_hamsterdam_lg

    The five-star Time Out review of the album points to the various versions of the show's theme song, Tom Waits's "Way Down in the Hole," as all "equally passionate." Serwer also credits the show's inclusion of tracks by Baltimore rappers (which also appear on the simultaneously released Beyond Hamsterdam album) for bringing wider attention to the city's local hip-hop scene.

    To read the review, visit timeout.com/newyork.

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