VARIOUS ARTISTS: “Music From The Motion Picture Pulp Fiction” (MCA)

Quentin certainly surpassed himself in choosing the music for his latest offering. Considering that the entire composition of this soundtrack is unlikely to have been all the work of the hip geek director himself, it is still a startlingly good collection of music, one that is inextricably bound up with the world of the film, but which also stands alone as a bouncing, sexy piece of work.

This selection of songs and dialogue bursts with a raucous energy teamed with a taste for both the innocent and the surreal. Its effectiveness lies in its mixture of Tarantino’s script, groovy surfing sounds, twisting, trumpeting guitar and the genius of such inclusions as ‘Flowers On The Wall’ by the Statler Brothers and the most excellent ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ by Urge Overkill (strangely included on Aer Lingus’ current transatlantic pretend-radio selection).