| Little Mermaid | 
 enlarge | Creators: Alan Menken, J.a.c. Redford, Ashley Tisdale, Daughters Of Triton, Jessica Simpson, Jodi Benson, Jonas Brothers, Pat Carroll, Raven-symone, Rene Auberjonois, Samuel Wright, Ship's Chorus
Label: Walt Disney Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5155
Format: Enhanced, Extra Tracks, Soundtrack, Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 861618
UPC: 050086161874
EAN: 0050086161874
ASIN: B000FZDIL8
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new and factory sealed. In stock and ships today!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Fathoms Below | | • | Main Titles Score | | • | Fanfare Score | | • | Daughters of Triton | | • | Part of Your World | | • | Under the Sea | | • | Part of Your World (Reprise) | | • | Poor Unfortunate Souls | | • | Les Poissons | | • | Kiss the Girl | | • | Fireworks Score | | • | Jig Score | | • | The Storm Score | | • | Destruction of the Grotto Score | | • | Flotsam and Jetsam Score | | • | Tour of the Kingdom Score | | • | Bedtime Score | | • | Wedding Announcement Score | | • | Eric to the Rescue Score | | • | Happy Ending |
Disc 2
| • | Kiss The Girl - performed by Ashley Tisdale | | • | Poor Unfortunate Souls - performed by Jonas Brothers | | • | Part of your World - performed by Jessica Simpson | | • | Under the Sea - performed by Raven-Symone | | • | Music Video - Poor Unfortunate Souls - performed by Jonas Brothers | | • | "Making Of" Music Video - Kiss The Girl - performed by Ashley Tisdale |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Before Broadway was Disneyfied and Times Square became a mall, the best Broadway musicals were being written for Disney animated features by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman. Their songs for The Little Mermaid created the mold from which their even more popular work (Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin) would be cast. Almost every tune in Mermaid has its (slightly inferior) counterpart in Beauty, for example. But there's no topping the Oscar-winning calypso show-stopper, "Under the Sea"--in which a Caribbean crab convinces you that "Darlin' it's better/Down where it's wetter." Other songs, just as delightful, are even more impressive in the context of the movie. The rapturous "Kiss the Girl" accompanies a scene in which, despite the whispered urgings of creatures all around, the romantic hero does not act on the title's advice! That's the kind of abstract dramatic (OK, comedic) conceit you'd expect from Harold Pinter rather than Disney. And the gruesomely hilarious "Les Poissons" gives us a fisheye view of a kitchen where the seafood chef is a sort of French Ed Gein--a sadistic murderer who brutally tortures and chops up his victims, then eats them! Who says Disney never did black comedy? "...I stuff you with bread/It won't hurt, 'cause you're dead/And you're certainly lucky you are...." Lyricist Ashman may not have been Cole Porter, but he was the next best thing. --Jim Emerson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Buy it Now, You Fool July 31, 2008
I have such a soft spot for musicals -- especially Disney musicals. The Little Mermaid is one of my very favorites -- most of the songs are so catchy I can't help but tap my foot and sing along. After a bad day there's nothing better than turning this puppy on full blast. Every song you remember is here, including the wonderful orchestral score.
The bonus songs are terrifying, however. Whoever thought that the Little Mermaid needed to be put to horrific, half-baked pop/r&b and shrieked by children of dubious talent should probably have large rocks thrown at them. Just a suggestion. However, I chose to ignore them, and I rate this disc by the value of the first disc, whose superior quality easily drowns out the second CD's terrifying contributions.
Anyway, just get this CD and enjoy the delightful croonings of Ariel and co! You won't regret it!
 Great Originals, Remake by Jonas Brothers unfortunate... June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ive always loved the Little Mermaid and was excited to see this set, but I have to say I was disappointed to hear the Jonas Brothers singing Poor Unfortunate Souls. When Ursula sings this song kids know she's one of the "bad guys" but its a strange message that daughters and their friends get when the hottest boy band out today is singing about girls needing to basically shut up and be pretty to get a man. Stick with the originals and skip disc 2.
Great CD! March 29, 2008
I bought this CD mainly for the Jonas Brothers song, "Poor Unfortunate Souls". But the whole CD is excellent & I liked it so much that I played it twice the day I got it!
Excellent product March 1, 2008
The CD certainly captures the essence of the film. My daughters enjoy listening to the CD while they are playing and they don't have to be watching tv all the time!
Loved it then. Loved it now. April 10, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Little Mermaid was the first video I ever owned myself. Loved it from the first day I saw it. I don't hold the same view as I did as a child but it's still a wonderful story. And the music is just plain fun. The best part of this special edition is Ashley Tisdale's rendition of Kiss The Girl. Let me start by saying I have issues about Disney's need to turn every actor into a singer and every singer into an actor and the promote them to the ends of the earth. And it's not so much Ashley Tisdale - though she's very talented - that makes me love this version of the song. Whoever revised the arrangement is who I'd like to really thank. I love every thing about how this version was put together. Upbeat. Fun. Totally "sqeeable". But then I'm a hopeless romantic.
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