Editorial Review:

Album Description:
Red Rock Records and Complex Corporation are proud to announce the release of the soundtrack CD of Off the Charts: The song Poem Story, the acclaimed documentary feature from director Jamie Meltzer.

The Soundtrack CD features liner notes written by Penn Jillete of Penn and Teller, contains songs from the film and fascinating snippets of dialogue sepearating the tracks.

Off the Charts: The Song Poem Story, which premiered in a national broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens series, is a feature-length documentary about the sometimes unsettling, but always fascinating, world of the song-poem industry.In this little-known subculture, ordinary people send in their heartfelt, but often bizarre, poems to companies that-for a fee-turn them into the full-fledged musical productions featured on the companion CD soundtrack.

Rating: - Human Breakdown Of Absurdity
This is an amazing CD. I highly recommend watching the DVD from which these gems were pulled before listening. I also warn you not to listen to this while driving your car or operating heavy machinery.

I have been a fan of odd and outsider music since the late 1970s, and now there is a documentary explaining the wonders of the genre to everyone. I had actually heard many of these songs before, but here there are actually remakes of some of the originals by Gene Merlino and crew. I am ... Read More