Va - Walt Disney Records Presents- Love - Hits -1998- 1

Three magic carpets out of five. 🧞‍♂️

Where else in 1998 would you find sitting next to a song about a mermaid? This track was from The Mirror Has Two Faces —an MGM film. But Disney owned the distribution rights? Or maybe they just needed to fill 72 minutes. Regardless, hearing Streisand’s adult belting immediately followed by "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" created a jarring, wonderful whiplash. VA - Walt Disney Records Presents- Love Hits -1998- 1

Listening to it now feels like looking at a photograph of a first crush you forgot you had. You remember the feeling—the butterflies, the sweaty palms at the school dance—but you can't remember the face. Three magic carpets out of five

You’ll smell the inside of a minivan again. You’ll remember the feeling of being 10 years old, convinced that love was a color you could see, a key change you could reach, and a guarantee that the hero always gets the girl. But Disney owned the distribution rights

These songs are all performed by session singers or legacy acts. They aren't the "movie versions" necessarily; they are the "radio edits." They are sterile. They are produced. And yet, because we heard them on a discman while staring out the window of a moving car, they became real . Look closely at the metadata: -1998- 1 . Volume 1.