# Soundtrack for Life

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Soundtrack for Life
| type       = studio
| artist     = A:xus
| cover      = Soundtrack for Life.jpg
| border     = 
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|2000|02|28}}
| recorded   = 1998–2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[Electronic](/source/Electronic_music)<ref name="discogs1">{{cite web|title=Soundtrack for Life overview|url=https://www.discogs.com/Axus-Soundtrack-For-Life/release/1245|website=Discogs|date=March 2000 |accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>|[deep house](/source/deep_house)<ref name="juno">{{cite web|title=Soundtrack for Life overview|url=http://www.juno.co.uk/products/axus-soundtrack-for-life/53500-01/|website=Juno Records|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>|[acid jazz](/source/acid_jazz)<ref name="allmusic review, etc.">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Allmusic Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/soundtrack-for-life-mw0000064755|website=Allmusic|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=62|s=24}}
| label      = [Guidance](/source/Guidance_Recordings)
| producer   = {{hlist|Aba-cus|Raw Emotions|A:xus}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Soundtrack for Life
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Abacus (When I Fall In Love)
 | single1date = 1998
 | single2     = Baghdad Café (Calling You)
 | single2date = 1999
 | single3     = You Make Me Feel Like (Peace & Love & Happiness)
 | single3date = 2000<ref name="discography">{{cite web|title=Axus Discography|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1485-Axus|website=Discogs|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Soundtrack for Life''''' is the only studio album by Canadian DJ A:xus.<ref name="allmusic bio">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Artist Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/axus-mn0000660912|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref> It was the first record to be released by [Guidance Records](/source/Guidance_Recordings),<ref name="allmusic bio" /> and includes the hit single "When I Fall In Love" by his alias "Abacus", which was a Top 75 hit in the UK. <ref name="uk">{{cite web|title=Axus UK Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5114/axus/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>  The track "Soundtrack 4 Life" is featured in Rockstar's Smuggler's Run as the main menu music.

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic review, etc." />
|rev2 = [Blues & Soul](/source/Blues_%26_Soul)
|rev2score = positive<ref name="amazon" />}}

The album was met with positive reviews. Allmusic commented that the album has "strong, clever production skills and a feel for musical variety that never sounds forced."<ref name="allmusic review, etc.">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Allmusic Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/soundtrack-for-life-mw0000064755|website=Allmusic|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref> A review by [Blues & Soul](/source/Blues_%26_Soul) felt that the album "fuses all the best parts of deep house with tinges of jazz, funk, ambient and garage to very good effect."<ref name="amazon">{{cite web|title=Amazon overview|url=https://www.amazon.com/Soundtrack-Life-Axus/dp/B00004OCRA|website=Amazon|accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing==
#Baghdad Café (Callin' U) (6:51)
#Raw Emotions (4:27)
#My Planet Rocks (5:56)
#Synchronicity (5:43)
#Near or Far (3:34)
#Pluto (5:58)
#Oceans Between Us (2:35)
#Soundtrack 4 Life (4:01)
#Lazy, Crazy, Hazy Days (3:56)
#Taxi Blues (4:05)
#Nice to See You Again (3:32)
#When I Fall In Love (Abacus) (5:42)
#You Make Me Feel Like (Peace & Love & Happiness) (6:14)

==References==
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Category:House music albums by Canadian artists
Category:2000 debut albums
Category:Acid jazz albums

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