I've used an interest in soundtracks as the excuse for watching any number of, uh, not very good movies but have never tried the old "I watch porn for the music" gambit. But maybe porn soundtracks are about to have their moment, just like library music got its moment.

This compilation is really strong, packed with funky instrumentals. It starts with "Move On" by L. Hurdle and F. Ricotti. Bass guitar is the most prominent instrument and provides the main throughline, with drums and percussion and keyboards also playing crucial roles.

At just over seven minutes long, Anton Scott's "I.P. Walk" is a sprawling groovy jam with lots of keyboard and guitar soloing.

Then there's a laidback, slower but tougher groove, with lots of space and excellent conga playing, in Alan Tew's "Gentle in the Night", which could be a great cue for an action hero. And maybe that's exactly what it is.

It gets much more uptempo after that with a kind of funk/bop "Power Play" by Ray Davies—is it the Kinks Ray Davies? I don't know. But this one features some energetic horn playing.

"Nude Interlide #1" is the first of several tracks by "Unknown Artist". This one is a nice, slinky, post-In a Silent Way jazz/funk piece with a sexy female voice talking about the benefits of putting "a sex drink in your drink".

The music then drifts back to crime jazz/funk with Alan Hawkshaw's "Hawkwind and Fire", a fairly conventional piece with a cool figure played by horns while keyboard and guitar and bass and drums lay down a really good groove. There's a wailing guitar solo too.

What about disco? you ask. Well Brian Bennett's got you covered with "Disco Fever", which as a relentless disco beat with some nice trumpet playing.

Next up is "The Bends" by Roger Webb & Keith Grant, perhaps the most interesting track on the CD. It's got crazy sci-fi keyboards (like the fembots cue in The Bionic Woman), a really heavy drum beat with a huge distorted bass sound and long, sustained, distorted guitar playing. Everything about this one is great.

Alan Tew then returns with "The Heist", which definitely sounds like 1970s crime action music for film or television. It's got some tight writing, "Theme from S.W.A.T." energy and some wild keyboard flourishes.

"Nude Interlude #2" has a similar feel to the first one but is a little slower and a little lower, but very relaxed and also has a bit of movie dialogue, mostly people chuckling and making pleasure sounds. "Nude Interlude #3" is a little peppier and sunnier.

And, like the "Nude Interlude" cues, the remaining tracks on the record are by unknown artists.

"Carl's Cabana" sounds pretty much like generic porn soundtrack music, or at least how it's popularly imagined and represented, complete with someone moaning with pleasure over the music. But there's also a sweet, wistful quality to the melody, it's not cut from whole cloth.

While "Fernando's Blues" is a straight blues/rock number it also has a hard funk edge and really nice keyboard and guitar soloing.

The last cue, "Bang 'Em Hard", is aptly titled as the instrumentation is only drums and other percussion and it's a great piece, just solid rhythms.