FM (1978 Film) [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 1978
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00004TRSB
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. FM - Steely Dan

2. Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

3. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller

4. Cold As Ice - Foreigner

5. Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

6. Bad Man - Randy Meisner

7. Life In The Fast Lane - Eagles

8. Do It Again - Steely Dan

9. Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs

10. More Than A Feeling - Boston

Disc: 2

1. Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt

2. Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

3. Livingston Saturday Night - Jimmy Buffett

4. There's A Place In The World For A Gambler - Dan Fogelberg

5. Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

6. It Keeps You Runnin' - Doobie Brothers

7. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

8. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

9. We Will Rock You - Queen

10. FM - Reprise - Steely Dan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ROCK COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK EVER! Period., May 20, 2001

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Jim Patterson http (Des Moines, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FM (1978 Film) (Audio CD)

Since buying this on vinyl in 1979, I have yet to hear better rock compilation soundtrack.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW: "Night Moves" is edited, and "Fly Like An Eagle" does not contain the keyboard intro/outro sound effects. Ironically, it DOES contain the full 8:00+ version of Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good". The two Linda Ronstadt songs are live (but still good), and I'd assume probably unavailable except on this album. I'm also not sure if you can buy Steely Dan's "FM (Reprise)" elsewhere.

I am sure the poster that came with the album is probably too much to ask for in a CD however. :)

TRACK LISTING:

01. Fm - Steely Dan Becker/Fagen 4:52 Real Audio....

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic rock's response to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, August 2, 2001

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Erik North (San Gabriel, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FM (1978 Film) (Audio CD)

Even though the film wasn't really noticeable for too much else beyond being the supposed inspiration for the TV series "WKRP In Cincinnati", the soundtrack to F.M. remains one of the high points of 70s music. In essence, this can be seen as classic rock's response to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER; and while the F.M. soundtrack didn't even come close in terms of sales to FEVER, it still sold a truckload, and with good reason.

We get a lot of great stuff here from such acts as Boston ("More Than A Feeling"), Foreigner ("Cold As Ice"), the Eagles ("Life In The Fast Lane"), Steely Dan ("F.M.", "Do It Again"), Jimmy Buffett ("Livingston Saturday Night") any many others. My personal two favorite cuts on the soundtrack, because I happen to be a big fan of hers, are the live versions of "Tumbling Dice" and "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me" by Linda Ronstadt. She doesn't show any traces of her stage fright in the concert footage in the movie; and her searing rendition of "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me" will make everyone wonder why in the world Terri Clark ever bothered to remake this song in 1996.

Any self-respecting classic rock fan should have the F.M. soundtrack in their collection. It's a winner!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated Movie, Outstanding Soundtrack, February 18, 2005

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Doctorvetsill (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FM (1978 Film) (Audio CD)

This is the ultimate 70's soundtrack! A bit disappointing that "Night Moves" and "Fly Like An Eagle" are the single versions and that "We Are The Champions" was not included (even though it doesn't appear in the film it's still a necessary companion to "We Will Rock You."

Linda Ronstadt's career of covers is represented by 2 sizzling tracks, though I have to wonder why her version of "Love Me Tender" was left off.

Why, oh why did they put the studio version of "Livingston Saturday Night" instead of the live version from the film?

Then again, I knew all of this because I owned the vinyl long before the CD came out.

I saw the movie late one night on Encore in the early 90's, when I was in college radio, and loved the whole atmosphere of the film. I can understand why anyone who hasn't been in radio would be bored by it though.

Anyway, these discs are a great history lesson not to mention the outstanding contributions by Walt & Don, a.k.a. Steely Dan.

Rock on.