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Empire Records: The Soundtrack

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Songs on the Soundtrack

Track 1 Gin Blossoms -Till I Hear It From You
Track 2 The Cranberries - Liar
Track 3 Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Track 4 The Martinis - Free
Track 5 Toad The Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life
Track 6 The Innocence Mission - Bright As Yellow
Track 7 Better Than Ezra - Circle Of Friends
Track 8 Ape Hangers - I Don't Want To Live Today
Track 9 Cracker - Whole Lotta Trouble
Track 10 The Meices - Ready Steady Go
Track 11 Drill - What You Are
Track 12 Lustre - Nice Overalls
Track 13 Please - Here It Comes Again
Track 14 Evan Dando - The Ballad Of El Goodo
Track 15 Coyote Shivers - Sugarhigh
Track 15(Film version)

Other Songs From The Movie

The Dirt Clods - Can't Stop Losing Myself
The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon is Over
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
Noah Stone - Dark and Brooding
Quicksand - Thorn in My Side
Ass Ponys - Little Bastard
Sacrilicious - I Don't Know Why
Real - Real
Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You Got It)
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Full Tilt Gonzo - Candy
The Cranberries - How
Peg Boy - Hardlight
Fig Dish - Chew Toy
Fitz of Depression - Power Shack
Daniel Johnston - Rock 'n' Roll/EGA
Gwar - Saddam-a-go-go
Loose Diamonds - Backdown Blues
Mouth Music - Tomorrow
Sponge - Plowed
Billy White Trio - Surround You
Adolescents - LA Girl
Queen Sarah Saturday - Seems
Dead Hot Workshop - Vinyl Advice
The The - This Is the Day

Maxwell Caulfield - Say No More (Mon Amour)
Poster Children - She Walks
Suicidal Tendencies - I Shot the Devil
Sybil Vane - Sorry
Mouth Music - Infinity
Throwing Muses - Snakeface
Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)

This soundtrack is filled with quite a number of pulse-raising, fast-paced songs that were typical of the mid-90s. Featured on the CD are "Til I Hear it From You," by the Gin Blossoms, "A Girl Like You," by Edwyn Collins, Better Than Ezra, the Cranberries, "Crazy Life," and "Sugarhigh."

However, I was kind of disappointed with this soundtrack in one major way. Like so many other people, after seeing Empire Records, I found that the soundtrack is missing a number of songs which I wanted to be on it. Where are "Money- thats what I want" by the Flying Lizzards, Dire Straits's "Romeo and Juliet," Maxwell Caulfield's "Say no more, Mon Amour, "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Counting Blue Cars?" Its because of these omissions that Empire Records needed another soundtrack.

Great movie- only an OK soundtrack.

It's funny when you buy a soundtrack from a movie you're pretty familiar with and discover that you don't recognise half the songs. I think most people have reviewed this album have realised this too. However, that's not to say it's not good. It's a very "grow on you" sort of album. However, I have done a little research and these are some of the songs people have wanted on the album but couldn't find: 'This is the Day' - The The (played at the very end when everyone is dancing on the roof) 'How' - The Cranberries (Corey runs onto the roof crying, after throwing herself at Rex Manning) 'Snakeface' - Throwing Muses (Corey prepares lunch for Rex Manning) 'Plowed' - Sponge (everyone arrives for the big party at Empire) 'I Shot the Devil' - Suicidal Tendencies (Mark and his heavy metal friends are head banging, before Gina turns it off) The song that continues to elude me is the one that Mark puts on after he wins the M&M's game .. the only thing I can suggest is getting the video and reading the end credits and taking a guess. Hope that helps people.

People are interested to know the titles of the songs from the movie that were not included in the soundtrack, so here is a list of them:

'This is The Day' - The The

'Romeo & Juliet' - Dire Straits

'Video Killed the Radio Star' - The Buggles

'Little Bastard' - Ass Ponys

'Saddam a go-go' - Gwar

'Counting Blue Cars' - Dishwalla

'Money (thats what I want)' - Flying Lizards

Hope this was of some use, enjoy!

I have seen this movie numerous times, and when they released the DVD i bought that and the soundtrack simultaneously. I was in the air force at the time and me and my buddies sat around and watched this at LEAST once a day for a couple weeks. When I first listened to the soundtrack i was expecting to hear "Seems" by Queen Sarah Saturday. Stupid me didn't look at the back of the case. Also missing were "Plowed" by Sponge, "Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla, "Saddam A Go-Go" by GWAR (not "Gore" as a previous reviewer stated), and most importantly, the duet with Coyote Shivers and Rene Zellwegger on "Sugarhigh". I figure it this way. I can get every song in mp3 form that i want, and make my own second volume, INCLUDING the Shivers/Zellwegger "Sugarhigh" (and once again for the previous reviewer: Coyote Shivers is the guy who played Burko. The guy who sang Sugarhigh WITH Rene on the roof, and yes that is rene's real voice!)Now all of the songs i mentioned before is easy enough to find on cd (except the movie ver of "Sugarhigh" and Queen Sarah Saturday's "Seems"<the album has long since been deleted>), so you could also just buy a few albums by the different artists and maybe learn that you like them as well... Just a thought. I will be getting a copy of Queen Sarah Saturday's album though... soon at that... the perks of working in a record store.

okay, there are many, many songs in the movie, but most of the songs on the soundtrack i can't even find there, and sugarhigh wasn't even the same version! Don't get me wrong, they're all good songs but what i think should be done is they should put out "Empire Records: the soundtrack, volume 2" with all of the other songs, Who's with me?

The illusive song that is played when Mark gets the orange M&M is "Seems" by Queen Sarah Saturday. It's one of the best songs from the movie.

I was extremely disappointed with the contents of this CD. If you are looking for a complete compilation of the music in the movie, "you'll be sorry" as Warren says. I agree with one of the other reviewers: They need to make a second volume with all of the great music they left off of the first album. Now that would be a smart marketing strategy...

I really enjoyed this movie, and the songs were so good that I just had to go out and buy the CD. However when I listened through the tracks, I realized that half the songs I didn't remember from the movie, and the songs that I had hoped would be on the CD weren't. I was very dissapointed. The CD is pretty nice, but it just doesn't cut it. I agree with previous reviews, there should be an Empire Records Vol.2 CD.

I do like some of the songs on it, but some of the more noticeable songs in the movie weren't on the soundtrack....such as Little Bastard by Ass Ponys, or Money by Flying Lizards, or even Mon Amour (or whatever) by Rex Manning......I honestly think that they should release a second soundtrack with those songs and the version of Sugarhigh that's on the movie, and Saddam A Go Go by Gwar...I'm sure they could find enough songs to fill a whole CD. That's all.....Damn The Man!