Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Composer), Donald Fagen (Performer), Cheap Trick (Performer), Blue Oyster Cult (Performer), Sammy Hagar (Performer), Don Felder (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 7, 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002H4C
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1980s
  • #91 in Music > Miscellaneous

Track Listings

1. Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar

2. Heartbeat - Riggs

3. Working In The Coal Mine - Devo

4. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars - Blue Oyster Cult

5. Reach Out - Cheap Trick

6. Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) - Don Felder

7. True Companion - Donald Fagen

8. Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Nazareth

9. Radar Rider - Riggs

10. Open Arms - Journey

11. Queen Bee - Grand Funk Railroad

12. I Must Be Dreamin'

13. The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath

14. All of You - Don Felder

15. Prefabricated - Trust

16. Blue Lamp - Stevie Nicks

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good nostalgia, not much actual metal December 22, 2005

By G. Faville

Format:Audio CD

I saw this movie as a youth, and the soundtrack was the first record I ever bought that was rock 'n roll. A good start, I must say. The original record was a double-album. Funny nowadays that you can fit that on one CD.

But even after all of these years, some of these tracks still stand out as some of my favorites: Cheap Trick's Reach Out and I Must Be Dreamin', Black Sabbath's Mob Rules, Blue Oyster Cult's Veteran of the Psychic Wars, and the Devo and Riggs tracks are all great. The mellow stuff, even as a kid, I could do without. Interestingly, the follow up movie has a soundtrack that is truly all metal, yet that soundtrack and film are far inferior to this original.

The film has aged, but if you were a fan of the magazine back then and can remember what animation was like back then; you can still probably bring yourself back to that time and remember what made it so good.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sit down, shut up, and hang on... December 9, 2005

By Kat

Format:Audio CD

Of the hundreds of "albums" I own, this is definitely among the most listened to. Forget what other reviewers say about "it's not heavy metal music" and there's only "x" number of good songs... This album will evoke and satisfy the audiophile in anyone who can appreciate music, regardless of genre. Heavy Metal was merely the name of the album, the movie which it aurally illustrates, and the magazine which inspired it. Don't be so literal. Don't be so judgemental. Shut up and enjoy the music.

(In fact, buy it, slide it into your CD player, turn it up loud and go for a nice long drive to nowhere... you won't regret it)

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A vinyl classic. January 23, 2006

By H3@+h

Format:Audio CD

There's only one thing as cool as seeing this movie at midnight in the right state of mind, and that's this soundtrack. Even without the connection to the film, the tracklist is awesome. Included is the great title song from Sammy Hagar, the odd-but-cool cover from Devo, a huge hit from Journey, and killer tunes from Blue Oyster Cult, Don Felder, Sabbath (with Dio), and the beautiful Stevie Nicks. If the 70's were your decade, this is your soundtrack. Sure, by todays standards this might not be considered metal, but it is classic, it is heavy, and it does rock!