Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1981

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  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,113 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	G. Faville "gfav611" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Kat (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

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)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie. Even better soundtrack., November 28, 2000

By	"sghost1" (Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada) - See all my reviews

Original motion picture soundtracks don't get any better than this, folks. You won't here ME complaining. There are so many great things to be said about this collection. This is classic rock/metal at it's best. Don Felder's 2 songs are better than anything that the Eagles have ever done. Also you'll find one of the best (albeit lesser known) BOC songs - Verteran of the Psychic Wars. And fellow Black Sabbath fans will be interested to know that Tony Iommi does a completely different lead solo on this version of 'Mob Rules.' Believe me, I was surprised, too! Speaking of different versions of songs, Sammy Hagar's 'Heavy Metal' is much stronger, here, than on his own album. And if you haven't heard the song 'Crazy' by Nazareth, then you really are missing out. I'm not a huge Nazareth fan, but this song rocks! But I've said enough. -- Scott S. <[e-mail]>