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Party Monster

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From my trips to the Limelight, I'm pretty sure the soundtrack to Party Monster mostly won't recreate Disco 2000 for the listener, but it will still provide a numbing, druggy tripped-out atmosphere. Since, strangely, Amazon doesn't list the contents, let's start there:

Mannequin "Take Me to the Club"
Ladytron "Seventeen"
Miss Kitten & The Hacker "Frank Sinatra"
Felix da Housecat vs. Pop Tarts featuring Macauley Culkin "Money Success Fame Glamour"
Waldorf "You're My Disco"
Stacey Q "Two of Hearts"
Tomcraft "Overdose"
Happy Thought Hall "Get Happy"
Vitalic "Le Rock 01"
Tones On Tail "Go"
Nina Hagen "New York, New York"
Scissor Sisters "It Can't Come Quickly Enough"
W.I.T. "Inside Out"
Stephen "tin tin" Duffy "Kiss Me"
Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
ABC "How To Be A Millionaire"
Keoki "Crash" (original mix)
Marilyn Manson as Christina "The La La Song"
Headrillaz feat. Ricky Barrow "Good is Bad"

If you can't tell from the track listing, a lot of it is actually not electroclash music, and contrary to popular belief, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" is NOT on the soundtrack, thank goodness.

A lot of the music sounds like Kraftwerk-era old school techno when the beats-per-minute were still well below 140. For example Mannequin's "take me to the club" is bored-with-the-world down tempo dance music. Ladytron's "seventeen" and Miss Kitten's "Frank Sinatra" are Emperor Norton tracks which both leave you feeling that the vocalists are jaded, louche and stoned. "Frank Sinatra" has been described as "merciless" and it's very apt. Happy Thought Hall's "Get Happy" and W.I.T's "Inside Out" are also mindless, mild techno. Again, the female vocalists sound spacey, like they've been hit in the head with a hammer. (hmm...)

Felix da Housecat's "Money Success Fame Glamour" is a great, nihilistic anthem worthy of the club kids with a beat to rival Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax." Vitalic's "Le Rock 01" and (of course) Keoki's "Crash" are actually club-use tracks. Marilyn Manson's song also sounds like it would be great under strobe lights. Scissor Sisters "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" is, finally, not down-tempo techno. It's mellow, trippy and pretty.

Now, the 80's music. Why Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" and Shannon's freestyle "Give Me Tonight" are on the soundtrack, I can't imagine, but they are cute songs. If you don't know Tones on Tail's "Go" then you're really missing out, but I bet you already have it on The Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack. Stephen Duffy's song "Kiss Me" also sounds really 80's. And if you know Nina Hagen, you know she's an acquired taste.

There are probably better, deeper mixes available of a lot of these songs, but this is a good collection, and if you enjoyed the film, this conjures up its carefree but lethal aura very well.

This CD is absolutely addicting there is no doubt about it! I often keep it in my cd player for days on end just listening to it on a cycle. You can just cruise and have it playing in the background or blast it and sing like an idiot with the music. Its just so damn catchy its rediculous.....

I was introduced to the movie Party Monster last year during my first semester in college...... Needless to say I fell in love with all of its glamour and glitter covering the infectious wounds caused by obsession and fame...
Any who, this CD is one of the few that I can honestly say I can listen to from beginning to end without skipping tracks... POINT BEING: It Is FABULOUS, 'nuff said.

This is the perfect cd to pop in at a party or kick back. It makes you wanna get up and dance :)

when i first got into electronic music, i downloaded a bunch of songs from some P2P network like limewire or something. since this album has many of those songs, this must be the album from which many of those songs came! it makes me so nostalgic :). a lot of good electronica on here, like miss kittin and felix da housecat. great album!

-it doesn't represent early club culture in the least
-its more like a representation of the dying electroclash fad of the late 90s/early 00s
-but i love it anyway

this is fun music from a fun movie. its not classic in any shape or form, but if you missed out on buying any of the electroclash comps, then pick this up as a tiny piece of history.

I recently bought this Soundtrack and I absolutly love it! At first you may be a bit iffy about the songs, but then it seems to grow on you like a really catchy fungus! Although if I had made the soundtrack I would have put all the scores from the movie on it , it is still a must have for any fan of the movie or the book. If you read the book while listening to the soundtrack it flows so amazingly! Well hope you enjoy!
Skrod-la-da!
::Glitter Kisses::

If you are into club music of any kind, you will love this CD... I have it playing on my Sony Bean while I run on the treadmill and it motivates me to run faster. Ha-ha I am also a HUGE Marilyn Manson fan, and it was an added plus to have a Manson, but-not-so-Manson-like song on there. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

I was prepared to not like this cd, I thought just another cheap crass commercial attempt to exploit the 80's. And,yes it is! And,Bravo! I didn't know I liked things cheap crass and commercial so much. Oh Wow! Now I understand Boy George's Cheapness and Beauty theory. Every track on this cd is hitting it every second of play.
Great line up, Great stars. Mannequin, Ladytron, Miss Kitten, Nina Hagen, Shannon, ABC, and Stacey Q, and all the others. Put it on as background music while doing your household chores and soon you'll be in the living room dancing and singing. When I have company I play this as ambience music, invaribly people run to my stereo to turn it up and start dancing. Even I've been working on my moves. In the movie Macaulay and Seth do this wonderful rendition of "2 of Hearts". I've almost got it down. Dancing with the Stars; Top That! The American version has 2 less cuts, but is more reasonably priced.
PS. Did I mention Marilyn Manson is on this, too? La La,La La,La La listen to the crazy lady. La La La La.....This one's addictive!

hmm....well, what can i say. i simply adore this soundtrack. it has everything i love about modern dance (felix, ladytron) and eighties dance (stacey q, shannon). plus it has what is in my opinion the best band out there right now, SCISSOR SISTERS!!!! seriously, if you like to dance to GOOD music go out and pick this up. it is quite amazing.