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Track Listings
| 1. If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| 2. Left of Center - Suzanne Vega w/ Joe Jackson |
| 3. Get To Know Ya - Jesse Johnson |
| 4. Do Wot You Do - INXS |
| 5. Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs |
| 6. Shell-Shock - New Order |
| 7. Round, Round - Belouis Some |
| 8. Wouldn't It Be Good - Danny Hutton Hitters |
| 9. Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo & The Bunnymen |
| 10. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Few filmmakers managed to capture the awkward coming-of-age catastrophes of '80s teens the way John Hughes did, just as few soundtracks encapsulate the sound of an era better than this one does. It's not the best 1986 had to offer, but it's a cohesive whole, transporting the listener to that other time, imagined or otherwise. There's enough variety to ensure that it doesn't become wallpaper, and very little filler. "Left of Center" by Suzanne Vega, with Joe Jackson on piano, is tremendous and transcends generations. Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler has long been bemused about Hughes not taking Molly Ringwald's character's name from the title song, which inspired the film, but everyone was paying too much attention to what Ducky was wearing to notice anyway. --Scott Wilson
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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 30-NOV-1987
Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 30-NOV-1987
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm not a huge fan of movie soundtracks, but you couldn't take this CD away from me without a fight. Pretty In Pink's music did much to make it the great film it was. Although some of the artists featured on the soundtrack weren't really mainstream or famous, the music epitomizes the late great 1980s. "If You Leave" by OMD was one of the biggest hits of the entire decade, and it sounds as good today as it did back then. The title track by The Psychedelic Furs remains immediately recognizable by its opening notes. Both of these two songs still spark a nostalgic memory of my angst-ridden teen years. I must thank the compilers of this soundtrack for including the short but emotion-laden track "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths. Were it not for this CD, I probably would never have discovered the weird yet cathartic music of Morrissey and The Smiths. "Left of Center" is one of Suzanne Vega's best songs, just as "Do Wot You Do" represents INXS at that band's peak. These songs are a pretty eclectic mix, but all of them are fun to listen to even today and could probably fill a dancefloor with young people as well as not so young people who watched Pretty In Pink and listened to the soundtrack over and over again in our young, carefree days. For me, each song sparks a memory and keeps alive a small piece of a time in my life I will be trying to remember and relive until the day I die.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
You talk about a guilty pleasure. This is great sing-along stuff. I wonder how many times I can moan and groan along to "If You Leave" before the neighbors knock down the walls and dismantle the CD player. This CD rules; I've listened to it so many times I've probably worn holes in it. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't contain Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", since Duckie makes such a classic scene of it in the movie. Still a great CD though.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Greekfreak
Format:Audio CD
Five-star ratings should be used sparingly, really. But this album gets the five mostly because the selection holds up even fifteen years after the movie's release. I've got my fave tracks, but I rarely skip any of the tunes. I still prefer the original version of the title track, but this one is way more accessible, and certainly more 80's-esque. Essential for any self-respecting retro fan, and a fan of pop music in general.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Mitchell
Format:Audio CD
This soundtrack came out the year I graduated from High school. I can remember playing the "cassette" to death in my car and I remember loving the entire soundtrack but was always a bit disappointed that Nik Kershaw's version of "Wouldn't It Be Good" wasn't used on this set. While Danny Hutton Hitters is okay, the original is far superior.
Surprisingly, nobody has mentioned Echo & the Bunnymen's "Bring on the Dancing Horses" which is my personal favorite selection on this soundtrack. It is hauntingly beautiful and still gives me chills to this day when I hear it.
The Smith's "Please Please Please" was for me the beginning of a long melancholy relationship with that band. I recently saw Morrissey in concert and he can still create a mood..
"Shellshock" by New Order and "Left of Center" by Vega and Jackson and of course the title track are wonderful too.
It doesn't get better or more 80's than The P-Furs, New Order, OMD, The Smiths, INXS and Echo. This collection showcases some of their better songs and it all flows together in perfect harmony during a time when things well...weren't so bad.
Surprisingly, nobody has mentioned Echo & the Bunnymen's "Bring on the Dancing Horses" which is my personal favorite selection on this soundtrack. It is hauntingly beautiful and still gives me chills to this day when I hear it.
The Smith's "Please Please Please" was for me the beginning of a long melancholy relationship with that band. I recently saw Morrissey in concert and he can still create a mood..
"Shellshock" by New Order and "Left of Center" by Vega and Jackson and of course the title track are wonderful too.
It doesn't get better or more 80's than The P-Furs, New Order, OMD, The Smiths, INXS and Echo. This collection showcases some of their better songs and it all flows together in perfect harmony during a time when things well...weren't so bad.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
John Hughes' "Pretty in Pink" has always been a favorite movie of mine. I fell in love with it immediately. It is easily one of the greatest teen movies ever and is rivaled only by "The Breakfast Club" as the best "Brat Pack" flick of the 80s.
The soundtrack, much like the film, captures the essence, the spirit of the 80s. What you get here are ten new-wave, alternative and pop songs that helped define the era. Standouts include Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's "If you leave," The Psychedelic Fur's title track, and the Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," but really the entire soundtrack is great, not a dud among on the CD.
The album is somewhat bittersweet, with the songs being equally morose and celebratory. Much like the film, the songs seem to focus on unrequited love and longing, with a glimmer of hope.
If you are a fan of the film, 80s music and or pop-culture, this CD is well worth adding to your collection.
The soundtrack, much like the film, captures the essence, the spirit of the 80s. What you get here are ten new-wave, alternative and pop songs that helped define the era. Standouts include Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's "If you leave," The Psychedelic Fur's title track, and the Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," but really the entire soundtrack is great, not a dud among on the CD.
The album is somewhat bittersweet, with the songs being equally morose and celebratory. Much like the film, the songs seem to focus on unrequited love and longing, with a glimmer of hope.
If you are a fan of the film, 80s music and or pop-culture, this CD is well worth adding to your collection.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
With artists like INXS, OMD, and Echo and the Bunneymen, this soundrack is a perfect mix of 80s alternative. When I first bought the tape years ago, after seeing the movie, I wore it out playing it over and over. To listen to these sleeper hits by major alternative 80s artists again is a trip back to my teenage years.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By C. Slemp
Format:Audio CD
So why don't I own it? I taped it off a friend's vinyl (Greg, where are you?) and listened to it so many times that I went out and bought just about every album that these songs appear on. You could say this record nearly single-handedly shaped my musical taste.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I picked this up on vinyl back in the 80's, and played it obsessively. I grew up in a small farming community, and somehow, country music didn't do it for me. I had no idea what else to listen to, until I bought this soundtrack. I didn't know who any of the bands were at the time, but loved them all so much that I began to track them down. This was before INXS hit it big, but when I heard another one of their songs, I rushed out and bought their album. I was sure that Suzannne Vega had a pipeline to my soul--I was Left of Center--and she understood! Morrissey's voice was like a beacon from elsewhere, and for the next 10 years, I listened to New Order and the Smiths constantly. I own all of Echo and the Bunnymen now, I think, and the Psychedelic Furs will always have a place in my heart for their marvelous version of this fantastic song. I was perhaps the only person in America to track down a Belois Some album, which I still have. It's great!
Essentially, this soundtrack became a sourcebook for me. It was the first "trendy" non main stream commercial pop that I had found. The fact that all of these songs sound like perfect classic 80's pop is a testament to the person who compiled this. This soundtrack doesn't sound revolutionary any more, but this was essentially for me the 80's equivalent of Seth Cohen introducing Ryan Atwood to Death Cab for Cutie.
If you love delicious pop music, if you adore the 80's, if you secretly wish Molly Ringwald still was a huge star, rush out and buy this. You won't be disappointed.
Essentially, this soundtrack became a sourcebook for me. It was the first "trendy" non main stream commercial pop that I had found. The fact that all of these songs sound like perfect classic 80's pop is a testament to the person who compiled this. This soundtrack doesn't sound revolutionary any more, but this was essentially for me the 80's equivalent of Seth Cohen introducing Ryan Atwood to Death Cab for Cutie.
If you love delicious pop music, if you adore the 80's, if you secretly wish Molly Ringwald still was a huge star, rush out and buy this. You won't be disappointed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Prety in Pink
I give this 5 stars, because it's such a hard soundtrack to find anywhere else. Bought this to listen to with my boyfriend. Part of our childhood. Great buy!
Published 2 months ago by Marla L. Ernest
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still Pretty
The soundtrack to the seminal 80's classic Pretty In Pink is almost as the movie itself. In many ways it's tough the not think of OMD's "If You Leave" and not think of the film. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Thomas Magnum
5.0 out of 5 stars
Isn't she...pretty in pink for 25 years
Have had this CD for about twenty five years, still as awesome today as when I first got it. An essential addition to your collection, especially if you like 80's. Read more
Published 23 months ago by James Magee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Good
Along with the Flashdance soundtrack, this is my favourite soundtrack of all time. The weird thing is I didn't like the actual movie. Read more
Published on March 31, 2011 by zooni
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Pretty to listen to.
This is one of my favorite sound track LPs, I saw the movie when first released and owned a cassette for years, I purchased the CD so i could hear some of my favorite songs again. Read more
Published on June 20, 2010 by Carl G. Hokanson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Memories
When I listen to this soundtrack now I am transported to my bedroom in 1986. I loved Left of Center, Wouldn't it be good and Please let me get what I want especially. Read more
Published on June 27, 2008 by T68
5.0 out of 5 stars
Who wouldn't love this???
Wonderful, like a time machine for the mind! I loved this movie and I have the soundtrack cassette! Now we know how old I am! Love the CD!!!
Published on June 18, 2008 by Suson N. Hare-albert
5.0 out of 5 stars
A 80's classic!
Who doesn't love the music that John Hughes used in his films?!? Pretty in Pink is another great 80's movie soundtrack of stuff you just like to have around because it takes you... Read more
Published on May 19, 2008 by T. Clark
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not so pretty.
I remember walking out of the theater thinking, "well that was not nearly as good as I thought it would be". The sound track was not much different with some exceptions. Read more
Published on December 5, 2007 by B. Hinton
5.0 out of 5 stars
great music
this cd was just just as i hoped it would be. it brought back great memories from the movie which is my fav!
Published on August 13, 2007 by Cassie J. Wilson
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