Tales of the Ratfink - O.S.T.

The Sadies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yep Roc Records
• ASIN: B000I5YCM4
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

At last, The Sadies have taken their psychedelic hot-rod-soundtrack stylings and created... a psychedelic soundtrack for a hot rod movie! "Tales of the Rat Fink" by Ron Mann, the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential and Grass, chronicles the wild life of Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture with his customized cars, "monster" T-shirts and America's alternative rodent - Rat Fink. Mann's largely animated documentary features the voice talents of John Goodman, Ann-Margret, Jay Leno, Brian Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Matt Groening, Robert Williams, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Paul Le Mat, Billy Gibbons, and The Smothers Brothers. The CD captures The Sadies' entire score full of their patent-pending blend of rock, surf and spaghetti western audial shakedowns. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Slim musical pickin's here, January 26, 2007

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Art C. Phartsy (Hellameda, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales of the Ratfink - O.S.T. (Audio CD)

If you wonder why there are so damn used copies for sale, it could be that the music content on this was less than satisfying. Every tune on here, from the soundtrack of Tales of the Rat Fink indie film about Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, are all only 36 seconds to about 90 seconds long. Ever eat ribs or a pomegranite and feel like it's too much work for such little meat or juice, no matter how sweet? Lord knows that I love and admire The Sadies and own everything tht they've put out and been lucky enough to have seen them live, but this release is beyond the pale for even a huge fan like me. What was the label thinking when they released this?

3.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Too-short surf tracks bail before shooting the curl, April 30, 2009

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales of the Ratfink - O.S.T. (Audio CD)

These twenty-six tracks were drawn from the like-titled documentary on custom car legend Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Unfortunately the tunes were purpose-written as transition music for the film, so rather than complete compositions excerpted for use on the soundtrack, the originals range from 0:35 ("The Milky Way") to 1:35 ("The 3-B"); the album's only full length track is the closing "The Double Wide." That said, what's here are superb, richly detailed and reverb drenched surf-styled instrumentals whose melodies could certainly sustain three or four minutes each. At these short lengths, however, the songs just get their established when it's time to move on to the next track. It's as if they're paddling towards onto a primo wave and bailing before catching the lip. ADD surf music lovers may love the quick turnarounds, but most listeners will wish the group had fleshed out a dozen of these ideas to more satisfying lengths. What's here is tuneful and twangy, but it's most satisfying as transitional music for the film. 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]