Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Johnny Lee (Performer), Kenny Rogers (Performer), Jimmy Buffett (Performer), Boz Scaggs (Performer), Linda Ronstadt (Performer), J.D. Souther (Performer), Charlie Daniels Band (Performer), Eagles (Performer), Mickey Gilley (Performer), Bonnie Raitt (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Denon Records
• ASIN: B000002H4B
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1980s

Track Listings

1. Hello Texas

2. All Night Long

3. Times Like These

4. Nine Tonight

5. Stand by Me

6. Cherokee Fiddle

7. Could I Have This Dance

8. Lyin' Eyes

9. Lookin' for Love

10. Don't It Make Ya Wanna Dance

11. The Devil Went Down to Georgia

12. Here Comes the Hurt Again

13. Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown

14. Love the World Away

15. Falling in Love for the Night

16. Darlin'

17. Look What You've Done to Me

18. Hearts Against the Wind

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Have to Have Seen The Movie To Enjoy This CD, October 14, 2005

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K. Rowland (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This is the perfect collection of songs for any Country Music lover. It's full of songs that make you want to sing along, dance, or just get lost in the lyrics. This is one of the better soundtracks b/c it does not have sound bites from the movie in between the songs. You can listen to one track after the other without interruption.

All of the songs are great, but my favorites are Anne Murrays, "Could I have This Dance," Mickey Gilley's "Here Comes the Hurt Again," Johnny Lee's "Looking For Love," and "Cherokee Fiddle."

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack that changed country music forever, July 13, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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Whether you call this country music or not (some tracks are, some aren't), it's impact is undeniable. Pop country became fashionable. Traditional country did briefly fight back via the Judds, Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, Randy Travis and others, but then came Garth Brooks - and you can see the roots of his music in this soundtrack.

Of the first four tracks, three are uptempo rockers and the fourth is a rock ballad. After that, the songs have a definite country flavor. The only two that I would call real country are (surprisingly) the two Bonnie Raitt tracks. I love Bonnie's music, but I've never heard anything like these tracks on her own albums - and neither of them has yet appeared on a Bonnie compilation. Bonnie fans who like country music should buy this just for Darlin' and Don't it make you wanna dance.

Nearly all the songs were recorded especially for the soundtrack. Two obvious exceptions are Lyin' eyes and Devil went down to Georgia, but they are great songs and fit here well. Could I have this dance? is one of my favorite Anne Murray songs. It was not released on any of her original albums, but has appeared on some of her compilations. Love the world away is one of Kenny Rogers' best songs. I could go on .... I've never seen the movie, but this is a great soundtrack.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but incomplete and inconsistent, January 12, 2001

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Jim Miller (East Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews

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This has long been a favorite movie of my wife and I.The problem I have with the soundtrack is the apparent omission of the film's title song by Charlie Daniels "Texas". That song immediately set the tone for this film, you were in a totally different environment and really felt like you were in that truck with Travolta. It's also hard to recall exactly where in the movie some of these songs appeared, and if they did they were buried so far in the sound mix of the film you never heard (or barely heard)them.