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Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1999
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 29, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: June 29, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Hollywood Records
  • ASIN: B00000JHCE
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,817 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
2. Dancing Queen - ABBA
3. Baba O'Riley - The Who
4. Running Away - Roy Ayers
5. Everybody Dance - Chic
6. Vie en Rose - Grace Jones
7. Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice
8. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
9. There But for the Grace of God Go I - Machine
10. Best of My Love - The Emotions
11. Dance With Me - Peter Brown
12. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston

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Modern Hollywood has developed a tradition of releasing similarly themed pictures in near pairs, but who'd have thought it would release two films with a central theme of societal scapegoating within weeks of each other in '99--and that one of them would be South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut? Spike Lee's Summer of Sam is a little more straightforward in its telling of a New York neighborhood's descent into paranoia and finger-pointing as a serial killer stalks its streets in the summer of '77, and while its soundtrack doesn't plumb the scabrous, madcap satiric depths of Messrs. Parker and Stone, it's a serviceable--if occasionally threadbare--collection of period rock (The Who chestnut "Baba O'Riley"), pop (ABBA's "Dancing Queen," "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvin Bishop), funk (Roy Ayers's "Running Away," "Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye), and a whole lot o' 1970s disco/club music (Chic's "Everybody Dance," "Best of My Love" by the Emotions, "La Vie en Rose" by the incomparable Grace Jones among them). Oddly missing for a film in which one of the main characters sports a nascent Mohawk is any hint of the era's--and region's--blossoming punk and new wave music. Still, it's a thematically sound, smartly sequenced collection that evokes both era and atmosphere well. --Jerry McCulley

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars This compilation is representative of the "Son of Sam" era, June 30, 1999
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I thoroughly enjoyed the music on this album. It is such an accurate representation of the late 70s dance club music. These tunes brought back memories of a crazy time. Each of these songs will be forever etched in the minds of those who heard them.
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10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If you love Disco, get this album, October 7, 1999
By R. Kearns-White "rockiw" (BROOKLYN, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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Buy the time I was old enough to buy my own albums, Disco was more than dead. It was buried. Although I HATE this 70s revival thing, but it has given me a chance to brush up and buy all my favorite disco songs. S.O.S. sdtk is filled with a bunch of favs and long heard songs !

What's wonderful is that you getting 12"-single length songs. For all of you who own the Marvin Gaye Cd with "Got to Give It Up" on it, knows that a typical Marvin Gaye song never exceeded 3 minutes. Here, it goes on wonderfully for nearly 5 and half minutes.

Some people have insulted this album stating that it was similar to a lot disco sound tracks that have come out in the past 2 years (54, Last Days of Disco, Betc...). However, some of the songs on here I've never heard on any other soundtrack. Songs I used to like but never knew the names too. It makes me want to go dancing and DO the hustle! Unfortunately, I have the soul of a dancer, but the soles of lead foot.

Give this soundtrack a chance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars summer of sam soundtrack, July 18, 2009
By glennheywood (massachusetts) - See all my reviews
great product, arrived in a timely manner, In good quality. I'm very happy with my purchase.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Disco and Rock 4ever!
This is a fabulous soundtrack. I didn't care all that much for the movie itself though. The song "There But For the Grace of God Go I" was a song I was searching for and I love... Read more
Published on May 16, 2005 by Twilight Zone

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars!
I love this CD! Whoever compiled it, managed to put some of my all time favorite 70's dance/Disco tunes on this project! Especially the rare, hard to find... Read more
Published on April 20, 2005 by Honey

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but where's the punk?
I got this in the local store thinking there was going to be the song "Hello From The Gutters" which was actually recorded and performed by the actors (! Read more
Published on May 19, 2003 by Eric N. Gross

4.0 out of 5 stars SUMMER OF SAM IS THE JAM!!!
SOS movie and soundtrack bought back a lot of memories!I was 9 years old when the son of sam was on the loose(which was hor rible)but most of the songs are a treasure! Read more
Published on March 29, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Just because!
The mid seventies: I was born. The early nineties: Wished I was a disco queen. The late nineties: Saw "Boogie Nights. Read more
Published on March 11, 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars I "fooled around and fell in love" with this soundtrack.
I am a huge fan of soundtracks specifically for the variety and the mood they create. This one does a fabulous job in both categories. Read more
Published on November 14, 2000 by Michele Giacobbe aka "The ...

3.0 out of 5 stars A lot like Boogie Nights
The movie was great but the soundtrack is too much like Boogie Nights. Wish they'd used some of the more obscure songs from the movie rather than these. Read more
Published on March 16, 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Loved the movie, like the soundtrack
I adore the movie "Summer of Sam" and bought the soundtrack because I had an absolute craving to hear "Baba O'Riley"...my favorite song. Read more
Published on February 27, 2000 by Caroline

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
Although there are so many CD's out there that are focused on the 70's, most of them just can't make the cut. This one does it goes beyond it. Read more
Published on January 11, 2000 by beryjade

1.0 out of 5 stars what about the les stitches
shouldn't the lower east side stitches(punk band) be on this
Published on October 9, 1999

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