The Brat Pack Years

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spy
• ASIN: B00005R1QM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #179,311 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This blindingly garish, tossed-together compilation betrays little affection for the movies it supposedly celebrates. Worse, The Brat Pack Years omits many songs that fans of those flicks--many of them John Hughes touchstones--associate with their most romantic and thrilling moments. Few who've watched Valley Girl would choose the Thompson Twins' fine nouveau-disco "In the Name of Love" as representative of a picture that includes five cuts by raunchy power poppers the Plimsouls (none included here) and a couple apiece by unjustly neglected early-'80s new wavers Bonnie Hayes and Josie Cotton; also, is there anyone under the age of 40 who hasn't heard enough of "I Melt with You"? Sixteen Candles' defining musical moments were the Twins' "If You Were Here" and a Stray Cats cover of the titular doo-wop classic--both absent--and Pretty in Pink remains best remembered for... well, you know. And John Cusack's brief appearance as a geek buddy of Anthony Michael Hall in Candles hardly justifies the presence of tunes from his Sure Thing, Better Off Dead, and One Crazy Summer. But be sure that when Nicolas Cage's Valley Girl character spat, "That techno-rock you listen to is godless!" he'd heard the immediate future: John Parr bellowing out his genetically engineered lungs in service of "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!, November 13, 2001

By	"weewix" (Westport, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This CD is such a great rememberance of an era! It brings me back to the 80's - a decade I remember so fondly - my favorite movies, fashions, hair styles and songs. When I first put it on I felt like I was in college again and the liner notes/booklet gave me such a chuckle and reminded me of so many crazy good times. A great collection of songs and a wealth of material in the booklet....When can I get volume 2?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite 80s Music Is All Here, November 13, 2001

By A Customer

Wow. I found this CD at a local store (sorry amazon, I didn't know you had it), and the first thing that caught my attention is the cool cover. You can't see it on the web, but the CD comes in a shiny pink metallic-looking cardboard box. Very 80s, which is just fine with me. Then I realized that ALL the songs are from movies like Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, 16 Candles, etc. And the music: Simple Minds, Howard Jones, Spandau Ballet, The Bangles. I was so psyched to see them all on one CD. And there's a cool INXS song that I don't think is on any of their albums. I was really surprised to find a negative review here. Obviously that person doesn't like 80s movies & music. This is one of the best compilations I've ever gotten, and it looks really cool in my collection. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ..., February 23, 2002

By	Elvenblood (Newark, DE USA) - See all my reviews

As one more 80's junkie,... This album is a wonderful compilation with a great package that is very reminicent of what I remember the 80's to be like. It's garish? Well....duh! That WAS the 80's! The music selection is a great line up that you'll never tire of hearing. Yeah, they could have put one or two songs on here instead of this one or that one but it's just a compilation. It's not a definitive be all, end all of 80's soundtrack music. You just gotta enjoy it for the great music that it is!