Party Monster [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists (Composer)

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 2, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B0000C23H1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,513 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Party Monster is based on the book, Disco Bloodbath by James St. James, which told the twisted story of notorious 'Club Kid' Michael Alig, & the murder of his drug dealer roommate. The story became a national scandal that graced the covers of newspapers across the country & led to the best-selling book. Set in the lavish, hyper-sexual 80s club scene, Party Monster pulses with electro beats. The movie is directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbado (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, The Ru-Paul Show) & stars Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Dylan McDermott, Chloe Sevigny & Marilyn Manson. Featuring 19 tracks from the likes of Mannequin, Ladytron, Miss Kitten & The Hacker, Tones On Tail, ABC, Nina Hagen, & more. TVT. 2003.

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106 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Empty-Headed Happy, December 18, 2003

By	Darshan "darshan1" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

From my trips to the Limelight, I'm pretty sure the soundtrack to Party Monster mostly won't recreate Disco 2000 for the listener, but it will still provide a numbing, druggy tripped-out atmosphere. Since, strangely, Amazon doesn't list the contents, let's start there:

Mannequin "Take Me to the Club"
Ladytron "Seventeen"
Miss Kitten & The Hacker "Frank Sinatra"
Felix da Housecat vs. Pop Tarts featuring Macauley Culkin "Money Success Fame Glamour"
Waldorf "You're My Disco"
Stacey Q "Two of Hearts"
Tomcraft "Overdose"
Happy Thought Hall "Get Happy"
Vitalic "Le Rock 01"
Tones On Tail "Go"
Nina Hagen "New York, New York"
Scissor Sisters "It Can't Come Quickly Enough"
W.I.T. "Inside Out"
Stephen "tin tin" Duffy "Kiss Me"
Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
ABC "How To Be A Millionaire"
Keoki "Crash" (original mix)
Marilyn Manson as Christina "The La La Song"
Headrillaz feat. Ricky Barrow "Good is Bad"

If you can't tell from the track listing, a lot of it is actually not electroclash music, and contrary to popular belief, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" is NOT on the soundtrack, thank goodness.

A lot of the music sounds like Kraftwerk-era old school techno when the beats-per-minute were still well below 140. For example Mannequin's "take me to the club" is bored-with-the-world down tempo dance music. Ladytron's "seventeen" and Miss Kitten's "Frank Sinatra" are Emperor Norton tracks which both leave you feeling that the vocalists are jaded, louche and stoned. "Frank Sinatra" has been described as "merciless" and it's very apt. Happy Thought Hall's "Get Happy" and W.I.T's "Inside Out" are also mindless, mild techno. Again, the female vocalists sound spacey, like they've been hit in the head with a hammer. (hmm...)

Felix da Housecat's "Money Success Fame Glamour" is a great, nihilistic anthem worthy of the club kids with a beat to rival Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax." Vitalic's "Le Rock 01" and (of course) Keoki's "Crash" are actually club-use tracks. Marilyn Manson's song also sounds like it would be great under strobe lights. Scissor Sisters "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" is, finally, not down-tempo techno. It's mellow, trippy and pretty.

Now, the 80's music. Why Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" and Shannon's freestyle "Give Me Tonight" are on the soundtrack, I can't imagine, but they are cute songs. If you don't know Tones on Tail's "Go" then you're really missing out, but I bet you already have it on The Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack. Stephen Duffy's song "Kiss Me" also sounds really 80's. And if you know Nina Hagen, you know she's an acquired taste.

There are probably better, deeper mixes available of a lot of these songs, but this is a good collection, and if you enjoyed the film, this conjures up its carefree but lethal aura very well.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First CD I bought in a WHILE, June 1, 2006

By	Boris Shapiro "Biggie" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD is absolutely addicting there is no doubt about it! I often keep it in my cd player for days on end just listening to it on a cycle. You can just cruise and have it playing in the background or blast it and sing like an idiot with the music. Its just so damn catchy its rediculous.....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About as weird, yet enjoyable as the movie, December 16, 2004

By	Angela N. Farrah "Nikki" (Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're looking for a soundtrack equivalent to how you felt about the movie, this is for you. I personally found the movie to be crazy, wild fun and purely entertaining. Many people rate is as a boring, dillusional, uninspiring sense of reality. If you can open up your mind to the movie, you can do the same with the soundtrack considering it contains most of the songs that stand out from different scenes. It's the perfect kind of music to dance, get ready, or work out to. The lyrics are absurd and mindless, but the beats are catchy nomatter what your taste. It's mainly technoish, dance music with a hint of pop and 80s for certain songs. Every song seems to have its own unique charisma although the CD flows very well. Overall, I was extremely pleased with the CD and definately got more use out of it than I expected. If you enjoyed the movie, I strongly believe this CD will suit you perfectly, and the price isn't too bad either.