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Track Listings
1 | Do Anything - Pete Shelley - Pete Shelley |
2 | Brilliant Mind - Furniture - Furniture |
3 | Cry Like This - Blue Room - Blue Room |
4 | I Go Crazy / Flesh For Lulu |
5 | She Loves Me - Stephen Duffy - Stephen Duffy |
6 | The Hardest Walk - Jesus and Mary Chain - Jesus And Mary Chain |
7 | The Shyest Time - Apartments - Apartments |
8 | Miss Amanda Jones - March Violets - March Violets |
9 | Can't Help Falling in Love - Lick the Tins - Lick The Tins |
10 | Turn to the Sky - March Violets - March Violets |
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Product description
Personnel: Ronan Heenan (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Greg Whelan, Timothy Whelan (vocals, guitar, piano); Peter "Pops" Walsh, Nick Marsh , Pete Shelley, Stephen Duffy, William Reid, Jim Reid (vocals, guitar); Alison Marr (vocals, pennywhistle); Kevin Mills (vocals, background vocals); James Irvin, David Joyner, Linda Hall, Sally Still (vocals); Rocco Barker (guitar, background vocals); Tom Ashton (guitar); Judy Anderson (piano); Maya Gilder (organ, keyboards); Paul Mansfield, Aiden McCrorey (keyboards); Hamilton Lee (drums, percussion); James Mitchell , James J. Mitchell, Andy Tolson, Geoff Lincoln, Nick Allum (drums); Claire Kenny (tambourine, background vocals); Simon Ryan (percussion). Audio Remixers: David Jacob; Tom Lord-Alge. Editor: Bud Smith. Unknown Contributor Roles: Flesh for Lulu; Blue Room; Furniture; The Jesus and Mary Chain; Lick the Tins; March Violets; Pete Shelley; Stephen Duffy; The Apartments. No other popular filmmaker in the '80s exhibited a thirst for new wave more than John Hughes. The soundtrack for Hughes' Pretty in Pink exposed such college-radio heroes as New Order, the Psychedelic Furs, the Smiths, and Echo and the Bunnymen to the Top 40 crowd. Consider the Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack as its even hipper sequel. While the Pretty in Pink soundtrack assembled new wave artists with substantial cult followings, Some Kind of Wonderful digs deeper in the import section; names like Blue Room, Lick the Tins, and the Apartments are probably unfamiliar to the most hardcore of new wave enthusiasts. Nevertheless, the songs are accessible and catchy, as if they were ripped from an underground pop station's nightly countdown. The wounded emotions in Blue Room's piano ballad "Cry Like This" simmer with palpable teen angst; Flesh for Lulu's "I Go Crazy" is high-spirited synth pop with glam rock guitars; and Furniture's brooding "Brilliant Mind" reflects the icy detachment of adolescent depression. The March Violets also transform the Rolling Stones
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While most '80s soundtracks offer collections of radio-friendly hits from haircut bands, the Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack features quirky non-hits from bands like the Jesus & Mary Chain, Flesh for Lulu, and the Apartments. This delightfully non-mainstream soundtrack features Stephen Duffy's "Lonesome," the March Violets' unforgettable cover of the Rolling Stones' "Miss Amanda Jones," and Pete Shelley's "Do Anything." The highlight of the CD is unquestionably Lick the Tins' gravel-voiced, tin-whistle-driven cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love." Just listening to this CD can throw you into a John Hughes nostalgia tailspin that you may not want to come out of. --L.A. Smith
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.84 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.46 ounces
- Manufacturer : MCA Records
- Item model number : 2016979
- Original Release Date : 1990
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : MCA Records
- ASIN : B000002O58
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #56,375 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,249 in Movie Soundtracks (CDs & Vinyl)
- #25,053 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
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used in the movie than on the CD. Those songs are hard to fine. To the point, the music and movie are great. I know
it was low budget movie but you would never know. I watched the movie many times.
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La película tambien esta genial...¡¡
Yo la recomiendo a todo el mundo que le guste la música ochenta.
The only artists i'd heard of were the late Pete Shelley (of Buzzcocks fame) and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Every track on the album is excellent (in it's own quirky way) and makes for a very atmospheric listen.
If you grew up in the 1980's (like i did), this will bring back a lot of happy memories.
Highly Recommended.