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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Wea/warner Bros.
Buy.com Sku: 60145672
UPC: 075992640022
UPC 14: 00075992640022
Release Date: 12/11/1990
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Gone Dead Train - Randy Newman ~ Original Soundtrack
2. Performance - Merry Clayton ~ Original Soundtrack
3. Get Away - Ry Cooder ~ Original Soundtrack
4. Powis Square - Ry Cooder ~ Original Soundtrack
5. Rolls Royce And Acid ~ Original Soundtrack
6. Dyed, Dead, Red - Buffy Sainte-Marie ~ Original Soundtrack
7. Harry Flowers ~ Original Soundtrack
8. Memo From Turner - Mick Jagger ~ Original Soundtrack
9. Hashishin, The - Ry Cooder ~ Original Soundtrack
10. Wake Up, Niggers - The Last Poets ~ Original Soundtrack
11. Poor White Hound Dog - Merry Clayton ~ Original Soundtrack
12. Natural Magic ~ Original Soundtrack
13. Turner's Murder - Merry Clayton Singers ~ Original Soundtrack
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Composer: Jack Nitzsche. |
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While Mick Jagger never quite cut it as a film actor (NED KELLY anyone?), PERFORMANCE remains a fascinating artifact of dark psychedelia. The superior soundtrack album features early performances by Randy Newman ("Gone Dead Train"), Ry Cooder, Merry Clayton, The Last Poets, and, of course, Mick himself on "Memo From Turner," far superior to his later solo work. Not to forget the original score itself, as composed by L.A. session legend Jack Nitzsche, starting with the title sequence "Performance," an ominous synthesizer drone with S&M whipsaw sounds and "Harry Flowers," an effectively creepy bit of easy listening. |
Producer: Jack Nitzsche |
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Musical Guests | |
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Mick Jagger |
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Randy Newman |
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Buffy Sainte-Marie |
Artist Overview
After honing his chops in the early 1960s as a member of Phil Spector's famed Wrecking Crew, the enigmatic Jack Nitzsche would go on to have one of the most bizarre and storied careers in pop music. As songwriter, producer, instrumentalist, and all-around L.A. scenester, Jack Nitzsche was a key figure in the late-60s/early-'70s Laurel Canyon country-rock scene. While Nitzsche was a go-to studio man for many of the artists in that scene (most notably Neil Young), he was also a talented performer in his own right. Though personal demons, both real (alcohol) and imagined (an unhealthy obsession with the occult), prevented the mad genius from ever making his mark as a solo artist, Nitzsche remained active in the pop music world until his death in 2000.
Artist Contemporaries
Jimmy Webb (Songwriter/Producer) | Neil Young | Phil Spector | Ry Cooder | Sonny Bono | Van Dyke Parks | Warren Zevon
Jimmy Webb (Songwriter/Producer) | Neil Young | Phil Spector | Ry Cooder | Sonny Bono | Van Dyke Parks | Warren Zevon
Compilation Appearances
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nes |
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Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof(Explicit Version) |
Associated Artists and Works
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Original Soundtrack |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Original Soundtra ~ Original Soundtrack |
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Starman ~ Original Soundtrack |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 12/11/1990 |
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Original Release Date : 2007 |
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Catalog ID : 26400 |
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Label : Warner Bros. |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : AAD |
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UPC : 00075992640022 |
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.34)
- Ranked #35 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...Deliciously decadent..."
- Ranked #35 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...Deliciously decadent..."
Mojo (Publisher)
(6/02, p.66)
- Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...A foreboding mix of electronica, ethereal wailing and fearsome chanting."
(6/02, p.66)
- Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...A foreboding mix of electronica, ethereal wailing and fearsome chanting."
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