| Product Summary | | Label: Sony/columbia | | UPC: 00696998564824 | | Release Date: 5/8/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60477399 | | Item#: M56N9P | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. We Will Rock You - Queen ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Lowrider - War ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Golden Years - David Bowie ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Crazy On You - Heart ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Further On Up The Road - Eric Clapton ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Get Ready - Rare Earth ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Boys Are Back In Town, The - Thin Lizzy ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. One Of Our Own - Carter Burwell ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. We Are The Champions - Robbie Williams/Queen ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Pieces - Dan Powell ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Eye Conqueror - Third Eye Blind ~ Original Soundtrack | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Unknown Contributor Role: Denise Luiso. | | Bachman Turner Overdrive. Thin Lizzy. Heart. Just screams 14th century right? Well, they promised a summer blockbuster, not a history lesson. Aside from that, director Brian Helgeland's decision to pair medieval heroics with rock standards from the '70s actually makes a little sense. True, this is a tale of knights, valor, and, of course, love, but it is also a story of teenage rebellion, boys being boys, and, well, love. These are bona fide classics from the era that cornered the market on youthful freedom rock and romance despite what Daddy thinks. The album opens up like walking into a packed stadium (be the sport football or joust), with Queen's bleacher-creature anthem "We Will Rock You." It slides into the funky bassline of War's "Low Rider," and it's all hits from there on out. The collection combines can't-help-but-singalong favorites like "Takin' Care of Business" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" with a couple slightly rarer gems, David Bowie's "Golden Years" and Eric Clapton's blues cover, "Further on up the Road." It closes with two bonus tracks from Dan Powell and Third Eye Blind, which feel like they were literally tacked on to attract the teens likely to make up much of their audience. While they're fine songs, they aren't used in the film and feel out of place here. Fortunately their position at the end keeps them from disrupting the flow of an otherwise well put together soundtrack, which is great for a road trip or storming the castle. ~ Brad Kohlenstein | | Who cares what the movie's about? The soundtrack to the film A KNIGHT'S TALE is jam-packed with enough '70s rock classics to put any Rhino Records compilation to shame. Heavy-guitar party anthems don't come much more arresting than Thin Lizzy's "The Boys are Back in Town." The kings of pomp-rock, Queen are on hand with one of their most anthemic offerings, "We Will Rock You." On the groovier side, there's the white soul of David Bowie on "Golden Years," and the L.A. Latino funk-rock of War on their signature song "Low Rider." Just to keep things from getting too mired in the past, there are a couple of more contemporary pop-rock offerings, from Third Eye Blind ("Eye Conqueror") and Robbie Williams, who pays his own '70s homage with a version of Queen's other major anthem "We are the Champions." There's fist-pumping aplenty to be found on A KNIGHT'S TALE, whether you've seen the film or not. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/08/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 85648 | | Label : Sony Music Distribution (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 48m : 47s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00696998564824 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Uncut (8/01, p.116)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...[The album] gets you galloping and jousting around the front room..." |
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