Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Jean Sudbury, John Wittenberg, Ron Folsom, Razdan Kutumjain, Harris Goldman, Shari Zippert, Ken Yerke, Ezra Kliger, Robert Brosseau, Gina Kronstadt, Norm Hughes, Charles Everett, Sid Page, Clayton Haslop, Peter Kent, Shalini Vijayan, Jim Sitterly, Armen Garabedian, Haim Shtrum (violin); Richard Rintoul, Marda Todd, Karen Van Sant, Pamela Goldsmith, Harry Shirinian, Raymond Tischer (viola); Dan Tobin Smith, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Stefanie Fife (cello); Paul Salvo, Rick Baptist (trumpet); John A. Reynolds, Joe Meyer , Rick Todd (French horn); Bob Sanders, Alan Kaplan, Bruce Otto (trombone); M.B. Gordy (percussion). | | PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is a raucous action/comedy centering on marijuana trafficking and mistaken identity. Lakeshore Records accentuates the film's thematic elements with this 15-track compilation of bouncy, energetic music spanning several genres. One of the true gems on PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is the title track, which is a brand-new song by Huey Lewis & the News. More than 20 years have passed since Lewis's last hit, but the band's style and tone remain timeless. Also included are two compelling score tracks by action-film composer Graeme Revell. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS can easily double as background music for a Saturday night party. | | The soundtrack for director David Gordon Green's stoner action comedy Pineapple Express is notable mainly for the inclusion of a brand new track (and custom title cut) from America's favorite bar band, Huey Lewis & the News. Taking its name from a particularly potent strain of marijuana, "Pineapple Express" (the song) is a throwback to Sports-era Lewis, mirroring the bluesy, sax-driven backbeat of "Heart of Rock and Roll" and "I Want a New Drug." It's not a bad tune at all, but the lack of a memorable chorus and the inclusion of a sample of actor Seth Rogen taking bong hits keep things squarely in the parody camp. What follows is a fairly pedestrian collection of disparate tracks for such a deliberately constructed "weed" movie, including a couple of left-field '80s hits from Robert Palmer ("Woke Up Laughing") and Eddy Grant ("Electric Avenue"); a little bit of Public Enemy, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Bell Biv DeVoe to welcome in the '90s; and some Cypress Hill and Peter Tosh to help keep the smoke from sneaking past the wet dorm room towel and into the hallway. ~ James Christopher Monger |
Producer: Graeme Revell; Huey Lewis; Johnny Colla |
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