Rocknrolla (2008)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00600753115800 Release Date: 9/30/2008 Buy.com Sku: 209027464 Item#: M4EYPL Buy.com Sales Rank: 2011 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. "People Ask The Question" ~ Various Artists 2. I'm A Man - Black Strobe ~ Various Artists 3. Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics ~ Various Artists 4. "No School Like The Old School" - Original Soundtrack ~ Various Artists 5. Bank Robber - The Clash ~ Various Artists 6. Trip, The - Kim Fowley ~ Various Artists 7. "Slap Him!" ~ Various Artists 8. Ruskies - Steve Isles ~ Various Artists 9. Outlaw - War ~ Various Artists 10. Waiting For A Train - Flash & The Pan ~ Various Artists 11. "Junkies" ~ Various Artists 12. Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways ~ Various Artists 13. Gun, The - Lou Reed ~ Various Artists 14. Stomp, The - The Hives ~ Various Artists 15. We Had Love - The Scientists ~ Various Artists 16. "Sausage & Beans" ~ Various Artists 17. Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat ~ Various Artists 18. Funnel Of Love - Wanda Jackson ~ Various Artists 19. Such A Fool - 22-20s ~ Various Artists 20. Dopilsya - Ex-Sector Gaza ~ Various Artists 21. Negra Leono - Miguelito Valdes ~ Various Artists (P) 2008 Universal Music Operations Ltd. (C) 2008 Universal Music Operations Ltd.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info It was only a matter of time before Guy Ritchie got around to actually setting one of his rock & roll gangster films in the world of rock & roll, and so we have Rock N Rolla, where it seems like Pete Doherty and Ari Gold have been dropped into the set of Snatch -- and the only way to date the picture is through its music, as Oasis has been swapped out for the Subways, which can either be read as a savvy update or a general indication of the degeneration of Ritchie and Brit-rock in general, turning from something that aspired to greatness and now settles for formula. Of course, formula can be both comforting and entertaining, and so it is with Rock N Rolla, which does provide some pleasing diversions, particularly when it settles into an old-school punk rock groove, touching on the Clash in full-on reggae mode with the wonderful "Bank Robber" and the English Beat's "Mirror in the Bathroom," or digging through the crates to pull out such relative obscurities as Wanda Jackson's "Funnel of Love," Kim Fowley's "The Trip," or the Sonics' "Have Love Will Travel" (although the latter reads a bit like the filmmakers couldn't get licensing for the Black Keys' recent cover of this garage classic). Some of the contemporary stuff plays pretty well too -- especially the Hives' "Stomp," which builds upon the old-time rock & roll vibe of the rest of the record -- but there is a good dose of by-the-numbers affectedness, which may only be appropriate because that's Ritchie's Achilles heel. That affectedness -- which also surfaces on the dialogue clips peppered throughout the soundtrack -- keeps Rock N Rolla from being full-blast fun, but if it's cherry-picked for its best moments, it can get the job done. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Producer: Ian Neil; Guy Ritchie   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 09/30/2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : B0012001-02 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00600753115800    Product Image